The History of Drawing Technique

One cannot separate the study of drawing technique from the myriad influences contemporaneous to a given technique. To do so would remove the practitioner from an understanding of philosophical and practical reasoning that brought the drawing into being. Examining the artists intentions we begin to see through the drawing process as well as the artist’s mind.

We live in a time when figurative painting and drawing of the realist variety is considered by many as a mimicry of erroneous minutiae. This criticism is only partly deserved. Until recently The march of progress in the art world has largely denied serious philosophical content from realist artists and cynically rewarded them for their machine like precision. This course as you may gather has an imperative and that is to wed the study of drawing technique to ideas and philosophies by studying the methods and milieus of the past.

Requirements

You will be expected to produce several drawings that demonstrate technique, composition,and use of subject matter in cross-contour, chiaroscuro, ink wash...etc.

Attendance Mandatory

Schedule

1. am. pm.Intro., Critique, S-curve modelling and Silverpoint

2.am. Portrait model pm.Portrait model

3.am. Portrait model pm.Portrait model 4. am.Portrait model pm. Critique,toned paper and sfumato.

5. am. Clothed model,High ren. technique pm. Clothed model

6. am. Clothed model pm. Clothed model

7. am. Clothed model pm. Clothed model,

8. am. Clothed model pm. Nude Model,

9. am. Nude Model pm. Start new work

10. am. Nude Model pm. Nude Model

11. am. Nude Model pm. Critique, Zones of Light Ink wash & Pen and Ink Dutch landscapes and interiors Rembrandt, Pousin, Claude 12. am. Nude Model in interior pm. Nude Model in interior

13. am. Nude Model in interior pm. Start new work Nude Model in interior

14. am. Nude Model in interior pm. Nude Model in interior

15. am. Nude Model in interior pm. Critique

Supplies list

vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, chalk, charcoal powder

several inches of silver wire (comparable to width of mechanical pencil lead or greater

lead holder for silver wire

1lb. rabbit skin glue

1lb. marble dust

3" house painting chinese bristle brush

1 small bottle Sumi ink (pre mixed in green bottle)

assortment of kolinsky sable watercolor brushes

reeds for making reed pens

1 xacto knife or pocket knife

large watercolor wash brush #12

watercolor earth pigments

Paper

Rives BFK-excellent all around paper, excellent for intaglio printmaking, excellent for watermedia, fine for charcoal, requires gesso ground for silverpoint.

Fabriano artistico

various handmade papers

Bibliography

James Wautrous, The Craft of Old Master Drawing