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Oolite Online

Portrait Drawing

Thurs, Oct. 29 to Nov. 19, 2020
6 – 8 p.m. ET

Details

Duration:
Four Week Course

Date:
Thurs, Oct. 29 to Nov. 19, 2020
6 – 8 p.m. ET

Instructor:
Pablo Contrisciani

Level:
Beginner – Intermediate

Languages:
Taught in English and Spanish

Cost:
$100
50% discount for Members with code

Location:
Zoom

Contact:
Melissa Gabriel
[email protected]

Information

This is a course ideal for beginner-intermediate students who want to learn or improve their portrait skills.
Students will learn through a step-by-step process of how to draw a portrait in all its different positions. The instructor will explain the concepts of symmetry, proportions, comparison, and the relationship between these general similarities in all the faces. Will help them to build a system to represent a portrait correctly through several exercises and sketches.

The instructor will provide several images as visual references to facilitate the learning process.

Students will be guided by having a constant evaluation while they are drawing. They will have individual instruction according to how they develop through the proposed exercises, discussing all the techniques learned, what they did correctly, and what things need to be modified until the portrait is complete.

Class 1
Presentation.
How to draw an outline front portrait
Demonstration using an image as a visual reference.
Students will practice this method by doing their own self – portrait with a mirror.
Shading a frontal portrait

Class 2 and 3
Drawing portraits from different angles and positions
2nnd Class They will focus on Profile and Three-quarter positions.
3rd Class. They will focus on the Looking up and Looking down position.
Practice making several sketches in these mentioned positions.

Class 4
How to represent correctly all the face’s features in detail: Eyes, Mouth, Nose, Ears, Hair
Practice the techniques learned
Complete shading portrait following an image the instructor provides.

About the Instructor
Pablo Contrisciani earned his Masters in Fine Arts, Painting at Facultad de Bellas Artes, National University of La Plata, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He has participated in several solo and group exhibitions locally, nationally and internationally. His work forms part of public and corporate collections from USA, Latin America and Europe. Pablo is an Oolite Arts alumnus (1998-2006 and 2010-2015) and works as a painting and drawing instructor since 1998.

Materials

You will need the following materials for this workshop:

  • Pencils HB, 1B, 2B, 4B, 1H, 2H (one each)
  • 1 Charcoal pencil
  • 1 Drawing paper pad 9” x 12”
  • 1 small sketchbook 5 “x 7”
  • 1 eraser
  • 1 sharpener
  • 1 small mirror (to make a self – portrait on Class 1 ) about 8 x 11 inches
  • Optional

  • Black artist pens or markers
  • Superfine point, fine point, medium point & amp brush (one each)

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