March 11 - April 15, 2025
Form, Color & Emotion: Figure Drawing for All Levels - Emre Karaoglu
Main Building • 5256 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70115 Organized by New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts
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About this event
Description: Participants will explore life model sketching and learn to capture the form, movement, and emotion of a portrait or figure with charcoal and pastel. The main goal of this class is disciplining the hand to translate what the eye sees onto the drawing surface. Through the repeated physical activity of drawing, students will refine their dexterity and intellectual powers of observation and visualization. What You'll Learn: ● Begin with 2-5 minutes of gesture poses, progressing to 1-3 hour poses. ● Charcoal, Soft, and Oil Pastel Techniques for drawing from life, utilizing limited time, and speeding up the process. ● Instruction includes: ○ Helpful tips and advice about drawing life models ○ Proportion ○ Capturing movement and emotion ○ Form and color ○ Tonal value range ○ Composition ○ Shading and measuring techniques ○ Strong line work Media: Work in charcoal, pencil, graphite, soft, and oil pastel. Additional Information: ● Models will be nude; students must be at least 18 years of age. ● Suitable for all levels, from beginners to advanced students. Material Additional materials may be requested during the semester. ▪ Large (at least 18" x 24") good quality drawing paper ▪ Large (at least 18" x 24") newsprint print for Daily Drawings ▪ Charcoal: vine ▪ White charcoal ▪ Nupastel or Cretacolor Hard Pastel Set and Pastel Paper ▪ Conte pencil ▪ Assortment of pencils ▪ Assortment of erasers: gum, white plastic, mechanical (pointy eraser), etc. ▪ Fixative ▪ Portfolio Something clean for carrying in your drawings, something else for bringing your materials to class. ▪ Pencil blender ▪ Chamois or a soft rag ▪ Pencil sharpener (small brass or metal one)
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Ages 18-99
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