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What to expect from this workshop
Have you ever said, "I love art but I just wasn't born with that gene," or, "I wish I could draw but I've just never had a talent for it?" If you have uttered those or similar things, it is time to learn that there is no such thing as the "talent fairy" and that you can absolutely learn to draw as well as you've always wanted to!
In this one-day workshop with artist James Andrews, you will learn the simple keys to unlocking the mystery of drawing well. You will learn how drawing is a set of skills which can be learned and practiced by anyone, and you will finally start on your way to making the beautiful art you have always admired from others and longed to create yourself.
Over the last 25 years of teaching and learning from modern masters, James has developed a teaching style and method which is relaxed, accessible, and filled with both care and humor. This Keys To Drawing workshop breaks the complex world of drawing down into easily digestible chunks, presented in a way which makes the day of learning enjoyable and will also make it all easy to remember for your continued practice after you leave.
Materials used:
Mechanical Pencils
Kneaded Eraser
Drawing Paper
Workshop Activities & Learning Goals
- Introductions and brief history lesson
- Eye training exercises
- intro NEBS process
- single object drawing
- Objects in perspective
LUNCH BREAK
- Students choose their subject for afternoon drawing
- Still Life set up
-Applying NEBS process from the morning session
-Introduction of the False Shadow
-Rendering/Turning Forms
* no more than 3 objects
* solid, matte objects—no glass or shiny stuff
- Still Life Block-in
What does NEBS stand for?
Notional Space Box
Envelope
Block-in
Shadow Shapes
James will demonstrate and explain this clearly in your workshop.
Drawing is the basis for all artwork. If you want to be a successful painter you must learn how to draw very well. Here is one of your instructors oil paintings from his studies in Florence, Italy
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