Drawing Beyond the Photo VIEW ONLY

Drawing Beyond the Photo VIEW ONLY

Adult Online Art | This program has been canceled

All Levels

3/8/2021-3/10/2021

11:00 AM-3:00 PM on Mon Tue Wed

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$120.00

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VIEW ONLY! | 11AM-3PM Mountain Standard Time | ONLINE on ZOOM
In this 3 day workshop, students will create a finished portrait drawing from a photo reference provided by Shana. We will successfully create emotive drawings from your photo.
Emphasis will be placed on value control and edges. By focusing on deliberate pencil pressure and maintaining accurate mass relationships rather than rendering, the application of hatched directional marks creates form and energy. Students will use the method of relative sizing to transcribe their photograph to their paper.
Class discussions will include the advantages and pitfalls of using photo references for drawing and how to accurately judge values, edges and forms within your photo.
This workshop aims to guide students toward creating a drawing from a photo reference, using traditional drawing techniques. Shana will instruct students on how to use photographs to create a drawing that surpasses the look of the photograph, not simply imitates it.
This is a VIEW ONLY webinar and does not include critiques of the student work!

Levenson, Shana

Shana Levenson is a representational painter from Albuquerque, NM. Her passion for the arts led her to pursue a BA in Fashion Design from The University of Texas, in Austin, and after the birth of her children in 2009 and 2010, an MFA in Fine Art Painting from the Academy of Art University, in San Francisco. Shana’s work focuses on portraiture and the figure. Her inspiration comes from painting people that are important in her life, and her goal is to capture each person’s story in an honest and meaningful way. Shana draws inspiration from her own experiences and uses specific series as a way to illustrate chapters in her life. Her background in fashion has inspired her newest series of paintings of lace. Along with a busy painting and exhibition schedule, Shana runs a private art school out of her studio. She and her fiancé, artist David Kassan, also started Art Crit Academy online, which an ongoing online Live Mentorship program and community that is organic, catering to the needs of an individual's goals and skill level. She currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her kids. Shana’s works can be seen in regular exhibitions across the United States and abroad.