Beginning Portrait Drawing
Class | This program is completed
Master the art of capturing the likeness of a face. Working from the portrait models study the essential techniques and concepts of proportion, line, value, volume, structure, and composition. Our focus will be on the basic concepts of drawing applied to the human form and visual processing—translating what you see into a compelling portrait using simple techniques.
No class on October 9th.
We recommend that everyone registered for an in-person program at Gage Academy of Art receives full COVID-19 vaccination. Gage leaves the use of face coverings when indoors at the facility up to each individual as masks are not required.
Supports and paper:
• Drawing board 18” x 24"
• Strathmore 500 series white charcoal paper 18” x 24"
• Rough Newsprint 18” x 24” (to pad your drawing paper, gestures and thumbnails)
• Strathmore 500 series Blue Grey or Smoke Grey charcoal drawing paper 18”x 24” or larger (1 or 2 sheets).
• Dark charcoal paper, such as Canson Ingres paper - Stygian black or Dark blue, Canson Mi Teintes paper - Indigo Blue #140, Black #425, Fabriano Tiziano paper - Indigo blue #39, Blue night #42, or Black #31, Daler Rowney Canford paper, Plum, Royal blue, Navy blue or Jet Black (1 or 2 sheets).
Drawing Materials:
• General’s Charcoal pencils (several HB’s & one 2B)
• General’s White charcoal pencil
• Conte Crayon pencil, white
• Conte Crayon stick, white
• Kneaded eraser
• White eraser
• Blending Stumps (not the spiral wound ones)
• Willow Charcoal (Med. Sticks 5-6 mm)
• Chamois
• Small Snap knife from hardware store
• Sandpaper (one piece of 150 sandpaper is all you’ll need)
• 2 bull dog clips
• Wooden skewer
• Dividers
• View finder
• Optional Tombow Zero Refillable Round Eraser (VERY useful)