CDR 179-1-S24 | Figure Drawing

Course Overview:

Students will work each week from live nude models using a variety of drawing media. This course introduces drawing from observation, including techniques for measurement, contour, mass, volume, and value, focusing on composition and figure/ground relationships through various drawing media.

Learning Objectives:

• Material exploration
• Observational skills
• Proportion
• Form
• Value
• Composition

Who is this course for? 

The flexible format of this course is perfect for beginners looking for instruction to highly advanced artists in search of time with a model.

6/3-7/8 (6 sessions) Mondays, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Tuition: $210 + $50 studio fee

CEUs: 1.8

380 Cumberland Room 102

Faculty:

Jennifer Brou is an artist, designer and educator based in South Portland, Maine. Jennifer studied at the Glasgow School of Art and earned her BFA in Crafts, with a Minor in Photography, from Longwood University. Her multifaceted studio practice includes knitwear design, drawing and photography. Jennifer currently teaches in the Foundation and Continuing Studies Programs at Maine College of Art & Design.

Supplies:

• 1 drawing pad
• white paper and/or newsprint 18 x 24" or larger
• toned paper (tan or gray), 18 x 24” or larger
• Several sticks of black charcoal, vine and compressed
• Several sticks of white charcoal
• Chamois cloth or piece of felt
• kneaded eraser
• white plastic eraser

Optional: inexpensive paint brushes, dip pen, India ink, colored pencils, markers, crayons, graphite, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, oil pastels, or other drawing materials of your choice.