Materials required: A fee of €5 is payable to the tutor on the first night for the cost of paper for fast drawings. Additional supplies are available from Evans art supplies in Dublin and other retail and online art suppliers. Charcoal, pencils (3b, 4b, 6b,2h…), Graphite, Eraser (Factis soft eraser or Faber Castle PVC eraser), create jumbo sketchbook (100 pages), A3 100msg cartridge paper (comes in 500 sheet options).
Special notes: This class is for students over the age of eighteen. Please note that each class will have an unclothed male or female model holding a variety of different positions. After booking a place, a briefing document on the etiquette of working with a live model will be sent to you. All students must abide by the etiquette of working with a live model. Please email nightschool@inchicore.cdetb.ie if you wish to review the etiquette document prior to booking a place on this course.
Notes: All courses are subject to a minimum number in order to proceed. In the event that a course is oversubscribed, places will be offered on a first-booked, first-served basis and a waiting list will then be created. You will be contacted in this event.
Description:
Life drawing is an opportunity to really observe and refine your artistic eye with reference to the human body. The topics covered and techniques given can be applied in every aspect of daily life as well as professional settings. In this course you will cover the following areas
Use of line – contour, external and internal, visible and invisible line.
Gesture- dynamic drawing, empathic response, weighted drawing, quality of touch
Form and density – horizontal and vertical modelling
Proportion and basic anatomy – torso and spine
Silhouette with collage elements
The head and face – looking beyond the features.
Blocking in the figure, tonal variation
Sustained study.
Fergus Byrne is a highly regarded art tutor with over 25 years experience teaching. He has extensive experience in life drawing both as a draughtsman and as a model. He taught life drawing for several years at Trinity Arts Workshop. He has also taught life drawing in NCAD and with Ballyfermot College of Further Education. His own artistic practice of performance art, drawing, and sculpture bring to his life drawing an emphasis on the dynamic and gestural work. Evidence of his work can be found at www.fergusbyrne.ie.
