I signed up for the Core Drawing Class at the Goshen Art Academy in New York City. The art studio is one block away from work so it was easy to attend the 6:00-9:00 pm Tuesday class. The studio is run by Ken Goshen, an artist who I admire in the way he explains the art concepts in pure simple terms. I've done figure sketching in the past but all of them non-instructional. Here I was able to get some advice and feedback on my work.
On my first day, I was struggling to get my direction as the approach to classical drawing was totally different than what I was accustomed to doing. Here I was asked to do some sketch studies of the model. Plus, drawing with charcoal sticks is very new to me. Anyway, at the end of the three hour session, I was able to get a respectable sketch study.
On the second week, a new instructional twist was added. We were given a bigger sheet of paper that has more tooth compared to the newsprint paper material from a week ago. Different other tools were discussed, some of which I am already familiar with.
We finished the live nude model drawing session on my third class this evening, It felt like something is working for me. I'm slowly beginning to understand the assignment and the way the drawing tools are handled.
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How great that you found a class that fits into your schedule. I haven't done a life drawing class in ages!
ReplyDeleteIt's a convenient location plus he's a very good instructor so I'm happy. Thanks for visiting.
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