THE ART OF LIFE DRAWING - 2 of 3
SATURDAY October 3rd 2020
9:30am-4pm
Noosa Life Art Circle with Halina Paterson
Tewantin Uniting Church Hall
Thank you to all those who attended! This is what you had to say about the day:
“Amazing day of learning.
Very Good. Appreciate the many examples.
Fun!! Challenging!! I learnt new skills and changed my thinking!
It was relaxing... learning to look at model more than the drawing
Fun and valuable.
Challenging, taxing and asking me to see differently. Learnt so much.
Liked the focus on observation and freeing my eye/hand
Tiring.... liked learning to see the angles.
Good. I was surprised by how much I improved.
Halina was very well organised and giving. Liked the demonstrations.
Day went too quickly. I have a different insight into life drawing now.
From the model: Halina took each artist on an individual challenging journey, pushing them to master new skills and techniques. As the model for the day, we worked as a team to provide the artists with ample poses. Halina demonstrated and taught, I listened and held still to suit the moment. Food was nutritious, breaks were had when people needed them. Halina set the scene with her own work, posters of important tips and everyone left at the end of the day inspired, up skilled and satisfied. Can’t wait for the next one.”
Line, Line and more Line Continuous line, Gesture line, Contour line, Blind Contour line, Semi Blind Contour line,Investigative line, Variable line, Straight line, Minimal line
This is the second workshop in a series of three run by Noosa Life Art Circle with Halina Paterson in 2020 and follows a beginners day where there was hardly any line at all. 'No lines!' echoed through the hall all day lol. In that workshop we focused on portraying the whole gesture with broad strokes and modelling the form with tone using the sides of broad pieces of charcoal.
In this workshop that focusses on line there will be many techniques to measure and transfer the 3D image we thought we see in front of us into the 2D on our paper with various measuring, angles and perspective exercises.
Line is the 'normal' way of portraying the human body. This is the outline most often. In this workshop we will be finding different 'lines' on the body and using different styles of lines to portray the tone and the feeling of the pose. Different lines can not only suggest different feelings, but also can portray tone and gesture by using, for example, variable or investigate lines. You also will discover that by leaving out lines that you do see on the body you can emphasise what you choose to focus on. By learning so many different ways of darawing a line you may even find your own preferred ways of making marks, your own style.
Halina has a thorough knowledge and experience of the techniques and has won prizes for her drawings. Her classes and workshops are informative and thorough. As well as learning a lot you are very likely to have fun.
Materials needed are all those from Workshop 1 (willlow charcoal, conte and A3 sketchbook) a graphite pencil 2B or softer (4,6,8), a charcoal pencil or long charcoal pieces and anything else you have that can draw a line.. A sketchbook minimum size A3 (one size larger than A4). A kneadable eraser. These are all available from cheap shops.
A complete materials kit can be purchased but must be preordered.
It will include A3 sketchbook, graphite and charcoal of different grades, sanguine conte, blenders and erasers. Cost of kit is $55. It is yours to keep of course so you can go confidently to any Life Drawing session anywhere.
Cost for the day is $95 which includes morning and afternoon tea and a healthy gluten free lunch.
Contact Giuliana on julianadewitts@gmail.com and 0422079612 or Halina 0437454545
If you would like more examples or information about any of the techniques, materials or workshops please call Halina on 0437454545 or email at contacthalinasart@gmail.com.