Life Drawing with Derek Batty Class Feedback July 2016 |
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BEST
THINGS ABOUT THE CLASS |
General |
Loosens
up your drawing skills |
Excellent
atmosphere: both fun and serious // |
I get to
draw |
I like so
much: the method, the teacher, the space and colleagues. |
Everything
is great |
Lots of
space |
Lovely
group of people |
Exciting |
Stimulating,
rewarding, relaxing, fun// |
Free
flowing, relaxed. |
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Techniques |
Watercolour
and sequence exercise. |
More in
different mediums |
Variety
of topics |
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Models and poses |
Good
models ///// |
Varied
poses |
Two
models /// |
Prone
poses |
Variety
of models |
Quick
sketches |
|
Tutor and tuition |
Derek
going off topic! |
Stimulating
ideas and sound advice eg measuring, negative space etc |
Demonstrations
// |
Close
tuition. Helpful advice // |
Teaching
sheets |
Final
critique |
Tuition
/// |
Brilliant
teacher, huge amount of work put into weekly notes // |
Derek
forces me out of my comfort zone.
Always trying new techniques |
Derek
makes it very entertaining. |
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Techniques
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Light and
dark |
Distressed
paper |
Sticking
with one medium for several weeks |
Wacky
techniques, eg distressed paper |
Looking
at different styles, eg Les Fauves |
Back up
materials eg books and life drawing histories |
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WHAT
WOULD MAKE THE CLASS BETTER? |
In General |
Nothing
needs to be changed. |
Couldn’t
be better // |
Change
the biscuits |
More of everything |
More time |
More
social events |
Summer
events |
Days out
painting |
Easels
already set up |
A summer
outdoor sketching group so we can keep our eye in. |
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Poses and Models |
More
longer poses – 2 per term //// |
More short
/ fast poses // |
More
laying down poses |
More
variety in poses (furniture?) |
Simpler
poses. |
Variety
of model size: larger, thinner,
older /// |
Hats |
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Topics |
A topical
theme eg tour de France – bicycle, Wimbledon – racket // |
Add some
props // |
A quick
brief at the beginning so that we are clear what we will be doing during the
session. |
More
demonstrations of material use and technique |
A bit
more technique for beginners |
More
portraits |
Colour
combinations |
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WHAT
TOPICS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE NEXT TERM? |
Poses |
Male and
female models interacting // |
Laying
down, twisted poses |
Study of
individual parts of the body to help understand body structure, details // |
Continuous
motion quickies. Drawing people moving and to music //// |
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Techniques |
Negative
space |
Bending
perspective |
More on
perspective and tone. |
Foreshortening // |
Pencil
drawing |
Portraits
// |
Abstraction |
Pastels |
Oils |
Close direction
on drawing skills |
Distressed
paper |
Composition |
How to
use colour and tone, combining the two. |
Form
rather than shape. |