You could print this out but I will have a copy ready for you in class.

Mondays
7.15 - 9.30 pm

Cambridge Artworks

5 Greens road

Cambridge

CB4 3EF

LIFE

DRAWING
for Artists

Spring Programme 2012  

Tutor: Derek Batty

email:

derekbatty1

@

ntlworld.com

www.derekbatty.co.uk  

Whether you are an expressionist wanting to shock or a realist with a desire to record, make your mark with colour!

Develop a method for both the quick sketches and the longer pose. In the class demonstrations I will show you guaranteed methods for each. Then you'll be ready to search for your own colour approach.

The programme deviates from the Monday morning and Friday evening courses. And it is my intention to be more flexible still, responding to ideas you have suggested and trying to fit classes around the particular suitability of available models. This might mean changes to the topics and not necessarily alternating male and female models.

However both my demonstrations and the topics are always seen as a extra to the basic life-class resource of two models in a creative setting. So you are welcome to draw in any medium or style following your own programme.

Looking forward to drawing with you!

Derek 

2nd January 2012   

		Friday	Topic	Notes
	1.	09-Jan-12	Xt3m Action In the quick sketches aim to record the pose by any means using scribbling, action lines and outline.	Driven to Draw, Royal Academy, until 12 February. Free.
	2.	16-Jan-12	Easy Pastels Begin by selecting three pastels, light, mid-tone and dark. Bring some artist examples to use a basis for your colour selection. Demonstration 7.30 pm	Test your pastels. Smudge and mix to get used to their properties.
	3.	23-Jan-12	Colour detail: flesh tones with Lucian Freud. Develop your colour choices working blues, greens and purples into the flesh tones.	In anticipation of the Lucian Fred exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.
	4.	30-Jan-12	Erotic Line Exaggerate proportion, angles and forms by intensive study of the contour. Not silhouette outline more interlinking hilly contours of the body landscape. Demonstration 7.30 pm
	5.	06-Feb-12	The Ideal and the Bizarre Focussing on the contrast of the Classical and the more unusual.	Lucian Freud portraits at the National Portrait Gallery 9 Feb—27 May.
	6.	13-Feb-12	Portrait The head as a special challenge. Our attention can be misled by the features, fixing relentlessly on the eyes, or the mouth. Learn to see the face as a bowl of fruit! Demonstration 7.30 pm
HT		20-Feb-12	Half Term (Friday class meets on 24 Feb)
7.		27-Feb-12	Monoprinting revisited. While the best techniques are still fresh in our minds we produce a suite of inspirational drawings. Full equipment available to use or buy for guaranteed results. Demonstration 7.30 pm
8.		05-Mar-12	Anatomy of the Back. Explore the landscape of the back using your anatomical knowledge. Consider using a more detailed medical reference book to develop expressive interpretations.	Recommended: Louise Gordon, Anatomy and Figure Drawing.
9.		12-Mar-12	Ink and text in your sketchbook. Basquiat or Emin. Van Gogh or Cocteau. Use your pen to draw and record with both images and text to create raw, vital, of-the-moment compositions.
10.		19-Mar-12	Hands and Feet Give special attention to these difficult forms. Use the line technique from week 4 to observe in detail each joint and every line .
11.		26-Mar-12	Transparent clothing At the end of each pose our models put on one or two items of clothing. By drawing these on top of your picture you instantly create the effect of thin diaphanous cloth.
12.		02-Apr-12	Extended sketches. Extra time in the pose to overcome problems like proportion and foreshortening; and to add paper to extend the composition where required.
		09-Apr-12	Easter Break—no class
		16-Apr-12	Summer Term Begins

Payment

· Autumn Term (12 weeks) £124 You can pay by instalments - write two cheques (£62 / £62) one post-dated 2nd March 2012. Cheques should be made payable to Derek Batty. Make up any missed classes at Buchan Street on Monday mornings or Friday evenings.

· One visitor place is often available for each class. £16. Book in advance via email.

Internet Banking: You can make a payment over the internet – check the class programme or ask me for my details.

Materials List for Autumn Term classes

Charcoal, putty eraser, pastels set, pen, ink, coloured paper. Sketchbook (A4 or A5), pencils, clear 30cm ruler, bag for everything. No fixative please. Some basic materials are available for you to buy in the class including those specified in the programme. Other materials are provided for you to try out. So no need to worry about bringing in the right things!

Models tip: voluntary donation at the end of the class - suggested amount 60p.

Directions to Cambridge Artworks: look for Victoria Road on the map. This road branches off from the big one-way system called Mitchums Corner / Staples Corner. The tiny Greens Road is the second on the right. Parking with double parking at Artworks.

Facebook Group Link up with others connected with the classes. Search for the Facebook group Cambridge Life Drawing and send a request to join.

Further questions? Call me on Cambridge 01223 571816