SKETCHBOOK ETHICS

1. Always carry your sketchbook
2. "Not a day without line"
3. Use your sketchbook as visual diary
4. Write and draw, think on paper
5. Title your sketchbook (ex."Dreams")
6. Copy Masters drawings and techniques
7. Make thumbnail sketches as preliminary drawings of class and homework assignments
8. Use your sketchbook to explore media
9. Drawings need not be “finished”
10. Work on few sketchbooks at the same time

For inspiration- please visit the Moleskine journals online http://www.moleskinerie.com/

Artists sketchbooks online here

E-book on drawing here

TIMELINE & STYLES

The Early Renaissance
The rebirth of classical themes and humanistic ideas marked the Renaissance in Italy, as seen in Florentines Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Ghiberti, and Botticelli.

Glowing color — made possible by the new medium of oil paint — and minute detail set the work of the Flemish masters Van Eyck and Grunewald apart from the Florentines.

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The High Renaissance
Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael displayed extraordinary talent working in a variety of media and elevated the status of the artist in Italian society.

Venetians like Titian, Tintoretto, and Palladio readapted the classical style with a theatrical flourish.
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Realms of Light—The Baroque
The Church's campaign to counter the Reformation relied on dramatic depictions of religious scenes, such as those of Caravaggio and Bernini.

The royal courts in Spain and the wealthy burghers in the Netherlands commissioned major paintings by Velazquez and Rembrandt and shaped their content.

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An Age of Reason, An Age of Passion
The playful fantasy and provocative subjects of the Rococo style practiced by Watteau, Fragonard, and Boucher gave way to strict Rationalism, which insisted on morality in art and the purity of classical form, as seen in the works of David.

Striving for individual expression, Romantic painters Goya, Gericault, and Delacroix demonstrated a range of styles and subjects.
PDF CLASSICISM AND ROCOCO

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A Fresh View—Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Courbet and his followers rejected the standard academic themes and techniques, Manet shocked Paris, and Impressionists represented the world bathed in color and changing light.

Post-Impressionists Seurat, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne broke new ground with daring and imaginative use of color and approaches to form.

PDF IMPRESSIONISTS 1 PDF IMPRESSIONISTS 2

PDF REALISTS

Into the Twentieth Century
With modernity came new energy and forms in Viennese building and painting. Paris saw the emergence of the Fauves, and of Picasso and Cubism. Kandinsky and others experimented with color abstraction.

Modernism spawned not only Cubism, but also the abstract and the surreal. Le Corbusier and Wright applied the abstract principles to buildings. Dada responded to the devastation of WWI with nihilism; surrealists Dali, Magritte, and Miro showed Freudian influence.

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List of materials HERE / PDF file /

Week One
Historic overview Introduction to historic techniques and methods of artistic drawing; paper preparation and basic drawing techniques “how to start” (using pencil and charcoal) Organizaitonal drawing

Homework make six drawings (each for every day) find a theme/subject and practice organizational techniques using line and composition. Use pencil & natural charcoal

Drawing tutorials and links here

Drawing for beginners online lessons here

Week Two
Renaissance: proportion & measuring techniques; Introduction and demonstration to perspective systems; proportion and measuring; (pencil, charcoal, conte crayons)

Homework make a still life (at least 3 objects) and work on a single drawing for a week; make sketches and use different tonal techniques (hatching, crosshatching, blending and stippling, etc) to create shadows & textures

Michelangelo's drawings at the British Museum here (PDF)

Michelangelo's technique here

Week Three
Baroque-modeling the form, Tonal drawing; working with light and shadow; achieving atmosphere, techniques and contrast; drawing form and volume (charcoal, conte crayons) - Conte crayons, 3 colors black, wwhite & sepia, (still life)

Homework Make perspective study (grid) of space. Use Baroque composition methods to make objects "alive" , Create bizzare and exaggerated atmosphere

Erasure techniques here

Chiaroscuro definition on studiochalkboard here

Perspective drawing lessons here

Week Four
Figure drawing (model)- Analytical study of body parts; "x-ray" drawing based on intense observation and working from the model (mixed dry techniques)

Homework Draw self portrait ( use mirror or photo) in the manner of your favorite Old Master

Portrait online tutorials here

Figure drawing tutorial online here

Week Five
West & East- ink drawing, pen, brush, wet and dry: Studies following the Old Masters systems (mixed dry and wet drawing techniques)

Homework Draw a garden scene & floral still life combining pen and brush- various ink drawing techniques

Pen & ink techniques here

more ink Techniques illustrated here

Week Six
Figure studies (model) based on traditional masters drawings (mixed techniques); figurative and narrative (human body as inspiration)

Homework create a drawing using literature or music as inspiration. Mix realism with fantasy, combine materials & techniques

Old masters drawing collection online here

Figure drawing links here

Week Seven
Romantics VS Realists- pastel, color theory, 3 colors, mixing colors; landscape; Open and closed composition: structure of space (indoor and outdoor); realism and fantasy

Homework draw a city scape using pastels - mixed with other materials

various drawing techniques & examples here

Week Eight
Modern art Exploration of traditional techniques applied to contemporary drawing issues; generate imagery using alternative drawing techniques ( frottage); using photography resources; style definition and stylization techniques

End of the Course