Another great day jam packed with a ton of information. After going over Weight Distribution and how it affects Gesture in a figure, Stephen showed us how he approaches sculpting a Life size foot. He spoke about a sequence of hierarchy and urged us to work from simple to complex forms.
The studio was full of excitement as we started a new week with Stephen Perkins. Many of us are still absorbing all of the information that was given to us last time Stephen was here. All of the students arrived early and ready to pick up right where we left off.
Today the Janus Collaborative School of Art took a trip to the Morgan Library, located on 225 Madison Avenue. With the assistance of Dan Thompson we set out on a mission to recreate, and in so doing, learn from Old Master Drawings. The trip was an inspiration to us all. It was a great learning experience to see and analyze how artists of the past handled different mediums and applied each stroke to build the masterpieces that were before us.
Here are just a few of the drawings that we came across:
In addition to this blog, we now have student work up on our website. The page is still being updated slowly, so check back frequently as we post more work up over the next two weeks. Thanks for viewing. In the meantime, here are some drawings.
In early June, Costa Vavagiakis had a wonderful workshop on portrait drawing. He lectured, brought in supplemental materials, and did mini-demos to cover everything from materials and handling to composition and theoretical principles of drawing. The model Connie was terrific and the group is looking forward to doing this again!
If you’re in the west coast this summer, check out this exhibit featuring the work of, 2nd-year student, Feather Hilger.
The Fox Shaw Painters
The Kimball Gallery
6950 Kimball Dr.
Gig Harbor
June 8 – July 5, 2010
With an exciting summer project and all the exhibitions in and around the city, we may be taking a break from our regular studio schedule but the training and learning never stops.
We’d like to thank everyone who attended our end-of-year celebration last week, as well as those who came and joined us during our evening talks and lectures during the regular school year. We’ll be blogging about exhibits, workshops, and summer sketching until we resume in the fall.
For those interested, Dennis Cheaney’s class will continue running this the summer. However, Open Studio sessions will be on break until September. Stay tuned for more news regarding our lecture series during the 2010-2011 school year.
See you in September!
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