FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING / PAINTING
- still life, composition, space, and perspective in standard drawing techniques.
Covers all basic drawing and painting techniques and themes (charcoal, sanguine crayon, pen-and-ink, glazing, watercolor, tempera, acrylic paints, oil colors, etc.). The course is intended both for beginners and advanced.
NUDE FIGURE DRAWING / PAINTING
- drawing or painting a live model
Portraying a true-to-scale or a live-sized work based on a live model, using basic drawing and painting techniques. Even beginners may apply.
PORTRAIT
- portraits based on artworks and live models.
This course will progress from barebone studies into different ways and forms of presenting the artistic touch in the portrait discipline.
LANDSCAPE PAINTING
- painting the landscape using classical techniques (sketching, watercolor, tempera, acrylic paints)
These aspects will be covered step by step: motive, composition, perspective, light and shadow, human figure as a part of a landscape, abstracted landscape.
WATERCOLOR
- still life, scenery, composition, and instilling feeling using watercolors.
Watercolor – a blend of senses, feelings, vision and imagination. Lessons focus on the technique of damp paper, demonstrating the possible approaches to this technique and practicing them. Lectures will be held mostly in open air.
OIL PAINTING
- still life, scenery, composition, and perspective using oil colors
Covers the classical method and technique „a la prima“, stretching and preparation of the canvas, primer, under-painting, glazing composition and enamels. Course is laid out into several difficulty levels according to the advancement of the students and also contains comparing techniques, methods and materials (gouache, watercolor, copying the ancient masters, etc.).
BASIC GRAPHIC TECHNIQUES
- fundamentals of relief printing and gravure printing (dry-point, linocut)
This course is intended both for beginners and intermediate students.
CERAMICS I
CERAMICS
