Creative Portrait in Soft Pastel level 3

Thursdays from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Level 3: from January 19 to March1

Gary has done a few thousand portraits, beginning when he professionally drew portraits at Expo ’67 in Montréal for 14 hours a day, 7 days a week.

In this workshop series, Gary shares his concepts and practices for capturing likeness in drawing portraits. Expect exercises to improve your seeing and your accuracy. You will be drawing yourself and each other in class. Near the end of the course, there will be a professional model who will let you practice what you have learned over a long pose. Students will be exposed to different artists’ works and short demos will also be included.

Level 1 Portraiture: 
Facial features, Accuracy, shapes, shadows, edges and rendering. Lots of homework plus practise from pictures and one live model 3 times.
Level 2 Portraiture: 
Draw like the masters~ 3 Colour Drawing introduces minimal colour and temperature. Some homework plus lots of practise from pictures and one live model 3 times.
Level 3 Portraiture: 
Creativity in Portraiture using soft pastels. Practise from pictures and a few live models
Level 4 Portraiture: 
Introduction to oil portraiture. One major portrait assignment.

The level 1 course is a prerequisite for level 2 and beyond.

Price:  $240.00 + $30 (Model fee) + Tax, for seven weeks; or drop-in for $35 per 3hr class

Register with Gary at (416) 910-5535 or click here

Instructor: Gary Smith

BA in Fine Art, Teacher Degree and Art Supervisor Certificate. An artist and art coach who is a graduate from The Faculty of Art, Guelph University and teaches Drawing and Painting at LucSculpture, does murals and portraits and exhibits frequently. His work is carried by Libby Gallery in Toronto and Gallery on the Bay in Hamilton. Gary also founded CLUB DRAW for Life Drawing which is offered at LucSculpture on Sundays. He also offers unique “Escape with Gary Art Workshop here in Canada and abroad.

Join us on an Escape to Portugal in 2012

To learn more about him, his work and those workshops visit http://www.escapewithgary.com

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