Head Drawing after the Great Masters Course Description In this class we will apply basic drawing principles to the study of Heads after past artists. Constructive drawing will be discussed in analyzing artists such as Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Raphael and more. Topics will include Structure, Shape, and Proportion. Artists will be discussed, short demo given, and exercises to work on. Personal 1-on-1 instruction offered throughout.

All levels welcome' and supplies will be provided. Students are welcome to bring their own as well.

Tickets for 4 day class $125.

Classes to be held on Wednesday at Fenix Arts Gallery

April 8, 15, 22, and 29

6-9pm

Course Outline

Week 1: Proportion and Structure  Materials, mark-making, strokes  Basic Human Head Proportions  Structures: Box, Egg, Cylinder conceptions  Tilt and Angle  Da Vinci, Raphael, Durer, Holbein

Week 2: Construction  Blocks and Planes  Secondary Structures: Rhythms  Michelangelo, Cambiaso, Pontormo, Poussin

Week 3: Features  Viewing Features as simple masses  Placement/Relationships  Da Vinci, Rubens, Rembrandt

Week 4: Master Study  Construction of a head after a Master of your choosing

Suggested Reading

1) Figure Drawing For Artists by Steve Huston

2) Drawing Manual by Glen Vilppu

3) Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters & Master Class In Figure Drawing by Robert Beverly Hale

4) Drawing from Life by George Bridgman

Suggested Supplies

1. Graphite-Soft grade pencils (HB-2B), mechanical pencils (0.5-0.7 leads)

2. Charcoal-Pencils by General’s, Conté á Paris, Faber-Castell, Prismacolor. Earth tones to black

3. Conté á Paris Chalks

4. Ballpoint Pens

5. Craft Knife to sharpen leads/cut away wood

6. Sandpaper Pads to sharpen leads

7. Paper: Newsprint, Strathmore, Canson, basic copy paper

8. Masonite Boards+Masking Tape to place our paper on

9. Easels/Tabletop Easels

Artist Bio

Mark Nunez is an artist and instructor living in Northwest Arkansas. He is host of NWA Life Drawing, an uninstructed monthly drawing group and instructor at Community Creative Center. He has exhibited at Fenix Arts, Local Color Gallery, and currently for Arkansas Arts Council traveling ‘Small Works On Paper’ exhibit. He previously worked as a 3D Artist at various studios (mobile, AR/VR) for several years in Los Angeles. You’ll probably stumble upon him learning at Crystal Bridges or out and about in life just sketching.