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SECOND CAST DRAWING Objective: to shift the drawing approach to a more painterly one Using a toned ground and applying lights with a variety of chalks, the form is built up in a manner that prepares the student for their first painting of the cast and at the same time demonstrates another beautiful quality of drawing. |
| FREEHAND CAST DRAWING Objective: to develop drawing skills independent from pure sight-size training At this point, each student will draw from a different cast using a traditional freehand approach as a balance to previous sight-size work. Elements of drawing, such as contour, graining, and hatching, will be emphasized over literal tonal rendering. |
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CAST PAINTING Objective: to learn the technical possibilities of a limited palette and its application to the rendering of form in oil paint. Combining lessons from the two previous programs, students use the sight-size method to begin working in the round. Copying carefully selected casts from antiquity, this method allows for the study of form under controlled circumstances while indirectly influencing the receptive mind to more advanced concepts present in the original work of art. |
| MASTER COPIES Objective: to study different languages of draftsmanship from the history of art One or more actual size reproductions of a master drawing is assigned to be carefully copied with various elements of drawing principles emphasized. These studies are meant to intensify observation of masterworks as well as inform and influence techniques used in evening life classes. |
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