Course Code: ELLD424
Tutor: Leigh Martin
When: Wed 6.00 - 9.00pm
Dates: 16 Oct - 6 Nov 2024
Duration: 4 weeks
Level: L1
Maximum Enrolment: 10
Cost: $225
Let There be Light - Drawing - light from the dark with Leigh Martin
Objects and environments which surround us are only visible when illuminated. Light not only allows us to see but determines how we experience form in space. As such, shadow is an absence, a lack of light as it has no mass or physical attributes. Light may incidentally fall or is intentionally cast upon an object or environment.
When drawing the default methodology is to use a white piece of paper, a brightness onto which we apply a variety of tonal values that often darken with each additional layer. Only the brightest highlights are left white. This methodology of shading subverts the natural state of how we experience darkness and of how light actually operates when it falls, or is applied to various surfaces and spaces.
This introductory course offers the opportunity to employ a variety of different approaches so as to allow the student to understand how to successfully depict light both practically and emotively. It will provide valuable drawing processes and techniques for any artist, whether their interests be representational or abstract.
Materials list
Let there be Light : Drawing with Leigh Martin
Specialist art shops are the best option and will provide student discounts if you mention that you are
attending the school. The stores we recommend are:
• Studio Art Supplies Crummer Road, Grey Lynn
• The French Art Shop Taylors Road, Morningside (Beside Briscoes)
• Gordon Harris Gillies Avenue, Newmarket and Symonds Street, Auckland Central
• Takapuna Art Supplies Helensville or online
Materials required:
• White pencils: 1x chalk based + 1x oil based
• Conté pencils @ 1x: sepia light, sepia dark, black,white
• Charcoal (willow): soft & medium
• Soft & hard eraser
• Black paper: 2x jet black paper @ 120gsm, (available from Studio Art Supplies)
• White paper: 4x white cartridge A1+ @ 200+gsm, (available from Studio Art Supplies & BSA)
• Gesso
• Paper and pen for notes
At Browne School of Art we also have a selection of basic materials available for purchase: paper in A1 / A2 sheets: newsprint, cartridge, sugar grey, wet strength, bulldog clips, pencils, charcoal, erasers, white chalk, black ink.
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Standard Booking
Available until Wed 16 Oct '24 6pm
Online payment includes payment fee of 2.9% + NZ$0.30. Offline payment details on confirmation page.
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NZ$225.00 | |
Standard Booking + $10.00 BSA Student Fund - Donation
Available until Wed 16 Oct '24 6pm
A $10 donation will go to our BSA Student Fund - helping those who are unwaged or under financial hardship (with a Community Services Card) to attend our courses.
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NZ$235.00 |