Expand your drawing toolkit. The materials of drawing - the media used and the support they are drawn onto - are vital considerations in art-making. Each type of media can impart a different 'feel' to the work produced, and using better-quality art materials helps produce lasting works. Working with a model affords an excellent opportunity to investigate different media. In this six-week course, we will use the human form as subject matter to explore a variety of wet and dry media. Ink, water-soluble graphite and coloured chalk will be among the media investigated on a variety of supports: watercolour paper, and toned papers, among others. Course instruction will consist of demonstrations coupled with longer poses, to allow time for in-depth investigation of a different drawing material/paper combination each week.
Notes: This course makes an excellent complement to Figure Drawing 2: Drawing Better Bodies. It is intended for any students with prior life drawing experience. It is recommended that students have taken the Introduction to Life Drawing course or have equivalent and recent life drawing instruction.