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Life Drawing with Derek Batty Class Feedback July 2016 |
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BEST
THINGS ABOUT THE CLASS |
General |
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Loosens
up your drawing skills |
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Excellent
atmosphere: both fun and serious // |
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I get to
draw |
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I like so
much: the method, the teacher, the space and colleagues. |
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Everything
is great |
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Lots of
space |
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Lovely
group of people |
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Exciting |
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Stimulating,
rewarding, relaxing, fun// |
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Free
flowing, relaxed. |
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Techniques |
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Watercolour
and sequence exercise. |
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More in
different mediums |
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Variety
of topics |
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Models and poses |
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Good
models ///// |
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Varied
poses |
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Two
models /// |
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Prone
poses |
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Variety
of models |
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Quick
sketches |
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Tutor and tuition |
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Derek
going off topic! |
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Stimulating
ideas and sound advice eg measuring, negative space etc |
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Demonstrations
// |
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Close
tuition. Helpful advice // |
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Teaching
sheets |
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Final
critique |
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Tuition
/// |
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Brilliant
teacher, huge amount of work put into weekly notes // |
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Derek
forces me out of my comfort zone.
Always trying new techniques |
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Derek
makes it very entertaining. |
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Techniques
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Light and
dark |
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Distressed
paper |
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Sticking
with one medium for several weeks |
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Wacky
techniques, eg distressed paper |
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Looking
at different styles, eg Les Fauves |
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Back up
materials eg books and life drawing histories |
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WHAT
WOULD MAKE THE CLASS BETTER? |
In General |
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Nothing
needs to be changed. |
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Couldn’t
be better // |
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Change
the biscuits |
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More of everything |
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More time |
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More
social events |
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Summer
events |
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Days out
painting |
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Easels
already set up |
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A summer
outdoor sketching group so we can keep our eye in. |
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Poses and Models |
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More
longer poses – 2 per term //// |
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More short
/ fast poses // |
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More
laying down poses |
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More
variety in poses (furniture?) |
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Simpler
poses. |
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Variety
of model size: larger, thinner,
older /// |
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Hats |
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Topics |
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A topical
theme eg tour de France – bicycle, Wimbledon – racket // |
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Add some
props // |
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A quick
brief at the beginning so that we are clear what we will be doing during the
session. |
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More
demonstrations of material use and technique |
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A bit
more technique for beginners |
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More
portraits |
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Colour
combinations |
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WHAT
TOPICS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE NEXT TERM? |
Poses |
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Male and
female models interacting // |
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Laying
down, twisted poses |
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Study of
individual parts of the body to help understand body structure, details // |
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Continuous
motion quickies. Drawing people moving and to music //// |
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Techniques |
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Negative
space |
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Bending
perspective |
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More on
perspective and tone. |
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Foreshortening // |
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Pencil
drawing |
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Portraits
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Abstraction |
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Pastels |
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Oils |
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Close direction
on drawing skills |
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Distressed
paper |
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Composition |
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How to
use colour and tone, combining the two. |
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Form
rather than shape. |