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Key Elements of Fine Arts
at Art School of SF Bay - THE SUNSET DISTRICT (INNER)
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THE SUNSET DISTRICT (INNER)
1603 Irving St
Btwn 17th & 18th Avenues
San Francisco, California 94122 (Map)
1603 Irving St
Btwn 17th & 18th Avenues
San Francisco, California 94122 (Map)
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Skips Nov 1, Nov 22, & Jan 17, 2024
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Description
What you'll learn in this painting class:
If you are looking to kick-start a new hobby, this course is the best choice. It covers all the fundamentals artists use to draw freely from imagination or real life. Even a complete beginner by the end of this course will be able to paint a portrait and create a composition from scratch.
Detailed Schedule
- Day 1. The Cezanne lesson.
- Obtaining desired color by mixing.
- Day 2. The Silhouette lesson.
- Learning to assess proportions, adjust the drawing to the paper size, and develop eye-hand coordination.
- Day 3. The Escher lesson.
- Learning to shade 3 basic shapes of 3D world: sphere, cylinder and block.
- Day 4. The Durer lesson.
- Understanding Isometric, Reverse and Renaissance perspectives. Practical outdoor studies.
- Day 5. The Degas lesson.
- Lecture on evolution of 3-dimensional space on 2-dimensional surface throughout the history art, general compositional rules and schemes, practical studies.
- Day 6. The Miro lesson.
- Learning the key concepts of composition, such as line, shape, weight, movement, and the relationship of objects within the picture. A short lecture on history of abstract art opens this lesson.
- Day 6. The Chardin lesson-1.
- Learning to compose and paint a still life. Starting the project.
- Day 7. The Chardin lesson-2.
- Developing and finishing the still life, learning to make final touches.
- Day 8. The Michelangelo lesson.
- Learning human proportions and some aspects of human anatomy. This lessons ends up with series of sketches of wooden and live figures.
- Day 9. The Holbein lesson.
- Learning proportions of human head, and drawing an alabaster head.
- Day 10. The Serov lesson.
- Painting a quick portrait from a live model.
- Day 11. The Gaugin lesson - 1.
- Creating a composition with one or several human figures from start to successful finish.
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Refund Policy
We do not provide refunds for ongoing classes tuition, courses or camps payments.
- However, full credit towards future booking or transfer to another camp/course will be offered for any cancellations made up to 2 business days before the camp or course starts.
- Ongoing classes can be canceled with a 31 business days prior notice.
You can make up a missed class on another day when we offer the same age/skill group class. The make-up class should be arranged in advance, no drop-ins. Limit 2 make-up classes per month. Make-up classes are subject to the availability of space in a similar class. We reserve the right not to provide make-up classes or terminate the class enrollment for repeating truancy.
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Art School of SF Bay
THE SUNSET DISTRICT (INNER)
1603 Irving St
Btwn 17th & 18th Avenues
San Francisco, California 94122 THE SUNSET DISTRICT (INNER)
1603 Irving St
Btwn 17th & 18th Avenues
San Francisco, California 94122
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