ITALIAN
DRAWING & PAINTING COURSE
Everyone
can learn to draw properly, just as everyone
can learn a foreign language. It's basically
a matter of learning to see the reality around us and trying to
reproduce it with the means to hand. The objective of the course
is to teach you to see the form, proportions, perspective, light
and shadow (chiaroscuro) in the world through drawing.
Every
lesson the teacher will introduce a new subject, he'll explain which
are the most important characteristics and will then ask you to
draw it. The subject is usually still life: objects, fruit etc.
chosen according to a sliding scale of difficulty. You will use
a simple pencil to draw and in this way you will be able to judge
the outcome of your efforts straight away; either appraising or
correcting, as the teacher will teach you how to examine and assess
it. As the lessons progress you will become more independent until
you are able to draw on your own and carry on this amazing faculty.
The
course gives particular importance to chiaroscuro
or light and shadow. It's necessary to learn
not just how to recognize the different tones but also the different
densities of shadow, whether it be sharp or soft lines. Learning to
recreate the variety and richness of this reality will help you to
then express different materials in your drawing: from a piece of
soft fabric, to the reflections from metal to the transparency of
glass. At the same time the teacher will try to help you develop your
own style of drawing, different from that of others. At the end, after
either two or four weeks, you'll be surprised to discover that you
can now see and draw details that you couldn't see before.
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Reproducing
reality:
the drawing |
| Perspective
and chiaroscuro |
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Learning
to appraise
your own work |
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