The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts is dedicated to the preservation of Fine Art’s past and the development of its future through an engaging education in a welcoming environment.
5256 Magazine St.New Orleans, LA 70115Call us: (504) 899-8111
This is a beginning course in drawing designed to develop and expand one's visual awareness and perceptual acuity through the process of drawing from observation
mainly staying in rectilinear forms. The course introduces and reviews drawing fundamentals. The goal is to acquire conceptual and technical skills necessary to
translate three dimensional forms to a two-dimensional surface. Students learn methods for sensitively describing objects in terms of line, shape, volume, cross-contour,
proportion, light logic, perspective, and compositional space. Also covered are fundamentals of pictorial space structure, aesthetics, content, and draftsmanship using
still life and natural forms, working with pencil and charcoal.
Supply list:
18” x 24” 80# Drawing Paper (cream/off-white) pad.
18” x 24” 30# Newsprint pad
HB, 2B, 4B and 6B Graphite pencils
Compressed Charcoal
Vine Charcoal
Kneaded Eraser
White plastic or pink pearl eraser
Ruler (18”)
Arturo Perez has has been teaching for over 25 years (K-12 to adults to seniors), has a Bachelor Degree from UNO in both Fine Arts and Science, has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute, and also volunteers at WWOZ, Creative Arts New Orleans (CANO) and Creative Industries. He continues to be involved in art and dance education teaching classes, workshops, private lessons, exhibiting work, and performing.
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