Classical Figure Painting
5 Day Workshop | This course is completed
In this intensive, students will follow a classical approach to painting, learning how to paint the figure accurately, working from a live model. We will look at the basic proportions of the human body and learn how to simplify the model into simple shapes and proportional landmarks. Emphasis will be placed upon making accurate measurements. We will then observe how to create a sense of form by going over the various elements of light and shadow. Through black & white and monochrome tonal studies, we will learn how to render the human body and give it a sense of 3 dimensionality. Finally, we will go over colour theory and learn to mix and match flesh tones and the various colours on the model.
To guarantee the outcome of a successful work, the painting will be built in stages, starting with a drawing, followed by monochrome under-painting and then move to a full colour painting.
Notes:
- This course is taught in acrylic paints but oils are welcome.
- It is recommended for students to have had previous figure drawing experience. However, beginners to figure drawing would be focusing on drawing and painting a smaller part of the model until they get more comfortable.
Base Tuition: $290 + Model Fee:$65 = $355 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- Figure Proportions
- Making accurate measurements
- Anatomical form structure
- Rendering various parts of the body
- Grisaille painting (black & white)
- Monochromatic underpainting
- Full Colour painting
Florian Jacot
Florian is a visual artist who has been teaching at the Toronto School of Art since 2009. As well as instructing at TSA, Jacot has been teaching figure sculpture, artistic anatomy, and figurative drawing and painting since 2004 at such schools as Max the Mutt Animation School, Artist 25 Studio, Centennial College and Sheridan College.
Jacot works traditionally in fine arts and does freelance work digitally for the film and gaming industries. His work has been exhibited on several occasions in shows and galleries. In 1999, he received an award from The Sculpture Society of Canada for two of his sculptures.
2008 Digital Animation Diploma, Centennial College, Toronto
2001 Classical Animation Diploma , Classical Figurative Drawing and Painting, ARC Accredited Atelier, Max the Mutt Animation Inc, Toronto
1999 Academy of Realist Art (Michael John Angel Studio), Toronto
1999 Art Diploma, Interdisciplinary Art Program, Art Centre of Central Technical School, Toronto
1995 Post-Secondary Diploma, Preparatory Program for Medical Careers, & aux formations, Switzerland.