Observational Drawing at the ROM
1 Day Workshop | Available
Join TSA at the Royal Ontario Museum and practice your observational drawing skills! In this one day workshop, students will meet at the Royal Ontario Museum and focus on a variety of observational drawing techniques while learning how to draw large objects in the correct proportion. The instructor will demonstrate essential skills including; gesture, alignment, comparative measuring, negative shape studies and basic structural drawing. As students practice their drawing, the instructor will offer critiques and draw-overs as needed. We will spend time studying statues from Eastern Asia, busts from ancient Greece, animals and dinosaur skeletons!
Notes:
- Students need to purchase their own ticket (Rom Ticket purchase: Adult General Admission = $24.50-$27.50 including tax, $3 for coat or bag check). We recommend that you purchase your ticket ahead of time to ensure entrance.
- Students will meet at the ROM at 10AM.
Base Tuition: $148 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- Drawing large objects in proportion
- Observational drawing
- Structural Drawing
- Comparative measuring
- Negative space studies
- A large size sketchbook - suggested size 11X14" or 12X16"
- Assorted graphite pencils
- Kneadable Eraser
- Pencil Sharpener
Note that you do NOT need to bring a chair - they are provided at the ROM
Lindsey Rosenow
Lindsey is a Toronto-based Artist who has been teaching in Toronto for the last 6 years.
She has taught film making, stop motion and classical animation, script writing, camera editing and video game design at the Toronto International Film Festival. And at the Animation Portfolio Workshop, topics included Gesture Drawing, Structure Drawing, Anatomy, Character Design, Perspective, Layout Design, Composition, Animation for beginners, and Storyboarding. Currently, Lindsey is working freelance with a focus on design jobs for animation as a layout artist and prop designer.
Lindsey is a big believer in progressive learning - she values transferable skills over singular assignments, making sure that all lessons work cohesively with one another.