Drawing Facial Features and Expressions

Drawing Facial Features and Expressions

Class | This class has been canceled

All Levels Welcome

4/12/2012-6/14/2012

7:00 PM-10:00 PM PDT on Th

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$385.00

This class will emphasize the importance of the individual features and how to best study them. Working from casts, handouts, photos and models, we will commit to memory idealized versions of the eyes, ears, mouth and nose from all angles. We will also learn the muscles of the face and apply this anatomical knowledge to the more specialized areas of capturing accurate and readable facial expressions, stylizing the features, and also the simplification and cartooning of expressions.

  • NOTE: Watts Atelier now carries the supplies you will need for class! Students may purchase supplies before class by completing a purchase form and giving it to their instructor.
  • Supplies listed below.
  • Charcoal pencils (get quite a few to start with) Conte1710: B (gold with black shaft)
  • Single-edged razor blades (1 box)
  • Sanding pad (small wood handle with sheets of sandpaper on it.)
  • Kneaded eraser
  • Pad of 18"x24" SMOOTH Newsprint (recommended brands: Pro-Art)
  • Clip board (standard board that will hold an 18"x24" pad.)
  • Pad of 18"x24" tracing paper
  • Note: Do not leave Newsprint in warm places or where the sun will hit it (i.e. car, window, etc.) It will warp and wrinkle! Also, you'll want to get a small cigar sized box for supplies to be transported in.
Jones, Court

Court received his BA in Studio Art from UCSD in 1996 and has studied at the Watts Atelier since 2001. He began teaching here in 2003. Mostly, he works as a freelance illustrator. And has done print work for clients such as Atlantic Records, Rolling Stone Magazine, Upper Deck, Pacific San Diego Magazine, and Blizzard Entertainment, among others. Court also does personal and institutional portrait commissions and has won several awards from the San Diego Portrait Society for his work, including Best in Show for 2011. Also in 2011, he was named Master Caricaturist of the Year by the International Society of Caricature Artists. To see more of Court’s work, please visit www.courtjones.com and www.crjonesart.com.