Traditional Approaches to Drawing: Bargue Drawings

Traditional Approaches to Drawing: Bargue Drawings

In-Person: Adult | This program has been canceled

20 Academy Street Arlington, MA 02476 United States

Main Classroom

For beginning to beginning intermediate students

4/6/2020-6/8/2020

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240.00 USD

Member Discount Available

8 Mondays, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Bargue drawing is about learning to draw from a classical reproduction in order to understand form, line, measurement, values, and process. This course takes a traditional approach to drawing technique and is extremely rewarding. If you want to improve and learn to see better, this class is for you!

  • Graphite Drawing
  • Wood Pencils: 4B, 2B, HB, 2H, 4H. regular wooden pencils.
  • If you’re interested, you can purchase yourself a few drafting pencils and the different
  • graphite in separate containers, costs more than the wooden pencils
  • Kneaded Eraser
  • White rubber eraser Blue painters tape
  • Graphite Paper: The Preferred paper is Stonehenge; white or warm white is fine, or light grey.
  • A pad of Stonehenge, size 11x14
  • OR- A spiral bound pad of Strathmore 400 series 11x14 Drawing Board: 18 x 24 inches works best
Polins, Jason

he/him/his Jason graduated from Boston University’s Visual Arts Program then attended Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. After graduating, he returned to Boston area to pursue direct studies with notable painters such as Nelson Shanks, Thomas Dunlay and Gary Hoffmann. All of whom Jason remain closely connected to as mentors and friends. Moved by the beauty of nature and our modern world. His genre of expertise include portraiture, figure, still life and landscape/cityscape. Jason works in graphite, charcoal and oil paint. View his personal work at www.jasonpolins.com