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Student Work - Lesson 2

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For the second session we experimented with freeing up the mark-making and maintaining control of the spacing of the marks. The goal here was to draw the subject without any marks overlapping or over-emphasizing the contours The subject is treated here as a kind of inspiration for the forms of the drawing rather than something to be slavishly copied. For the second drawing students were encouraged to maintain the disciplined mark-making of the first drawing while experimenting with expressive distortions The next session of this class will run at CCSF starting on March 8th (soon!)  Click here to register. *** For her second drawing Sara did a great job of fragmenting the subject and flattening it out. The drawing holds together well due to her tight control of the negative space between the marks. Within those parameters she was extremely inventive in terms of capturing and elaborating on the shapes and objects provided by the still life. Check out the ...
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Student Work - Lesson 1

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This blog contains student work for a previous session of "Drawing at the Edge of Representation." The next session of this class will run at City College of San Francisco starting on March 8th and meet for three evenings on Tuesdays Click  here  to see the official description register. For the first class session we worked with the still life. Students were encouraged to explore expressionistic mark-making while maintaining a sense of proportion and accuracy with regard to the still life. I call this the "Van Gogh" exercise for his ability to maintain accuracy while exploring a range of different mark-making styles - while also edging toward abstraction. As you can see in this Van Gogh drawing, he maintains a sense of proportion while creating a lively rhythm through the intensity of his charcoal markings. Note, also, how the rhythm of the mark-making extends into the surface and background. This activates the surface of the entire page and helps ...
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