Live Essential Drawing Classes

Fall Semester Classes Begin September 5th

PLEASE NOTE THIS CLASS BEGINS IN THE FALL AND WILL CONTINUE FROM THE FALL TO SPRING SEMESTER, BUILDING IN SKILLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Welcoming the beginning student or those who wish to reinforce essential drawing skills, this foundational course will follow weekly lessons in a variety of practical lessons to include:

1. Drawing Heads. ( a. Dynamic frontally, 3/4 heads)
2. Hands, Feet
3. Garments
4. The standing figure
5. The seated figure
6. Moving figures
7. Beginning compositions

Throughout the lessons, students will strengthen their overall drawing skills, gain familiarity with the Byzantine system, and work towards their own readiness to compose more complex subjects and small compositions.

Students will submit their drawings online by email to Dr. Kordis, with Live Zoom sessions reserved for group corrections and critique — all lessons are to be watched and followed in the student’s own time with specific assignments given.  We always provide a recording of all Zoom sessions — it is not a requirement to be present at the Live sessions.

Time: THURSDAYS, 8 to 9pm (Athens, Greece) time = 1 to 2pm Eastern Standard (EST) in the US & Canada, every other week – usually the first and third Thursdays of each month.

Once registered, students will receive the Full semester of pre-recorded lessons which contain more additional resources to follow than are assigned to allow more practice options.

Duration: 2 lessons per month (2 hours total).

Cost: €220/semester

Coursework lessons progressing through the year:

1. Basic principles of the Byzantine painting system. Qualities of line. Letters as composition. Exercises on rhythm.
2. Frontal faces. Structure. Sample exercises
3. 3/4  Faces. Structure. Sample exercises
4. Garments. Structure. Sample exercises
5. Hands, feet, gestures, Items ( Books, chairs etc.) Landscapes. Structure.
6. Measurements of Human figure. Structure. Sample exercises. Busts of saints.
7. Full standing figures. Structure. Sample exercises
8. Seated Figures. Structure. Sample exercises
9. Figures in motion. Structure. Sample exercises
10. Techniques of drawing. (shading). Sample exercises
11. Drawing a theme with various shading
12. Drawing a small Composition with shading
13. Other lessons as needed

NOTE: New students may join if the semester has already begun, but will need to pay for the full semester as they will receive all pre-recorded teaching lessons and still receive corrections and feedback for submitted drawings.

Questions?  Please email info.writingthelight@gmail.com