“Life Drawing With the Old Masters”- With Fern Belling

Holmes Art Studio

806 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Saturday, April 10th, 2027

9 AM – 12 PM

$50

Ages 14+

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Learn to study and draw the figure like the masters from the Renaissance through modern- Michelangelo, DaVinci, Rembrandt, Degas, Wyeth, for example. Using photographs on a large screen of everyday people in modern clothing, students will learn traditional methods of accurately drawing the human form. Contour drawing, line, gesture drawing, value study in different black-and-white media are some of the techniques covered. Skills covered include proportion, foreshortening, movement, and weight. Attention will be given also to hands and face, but emphasis will be on the total figure. Dry and wet methods include charcoal, pen and ink/wash, pencil, conte crayon, all on paper provided. Some color may be used for washes or line. All materials provided. We will look at slides of old masters’ drawings and discuss how they used them as preliminary studies for their larger painted works. We will discuss the personal impact of the master works, their influence, and what the student learned from studying them and drawing their own.

Pre Registration is required. All classes are final sale unless event is canceled.

Meet your instructor!

A native of Detroit Lakes, I lived in several states before retiring back in DL. I majored in Art, Drawing and Painting at the University of Iowa.  I do a lot of Plein Aire painting across the country.  I have attended and taught numerous workshops in the Midwest. My work includes acrylic paintings on canvas, and watercolors on paper.