Painting Course
CZ-2008-027-004
Dates:
03.07. - 10.07.2010
Price:
1250 EUR
Program:
Day 1
Transfer from Prague, ice-breaker, welcome dinner
Day 2
morning + afternoon - recognition of materials and plain-air
sceneries, elementary theory and history of painting and drawing techniques (plain-air or indoor - depending on weather conditions)
afternoon - drawing practices (pencil, sepia, charcoal) - basic forms of nature (trees, bushes, stones,
water, air), work in plain-air or indoor - depending on weather conditions
Day 3
morning - study of countryside scenery (focus on three dimensional effect / perspective) with use of
drawing techniques, theory: "Role of three dimensional perspective in a history of painting"
afternoon - study of countryside scenery (focus on three dimensional effect / perspective) with use of color
duality, theory: "Color as an artists tool to create three dimensional illusion"
evening - sun-set light effects / summer evening climate effect - small scale colored studies
Day 4
morning - course of figurative drawing (pencil, sepia, charcoal) - basic parts of human body (hands,
head, body in move), principles of classical figural painting and drawing techniques, theory: "European neo-classicism"
afternoon - human body in a countryside "Man as an integral part of Nature"- choice of technique up
the participant, theory: "Coexistence between human body and nature in History of painting"
evening - drama plays: frozen pictures, statues
Day 5
Whole day excursion
Day 6
morning - studies for final image "Soul of Bohemia", individual choice of theme, location and technique
(plain-air or indoor depending on weather conditions), studies taken from different places, angles and perspective
afternoon - individual work on chosen theme for final image
Day 7
morning - completing of final image, preparation of sketches of frame for final image
afternoon - preparation of selected images and comments for the end-of-course exhibition + farewell dinner
Day 8
Breakfast, departure