FUNDAMENTALS OF ART COURSES

Get back to basics at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts with our Fundamentals of Art classes.  Covering the main disciplines of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, these courses are open to pre-college students and adults.

• Payment is due in full at time of registration unless applying for a pre-college scholarship.  You will not be officially registered until payment is received. There is a $50 per semester registration fee.

• There must be a minimum number of registrants to run a class.

• Registration deadline is 2 weeks prior to the start of each class. 

• Should you decide to register for a class last-minute, please call the office to see if there is room.

• Once registered there are no refunds unless Lyme Academy College cancels a class. 

10 Weeks
Fall Semester Thursdays 6:30-9:30 pm

 Instructor:
Tara Smith
 

Tuition: $400
 

Pre-requisite: None

Fundamentals of Drawing: Construction

This ten week course will develop students’ skills in representing real-life three dimensional forms on paper with accuracy and efficiency. Students will learn to distinguish between what the eye truly sees and what the mind thinks it sees. Students are taught to visualize form as shape, to observe relative scale and relationships, and to confirm these observations with measurements. This course concentrates on the use of line to portray form in space and a variety of methods will be introduced. This course is designed for students with little or no drawing experience and can serve as a preparation course for further study of drawing. They will become more purposeful in the development of a drawing, looking at the entire work rather than getting lost in details.

10 Weeks
Fall Semester

Tuesdays 6:30 - 9:30 pm

 Instructor:
 Tara Smith

Tuition: $400

Pre-requisite: None

Fundamentals of Painting: The Beginning

This course helps prepare students for College level courses. In doing so, it helps students gain a sense of method and purpose in developing a representational painting. Using traditional subject matter, students begin with a limited palette and progress to a larger range of color. This course is designed for all students with limited or no experience with oil painting. Students who successfully complete this course will have developed a reliable approach to painting, breaking more complex imagery down to manageable components. Students will learn concepts, color relations, build a core vocabulary, and gain experience that will enable them to more effectively understand and incorporate teachers’ comments in future classes.

10 Weeks
Fall 2008

Tuesdays 6:30-9:30 pm

Instructor:
Jeremy Davis

Tuition: $400
Studio Fee: $65

Pre-requisite: None

Life Drawing

This class is designed to help you improve your life drawing skills by learning how to “see” properly. Working from the simple to the complex, you will explore the construction of the figure on the page. Form and volume are treated equally along with value and line to create a fusion of the 2-D and 3-D construction approaches to drawing. Basic anatomy will be presented along with geometric forms and perspective to give your drawings authority and presence. Beginning to advanced students welcome.

10 Weeks
Spring 2009 Semester Thursdays 6:30-9:30 pm

Tuition: $400
Studio Fee: $40

Pre-requisite: None

Fundamentals of Drawing: Value Study

This course concentrates on the use of value to portray form in space and a variety of methods will be introduced. Students should leave this course with a systematic approach to the construction of a more accurate drawing and should have an understanding of how different techniques can be utilized to enhance that drawing and achieve various effects. The traditional subject of still life will be used in the beginning as the class works toward its final segment, working with the live model.

10 Weeks
Spring Semester
Tuesdays 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Tuition: $400

Pre-requisite: None

Fundamentals of Painting: Color Study

This course helps prepare students for College level courses. In doing so, it helps students gain a sense of method and purpose in developing a representational painting. Using traditional subject matter, students will learn to work with a full range of color. This course is designed for all students with limited or no experience with oil painting. Students who successfully complete this course will have developed a reliable approach to painting, breaking more complex imagery down to manageable components. Students will learn concepts, color relations, build a core vocabulary, and gain experience that will enable them to more effectively understand and incorporate teachers’ comments in future classes.

 
2-Week Summer Workshop

Tuition: $400 Model fee: $40

Pre-requisite: none

Fundamentals of Sculpture I: Portrait

This course introduces students to the basic figure sculpture skills.  Students will develop an informed sense of method and logic in translating what one sees into clay.  The course stresses the importance of developing observational skills which includes viewing an object from all sides and multiple angles.The course also teaches the importance of spatial relationships and negative space to confirm observations. 

Students will begin by building appropriate armatures for a life-sized human skull developed in clay, and progressing to a life-sized portrait.

2-Week Summer Workshop

Tuition: $400 Model fee: $65

Pre-requisite: Drawing or painting skills

Fundamentals of Sculpture II: The Figure

This course stresses the importance of developing observational skills which includes viewing an object from all sides and multiple angles. The course also teaches the importance of spatial relationships and negative space to confirm observations.

Students will focus on the construction of a scale model of the human figure in clay, working from a live model.  The course will dfeature demonstrations and much individual attention,

2-Week Summer Workshop

Tuition: $400

Pre-requisite: Drawing or painting skills

Fundamentals of Printmaking

This course introduces students to the techniques used in printmaking.  Several pieces of artwork will be produced as students are guided through various processes available in printmaking.

3-Week Summer Workshop

Tuition: $600
Studio Fee: $80

Pre-requisite: basic knowledge of drawing and painting

Portfolio Development

This three-week course is for the serious art student who is considering applying to art colleges.  The class will focus on the completion of a portfolio necessary for acceptance to these colleges.

We will begin by drawing with line, construction the figure out of simple geometric shapes paying attention to proportion and logical placement of the figure on the page, the goal is to develop confidence and control over the beginning stages of the drawing.  We will then study the human skeleton to develop a feel for where the major bone masses and muscle groups are in a given pose. This allows the student to take advantage of the natural rhythms inherent in the human figure and ad grace and power to a drawing.

Examples of the old masters, such as Michelangelo and Caravaggio, will be shown and discussed to demonstrate tasteful use of anatomical knowledge.

Lastly, we will study the effects of light and how it reveals form and how to represent 3D forms on the page convincingly.  Longer poses of around three hours will be used in order to give the student time to make revisions and maximize his/her drawing potential.

The class is aimed at high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors However, adults interested in building a strong portfolio for college entrance are also welcome.

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