Fridays, February 23 – March 22, 2024
10:00 – 12:30pm
5-week Art Clinic with J. Jordan Bruns
There are so many types of burnt wood out there to draw with, we’re dedicating a whole Art Clinic to burnt wood! While working from still life and live model, we’ll use vine/willow, compressed, soft, hard, powdered charcoal and any others we can find along the way. Charcoal is such a great drawing medium you won’t ever get burnt out on it! Please note there is a $30 model fee paid in class.
Schedule of Classes
Class 1) February 23- Still Life, go over materials and discuss the different approaches
Exercise: Charcoal paper, working from the still life
Class 2) March 1 – Still Life (continued)
Exercise: Incorporate white charcoal and aim to pull things together
Class 3 March 8 – Working form the figure
Exercise: Gesture, short poses– Vine charcoal, kneaded eraser, and newsprint
Class 4) March 15 – Working from the figure
Exercise: Compressed Charcoal gradations
Class 5) March 22 – Working from the figure
Exercise: Expressive Mark, compressed and vine charcoal, newsprint and charcoal paper
Supply List:
Strathmore 500 Series Charcoal Pad -18×24”
Strathmore 300 Series Newsprint Pad Rough 18×24”
Vine or Willow (soft) charcoal
Jumbo Stick of Willow
Compress Charcoal (Char-Kole)
White charcoal (white conte is basically the same)
2 Extra Large kneaded erasers
White Plastic Eraser (Vanish Erasers are available in class for $3.00)
Bull Dog Clips
“Materials Pass” is an optional fee that covers all the materials you would need for this Art Clinic class. For this “Experimental Drawing Art Clinic” the materials pass is $25. Usually, materials pass is a rental system but for this clinic, you will keep the paper and materials. Quantities may be limited. You can always email with any questions.