Listed below are the courses I will be offering at duCret school of art this summer. Please come and join the fun!
If you have any questions please feel free to email me at monica@monicabaumann.com. These classes are flexible and intended to be both fun and educational, FOR YOU!
duCret School of Art
Monica Baumann
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9am-4pm (with one hour break for lunch)
June 5th – 28th, 2012
This course is for motivated students of figure painting and drawing from life for the purpose of investigating nuances of strategy in working from direct observation. By means of longer poses through a comprehensive approach to the artist’s language, this will be presented to the student in an intense environment to enable each participant to learn by listening, seeing and by doing.
The instructor will lecture and demonstrate daily on the decisions concerned with early, middle and end game drawing and painting procedure in order to emphasize a grand strategy for the artist, referencing larger objectives as well as more immediate, practical concerns.
This 48 hour pose will be meticulous, demanding, and take the form of personal critiques as well as one on one demonstrations. Points of discussion (and their context) will include:
Insights into how to develop a consistent accuracy of drawing using gesture, human proportion, likeness and/or character; issues of pictorial design using shape, flattening the field, tonal harmony, simplicity, massing and organization; color as the critical element for infusing the sense of atmosphere, brush handling, the artist’s palette; anatomy as an invaluable tool using landmark, orientation, planar and theoretical construction, alignment, comparison; formulating a dynamic and dependable finishing game by understanding rhythm, light on form and perspective. These and many sub themes should provide the student with a wealth of knowledge and clear experience for future work.
duCret School of Art
Monica Baumann
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9am-4pm (with one hour break for lunch)
July 10th – August 2nd, 2012
This course is for motivated students of figure painting and drawing from life for the purpose of investigating nuances of strategy in working from direct observation. By means of longer poses through a comprehensive approach to the artist’s language, this will be presented to the student in an intense environment to enable each participant to learn by listening, seeing and by doing.
The instructor will lecture and demonstrate daily on the decisions concerned with early, middle and end game drawing and painting procedure in order to emphasize a grand strategy for the artist, referencing larger objectives as well as more immediate, practical concerns.
This 48 hour pose will be meticulous, demanding, and take the form of personal critiques as well as one on one demonstrations. Points of discussion (and their context) will include:
Insights into how to develop a consistent accuracy of drawing using gesture, human proportion, likeness and/or character; issues of pictorial design using shape, flattening the field, tonal harmony, simplicity, massing and organization; color as the critical element for infusing the sense of atmosphere, brush handling, the artist’s palette; anatomy as an invaluable tool using landmark, orientation, planar and theoretical construction, alignment, comparison; formulating a dynamic and dependable finishing game by understanding rhythm, light on form and perspective. These and many sub themes should provide the student with a wealth of knowledge and clear experience for future work.
duCret School of Art
Monica Baumann
Thursdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
May 31st - July 26th (July 5th break) 2012
This course has been designed for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of drawing and painting in order to explore the human figure in long pose. The instructor will teach by demonstration lectures, presenting a series of complementary principles of drawing. Such principles, all derived from direct observation of the model, will layer upon each other and comprise a grand strategy for effective long pose figure drawing and painting. The lessons will be reinforced by personal critiques. The resulting drawing should thus provide a window into a how the student may create a more seamless approach to the classical figure.
duCret School of Art
Monica Baumann
Wednesdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
May 31st - July 26th (July 5th break) 2012
This course is for students interested in learning to cultivate, harness or unleash their inner creativity. Using a series of questions and simple to complex design assignments, the student will be given the answers and tools needed to design their own civilization. Combining the students favorite historical styles, you will design everything from the buildings “your people” live into to what kind of warfare the will practice. Students will learn to use their imaginations, structured design and historical research to make their civilization a “reality”. The possibilities are endless. Bring your imagination and pencils, and see where they take you.
Anonymous asked: I was wondering what size canvas to bring for the Thursday class. I know you said that it has to be larger than the usual 8 \ 10 . I have a 16/20 . Is this an o.k size for the assignment? Let me know. Hope you had a good break. Neela khanolkar
An 11x14 would be better, 16x20 is a bit large for the still life that is set up, but if you want to work with it, it is fine. See you Thursday!
- Monica
Hello all!
Please come join my self and the students of duCret School of Art, next Sunday, at the opening reception of the first annual “Perceptions of Reality” exhibition. This exhibition is being held in conjunction with the duCret School of Art’s “85th Anniversary Alumni, Board & Faculty Art Show”. The following are links to both events pages, if you wish to mark it on your calendar.
duCret 85th Anniversary Alumni, Board & Faculty Show
The 2012 Scholarship & Junior member exhibitions, opening reception, starting at 6pm ending at 8pm will transition into the first annual Salmagundi Draw-A-Thon. Starting at 9pm artists are invited to bring their materials and 20 dollars and draw into the next morning. Live models, demos, food and more will be available for the evening ended by a breakfast the following morning. COME JOIN IN!!!
I am happy to announce that I will be participating in this coming years Scholarship & Junior Member annual exhibition at the Salmagundi Club New York. Opening Reception is Friday, January 6th, 6 to 8 pm. Please come and Join us!
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I meet with an old friend recently, and had the pleasure of meeting a new friend too. As promised to this new friend, here is the “Flowering Staircase”, as Timothy Stotz, its creator, calls it. It is a visual guide, linking a number of great artists lineage together. I find myself a product of this staircase, two generations down. I hope you can find yourself connected to it too.
Happy Painting!
Class Supplies
As I discussed in Monday mornings class; here are the suggested supplies list for our experimentation in drawing in reverse. The related drawing, above, was worked in this method.
Strathmore 500 Series 18x24, Assorted Tints drawing pad.
Vine or Willow Charcoal; just make sure that it is of a soft variety.
Stump(s); The tortillions are not suggested. However if you already have them instead of a stump, they will do.
White Charcoal and Black Charcoal Pencils; a few of each will do fine. I would suggest a 6B for the black charcoal pencil.
In addition to all your regular drawing materials, I.E. erasers, sharpeners and such.
Since I was delayed in posting this, I will ask that you have these materials by the October 3rd class. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me in class or via e-mail; monica@monicabaumann.com
For my students. I am, as per requested, posting the supplies for some of my classes.
Oil Painting and Rendering (Semester 1):
Brushes: Robert Simmons “Singet” or Richeson “Signature” brand brushes, Filbert cut; Quantity and Sizes: one #2, two #4, two #6, one #8 one #10.
Masonite Palette cut to fit into a Palette Seal.
Coffee can and tuna can
Old t-shirt and old pair of jeans
Dynamic starts and structural figure drawing:
Strathmore 400 Series Drawing Paper Pad or Canson Classic Recycled Drawing Pad, 18x24 size.
Assorted Pencils and Erasers
NOTE** Links are suggestions of brands and or the style of supply I suggest. The only items that I wish you to stay true to the brands suggested are the paint, brushes and drawing paper. If you have questions feel free to e-mail me monica@monicabaumann.com