This course has been cancelled.
1516 South Cranbrook RoadBirmingham, MI, US 48009
Description:
Drawing & Painting: Your Favorite PetsInstructor: Leman LambertThis class is designed for intermediate and advanced students who want to draw and/or paint their favorite pets. We’ll explore composition, and methods of defining proportions to achieve a good likeness of your pet; along with a variety of techniques to depict various types of animal fur. You will need to have good quality photos to work from such as close-ups with detail; high resolution prints or a laptop/ iPad to work from.) Media: oil, acrylic, charcoal and pastel.1121.33.02.21 Level 2 & UpSaturdays, April 10 – June 12No Class May 2912:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 9 sessions$243 Members, $283 Guests
Drawing & Painting: Your Favorite PetsInstructor: Leman Lambert
This class is designed for intermediate and advanced students who want to draw and/or paint their favorite pets. We’ll explore composition, and methods of defining proportions to achieve a good likeness of your pet; along with a variety of techniques to depict various types of animal fur. You will need to have good quality photos to work from such as close-ups with detail; high resolution prints or a laptop/ iPad to work from.) Media: oil, acrylic, charcoal and pastel.
1121.33.02.21 Level 2 & UpSaturdays, April 10 – June 12No Class May 2912:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 9 sessions$243 Members, $283 Guests
Since you are working at an intermediate or advance level, you already have a good grasp on what supplies you want to use and bring. Here are suggestions if you want to try a different media.Charcoal: · Soft Vine or Willow Charcoal (optional) · Charcoal Pencils: General`s hard, medium, soft, extra soft, white · Charcoal Pencils: Wolff`s Carbon B, 2B, 4B, 6B · Pastel Pencil: Stabilo White (optional) · Pencil Extension · Workable Fixative · Sandpaper Sharpening Block · X-Acto Knife · Chamois Cloth (optional) · Tortillions (Blending Stumps): small, medium and large · Kneaded Eraser · Sketchbook 11”x14” · Newsprint Pad, 18”x24” · Canson Mi-Tientes Colored Paper 19”x25”: 1 sheet as needed (not all four) # 431 Steel Gray # 336 Sand # 429 Felt Gray # 426 Moonstone · Portfolio (optional for online class) · Metal clips for drawing boards (optional) · Tape · Drawing board 18x24 or larger (precut Masonite at home depot would work)Pastels: · Pan Pastel—Small set. Students need to think of over all colors of pet. (browns, ochres, black, white, etc). No pinks, etc. https://www.dickblick.com/brands/panpastel/ Pastel paper— · By a 2-3 different sheets to experiment with. Neutral greys https://www.dickblick.com/categories/drawing/paper/pastel-papers/ Pastel pencils— · Small assorted set will work. https://www.dickblick.com/products/conte-pastel-pencil-sets/ OR https://www.dickblick.com/products/derwent-pastel-pencil-sets/ · Soft pastels— small assorted box.Paint: Assorted colors, brushes, canvas no larger than 16x20.
Charcoal:
· Soft Vine or Willow Charcoal (optional) · Charcoal Pencils: General`s hard, medium, soft, extra soft, white · Charcoal Pencils: Wolff`s Carbon B, 2B, 4B, 6B · Pastel Pencil: Stabilo White (optional) · Pencil Extension · Workable Fixative · Sandpaper Sharpening Block · X-Acto Knife · Chamois Cloth (optional) · Tortillions (Blending Stumps): small, medium and large · Kneaded Eraser · Sketchbook 11”x14” · Newsprint Pad, 18”x24” · Canson Mi-Tientes Colored Paper 19”x25”: 1 sheet as needed (not all four) # 431 Steel Gray # 336 Sand # 429 Felt Gray # 426 Moonstone · Portfolio (optional for online class) · Metal clips for drawing boards (optional) · Tape · Drawing board 18x24 or larger (precut Masonite at home depot would work)
Pastels:
· Pan Pastel—Small set. Students need to think of over all colors of pet. (browns, ochres, black, white, etc). No pinks, etc. https://www.dickblick.com/brands/panpastel/ Pastel paper— · By a 2-3 different sheets to experiment with. Neutral greys https://www.dickblick.com/categories/drawing/paper/pastel-papers/
Pastel pencils— · Small assorted set will work. https://www.dickblick.com/products/conte-pastel-pencil-sets/ OR https://www.dickblick.com/products/derwent-pastel-pencil-sets/ · Soft pastels— small assorted box.
Paint: Assorted colors, brushes, canvas no larger than 16x20.
Biography:
Leman Lambert is an artist/portrait painter from Detroit, Michigan. Inspired by people and their individuality, he searches for the characteristics that make each person unique, and strives to create works that evoke human interaction. He has work in Corporate and private collections throughout Michigan.
He is currently an adjunct drawing professor at College for Creative Studies where he earned his BFA, and a drawing instructor at Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center.
