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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.
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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.
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There
must be a minimum number of registrants to run a
class.
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Registration deadline is 2 weeks prior to the start
of each class.
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Should
you decide to register for a class last-minute,
please call the office to see if there is room.
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Once
registered there are no refunds unless Lyme
Academy College cancels a class.
click
here for
SUMMER 2008
FUNDAMENTALS COURSES |
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10 Weeks
Fall Semester Thursdays 6:30-9:30 pm
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2-Week Summer Workshop
Tuition: $400
Studio Fee: $40 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. |
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10 Weeks
Spring 2009
Semester Thursdays 6:30-9:30 pm
OR
2-Week Summer Workshop
Tuition: $400
Model Fee: $40
Pre-requisite: None
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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. |
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10 Weeks
Fall Semester Tuesdays 6:30 - 9:30 pm
OR
2-Week Summer Workshop
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. |
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10 Weeks
Spring Semester
Tuesdays 6:30 - 9:30 pm
OR
2-Week Summer Workshop
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. |
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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.
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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, |
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10 Weeks
Fall & Spring Semesters
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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. |
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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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10 Weeks
Fall 2008 & Spring 2009 Semesters
Tuesdays 6:30-9:30 pm
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1 week Summer Workshop -
Aug 4 - 8, 2008
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. |
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10 Weeks
Fall & Spring Semesters
Saturdays
9:30 am-12:30 pm
Tuition: $400
Studio Fee: $40
Pre-requisite: None |
Watercolor
This watercolor course will develop your skills in using
watercolor. Lectures and demonstrations will address drawing
and design principles, color harmony, visual and technical
methods of painting watercolors on location. Individual
instruction will be provided with a class critique at the
end of each session.
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