Choose from a variety of drawing topics including drawing from observation and abstract approaches. Push the boundaries of the discipline by drawing with a variety of media under the direction of accomplished artists/teachers.
Imaginative – relating to or characterized by imagination: to form a mental image of something not present: lacking factual reality, fanciful, visionary, fantastic, unreal or unbelievable. Imagination is an engine for creativity. This course looks to help students explore their artistic process by considering “the imaginative” in a variety of … Read more
Start Date
05/22
Meeting Day
Monday thru Friday
End Date
06/02
Faculty
Andree Leduc
Time
9:30am–5:30pm
Credits
3
Pack your bag with a sketchbook and pencils, sandwich and beverage and grab a folding stool to explore and draw the environment of your choosing. Whether you’re in downtown Boston, pastoral Vermont or anywhere in-between, there is something for everybody. Walk the ‘Freedom Trail’ of Boston recording historic Federalist architecture … Read more
Start Date
05/22
Meeting Day
Mon, Wed, Fri
End Date
06/21
Faculty
Gerry Hoag
Time
6pm–10pm
Credits
3
Drawing, painting, and sculpting using found objects, appropriated images, letterforms, texts, and personal memorabilia. Slide lectures and class discussions concern the history of collage and assemblage. MassArt BFA students. This course is a Drawing Projects foundation year equivalent. Contact Academic Resources for more information. ARC@massart.edu
Start Date
06/06
Meeting Day
Tuesdays
End Date
07/25
Faculty
Sharon Haggins Dunn
Time
9am–5pm
Credits
3
The documentation and communication of ideas require fluency with symbolic and illustrative methods; a language. This course develops and refines the basis of this language, the “alphabet and grammar” used to communicate the characteristic of objects and systems. Through the exploration of various media using architectural or industrial design contexts, … Read more
Start Date
06/06
Meeting Day
Tue and Thu
End Date
07/27
Faculty
Neil Madramootoo
Time
6pm–10pm
Credits
3
Explore a variety of tools and practices to enhance the gestural qualities of your mark making vocabulary. This workshop will help students get to a more inspired level of mark making, using techniques and tools to make intentional work and express ideas. We’ll be working with a new medium in each workshop, which will … Read more
Start Date
06/09
Meeting Day
Fridays
End Date
07/14
Faculty
Diane Bigda
Time
10am–1pm
Credits
0
By examining the varied traditions in portraiture, through the lens of time and culture, this course will investigate a rich diversity of expression, spanning the frescos of Rome, the psychology of Alice Neal, the beauty of Leonardo, the technique of Ingres and the vulnerability of Vincent Van Gogh. We will … Read more
Start Date
06/23
Meeting Day
Mon, Wed, Fri
End Date
07/26
Faculty
Gerry Hoag
Time
6pm–10pm
Credits
3
Are you tired of a long winter and staying indoors? Let’s get outside and see our beautiful city with fresh eyes! Let’s sketch whatever catches our eyes: buildings, intricate architectural details, trees, flowers, street lamps, road signs, bus stops, trains, people walking, running, having a good time in the cafes, enjoying … Read more
Start Date
06/24
Meeting Day
Saturday and Sunday
End Date
06/25
Faculty
Katia Wish
Time
10am–3pm
Credits
0
Working from personally selected still life objects, students will learn techniques to capture the object’s form, value structure, and temperature shifts using built up layers of conte crayon. Students will complete two still lifes, the first using naturalistic colors. For the second still life students will choose to either exaggerate … Read more
Start Date
07/11
Meeting Day
Tuesdays
End Date
08/01
Faculty
Janet Loren Hill
Time
6pm–9pm
Credits
0
In this three-day workshop, you will learn how to use a a variety of tools to burn nuanced and expressive drawings into wood. Whether used to decorate furniture with designs, to create architectural installations or to complete large scale drawings, pyrography has been a method of drawing for eons. The … Read more
Start Date
07/15
Meeting Day
Saturday and Sunday
End Date
07/16
Faculty
Brett S. Poza
Time
10am–2pm
Credits
0
Do you pay attention to humor, richness and complexity of everyday life? Do funny phrases you or other people say catch your attention? Do you have challenging experiences that you would like to record? Do you find ordinary interactions fascinating? In this workshop, let’s transform your everyday experiences into comics. Let’s take … Read more
Start Date
07/22
Meeting Day
Saturday and Sunday
End Date
07/23
Faculty
Katia Wish
Time
10am–4pm
Credits
0
Individual attention in a supportive environment is the focus of this comprehensive figure drawing course designed for students of all levels. We will examine the works of historic and contemporary artists to understand the common principals of sound figure drawing. The foundations of gesture, proportions, and anatomical structures will be … Read more
Start Date
07/28
Meeting Day
Mon, Wed, Fri
End Date
08/25
Faculty
Gerry Hoag
Time
6pm–10pm
Credits
3
This course is designed to de-mystify abstract art through a series of exercises and projects that focus on line, shape, color, and texture. Abstract drawing and painting represent a shift from recording the visible to expressing our impressions of what we see. The possibilities of finding inspiration for abstract works … Read more
Start Date
08/07
Meeting Day
Monday thru Thursday
End Date
08/10
Faculty
Santiago Hernandez
Time
9am–2pm
Credits
0
