The Head Examined
NC2XXX-01
Start Date
07/20
Time
Sun 7-9pm; Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 9am-4pm; Sat 9am-noon–
Room
Kennedy 510
End Date
07/26
Meeting Day
Sunday through Saturday
Credits
0 or 2
This workshop takes a reductive approach to painting the head by seeking the essential. A series of exercises will invite you to break down, simplify, and abstract through observation of a model in a specific lighting condition. The exercises address the shifting nature of perception, beginning with an intuitive drawing method that leads to accuracy of proportion. Light and the way it affects the understanding of structure will be emphasized, along with the specific relationship of the head to the surrounding space. The objective is to reduce the head to the essential to create a truer likeness than a detailed description would. A study of historical and contemporary portraiture will be included. Some drawing and painting experience is recommended. Oil paint is the suggested medium; acrylic paint or gouache can be used.
Schedule
- Check-in (on-campus students): Sunday 2–4pm
- Orientation and dinner (everyone): Sunday 5pm
- First class meeting: Sunday 7-9pm
- M-F Class scheduled 9–4pm (studios are open until 10pm Su and 6am-11pm M-F)
- Lunch 12:30–1:30pm, Dinner 5–7pm, Artists Lectures 7:30–8:30pm
- Open Studio and Celebration, Friday 6-9pm
- Final class Saturday, 9am–noon
- Checkout (on-campus students) prior to Saturday class
Housing: The early registration discounted rate ends February 28
Catherine Kehoe
Catherine Kehoe earned her BFA in painting from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and her MFA in painting from the School of Visual Arts, Boston University. Kehoe has received the following awards: Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Painting; Ballinglen Foundation Fellowship, Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant; Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant; Berkshire Taconic Artist’s … Read more