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Life Drawing by Daniel O'Connor

 

ADVANCED LIFE DRAWING

Instructed by Daniel O'Connor

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Advanced Life Drawing is a ten-week sequential course providing guided instruction in drawing from the live model.  While the course is an ideal option for those seeking advanced instruction, like all Manifest offerings it is structured to serve a wide range of skill-sets on an individual basis.

Life Drawing is the backbone of understanding how to depict the world. The rhythms and energy of the body could not be more personal, timeless, or evocative as catalysts for art making. Skills developed in the practice of figure drawing are broadly applicable to many visual art practices. Therefore this Manifest offering will benefit the seasoned veteran alongside the advanced high-school student, or college art major, as they all seek expertise in this age-old practice.

In this class we will address the figure as something familiar. Participants will be given freedom to explore processes of working from the live model, and offered individual coaching related to technial and conceptual issues.

Emphasis will be placed on individual progress in a positive environment. This class is about rigorous learning. The instructor will provide structured discussions and critiques, as well as weekly demonstrations. Most work will involve extended two to three-day poses.

COST: $250 ($175 for students enrolled in high-school or college progarm*)

Tuition covers the complete ten-week course and all model fees. Materials and supplies are not provided.  Tuition is non-refundable except in the event of complete course cancellation.

*Students must provide valid student I.D. and current academic reference (current professor's name and contact info). Student admission at the discount rate is subject to verification.

LEVEL OF STUDY: This course is designed for those already comfortable with drawing the human form, and possessing basic to intermediate skills in drawing.

TERM: Course term runs for ten consecutive weeks. One make-up day can be scheduled by Manifest to cover meeting cancellation.

SCHEDULE: Sundays beginning July 18, 4-7p.m.

ENROLLMENT:
Minimium - 6
Limit - 12

LOCATION: Hosted at Manifest's Drawing Center Studio (147-153) in the ESSEX Studios Complex at 2511 Essex Place (see map and directions below). The studio is a 1700 square-foot sky lit studio space recently outfitted with $20,000 worth of new equipment, furniture, and study aids by way of funding from the Fine Arts Fund and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.


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About the instructor:

Dan O’Connor is a Cincinnati area painter dedicated to pursuits of studying and working from life. In the past several years he has exhibited both nationally and locally. He holds a BFA from the University of Cincinnati and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and will be teaching introduction to painting at Northern Kentucky University beginning fall of 2010.