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Hello and apologies for the fact that this is a joint Feb/March Drawing Matters... Things have been busy and as February is a shorter month it seemed sensible to combine the two. In this month's newsletter you will find:
If your computer only allows you to view a text only version of this newsletter you can see the colour version with colour images
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Course Dates 2009If you've always wanted to learn to draw, Dr. Betty Edwards' Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain 5-day intensive course is a proven technique for teaching drawing - particularly to those people who swear they could never be taught to draw!The London course in April is now full, however, I will be announcing dates for the next London course in August next month.
 CENTRAL LONDON August 2009Dates shortly to be announced UNITED STATESIf you are interested in courses in the United States with Brian Bomeisler, follow the link at the bottom of the page. MAILING LIST
If you would like to hear about new course dates in the UK as soon as they are announced please contact me to be added to the mailing list. View a slideshow of student drawings and class photos If you are interested in booking for next year but you are still sceptical that you will really learn the basic skills of drawing in just five days, why don't you view a slideshow showing some drawings done by participants on the course here (a new window will open)
Read participants' feedback on the course You can also read some participant feedback and a more indepth account of one participant's experience here (a new window will open) To find out more about how the course is structured and what you will learn, click here
For further information and
a booking form, click here
THE POWER OF LINEWhen you are drawing it’s very easy to get so caught up in trying to render what you see in terms of angle and proportion that you forget about the power of line. If you look at drawings done by the Old Masters and other artists, the line of the pencil is in constant movement and change – thick, thin, light, dark, solid, broken, repetitive…If you think of line as the language of a drawing, you want that language to speak volumes – to convey mood and evoke emotion as well as describe the subject. Try This: Practice the marks you make on paper
Each of us has our own unique style of making a mark with pencil but that doesn’t mean you can’t explore and extend the range of marks you can make. When you increase your vocabulary of marks it will empower you to make conscious deliberate decisions when you are drawing to use a particular type of pencil mark to convey particular information.
DON'T MISS...PICASSO: CHALLENGING THE PAST25th February to 7th June at London's National Gallery. We don't usually think of Picasso in terms of the Old Masters as his work appears so radically different. Yet Picasso received a traditional artist's education - studying the works of the Old Masters and learning how to draw by copying their works, as they had learned before him. "The exhibition is organised thematically, showing how Picasso repeatedly returned to the great subjects of the European painting tradition, analysing them as his personal style developed in myriad directions. Sections include self portraits, the Spanish tradition of male portraiture, the female nude, still life, and the seated female figure." You need to book in advance to see this exhibition and you can find out more
here (a new window will open)
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain USA
To find out about Betty Edwards' Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain courses run by Brian Bomeisler in the USA visit
www.drawright.com
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