Tuesday morning: LIFE STUDY workshop with Pien Hazenberg

This LIFE STUDY workshop is about learning to observe. Tools that encourage efficient observation to draw a model correctly will be supplied. The emphasis lies on the symbiosis between eye and hand and between perception and image translation. Each participant's individual starting level is taken into consideration by the artistic coach, who will give specific advice on techniques, materials and content. During this workshop, practice is indeed supposed to make perfect, so the model’s positions change quickly (with a maximum of 30 minutes per position) and mainly ‘speedy’ materials are used, such as charcoal, Siberian and other kinds of chalk, conté crayons and (washed) ink. The participant’s personal signature will be preserved and encouraged, carefully avoiding all kinds of mannerisms.

The lessons are not exclusively geared towards technical ability, but also put a great deal of emphasis on the way in which the artist wants to present his image. How does one convey optimal expression, depict poignancy or bring about recognition in an image?

The artistic coach can help seek an effective selection of complementary disciplines available within the Vrije Academie.

14 lessons on Tuesdays from 9.30 - 12.30 hrs
14 September – 14 December 2010
Price: € 250.00 / Vrije Academie participants € 125.00

PIEN HAZENBERG (1942) www.pienhazenberg.nl