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Toronto Art School - Zelski Art - Drawing and Paintng Classes & Programs
CREATE A CUSTOMIZED WORKSHOP PLAN FROM OUR WIDE SELECTION OF ART CLASSES
Custom Package - Personalized Workshop includes:
Free Personalized Consultation
One-on-one review of your art skills to date
Evaluation of your art work with a discussion on how can enrich your observational techniques.
Creation of a customized workshop schedule that best address your artistic interests and creative development.
• Drawing Classes
• Life Drawing Classes
• Fundamental Drawing Techniques- Portrait
• Value Studies of Sculpture (casts from the Louvre)
• Skeleton Study
• Oil Painting Classes Toronto
Small class sizes – maximum seven people per class
Only Custom Fine Art Workshop at a Toronto Art School that lets you explore
all the artistic possibilities you are capable of.
Sign up today by calling 416 822 7773
Custom workshop package example:
•Free One Hour Personalized Consultation
Selection of courses and creating your
Custom Course Schedule
Example of Custom Course Schedule with an emphasis
on beginner drawing & painting at Toronto Art School - Zelski Art
3hrs Drawing Classes - Sighting techniques
3hrs Drawing Classes- Value study
3hrs Value Studies of Sculpture –Cast Drawing
3hrs Portrait Drawing –Proportions of the head
3hrs Life Drawing – Proportions of the body
3hrs Life Drawing – Techniques of the masters
3hrs Painting Techniques- Palette Preparation
3hrs Painting Techniques- Colour Studies
3hrs Painting Techniques- Composition and Texture
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DRAWING CLASSES
This is a fundamental workshop for all who would like to continue their
art practice in a realist or figurative style. Each workshop will begin
with a demonstration of the tasks for the class. Then handouts will be
given out at aids to further illustrate how the exercises should be
practiced; finally as the result of the session students will have
produced a piece of art work. Toronto Art School - Drawing class is focused on fundamental drawing aspects as: types of
gesture, positive subject and negative space, and sighting techniques. Demonstrations will help students to break complicated shapes for simple ones such as cubes, cylinders and spheres. Then there will be an analysis of light/shadow based on a five-value scale include an analysis of various surfaces (metal, glass,and soft fabric). This is a perfect workshops series for preparingportfolios for Illustration programs, Graphic design, Architecture andespecially Fine Arts Painting and Drawing
To sign up for Toronto Arts School - Drawing Classes call 416 822 7773
1) Introductory –materials and Drawing fundamentals (methods of gesture, positive subject, negative space, sighting techniques).
2) Demonstration of sighting techniques and practicing gestures; drawing simple shapes
3) Illustrating how to break more complicated subjects from every day life
into simple shapes, drawing still life with a focus on proportion and perspective
4) Five scale value-light laboratory – detailed analysis of light and
shadow on geometric shapes
5) Toronto Art School -Still life drawing - practice drawing geometrical and organic shapes
6) Focus on a still life with glass objects
7) Various reflective surfaces such as glowing metal
8) Balanced compositions; exercises for practicing interesting
Compositions traditional versus Contemporary; Light versus Shadow; Space and Subjects;
9) Put it all together Medium, Size, Subject, Composition
FIGURE DRAWING, LIFE DRAWING - Toronto Art School
To participate in these workshops students should have some drawing experience or have completed drawing fundamentals. During the first part FIGURE DRAWING -Toronto Art School series we are concentrating on the gesture techniques. This spontaneous and expressionist method of drawing promotes fast decisions that artist has to face while trying to capture momentum of model's pose. Through gesture techniques students also practice variety of composition and mapping on the paper.
Fast and efficient way of gesture allows students to practice more then one media (pencil, charcoal, inks with washes) during one session. Once students will progress with gesture
the length on the sustain pose will be getting longer up to the 2 hours.
Proportions and perspective of the human body will be explained truly; Separate workshops will cover topics on the skeleton and muscle structure of human body.
Toronto Art School -Zelski Art prepares students from various disciplines such as Animation, illustration, fine arts drawing and painting?
By working on many quick drawings and sketches the student will learn to polish their understanding of the proportions of the human body and become familiar with the fundaments of anatomy, especially with skeletal and muscle structure.
During each two-hour class there will be 15 minutes allocated to drawing a 30-second and 30 minutes for 2-5 minutes gesture finishing with a 20- to 30-minute sustained pose.
Plan for the Life Drawing I - Toronto Art School
1) Introduction to the basic forms of gesture and it importance towards sighting techniques and mapping- drawing negative spaces
2) Construction of the human figure, canon proportions and perspective
3) General principles of muscular structure (front, profile and back views)
4) Construction of the male body
5) Construction of the female body
6) Five scale value to represent light and shadow in the human figure
7) Academia modeling of the figure-sitting pose
8) Contraposto the standing pose
9) Contemporary Figurative Drawing - exercises for composition
PORTRAITURE FUNDAMENTALS- Toronto Art School -
This series of the nine workshops is designed as a step-by-step guide for students without any previous experience in drawing. Toronto Art School - Zelski Art gives students all the fundamentals they need for portraiture.
The workshop includes gesture techniques and sighting methods to help establish proper proportions of the head.
Students will practice Chiaroscuro drawings of the portrait through a
Five-Scale Value. Plaster Cast Copies form the Louvre of Voltaire
and Cesar will serve to introduce students to light and shadow of the Human Head. The series will conclude with a life model that will pose for the final artwork.
If you always wanted to be able to draw portraits this series of workshops is for you.
Toronto Art School Portraiture workshop outline
1) Introduction to drawing mediums, gestures, sighting techniques, proportions
2) Drawing simple shapes
3) Proportions and Perspective of the Head, drawing from a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Head, drawing the scull
4) Practicing sighting techniques through drawing casts of classical
Sculpture
5) Chiaroscuro drawings from the cast sculpture the eye, lips, ear, and nose;
6) Female features -gesture drawings from life model
7) Male Features-gesture drawings from life model
8) Self-portraits
9) Composition and media for the three hour session with a model
VALUE STUDIES OF SCULPTURE (CASTS FROM THE LOUVRE
This series of nine workshops is dedicated to thorough practice and application of light and shadow distribution. Students will be drawing casts of eyes, ears, lips and nose. Various casts of ancient sculptures will be used for practice. Drawing from a collection of cast elements. One of the main challenges of drawing a portrait and the human body is that color interferes with an analysis of a black and white value study. Drawing from the cast allows for a black and white study of form, since the cast is white it is a perfect example of how light forms itself on the human figure. Toronto Art School students thus learn how the human body really captures light and core and cast shadows. This series allows students to work with value in the all types of media. You will draw the value study of the head in pencil, charcoal, ink, washes and pastels. Curriculum will benefit those who would like to better their drawing and painting of the human figure.
Toronto Art School outline for value study of sculpture workshop.
1) Introduction trough simple shapes explain drawing fundamentals
2) Basic modeling -sculpturing the shape
3) Methods of tonal valuation variety of the mediums (graphite, hard pencil, burnt sienna, charcoal, ink, dry brush)
4) Chiaroscuro techniques (cloth or cotton stumping, blocks of light and shadow, crosshatching effects.
5) Academia drawing of the cast of the eye
6) Academia drawing of the lips
7) Academia drawing of the ear
8) Academia drawing of the sculpture Portrait of Voltaire or Cesar
9) Academia drawing of the sculpture of The Disc Thrower
SKELETON STUDY - Toronto Art School
This series of nine workshops will provide absolute fundamentals for all life-drawing courses. Flesh and muscle structure vary from different human shapes but the general proportion of a human skeletons remains the same. All the most important measurements of the human body are based on the relations of the skeletons elements. Students will be taught to understand the construction of the frame of the human body and will be made aware of the mass that body occupies. They will be taught to draw and insert muscle groups onto the skeleton. During the nine weeks toronto art school students will be able to draw the skeleton in a various Perspective views and scales. We will also focus on separate parts such as scull, hands, feet, ribcage or hipbone to explain elements of anatomy. The beautiful organic shapes of the human skeleton are a perfect subject to explore chiaroscuro or sfumato drawing techniques. This course is excellent resource for students of fine art who have not had technical training in anatomical drawing.
1) Introduction to sighting techniques, five value scale, chiaroscuro and
Sfumato, perspective and proportions of the skeleton- drawing human
Skeleton in a natural scale
2) Scull -gestures, measurements, perspective, choosing composition for academia drawing
3) Academia drawing of the scull
4) Ribcage - gestures, measurements, perspective, choosing composition for academia drawing
5) Academia of the ribcage
6) Hipbone- gestures, measurements, perspective, choosing composition for academia drawing
7) Academia of the Hipbone
8) Drawing hand and feet of the skeletal structure
9) Choosing a medium to create an interesting art composition with skeleton elements
Animation Portfolio Program at Toronto Art School - Zelski Art
The Toronto Art School - Zelski Art Portfolio for Animation program consists of 15 six-hour workshops. Students will be prepared for university or college drawing exams, where required. Through workshops, demonstrations and practice, students will strengthen their portfolios and prepare themselves for the competitive environment in the field of animation.
Fundamental drawing techniques play a major role in this and other Toronto Art School - Zelski Art workshops, and include pencil, conte, ink, pastel and charcoal. Students will have ample opportunity to practice perspective drawing in the following sessions:
• Life drawing: Instruction will be provided on how to draw a head, hand and feet.
• Everyday objects: Students learn to draw items such as a coffeemaker, vacuum cleaner, telephone etc.
• Perspective of space: Examples of perspective drawing include studies of a corner of the room.
Oil Painting Classes Toronto
This intensive oil painting workshop will introduce students to composition, colour and light. The instructor will provide step-by-step introductions for fundamental oil painting techniques, including layering with under-painting and Ala Prima. Both still life arrangements and life models will be used for small, quick studies that hone observation and drawing skills.
At Toronto Art School - Zelski Art you can learn about renaissance and contemporary methods of painting
Sample outline for Oil Painting Classes Toronto
1) Studies in Black and White - Anatomy of a successful underpainting
2) Monochromatic Studies in Acrylic
3) Colour Theory - Primaries, Secondaries, Tertiaries, Complements, Split complements, Colour Harmonies
4) Paintining using the layering Method with Oils
5) Glazing with Oil and Various Mediums
6) Compositional Studies - A la Prima techniques
7) Textural Exploration of Painting Techniques - Brushstrokes
8) Renaissance Methods of Painting
9) Contemporary Paint Effects
Zelski Art Corporate Workshops
Help your staff refresh the fundamentals of their craft in a fun, relaxed “art party” atmosphere. Toronto Art School - Zelski Art Corporate Workshops offer professional groups working in the field of design, from graphic art to industrial and interior design, specially developed training sessions tailored to your industry and group needs. Working in a non-competitive team environment, participants will experiment with a variety of media and learn to look at art in new, creative ways.
Through demonstrations, handouts and hands-on activities, these specially designed workshops will:
• Enhance drawing skills, thereby building confidence
• Enrich compositional elements
• Strengthen your design team and foster respect for the skills and abilities of fellow colleagues through a series of friendly, group exercises
Sessions include:
• Life model and still life drawing
• Review of art history and how it influences design
• Group exhibition
Toronto Art School - Zelski Art workshop formats are flexible, varying from a four-hour, one-day session to a series of weekly four-hour sessions, making it easy to fit into your work schedule. Minimum four participants. Special gift certificates are also available, to inquire call 416-822-7773 or email: art@zelski.com.
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