Using Rhythmic Relationships in the Portrait
Instructor: Abigail McBride
June 24-28
9 am – 4 pm
Tuition: $699
This workshop introduces students to developing a charcoal portrait drawing using organic rhythmic relationships. We will first learn to see the head and it’s forms with 3-D structures using basic light and shade concepts. Then we will explore how to both see and mimic existing rhythmic relationships using selected Reilly lines and illusory contour. We will also consider the creative use of rhythm as a tool for design and composition. We will draw from live models.
Instruction will include lectures, demos, short sketch exercises, short and long poses with models.
About the Instructor
Compelled to chronicle the life and world around her, Abigail Faye McBride paints with the heart of a poet. Her oil paintings and charcoal drawings bear witness to a time, person or passing glimmer of light. Abigail paints landscape, figure and still life working interchangeably with brush and palette knife. Collectors, nationally and internationally, appreciate the color, mood and elegance of her work.
A consummate Cape School colorist, the draftsmanship in her work is born of an academic interest in the portrait and figure. Her work blends traditional subject matter with modern design sensibilities. She is part of a new breed of perceptual painters working from direct observation be it plein air or in the studio. Though often free of narrative, her work is grounded in the present day as a contemporary interpretation of genre painting.
Workshops Payment and Refund Policies
Due to limited class space, tuition is non-refundable. A credit for tuition may be issued up to
30 days before the first workshop class. No credit will be issued after that time. Credits are valid from one year of issue. Registration and enrollment is first-come, first-served with full tuition due at time of registration.
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