Drawing – Practical Art Courses – Machiavelli, Florence
- Acquisition of manual skill.
- Execution of a copy (from Masters of various periods) of a facial detail using the squaring technique and employing pencil, red chalk, sepia and charcoal.
- Use of the chiaroscuro technique to emphasise volume.
- Execution of a copy without squaring, using only the median and diagonal co-ordinates to divide the composition.
- Imitation of Old Master landscapes, on small-size paper using pen and ink, ballpoint pen and felt pen.
- Drawing from life.
- Chiaroscuro hatching using 45° technique or pencil point.
- Enlargement by means of squaring.
- Landscape drawing from life.
- Study of composition, still life and drapery.
- Line drawing practice (charcoal drawing, timed drawing and drawing from memory).