The aim of this course, centred on the live model, is to enable students to acquire a rigorous grounding in oil or acrylic painting, and then gradually develop their own personal work. The course focuses on observation, so that students can learn to situate a form among others, simplify it so that they can read it, memorise it and finally reproduce it by moving from three to two dimensions. Corrections are made according to each student’s level, whether beginner or advanced.

Naturally, through the specificities of each technique freely chosen by the student, questions of proportion, foreshortening, the rendering of light and space, and artistic concerns are addressed with reference to works of the past as well as those of today. Alternating poses for different lengths of time will enable the students to work more closely on their gestures. The longer periods (several hours) enable an analytical study of forms, more elaborate work and the question of composition. Shorter periods (a few minutes or even a few seconds) are used to work on a more intuitive creation.

Equipment to be provided by the student (list given on registration).

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