Drawing Light & Form 2 (Online Course)
Devin Cecil-Wishing
Sundays, 9 AM – 12 PM ET- please adjust for your timezone
January 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28, March 7, 14, 21, (no class March 28), April 4, 11, 18, 2027
OR
Tuesdays 1 PM – 4 PM ET- please adjust for your timezone
January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, (no class March 23), 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2027
12 weeks – Tuition: $575
Limit: 10-12 students
Students must have completed Drawing Light & Form 1. No Exceptions. Contact Admin to enroll.
Take this class:
- if you’ve completed Drawing Light and Form 1
- if you’re interested in exploring ‘form’ concepts via the time honored tradition of cast drawing.
- if you’re interested in closely adhering to the pace and curriculum of the GCA Core Program.
Is this class for me/ prerequisite?
- Drawing Light & Form 1 is a pre-requisite for this class. No exceptions.
- Students provide their own casts to work from.
Class Format Notes:
- Live critiques each class.
- Students work on their weekly assignment outside of class time, working during class is completely optional.
- Every online class is recorded.
- Critiques are only given during the live class time.
- Attendance at every live class isn’t mandatory.
- Absentee students can still submit their work at least 15 minutes before the live class starts and the instructor will critique the work during the class. The critique will then be viewable in the recording.
- Students receive access to the class recording within 24 hours of the class finishing. The recording gets posted into the google classroom.
- Access to the recordings is available for the duration of the class plus an additional 30 days. There are no extensions.
Class Tech Needs:
- The class will be conducted on the Zoom platform and is a live online experience.
- This class also uses Google Classroom to share resources. Watch this video for more insight.
- All of these services/platforms are free but require registration.
- It will be necessary for students to have access to a computer, tablet or smartphone. The recommended device is a laptop or desktop.
“Devin’s Light and Form is easily the best art class I have ever taken. I feel like it has completely transformed my handling of value transitions and understanding of modeling form. Devin is a clear, interesting, and very encouraging teacher.” – Suzanne
Course Description
In part two of the Drawing Light and Form course, students will take the concepts discussed in parts one and two and really put them into practice. While working from life directly from plaster casts, students will refine their ability to model form and increasingly grow in their abilities to recreate the specific forms seen in the subject. Time will be spent discussing how to approach complex subjects from a “form-based” mindset rather than falling back into optical habits when confronted with a challenge as well as how to utilize the sphere as a guide for modeling form, even when the subject is not particularly spherical. We will also discuss how to approach reflected light and begin to refine our understanding of the “exponential drop” in light as we turn around a form.
This second section of the course is an important part of the overall process of incorporating the knowledge learned in part one and really learn to work with these concepts in our day-to-day studio practice. By spending time practicing the skill of modeling form, the concepts will begin to move from a purely conceptual set of ideas into an integral part of our picture making process.
Students can repeat Drawing Light & Color 2 as many times as they wish to work on increasingly more challenging casts.
Students must provide their own casts.
Note: The class will be conducted on the Zoom platform and is a live online experience.
It will be necessary for students to have access to a computer, tablet or smartphone. The recommended device is a laptop or desktop.