Graphite Drawing Techniques for Planar Portraiture
About Me
A course by Dan Thompson , Artist and Teacher
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To begin, I will talk about me, my journey into art, and my experience working in the field of realist and representational art education for over 20 years. ”
In this video lesson Dan Thompson addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphite Drawing Techniques for Planar Portraiture. Learn how to use structural forms with multiple planes to create experimental pencil portraits from observation of the human figure.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hi, I'm Dan Thompson. I'm an artist originally from Virginia. I currently serve as dean of fine arts of Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and I'm faculty chair of the certificate of fine arts program at the New York Academy of Art. I've been a painter, a teacher, and an artist for a number of decades. I really delight in talking about course structure, curriculum, overlapping visual disciplines, and I'm really excited to welcome you to this course. I've drawn since I was 2 years old. I've always felt like this was a place that I belonged and where I could breathe....”
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Course summary for: Graphite Drawing Techniques for Planar Portraiture
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching
Dan Thompson
A course by Dan Thompson
Dan Thompson is an artist and educator from Virginia, U.S. with over 20 years of experience in his field. He first discovered a love of art through making band posters and later studied for an MFA at the Graduate School of Figurative Art. Passionate about human anatomy and perspective, as well as educating others, he went on to found two art schools of his own in New York.
Dan currently serves as dean of fine arts at Studio Incamminati, as well as the faculty chair of the one-year certificate of fine arts program at the New York Academy of Art. He has been awarded two grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation and received the Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting on multiple occasions. In 2001, he also won Best of Show in the American Society of Portrait Artist’s International Portrait Competition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His work can be found in both public and private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East.
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