Experimental Drawing Workshop Edward A. Burke

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Course Outline

Scope
This workshop encourages you to discover and develop a unique relationship with all kinds of drawing mediums, from primitive charcoal to contemporary digital drawing. The intention of the workshop is to move you beyond traditional drawing concepts, to explore the endless possibilities of mark making and to develop both unique approaches to materials and your aesthetic decision making.

Objective
In this workshop you will create drawings from three creative sources: direct observation, the minds eye and the intuitive subconscious and combinations there of. Tapping into your imagination, intuition, and powers of observation by exploring various ways of seeing, both perceptually and conceptually. In studio projects, you will create experimental drawings that will open new creative paths to explore your personal aesthetic and drawing language.

Major objectives of this workshop include:
• Developing a working concept of what it means to draw.
• Reinforcing the principles of traditional artistic composition.
• Developing new ways of thinking, seeing, and creating.
• Building confidence through short exercises that help you explore different types of mark making.

There is no wrong way to draw experimentally. Exercises will focus on the process of drawing not on creating finished works of art. These exercises will include blind contour drawing, gesture and expressive line drawings, using variations in line speed, continuous line drawing and drawing by erasing. The role of aesthetic decision making during the process of drawing will be explored and reinforced. These exercises can help people who favor precise drawing to loosen their techniques and help those who draw loosely to approach drawing in ways they may not have thought of before.

Pre-Requisite
The main pre-requisite for this workshop is the desire to step outside of yourself and find new creative paths. All levels of drawing experience are welcome, however basic drawing techniques will be only briefly discussed.