Object Drawing is a ten-week sequential course providing guided instruction in drawing from objects (aka. still-life). The course is structured to serve a wide range of skill-sets on an individual basis.
Lessons will focus on drawing in black and white media in order to emphasize problems of structure, light and shadow, as well as composition.
As it progresses, the class will explore how evocative content can be achieved by way of skillful selection and arrangement of subject matter. Through the ten week process students will gain, or reinforce, a clear undestanding of the role of the basic principles of design relative to drawing from life.
If learning to draw is learning to see, then this class, like all Manifest offerings, will open a window into the world for seeing everything in new ways.
About the instructor:
Jonathan Queen is one of Cincinnati's eminent painters. He holds a BFA from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, and is a full-time working artist represented by Miller Gallery. Queen's work weaves a magical bond between first-rate academic painting and contemporary content like none other. He brings to Manifest's studio a formidable expertise at image-making from observation, a keen wit, and a kind and generous personality.
