Date/Time: Thursday, February 20, 7:00PM, MST.
This will be an in-person meeting in the Palm Room at the Clark Park Community Center in Tempe. Located on Roosevelt Street (NW of Broadway and Mill in Tempe), our new digs are a bright and comfortable place to learn, laugh, eat, and catch up.
Can you name the 3 basic shading techniques? Allen will do a demo/lesson on the fundamentals of shading.
You need to bring a drawing pad! (we’ll have a few extra)
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- Your choice of size – a very small or a very big pad is more difficult to use
- 65 lb. or heavier paper [the higher number, the heavier the paper]
- Allen will provide pencils and tools for a hands-on experience
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Speaker’s name: Allen Reamer
Allen Reamer
Bio:
Allen Reamer was fortunate to be born into a long line of artists. He has also been fortunate to know what he wanted to do at a young age and to be able to do it. He received a B.A. in art and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in sculpture. His post-graduate work is in art history and education. Allen developed and taught a great variety of studio art and art history courses for thirty-two years before moving to Arizona. During this time he was the president of a state art education association for ten years and very active for a decade with the National Art Education Association. He has been a member or chair of a number of art related boards and has gratefully been recognized in a variety of ways including art teacher of the year, a fellowship to China, letters from President Clinton and a number of other elected officials, plus selling his paintings.
Since moving to Arizona in 1999, he has been able to produce art and teach art history and studio art from the moment he arrived. Allen teaches for Arizona State University and a number of other educational institutions and art organizations.He exhibits with his friends in the Neu Art Group in Arizona.
Title of presentation: The Fundamentals of Shading
Description of presentation:
Have you ever seen a drawing with beautiful shaded objects and wished you could do that? You can draw with lines; you can draw with tone or a combination of both. This evening you will learn three different techniques to make beautifully shaded objects. After learning, practicing and mastering these blending techniques, you will learn to draw and shade a variety of manufactured and natural objects using tone. Each technique and skill will be demonstrated. Individual help by the instructor is always available. We will be using graphite.
The instructor will bring these supplies to class for your use:
- Graphite Pencil: 2B
- Graphite Pencil: 6B
- Graphite Bars
- Vinyl Eraser
- Cotton Balls
- Stumps