Courses of Study

Drawing is the base of all Western Art. To be able to progress in Painting, Sculpture or Architecture an artist must first have good Drawing skills. Our primary medium for study is working in graphite (pencil). Different elements of representation (proportion/measurement, perspective, point/line/plane, light/shade, gradation/modeling etc...) are grasped both easier and faster in Drawing. Proficiency in drawing greatly accelerates a students progress in both Painting and Sculpture. Students draw from traditional prints, plaster casts of classical statues, live models, memory and imagination in order to develop a personal understanding of form.

西洋美術の基本はデッサンで、美術の技術を上達させるには、まずデッサンを習得することがとても重要です。デッサンを習得することで、形・姿の造形に対する理解を深め、より確実にかつ早く美術を上達することができ、絵画や彫刻などの上達の近道ともなります。デッサンのクラスでは、プリントや石膏像、人物、記憶を使いデッサンを学習し、”造形”への理解を深めていきます。

Cours de Dessin
デッサン基礎

Traditionally Drawing was taught with students first learning how to copy prints which were called "Cours de Dessin" (Drawing Lessons). These "Lessons" were made so that students would progress from making small simple line drawings to large finely shaded drawings. By studying these "Lessons" students can greatly improve their drawing skills. The co-ordination that students gain with their hands, eyes and memory provide a fantastic foundation that will seve them in any kind of later work.
デッサン基礎では、有名画家のリトグラフなどの2次元平面素材の模写を通じ、線の書き方から始まり、形や陰影などの表現まで、総合的なデッサンの手法を学びます。古く西洋でのデッサンの学習は、生徒がお手本となる絵を写すことから始まり、これをフランス語で”Cours de Dessin（デッサン・レッスン）”と呼んでいました。絵を写すことで、簡単な線の描き方から複雑で陰影の付いた描画まで、デッサンに必要な技術を効率的に学ぶことができ、かつ作品作りに必要となる手指、目、記憶力などの能力を向上することもできます。

Cast Drawing
石膏デッサン

Drawing from plaster casts of antique statues was the second stage of learning drawing in a traditional art atelier. Plaster casts were used because of the wonderful lighting that can be used on them to demonstrate light, shadow & gradation. Concepts begun in Cours de Dessin are continued and applied to drawing from three dimensional sources. Studies progress from using casts which are small and simple to using ones which are large and complex. By increasing the difficulty in each excercise students greatly improve their skills. Strategies and techniques become more confident while their drawings become both finer and more elegant.
デッサン基礎で習得した技術を活用しながら、有名な石膏像などを使い、3次元立体素材のデッサンの手法を学びます。白い石膏像は照明を当てることで、西洋美術で重要な光、陰影、グラデーションを作り出し、これらの表現方法を学ぶのに非常に効果的なことから、伝統的にデッサンの学習に取り入れられてきました。石膏像が複雑になるについて、難易度が増すと同時に、デッサン技術を向上することができます。

Still Life Drawing
静物デッサン

Still Life drawing increases a students ability to draw once again. In Cast drawing the plaster casts were always smooth, white and only one was drawn at a time. Still Life drawing increases the complexity greatly by using multiple objects which are both organic and manufactured, varying in texture and colour. Students gain more control over the choice of subject matter and begin to explore aspects of composition and design with their arrangements. Studies in Still Life progress from using a few simple models to drawing compositions that having many different objects with great variation. In this way confidence and control are gained as the difficulty of each Still Life increases.
石膏像は表面が滑らかで、白く、通常１つであるのに対し、静物画の被写体は有機的で色や質感が異なる複数の物・製品となり、より複雑な被写体といえます。静物デッサンを通じて、構成やデザインなども学ぶことができ、また複雑で多くの静物になるにつれ、デッサン技術を上達することができます。

Landscape Drawing
風景デッサン

This course is done in the form of field trips to local parks and locations. Drawing outside adds many new aspects to consider as students learn to confront the problems of working in nature under changing conditions (light, wind, temperature, ambient noise, etc...). Two important elements of consideration while drawing Landscapes is composition and the abstraction that is necessary when working with large intricate subject matter (eg. being able to draw a tree without having to draw every leaf!) Compositional sketches and fully developed drawings are made. Studies again will progress from less complicated to more complicated considerations like clouds, water, reflections, buildings and people.
近くの公園などの野外でデッサンを学習します。野外でのデッサンは、屋内での作業には異なり、刻々と状況が変化する環境下（光、風、気温、音など）での作業となります。大き複雑な風景画で重要な２つの要素は、全体の構図と抽象化のテクニックです（例えば木を描くとき葉1枚1枚は描きません）。まず全体の構図をスケッチし、デッサンを描きます。簡単な風景から、雲、水、反射、建物、人物などを複雑な風景に進むにつれ、デッサン技術を上達することができます。

Anatomical Drawing
人体デッサン

The main aspects of this course include students learning the bones, skelteon, muscles, actions and proportions of the human body. Differences between male and female will be discussed. This course starts with students making drawings of the bones and then the skeleton. After this, drawings of the major surface muscles will be made and explained in their relation to the skeleton and the different actions that they accomplish.
人体デッサンを通じ、人間の骨、骨格、筋肉、動き、体型、男女の違いなどを学びます。筋肉と骨格や動きなどの関連させながら、主な表面筋肉のデッサンを学ぶことで、人物画の表現を豊かにすることができます。

Portrait Drawing
肖像デッサン
This course uses clothed live models for the purpose of drawing portraits (drawings primarily concerned with the head and face of a specific person) Special consideration is given to the proportion and anatomy of the head and face as well as the treatment of hair.
服を着たモデルの上半身（主に頭部と顔）を描きます。頭部と顔、そして髪の描き方を中心に勉強します。

Life Drawing
人物デッサン　

Knowlege and skills that were started in Cours de Dessin and advanced in Cast drawing are taken to their conclusion by working from live models. This course is composed of 3 parts : short-pose nude drawing (5-20 minutes poses), long pose nude drawing (3-12hr poses) and long pose clothed/costumed drawing (3-12hr poses) This course takes into consideration many elements of other courses especially anatomical drawing.
デッサン基礎、石膏デッサン、人体デッサンなどで習得した知識や技術を最大限に生かし、実際のモデルのデッサンを学びます。主に3種類のデッサンから構成；短時間のヌードデッサン（5～20分）、長時間のヌードデッサン（3～12時間）、長時間の服を着用したモデルデッサン（3～12時間）。

Drawing in Museums
美術館でのデッサン

Classes are held in local museums and Drawings are made from the artwork. Along with drawing, this course includes discussions on Art History and Composition & Design. Students will choose what to draw from and the length of their drawing. Consideration will be taken for shorter and longer drawing, compositional sketches, and drawing small & large portions of artwork
美術館を訪問し、有名なアート作品をデッサンします。デッサンをしながら、アートの歴史、構図やデザインについても学びます。短時間のデッサン、長時間のデッサン、構図を主とするスケッチ、作品の一部及び全体のデッサンなどを体験します。

Perspective Drawing
遠近法を取り入れたデッサン

Students learn linear Perspective through a series of drawings that start with one point perspective and then move onto two and three point. Aspects of Perspective such as: Vanishing point, multiple vanishing points, rizon Line, Ground line, Station Point, Picture Plane, Measuring Points, drawing circles, and drawing irregular objects are explained and demonstrated. Sudents apply the use of perspective to develop their own compositions.
デッサンを通じて線遠近法を学びます。まずは一消点遠近法から複数消点遠近法へ発展してゆきます。消失点、水平線、地盤面、測点、投影面、測定点、円球、不整形体などについて学びます。

Drawing from Memory / Imagination
記憶・想像からのデッサン

In this course students learn how to make compositions using memory and imagination. Sometimes this process will include the use of reference material from varied sources (eg. Art History, Anatomy, Photographs) but the material is used only to suppliment and guide the students imagination and are not used as direct models to copy like they would be in other courses. Special attention is given to developing individual interest and composition & design.
生徒一人ひとりの記憶及び想像からのデッサン方法を学びます。芸術作品や写真を参照することもありますが、これは生徒さんの想像を助ける為であり、主に生徒さんの記憶及び想像を基にデッサンすることで、構図やデザインなども学びます。