Date: 10 Thursdays, January 6 - March 10, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Classroom 5A
Instructor: Maurice Casas
Level: Beginners and intermediate
Tuition: $240 Non-Members / $216 Members

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Class Description

In this course, you will learn how to make a realistic portrait in pencil using a photograph. With a few techniques, you will be able to transfer photo images onto paper, work with scale, depict, and start making your own realistic portraits with charcoal.

Materials
• One #4 Graphite pencil
• One soft eraser
• Ruler
• Sketching or mixed media paper any brand no smaller than 11x14
• extra soft or soft charcoal sticks
• medium size gray paper blending stumps (tortillions)
• One #4 and one #6 Charcoal pencils

About the Instructor
Maurice Casas’ art is a result of several years of experimentation and a search for identity. It is the fusion of these two disciplines plus his personal sensitivity that have given him a new vision for color and design. His work creates an environment of invented realms and is juxtaposed between past and present. He uses semi-abstract and figurative mark-making to create tension between reality and fanciful. Using Pre-Columbian Art and Iconography and elements of Architecture, Maurice has developed a unique and colorful language with its own vocabulary. Originally from Colombia in South America, Maurice has attended Colegio Antonio Narino and New York City Technical College. He has lived in the United States for 35 years where he has worked as a Visual Artist and Architectural Designer.

Email: mauricecasas@gmail.com
Phone: 321-202-3669
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