BACAA/Emily Hedge Beginning an Atelier Practice: Drawing in the Cast Studio 2025

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Beginning an Atelier Practice: Drawing in the Cast Studio
Dates: April 1, 15, 22, 29, 2025 (No class 4/8)
Hours: 9:40 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. (2 hours)

Course Description:

This course is designed to be taken by beginning students who want to refresh their life-drawing skills with a solid technical foundation.  Upon entering class students will be introduced to the atelier environment and provided an understanding of the methods, practices, and techniques utilized when approaching long-form drawings from BACAA’s plaster cast collection.  The Cast Studio at BACAA features a range of plaster replicas in the forms of masks, busts and torsos, much as one would encounter in a museum.  It has been a long standing tradition for developing artists to hone their understanding of traditional drawing practices while being given the opportunity to analyze and find inspiration in the sculpted works of former masters.  Options will also be available for students to work from monochromatic geometric forms, draped fabric, and other still life objects.

We will cover proper subject set up, how to create a “block-in” and how to render light’s effect on form.  Students will be encouraged to jump in with whatever skills and experience they may or may not have prior, and to begin working on long-form drawings using familiar media; graphite on white paper.  Every piece of the process is designed to reduce the initial intimidation surrounding these concepts and ready students with basic information to complete future courses and workshops at BACAA.

The introduction to this course begins with a set of four classes, from there students are encouraged to continue on a month by month basis until they feel they are ready to move on to new subject matter, such as approaching figure drawing from a live model.

Note:  Intermediate or advanced students who are new to BACAA may be referred to a different course upon admission, please consult our staff before enrolling.

 

Emily Hedge Bio:

Whether in classical performance or visual art making sectors, Emily Hedge has spent the majority of her lifetime seeking and studying new ways to understand herself and humanity through an array of creative pursuits.  After spending her former years as a dedicated contemporary ballet dancer, Emily’s focus shifted when she became engrossed in the process of life drawing after a powerful introduction to academic art-making practices at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.  Emily’s studies were guided by the likes of nationally and internationally renowned contemporary artists including Henry Yan, Tumutsu Takishima, Kevin Moore, and Craig Nelson.  While in school, Emily’s work was repeatedly selected for juried exhibitions and now holds positions in various private collections spanning from New York to California.  In addition to her artistic endeavors; Emily has successfully bridged her experience as a dancer with her connections in the academic studio-classroom environment to build a sought after art modeling carrier, further developing her understanding of the full spectrum of creative energies that regularly contribute to the broad world of fine art.

Personally, Emily likens the practice of life drawing and painting to that of a meditative exercise: a routine offering a unique combination of mental challenges and rewards that can be difficult to access elsewhere amid the rapid pace of modern life.  When she is not attending to her craft, Emily is a full time mother to her young son.  They reside in her hometown of Palo Alto, California.

COST:
Per Set : $425.00

All tuition fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable

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