Skill Building Challenge: Cycle 2 announced!

Announcing “Skill Building Challenge: Cycle 2, Embracing Portraiture”

 

Our first Skill Building Challenge was a great success;  The students who participated saw their skill levels jump in those short four weeks due to a dedicated schedule and the driving force that a bit of friendly competition brings.  Now that our first challenge, Cycle 1, has come to a close, we’re ready to announce Cycle 2.

Our Skill Building Challenge: Cycle 2 will begin this upcoming sunday, July 13th, and will focus on “Embracing Portraiture.” Each individual week of the 4-week long cycle will focus on a different attribute of portraiture, building the students’ skills up step-by-step until the final week, at which point they will complete a self portrait to be judged by Jeff Watts and his team of instructors.  The winner of the 4 week cycle will receive an original drawing from the Atelier as a “thank you” for their hard work and dedication to the craft.

All students of the online school are invited to our Skill Building Challenges. For those of you who are new to the online program or missed out on Cycle 1 for one reason or another, now is the perfect time to embrace the challenge and push your skills.  For everyone who participated in cycle 1, we hope to see you again in cycle 2 as you continue your skill building.

The full schedule for Cycle 2 is as follows (for more details and the specific rules for the challenge, please visit our Skill Building Challenge forum here.)

Skill Building Cycle 2; Embracing Portraiture
-week 1, Starting July 13th, ending July 19st: Constructing the skull (Students will complete a skull
drawing, pulling from the skill sets of the previous cycle, and render it to the best of their ability)
-week 2, Starting July 20th, ending July 26th: Understanding the planes (Students will use provided
reference and break the portrait down into the asaro head planes)
-week 3, Starting July 27th, ending August 2nd: Cast Drawing (Students will use reference provided and complete a head cast drawing)
-week 4, Starting August 3th, ending August 9th: Bringing it all together; The Self Portrait (Students will
use all of the skills learned thus far to complete a self portrait)

We hope (and predict) cycle 2 will have an even larger turnout than last time…So start sharpening your pencils, ready your newsprint, and be prepared to embrace the challenge…July 13th is right around corner!