![]() Doing the course as intended, using vine charcoal, a full-size plate, and a vertical easel (or wall), prepares you for working in oil, acrylics, and pastel. Often people don’t teach it correctly or even understand the reasons behind the course.įor instance, unless your ultimate goal in art is small, tight pastel, pencil, charcoal, or pen-and-ink drawings, or small, tight watercolors, doing the course in pencil, using the small plates in the book, on an angled easel or drawing board is not going to give you maximum bang for buck. There’s a lot of good information there that you won’t find anywhere else and even ateliers or schools that teach sight-size workshops or classes. It explains pretty much the right way to do the course. If you plan to do the Bargue Drawing Course, you need to buy the book. The wonderful book above, by Gerald M Ackerman, is something you can purchase by clicking on the cover (you’ll end up at Barnes & Noble). Many people have heard of “The Drawing Course” by Charles Bargue. ![]() ![]() Photo copies of the Bargue plates taken from the book: Charles Bargue.Art students will copy the Bargue plate to.
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