Artistic Anatomy Class

Drawing materials for the Artistic Anatomy Class include

1. Strathmore 500 colored drawing paper pad 18" x 24"
2. Canson Mi-Teintes drawing paper, Moonstone, Felt Grey,Dark Grey, Cream
3. 57J General Brand Jumbo charcoal
4. Vine Soft medium thickness charcoal
5. Chamois for erasing( purchase from auto parts store)
   
6. Kneaded Eraser
7. Vanish eraser
8. Assorted Prismacolor NuPastel sticks Sanguine#213-P, Ivory# 277-P, Cocoa Brown #253-P, Tuscan Red#273-P
9. Canson Biggie Sketch Pad 18" x 24"
10. Drawing Board preferably Dick Blick 23-1/2" × 26" Sketch Pad Boards that have alligator clips. Many boards have cheap metal clips that break easily and can cause cuts. One can make their own board by cutting a sheet of 1/4" masonite or particle board to size-must accommodate Canson Mi-Teintes 19" x 25".
    

On Polykleitos

The Doryphoros

Ploykeitos created the Doryphoros as a way to exemplify his published theoretical work known as the "Canon" or "Rule, in which he was stating in mathematical terms the relationship of parts of the body with the whole, e.g. the proportion of finger with the palm, palm with wrist, wrist with elbow, elbow with arm. Considered the first great aesthetician, Polyleitos's aim, in his own words, was to produce the "eu" or perfection..In his sculptures there is a dynamic counterbalance between the tensed and relaxed parts of the body. In all of his known works, he shows the body stand firmly on one foot, the other bending slightly with kinetic potential, the so called "Chiastic" pose, more commonly known as "Contrapposto".

Art Students League Personalities

Greg Kreutz

Frank O'Cain

Alexander Eliott

Robert Beverly Hale

Here are some quick sketches of painters, students, and educators that frequented the historic hallways of the Art Students League.

Art Students League Sketches

Nick Oberling and James Prater in the ASL office

John Doyle at the first window

Selections from my sketchbook -scenes and people from my time as a student at the Art Students League of New York
Included here are views of John Doyle, James Prater, and Nick Oberling all accomplished painters who were my fellow classmates in the Mason class, working at the front desk at the League.

George Sotos

Here is a conte crayon portrait I drew of George Sotos. I studied Visual Vocabulary with him during the 80's in Chicago, Florida, and New York. He currently teaches in Chicago at the Drawing Workshop.

Painting with Frank Mason

The two classic aspects of Frank Mason- One with his distinctive black smock in the classroom peering over a drawing with the utmost reverence as his hand guides the red ochre chalk over the paper, and the other as the landscape painter in suspenders and joyful countenance- it was infectious and the Art Spirit emanated from the man into others around him.

Painting in Vermont with Frank 3

More from Mason's class in Stowe Vermont.