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Exploring the Portrait and Self-Portrait

X434 (2 semester units in Art)

Artists have long used the portrait as a way to expand the language of drawing, to respond to the social world around them, or to look into their own souls. In this course, you explore the expressive use of line, the dramatic values of light and shadow, and the basics of human anatomy in weekly homework assignments and by drawing models in class. Slide-illustrated lectures present portraits and self-portraits using mood, memory, photography, abstraction, and fantasy as expressive tools. Note: Bring an 18" x 24" newsprint pad, an 18" x 24" drawing pad, pencils, and charcoal to the first class. Prerequisite: Drawing Fundamentals X405 or consent of instructor.

Prerequisite: Drawing Fundamentals X405 or consent of instructor.

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Mon. June 8, San Francisco

GLENN HIRSCH, M.F.A., also teaches as adjunct faculty at JFK University's M.F.A. program, is an instructor in the San Francisco Art Institute's Community Education Program, and serves as an adviser/mentor for the Art Institute of Boston's M.F.A. program. He has exhibited widely in the United States for 20 years, including a retrospective of his work at Stanford Art Spaces, three recent solo shows in California, and a 2008 solo show at the California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco. His website is www.home.earthlink.net/~glennhirsch.

• 12 meetings
• June 8 to Aug. 24: Mon., 6:30-9:30 pm
• San Francisco: Room 213, Art and Design Center, 95 Third St.
• $445 (EDP 015552)

Mon. Sept. 21, San Francisco

GLENN HIRSCH, M.F.A., also teaches as adjunct faculty at JFK University's M.F.A. program, is an instructor in the San Francisco Art Institute's Community Education Program, and serves as an adviser/mentor for the Art Institute of Boston's M.F.A. program. He has exhibited widely in the United States for 20 years, including a retrospective of his work at Stanford Art Spaces, three recent solo shows in California, and a 2008 solo show at the California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco. His website is www.home.earthlink.net/~glennhirsch.

NOTE: This class is closed. For information about related courses, contact your academic department.

• $455 (EDP 011437)

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