PRIVATE TEACHING PROGRAMS
In addition to her teaching and service at the Langley Fine Arts School Nancy offers an ongoing series of private programs in and around her local community and on excursions that she leads abroad. Some of the regular programs that she teaches include Enhancing Your Creative Process, the Human Figure Intensive, Reliving the Renaissance: Materials and Processes of the Italian Workshop, and Portfolio and Post-secondary Preparation Programs.
“Nancy knows the thrill of the mystery of creativity and is fuelled by her passion for it to gently guide each student along as they discover their own unique voice….She hears as well as sees, is sensitive to the spoken and the unspoken, and with her keen intelligence is able to orchestrate the best and happiest environment for her students. Nancy and I tapped into 31 years of artistic reserves and brought them into the light of day, and that’s my miracle.”
—Lois Brookes
Her current private teaching schedule includes:
the HUMAN FIGURE
One of the greatest challenges for the artist is to work with the human figure. Regardless of your chosen field of study, an understanding of and ability to render the human form is a tremendous asset for animators, fashion designers and painters alike. Quality figure drawings are also a key area for the development of a strong portfolio. Although figure drawing classes exist, they are usually drop in sessions with no instruction, leaving participants feeling both lost and frustrated in knowing how to improve their images of this most challenging subject matter.
Week 1 July 4—July 8
This course addresses the incredible challenge of drawing the full human figure by focusing on structure as the solid foundation upon which to build one's work. The course starts with a study of the skeletal and muscular structures and their relationship to the external surface. Using slides to illustrate key concepts of gesture, mass and weight, proportion, balance and movement, participants will also work from the model to develop images relating to these concepts. This course will significantly improve your understanding of the human form and add confidence to your drawings.
Week 2 July 11—July 15
The second week of classes will continue to build on the structure developed in the first intensive. Again, using a combination of slides, the human skeleton, anatomical casts and the live model as resources, participants will learn to interpret the model in standing, reclining and seated poses. The added difficulty of dramatic foreshortening of the human form will also be addressed through exercises and working with the human figure. Emphasis will be placed on the study of proportion, light and shade to develop an illusion of form and gesture. This course will enhance both the structure and drama of your figurative works.
“The human figure intensive is an excellent short in-depth program for the beginning artist and for the experienced artist. The classes left me looking forward to doing much more.”
—Sally Christie
“Ms. Crawford = Amazing teacher
Human Figure Class = Mandatory“
—Dan Lee Rhode Island School of Design
“The human figure intensive has taught me to trust myself more and face the challenges of the human figure head on without being afraid of making mistakes.“
—Anna Bron Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Pre College Program in Visual Art:
Creating a Personal Portfolio
August 22—August 26
August 29—Sept 2 (10 Days Total)
Where the spirit does not work with the hand,
there is no art.
—Leonardo da Vinci
The majority of this program will be spent on learning how to develop an idea or spark of interest into an in-depth exploration and authentic series of works. The development of a unified and engaging body of work is the most important element of your post-secondary school application and the most challenging to develop.
This program will also cover a variety of topics that are essential to post-secondary school success including:
- 10 Key Ingredients for an Outstanding Art School Application
- 10 Ways to maximize your health and creativity
- 10 Aspects of the Creative Process
- The development of several Breadth works
- Establishing a Personal Series of unified works
- Creating a dynamic and process rich sketchboo
- Mind-mapping and brainstorming
- Tips for setting up your studio
- Techniques to foster enhanced creativity
- Establishing your personalized practice schedule
- Recognizing your personal forms of resistance and creative blocks and how to move through them
This dynamic and intensive program will be a spectacular way to kick off a highly creative and productive school year!
Program Details
All classes will be held at the Langley Fine Arts School
9096 Trattle Street, Fort Langley
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily
There will be a halfhour lunch break from 12:00 to 12:30 where participants can enjoy their lunch and relax (lunch not included).
Once you have registered for a class I will email you a supply list for each program.
“I am still blown away by the unconditional help and attention that I was able to receive from Mrs. Crawford. As a teacher, she is definitely a rarity…she has encouraged me to discover facets that I deemed impossible…as not only a teacher, but also a friend and mentor, Mrs. Crawford has given me more than inspiration. It is one thing to love art, but another to actually show this love, and that is what she is able to teach.”
—Shevawn Desrosiers Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
“For me personally, she has been an outstanding teacher, a personal mentor, and a best friend. Her energy is contagious and her passion for teaching is inspirational…The way in which she lives, always inquisitive of new discoveries, influenced me to pay attention to the tiniest, most precious details which has lead to a wider and more interesting point of view of life. Mrs. Crawford is the teacher who I believe to be an exquisite leader in the arts!”
—Miki Nagao Parson's School of Design, New York
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