Video Lesson 10: How to Draw Shapescapes

Using red oil-paint-stick and acrylic paint, instructor Clark Derbes demonstrates how to draw shapescapes.

Edited by: Brendan Brines

Homework: Using the materials of your choice, draw a shapescape.

Artists to look up: Victor Passmore, Jean Dubuffet, Blombos Cave.

Special thanks to :
RLPhoto
Vermont Equipment Supply
Mick

Lesson 11: How to Draw a Man Playing the Dobro Twice (featuring Moses Atwood)

Lesson 11: How to Draw a Man Playing the Dobro Twice (featuring Moses Atwood)

Instructor Clark Derbes demonstrates how to draw a man playing the Dobro.

This video lesson features nationally renowned musician Moses Atwood playing a stringed instrument called the dobro in the studio of artist Wylie Sofia Garcia.

Edited by: Brendan Brines

Lesson 9: How to Draw an Island

Using india ink on primed linen, Instructor Clark Derbes demonstrates how to draw an island (@Shelburne Pt., VT, USA)

Homework: Using the Materials of your choice, draw an island.

Music: Dungen :” Lejonet &Kulan” and “Tack Ska Ni Ha”

Lesson 7: Tom Sawyerism: How To Paint A Colored Grid

With the help of several  University of Vermont students, instructor Clark Derbes demonstrates how to paint a colored grid.

Materials: Paint and concrete

Homework: With the help of someone, paint a colored grid.

Lesson 6: How to Draw Concentric Circles

Using house paint and a 4″ roller on asphalt, instructor Clark Derbes demonstrates how to draw concentric circles.

Your Homework: Using the material of your choice, draw concentric circles

Artists to Look Up: Jasper Johns, Ugo Rondinone, (anonymous) ancient british stone carvings

Music: Video:Ozatsuma(samisen)             Credits:Sun Ra “Two Tones”

Edited by Brendan Brines

Lesson 8: How to Draw 3-D Shapes

Using pastel on crumbling plaster wall, Instructor Clark Derbes demonstrates how to draw various three dimensional shapes.

Homework: Using the materials of your choice, draw five 3-D shapes

Artists to Look Up: Sol Lewitt, Mel Bochner, Aakash Nihalani

Music: Jah Wobble, The Edge, Holger Czukay- “Snake Charmer”(1983)

Edited by Brendan Brines

Lesson 5: How to Draw a 3-D Alphabet

Using Black Paint-Marker on a tractor-trailer, instructor Clark Derbes demonstrates how to draw the english alphabet with three-dimensional letters.

Homework: Using the materials of your choice, draw a 3-D Alphabet

Artists to Look Up: Claes Oldenburg, Ben Eine, anonymous(1400-1200 BCE)

Music: Jellyroll Morton “Shreveport Stomps”(1924)

Edited by Brendan Brines

Lesson 4: How to Draw a Hollow Quarter

Using acrylic paint and brush on a metal tractor-trailer, instructor Clark Derbes demonstrates how to draw a ” hollow quarter(pipe)”

Homework: Using the material of your choice, Draw a “hollow quarter”

Artists to Look  Up: Al Held, Sol Lewitt, and Aakash Nihalani

Music: Charles Mingus “Cumbia and Jazz Fusion”

Edited by Brendan Brines

Lesson 3: How To Draw a Crooked Grid

Using house-paint and a 4″ roller on concrete, instructor Clark Derbes demonstrates how to draw a crooked grid.

Homework: Using the materials of your choice, Draw a Crooked Grid

Artists to Look Up: Mel Bochner, Mary Heilmann, and Frank Owen

Music: Lionel Ritchie “Hello”

Edited by Brendan Brines

Lesson 2: How to Draw a Hollow Box

Using acrylic paint and brush on a metal tractor trailer, instructor Clark Derbes demonstrates how to draw a hollow box.

Homework: Using the materials of your choice, draw a hollow box

Artists to Look Up: Sol Lewitt, Al Held, Aakash Nihalani

Music: Scott Joplin “The Easy Winners”(1901)

Edited by Brendan Brines