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Tim Tozer – Drawing for Discovery (Online)
Date recorded: Saturday, November 2, 2024
Using vine charcoal, charcoal pencil, an eraser and brushes, Tim will demonstrate his approach to drawing from a Master painting. He will use drawing to explore the painting’s compositional complexity – an abstract language of hidden meaning that ties together the grandest gestures to the smallest details.
By adopting a spontaneous and experimental approach to the material, Tim will also explore how drawing can inform and change the way we see, especially if approached as an act of discovery rather than passive copying. He will build a drawing from a scaffolding of linear relationships to a more fully fleshed-out description of the light and forms that give life to the painting, demonstrating a means to think through and unify multiple ideas about a single subject.
Using vine charcoal, charcoal pencil, an eraser and brushes, Tim will demonstrate his approach to drawing from a Master painting. He will use drawing to explore the painting’s compositional complexity – an abstract language of hidden meaning that ties together the grandest gestures to the smallest details.
By adopting a spontaneous and experimental approach to the material, Tim will also explore how drawing can inform and change the way we see, especially if approached as an act of discovery rather than passive copying. He will build a drawing from a scaffolding of linear relationships to a more fully fleshed-out description of the light and forms that give life to the painting, demonstrating a means to think through and unify multiple ideas about a single subject.
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About the Instructor:
Born in 1969 in Portsmouth, UK, Tim Tozer attended the Winchester School of Art and the University of Ulster at Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1994, Tim moved to the U.S. upon receiving the prestigious Andy Warhol Scholarship for study at the New York Academy of Art. After earning his MFA in painting, Tozer taught painting and drawing at Indiana University in Bloomington. He moved to Minneapolis in 2002 and taught art at both the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and Normandale Community College. He currently teaches painting and drawing at the University of Wisconsin – Stout. In 2011, he completed a large commission for the lobby of Securian corporation in St. Paul. The paintings commemorate the company’s annual Winter Run marathon. An avid runner, Tim also participated in the race. Tim lives with his family in south Minneapolis.
One Response
I really enjoyed your demo. I kind of sketched along and thought that I would share.