Drawing with Michael Herron
Drawing with Michael Herron (Still Life, Portraiture, Landscape and Figure) is a structured series of short courses, ranging from basic to accomplished instruction in each topic. The Artists’ Practice series will be interview style documentaries for more advanced students. Each series contains 10 twenty minute lessons.
The first available course is Still Life (AMD100). Available now on DVD and very soon as video on demand on this site (Lessons 1 to 5 on this course are freely available on YouTube). Still Life will be closely followed by installments of Landscape (AMD300) is presently in the editing suite. These will be made available as they are completed.
All lessons have extra resources including preparation sheets, summary sheets, extension activities, online evaluations, and instructional posters that will all be available for download for teachers and students. Click on the demo tutorials below for access to class resources.
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| AMD100 Still Life |
AMD200 Portrait |
AMD300 Landscape |
AMD400 Figure |
AMD500 Artists’ Practice |
| AMD101 FREE DEMO Line 1: Getting Started |
AMD201 Line 1: Quick Sketches |
AMD301 Line 1: Expressive Line |
AMD401 Reading the Figure |
AMD501 Ideas |
| AMD102 Line 2: Line & Transparency |
AMD202 Line 2: Character |
AMD302 Perspective in the Landscape |
AMD402 Scaffold & Structure |
AMD502 The Visual Arts Process Diary |
| AMD103 FREE DEMO Perspective |
AMD203 Eyes, Ears and Noses |
AMD303 Perspective with Buildings |
AMD403 Feet and Hands |
AMD503 Techniques |
| AMD104 Shading with Pencil 1 |
AMD204 Shading with Pencil 1 |
AMD304 FREE DEMO Shading with Pencil 1 |
AMD404 Neck & Head Studies |
AMD504 Art Galleries |
| AMD105 Shading with Pencil 2 |
AMD205 Shading with Pencil 2 |
AMD305 Shading with Pencil 2 |
AMD405 Shading with Pencil 1 |
AMD505 A Working Studio 1 |
| AMD106 Tone with Charcoal 1 |
AMD206 Charcoal |
AMD306 Charcoal 1 |
AMD406 Shading with Pencil 2 |
AMD506 A Working Studio 2 |
| AMD107 Tone with Charcoal 2 |
AMD207 FREE DEMO Compressed Charcoal |
AMD307 Charcoal 2 |
AMD407 Charcoal 1 |
AMD507 Competing |
| AMD108 Composition |
AMD208 Colour, Tone and White Pastel |
AMD308 Mixed Media |
AMD408 Charcoal 2 |
AMD508 Your Portfolio |
| AMD109 Rhythm |
AMD209 Pre-coloured Paper |
AMD309 Rhythm |
AMD409 Colour & Rhythm |
AMD509 Posterity |
| AMD110 Artists' Practice – Still Life |
AMD210 Artists' Practice – Portraiture |
AMD310 Artists' Practice – Landscape |
AMD410 Artists' Practice – Figure |
AMD510 Presentation |