Class time will include slide presentations, drawing demonstration by the instructor, and drawing by the study group members. Research and informal ongoing discussions provide an integral part of the class. Each member will be asked to keep a sketchbook and journal. A field trip to Fogg Museum at Harvard or MFA will take place. This course is designed to satisfy the desires of the experienced and inexperienced.
Students can expect to complete several sketches and two finished drawings.
Diane Edstrom teaches drawing and painting courses in Haverhill and Rome, Italy, She has exhibited internationally and received a regional NEA Fellowship in painting. She was Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome and successfully competed for a residency and exhibition in Colombia. Part of the year she lives in a small village in Italy where she paints. This study group is designed to give lovers of language the opportunity to rediscover the greatness of the great poets. As a group they will explore different ways to present the literature, letting the material shape the method.