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Academic Art – cast drawings by students from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts

by David Clayton June 19, 2012

Here are examples of cast drawings by freshman students at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts They study the academic method of drawing. This is a systematic drawing method that developed in the High Renaissance and can be traced back…

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Do You Need to Study Anotomy in Order to Draw the Human Figure?

by David Clayton June 8, 2012

Or…do you need to see people in the nude in order to paint them with their clothes on?
In commenting on recent article someone based what they were saying on an assumption that in order to paint the human figure…

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Do You Need to Study Anatomy in Order to Draw the Human Figure?

by David Clayton June 8, 2012

Or…do you need to see people in the nude in order to paint them with their clothes on?
In commenting on recent article someone based what they were saying on an assumption that in order to paint the human figure…

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Geometric Art Based Upon Islamic Art – work by students from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts

by David Clayton June 5, 2012

In the second of a series of three, here is some geometric patterned art done by students from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts during the course of the year as part of the Way of Beauty class. In this…

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How the Way of Beauty Atelier has helped a Young Architect to Move Forward in his Career

by David Clayton May 22, 2012

An architecture student who attended a drawing class in last summers the Way of Beauty program at Thomas More College in New Hampshire tells how what he learnt about traditional proportion has improved his designs and enabled him to get…

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A Weekend Course that Teaches About Western Culture and the Liturgy

by David Clayton April 24, 2012

Learn the Way of Beauty at Thomas More College, NH. Here is a reminder about part of the summer school at Thomas More College that might be of interest to readers. There are two weekend courses at Thomas More College…

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Learn to paint icons the traditional way, the Catholic way

by David Clayton March 20, 2012

Many people think that icons are the preserve of the Eastern Church, or even the Orthodox Church. So it may surprise you to discover that this is not true. The iconographic tradition is as firmly rooted in the West as…

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Learn to Live the Way of Beauty at Thomas More College

by David Clayton February 14, 2012

Learn to Live the Way of Beauty at Thomas More College
by David Clayton on February 14, 2012

The Summer Program 2012 of the Way of Beauty Atelier at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, Merrimack, NH. We are pleased…

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