Basic Drawing

Adult Class | This program is completed

All levels welcome, recommended for beginners.

4/3/2017-6/12/2017

1:00 PM-4:00 PM EDT on Mon

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$255.00

$230.00

$30.00

$15.00

This course will teach you how to observe and draw objects from life in a realistic style, a fundamental skill for working in any media including painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Using pencil and charcoal and working from still life and models, you will learn several types of line and tonal drawing as well as key concepts such as negative shape, relative measuring, and perspective. Each class features a directed drawing exercise to teach a specific skill and these skills build on one another. Attending the first class is essential because it introduces the initial skill that is the foundation for the rest of the semester.

What will you learn in this workshop?
1. Make accurate contour line drawing of real objects
2. Create volumetric drawing using light and dark
3. Create 3-dimensional space in drawings
4. Handle complicated subjects and correctly place groups of objects
5. Begin to develop an understanding of picture composition

  • Fleisher will be closed on Monday May 27, to observe the Memorial Day holiday, the make-up session will be on June 12.
  • START THE TERM WITH THESE SUPPLIES
  • • 18” x 24” Strathmore SKETCH Pad or similar white pad *
  • • Graphite Drawing Pencils: 2B, 3B, 4B *
  • • Regular #2 Dixon Ticonderoga PENCILS with pink erasers *(available at Staples)
  • • White Drafting Eraser (Staedtler Mars) *
  • • Compressed Charcoal – soft or medium *
  • • Blending Stumps (optional) *

  • MIDWAY THROUGH THE SEMESTER STUDENTS WILL NEED THESE SUPPLIES:
  • • Week 7: Yardstick (flexible metal)
  • • Weeks 9 & 10: Mirror 12 x 12 inches.

  • Items marked with an * are available for purchase in Fleisher’s school store. Members receive a 10% discount on art supply purchases.