Basic Drawing

Adult Online Class | This program has been canceled

All levels welcome, recommended for beginners.

3/29/2021-6/7/2021

1:00 PM-3:00 PM EDT on Mon

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$285.00

$255.00

To assist you in preparing for this class, we have provided a link to the setup / test pages from the conference provider. If you have never used this conference service before please click on the link below so that your PC or device will be ready to participate in this class.

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This online class 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 photographs, 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.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE
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

  • This is an online class hosted through Zoom. We recommend that you download the free Zoom application on your computer, phone, or tablet in advance of the first class.

  • You will receive a confirmation email containing a link to join the course via Zoom. The same link will be used each week.

  • In observance of Memorial Day, class will not be held on May 31. A make-up session for the class will take place on June 7.
  • • Jumbo vine charcoal
  • • Kneaded eraser
  • • White drafting eraser
  • • Charcoal drawing pad 18x24”
  • • 18” x 24” Strathmore SKETCH Pad or similar white pad
  • • Graphite drawing pencils: HB, 2B, 4B
  • • Rives BFK paper
  • • 9 x 12” pad of toned paper (one size bigger is fine too)
  • • Paper towels
  • • White conte
  • • One small palette knife
  • • Paper stump