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Discover the joy of drawing in this welcoming and encouraging class designed for both beginners and continuing students. Whether you are picking up a pencil for the first time or looking to strengthen your skills, this class will help you learn to slow down, observe more carefully, and draw with greater confidence.
Through guided exercises and step-by-step instruction, students will explore simple techniques that make drawing feel approachable and enjoyable while gradually building stronger observational and technical skills.
Topics explored include:
• Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
• The Grid Method
• Relationship Drawing
• Basic proportion and measuring techniques
• Pencil texture techniques
• Light, shadow, and value
• Understanding form and structure
• Edge control and surface rendering
• Composition and visual balance
Students will work at their own pace in a relaxed and supportive studio atmosphere where questions, experimentation, and personal growth are encouraged. As skills develop, students will move beyond basic observation toward creating drawings with greater depth, realism, and expression.
Drawing requires only a few simple, portable tools, making it an easy and accessible creative practice to continue at home.
Materials
• Range of value graphite pencils (Koh-I-Noor or Derwent recommended)
• Kneaded eraser
• Pencil sharpener
• 11” × 14” newsprint sketch pad
• 11” × 14” Strathmore 400 Series drawing paper
• Proportional divider
• Kleenex or small piece of chamois (about 5” square)
Discover the joy of drawing in this welcoming and encouraging class designed for both beginners and continuing students. Whether you are picking up a pencil for the first time or looking to strengthen your skills, this class will help you learn to slow down, observe more carefully, and draw with greater confidence.
Through guided exercises and step-by-step instruction, students will explore simple techniques that make drawing feel approachable and enjoyable while gradually building stronger observational and technical skills.
Topics explored include:
• Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
• The Grid Method
• Relationship Drawing
• Basic proportion and measuring techniques
• Pencil texture techniques
• Light, shadow, and value
• Understanding form and structure
• Edge control and surface rendering
• Composition and visual balance
Students will work at their own pace in a relaxed and supportive studio atmosphere where questions, experimentation, and personal growth are encouraged. As skills develop, students will move beyond basic observation toward creating drawings with greater depth, realism, and expression.
Drawing requires only a few simple, portable tools, making it an easy and accessible creative practice to continue at home.
Materials
• Range of value graphite pencils (Koh-I-Noor or Derwent recommended)
• Kneaded eraser
• Pencil sharpener
• 11” × 14” newsprint sketch pad
• 11” × 14” Strathmore 400 Series drawing paper
• Proportional divider
• Kleenex or small piece of chamois (about 5” square)