Most classes take place in our award-winning facility located at 2200 Parks Avenue, across from the Pavilion Convention Center and the Tourist Information Center. Students are responsible for all their own materials, unless otherwise noted. Designed to follow beginning drawing classes taken at the Center or elsewhere, students in this course will learn to enhance their drawing techniques while continuing to improve their drawing abilities. Emphasis will be on composition, line, form, light and shading, perspective and gesture. Students will explore a variety of subjects in charcoal, graphite and cont for four nights, and will concentrate on the nude figure for the remaining four classes.
Students bring paper and pencil to the first class.
Basic drawing experience recommended. Beginning to intermediate students are welcome in this class, which will explore different papers and painted grounds, compatible materials, compositional strategies, layering, color principles, techniques and expressive approaches through demonstrations, slide discussions and critiques. Find your personal style as you work from still lifes and photographs. Beginners will be walked through each stage in the development of a composition. Through a combination of discussion, demonstration and hands-on practice, students in this multilevel class will benefit from individual instruction as they explore watercolor materials, controlling the brush, use of color, painting techniques and composition.