Benefits:
– Receive photo references for each technique
– Watch instructor demo
– See what other student’s are creating in class
– Ask questions & receive instructor critiques in real time

You will start from the very beginning, with the foundation of the drawing skill. In 12 weeks you will learn all the basics of drawing: how to express the light, the form, the space, and how to bring any object to life on paper. The topics include landscape, interior, still life, floral bouquet, face, and other subjects. Lessons cover line drawing, tonal drawing, shading, composing, sketching, and refining. You will become comfortable with drawing objects realistically, turning tree branches, expressing positive and negative shapes, creating the illusion of 3-D, constructing a space in perspective, and adding finishing touches. Materials you will be drawing with are: pencil, charcoal, pen/ink, conte, and oil pastel. You can enter this course at any time, as each class is a stand-alone lesson. Home assignments are provided after each class, so that you could practice the skill that you just learned in class, on your own, and strengthen it through this additional practice.

You will learn the key aspects of drawing, such as: volume is created by lights and shadows; color is expressed through tonality, negative shapes are the best way to draw complex forms, an approach called “pushing-and-pulling” helps you see tonal differences; shading creates light, white is the most challenging color to see. You will have a good understanding of how to achieve quality in your drawings. After 12 weeks, you will be qualified to join the Next Level – The Human Form.

Become an artist you never thought possible!

The Next Level Course will not only add the new subject, the human figure, but will also help you see that these issues of drawing depend on one another and are inseparable. You will learn to apply all 12 lessons of the Essential Drawing Course to each new assignment. Drawing Next Level offers you that higher level of challenge in such a way that you are completely comfortable with it. However, do not expect the new course to be effortless! On the contrary, the work you will be doing will demand from you a much greater focus and thoughtful effort. The rewarding part of the session is that you will be able to join Saturday’s Live Drawing sessions, where you will be drawing nude models, both male and female.

In the Next Level, you will be choosing your drawing materials yourself. Pencil, pen/ink, charcoal, oil pastels, brush, or marker? The answer depends on which art material you are most drawn to, or which one presents you with a more interesting challenge. You are welcome to use the same supplies as the Beginner group uses in that lesson. As you are now familiar with all of them, the choice is yours.

There will be no brand-new techniques or new mediums introduced in this course; instead you will be focused on learning how to apply the same techniques to the new subject – the human figure. Hearing the instructor going over the same lessons again will allow you to review those lessons from the Essential Drawing Course for Beginners as the refresher. You will be instructed to pull from all 12 lessons introduced in the previous course, as you are familiar with all of them.

You will learn how to:
– Optically color mix
– Control tonality
– Reserve the white paper
– How to create washes
– Fix mistakes using techniques and tools
– Paint using wet-into-wet, wet-onto-dry, and dry-onto-dry techniques

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to paint in watercolors for plein air, commissions, or to explore new mediums, this is a course you don’t want to miss!