BEGINNING DRAWING - SATURDAYS


Instructor:
Sue Archer



January 9 & 23, 2021
February 6 & 13, 2021
March 6 &13, 2021
April 3 & 10, 2021
9:00am - 12:00pm
You can learn to draw!
This is an 8 week course, each week building on the last
Learning to draw is learning to see.
It is act of focused observation.
There are many ways to draw and many reasons for drawing.
Drawing is the basis for all visual arts no matter what your medium is!
But there is only one way to learn to draw: PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE!
We will be meeting once a week for 3 hours, on line for 8 weeks.
This will be taught as a workshop not as a weekly class.
There will be lots of drawing homework every day to do between classes, because there is only one way to learn to draw: PRACTICE?
CONCEPTS:
WHAT IS A DRAWING?
WHAT IS A LINE?
WHAT IS VALUE?
WHAT IS A DRAWING FIELD?
WHAT IS IN OUR DRAWING TOOL BELT?
Contour drawing
Gesture drawing
Cross-contour drawing
Relationship drawing
Shapes:
What is a good shape?
Basic shapes
Positive and negative shape
Form
Values
Color/values
Light and Shadow
Basic Perspective
How to show distance.
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