Drawing for Beginners with Giselle Harrington (6:00-9:00 4 week session)

Drawing for Beginners
4 Monday evenings, 6-9pm (3 hours). January 5, 12, 19, 26. $220
If class has to be canceled due to snow or ice, please note that there is no make-up date and students will be reimbursed for the individual canceled class.

Description:
Drawing is the backbone of any work on paper. Learning to draw also means learning to see in a way that applies both to drawing and to working with color. This way of seeing is about looking at objects as two-dimensional, related, abstract shapes rather than real objects. This class will teach you how to master drawing through a series of exercises which you can continue to practice at home to develop your skills. In this class you will also learn basic principles such as how to hold the drawing tool, what tools you can use for drawing, how drawing relates to image-making as a whole, and how perspective works.

Tools: Students bring their own tools. Minimum: paper, board to support the paper and clips to hold it (if paper is not in a hard cover sketchbook), pencil, eraser. Recommended: Newsprint pad not smaller than 9×12 but preferably bigger, a board with clips to support the paper, willow charcoal or graphite pencil, and eraser: kneaded (for charcoal) or hi-polymer such as Mars Plastic or Pentel.