Drawing and Painting Series for Adults

 

 ​These beginning or refresher art classes for adults (teens welcome too!) cover the basics of drawing and painting. Students learn how to approach the craft of making two-dimensional art, how to master various mediums, as well as learning shading, proportions, color theory, and more, and how to make striking and satisfying works of art. Classes are just $20 for 75 minutes. Each month covers a different medium, topic and technique. Classes are easy-going with plenty of interaction between students and teachers. For more information, please click on the link below:

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October 2020

Topic: Color theory and color mixing

Supplies needed:

  • Acrylic paint – (suggested colors: cadmium red, cadmium yellow, titanium white, viridian green, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, burnt umber, lamp black)

  • Two 8 x 10 canvases or primed heavyweight paper or card

  • Medium and small round or flat paint brushes for acrylic paint

  • HB (#2) pencil and eraser


November 2020

Topic: Charcoal figure drawing: proportions, shading and blending

Supplies needed:

  • Soft or medium charcoal pencils and charcoal sticks

  • White pastels – artist quality (not student quality)

  • Two to four 11 x 14 sheets medium-weight drawing paper

  • Blending sticks (alternatively Q-tips or paper towels)

  • kneaded eraser


December 2020

Topic: Pen and Ink and Ink wash drawing techniques for perspective drawing

Supplies needed:

  • Drawing pens – a selection of 4 to 6 (fine to medium tips)

  • Two to four 8 x 10 smooth surface drawing papers

  • India (or other) black ink

  • Pointed tip oval or round watercolor brush


January 2021

Topic: Colored pencil: blending and layering colors; creating form and volume

Supplies needed:

  • Set or 12 or more Prismacolor colored pencils

  • Two to four 8 x 10 sheets smooth surface drawing paper

  • Blending sticks, various sizes

  • HB (#2) pencil, eraser and kneaded eraser

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