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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