FALL ADULTS: Drawing from Observation and Imagination Intensive (Part 1)

Course Description:     
This class meets once a week to practice drawing exercizes and assignments that can help students of all levels reconnect with drawing as a means of expression, experimentation and method for working out ideas. Each week students are introduced to a different principle of drawing and a variety of artist's work from many cultures and time periods before embarking on a drawing challenge which can be interpreted in many ways. This first section of the class includes work with charcoal, pencil, ink and various alternative materials Students will gain experience with depicting texture and value, contour and cross contour lines as expressive tools and explore various kinds of perspective. (Part two will feature color theory and application, figure drawing and creating a portfolio or series of work). Open to all levels.