Artwork by instructor Johanna Girard

 

 

 

 

Faces and Figures
Intro to Life Drawing

)This class is designed as a gentle ntroduction to life drawing for beginners, but intermediate and advanced students are welcome too.

Students will learn how to draw a likeness quickly, confidently and accurately from direct observation of a living model. Students will learn to use dynamic light and shadow to increase the 3 dimensional appearance of your portrait and figure drawings in charcoal, conte crayon or monochramatic pastel.

Intermediate to advanced students will be free to explore color using pastels, watercolors, oil or acrylic paints to impart more drama, mood and character to your portraits.

 

Please bring the following art supplies with you to the first class:

  • 18" x 24" drawing board
  • 18" x 24" pad of newsprint paper (smooth surface preferred, but if you can only find the rough newsprint, that's okay)
  • Compressed Charcoal Sticks
  • Chamois Cloth
  • Charcoal pencils or black Conte crayon
  • Kneaded eraser
  • Utility knife
  • (any other drawing media you prefer to work with is okay to bring too.