Beginner Drawing Classes Upper Tantallon

Beginner Drawing Class Outline

What can you expect?

This is a rough guideline of what each class will cover.

Not set in stone and we will modify as needed for the group/individual

Class 1

Introductions and warm ups

Blind Contour Drawing

Continuous Line Drawing

Experiment with Graphite, Conte, Charcoal and Ink

This class will really be about familiarising yourself with the mediums and loosening up your ideas and expectations about how you should draw.

We will also discuss end goals for each student and ideas for your final drawing project at the end of the first 6 weeks.

Class 2

Shading techniques

Value Studies (Gradients from light to dark)

Cross Hatching

Measuring by eye techniques

Visualising negative space

Class 3

Complete half drawings

This is an exercise where you take half of a completed image and finish /copy the other half

Grid a drawing

This is a technique you might have seen in colouring/activity books for kids. It’s a great way to get an accurate drawing especially when proportion is more important.

Face/body Proportions

Class 4

More advanced versions of similar exercises from the last class for those who need it.

Still life drawing from observation

Using photos of your own and adding a grid- I will demonstrate ways to do that both with tech on your phone or tablet or manually using a printed image.

Class 5

We will expand on what we have learned and practice the drawing exercises in various drawing mediums and start thinking about what we might like to do for our final drawing.

Class 6

Choose your final drawing subject (or two if you feel you are getting faster)

Begin the process and planning of the final drawing project(s)

Class 7 and 8 will be focused on developing a finished drawing.