This month beginning on Thursday, October 14th, I will be featuring the first of two drawing classes to be held at the Calistoga Art Center. The Second class will be held on the following Thursday, October 21. These two-hour classes offer a relaxed, hands-on introduction to the fundamentals of drawing while encouraging experimentation and creative exploration.
Participants will explore a variety of techniques for creating form, depth, light, and dimension—including pencil pressure, light and dark shading, basic shapes found in nature, simple perspective, lost-and-found edges, drop shadows, symmetry, specular highlights, and drawing from life.
We also will be exploring the effectiveness of drawing on the "Right Side of the Brain". These are techniques that were developed by Betty Edwards in her book by the same name.You don't have to be of any particular skill level to benefit from these exercises. If anything, you will learn by observation, intuition and practice. There will be a group discussion and voluntary critique at the end of each class to learn and discover where and how we can develop our drawing skills.
If this looks like something you would like to participate in, please sign up. I promise to make it worth you while.The cost is thirty dollars per class or just fifty dollars if you sign up for both.
Here is the link to register:
https://calistogaartcenter.org/drawing-and-illustration-fundamentals
