Drawing Courses          

Drawing is the handmaiden of the arts, the basis of all eventual understanding of every form of painting, including abstract, figure, landscape, et cetera. Classes stress the comprehension of value, proportion and scale. Students are introduced to various media, such as pencil, charcoal, conte crayon, and pen & ink. Please click on the course titles below for more information.

Instructor: Darrell Brown, Jean Cassels
An introduction to the basic skills of traditional drawing. The laws of linear perspective, proportion and scale are studied. The student works from the basic forms of nature - the cube, the cylinder, the sphere. These studies are essential to the beginning student's development.

Instructor: Darrell Brown, Jean Cassels

Prerequisite: Beginning Drawing
This course is the direct continuation of Beginning Drawing. The student continues to develop mastery of value and the effect of light on objects. Line quality, texture and pattern are studied from still life arrangements, which include organic form as well as everyday objects. Special attention is given to drawing drapery. Materials include pencil, charcoal and India ink.

Instructor: Auseklis Ozols, Carol Peebles, Claude Elender

Prerequisite: Beginning Drawing
Instruction includes drawing the human figure and the study of gesture, contour, and the dynamics of the figure. The course stresses a cursory understanding of basic anatomy as a foundation for creative expression. Classical and contemporary approaches are taught.

Instructor: Carol Peebles

Prerequisite: Life Drawing
This is a prerequisite for portrait painting courses. The student works from a live protrait model to study the sturcture of the head and its relationship to the body.