Intro to Drawing: Learn to Sketch Anything
About this Event
Class overview: Here’s the secret: anyone can be an artist. You don’t need innate talent, just a willingness to practice. This 4-week class will teach you to see the world around you with an artist’s eye and translate what you see onto paper. You’ll learn to break things down into light and dark, shapes, angles, relationships, and more. Class will be taught mostly with charcoal but other materials will be available, or you can bring your own. The goal is to finish this class with the fundamentals you need to confidently continue your practice on your own.
Class will be held as a four-week series beginning the first day of your first class. If you have any questions about dates, holidays, or absences please speak to the instructor on your first day of class.
Dates for 4-week class:
8/18, 8/25, 9/1, 9/8
Classes will consist of four sessions held on the same day and time each week from 6:30-8:30pm.
What you’ll learn:
- How to warm up for drawing
- Setting the inner critic aside
- Thinking of drawing as sculpting
- Seeing an image in terms of light and dark, shapes, negative space, angles and relationships
- Translating what you see into what you draw
- Choosing subject matter
What to expect:
- Group instruction
- Individual instruction
- Demonstrations
- Drawing exercises
- Fun
Who should attend:
Anyone interested in learning to draw, no experience required!
Prepare for class:
Show up ready to be kind to yourself and others and ready to learn. Bring any materials you're interested in using other than charcoal
About the Instructor
Matt Swecker
Matt Swecker is a self-taught artist with experience in figure drawing, portrait drawing, and illustration. He’s dabbled in watercolors, ink, pastels, oil paints, acrylic paints, but feels most comfortable with charcoal. Through trial and error, he’s learned many techniques to make drawing accessible to all and wants to help people interested in drawing get started. Matt has shown his art in Seattle, WA and Jacksonville, FL and is now getting rooted in the Charlotte art community. You can view some of his art at @choochtheartist
Agenda
Week 1
Info: Learning to see the world in terms of simple shapes - circles, squares, triangles.
Week 2
Info: Bringing in light and shadow - perhaps the most core component of sketching
Week 3
Info: Proportions and accuracy - checking your work as you go
Week 4
Info: Keeping it fun - many people give up because they take art too seriously. We'll learn ways to keep it light.
Every week
Info: Demos, warm-up exercises, discussion, practice
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 117.51
