Beginning & Intermediate Drawing
with Lisa (Archen) Duncan

Fall, 2024

Fridays, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. -OR-
Saturdays 10 a.m. - 12 noon
September 6 - October 19, 2024

$186
(6 out of 7 available dates allows for one "make-up" class)
Email Lisa for the "Drop-in" rate.

6 week session:

All levels are welcome, but class is geared toward beginners. With a combination of demonstrations and hands on experience, Lisa will help you gain confidence in your own drawing. Draw from still life, on-line images, or your own photos to learn how to control the different mediums used and create the effects you want in your own drawings.

Suggested reading:

• Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale
• Techniques of Drawing by Howard Simon
• A Guide to Drawing by Daniel M Mendelowitz and Duane A Wakeham

Topics:

• Materials (paper, pencils, charcoals, inks)
• Weight of line (examples of importance, exercises to control)
• Types of marks (cross hatching, smooth blends, scribbles, etc.)
• Value (10 pt scale, light to dark is frequently 3 steps)
• Looseness to capture movement (gesture drawing, not getting drawn to details first)
• Composition (Controlling where the eye goes with shape, value, light, movement, texture)

Materials to bring:
Please don’t feel you must have everything. This is just a suggested list. Also, please bring the materials with which you most enjoy drawing.

• Pencils – 3h, 2b, 5b, 9b
• Charcoal – vine/medium, stick light/medium/hard
• Ink – india black
• Brush – watercolor #3 round
• Papers – 9x12 watercolor cold press, 9x12 smooth drawing, 9x12 charcoal toned (grey/brown/etc.)
  [NOTE: Don’t feel you have to buy three separate drawing tablets. You’ll only need a few sheets of each. Teacher will have some to share.]

Painting with Acrylics & Gouache
with Shannon Meadows

Fall, 2024

Tuesdays 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
September 10 - October 15, 2024

$186, or $35 "Drop-in" rate

6 week session:

Learn painting processes and techniques with gouache and acrylic paint. Let go, experiment, and easily make changes with water-based materials for all levels:

• Color Theory & Mixing
• Design & Composition
• Materials & Techniques

Gouache is an opaque watercolor paint that offers similar pigments to oil paint as well as a variety of beautiful designer colors. Acrylics are versatile and lend beautiful transparencies and a wide array of mediums to alter the look and feel of a painting. Let go of oil paint and solvent mess and enjoy creative freedom and expressive color.

Painting/Drawing Open Studio Class
with Allison Doke

Summer, 2024

Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
August 7 - September 11, 2024

$186 (or $31 per drop-in class)

6 week session:

Students will work individually at their own pace over the course of 6 weeks. The focus will be on an expressive style of painting while applying some basic principles of art: composition, value, and color. Allison will do several short demos during the 6 weeks.

Please email Allison (allisondoke@allisondokefineart.com) with questions and images of your work (if you have any). This will help her tailor the class to your level.

Allison typically teaches painting with the use of either oil or acrylic paints. Please bring some pencils and a small notebook for thumbnail sketches. Bring what you have to the first class and she can recommend other supplies.