Course Fee: $80, Gold Member Fee: $70, (non-member $90)

NOTE: Non-member students must register and pay for this class at the Art Club.

Description:

Maximum Capacity: 10   Minimum Capacity: 5
Medium: Graphite Pencils

Instructor: Dave Coutts (New Instructor)

Dates: Monday, January 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2026  1 - 4 PM

Classes are open to students of ALL skill levels an experience.  Since drawing is fundamental to all of the visual arts, this class is STRONGLY recommended for students wanting to develop and/or improve their drawing and painting skills.

Each class consists of a lecture and demonstration by the instructor followed by in-class participation by the students in various studio projects.  Students will receive individual guidance as well as a professional critique of their work.  Students will produce one drawing per week, or in some instances students may spend two weeks on a single drawing, depending on the difficulty of the subject.

The class will address the use of the design elements of line, shape, value, color and texture along with discussions on the design principles of Balance, Proportion, Movement, Repetition, Unity and Economy.  An introduction to various types of drawing mediums and techniques will also be covered.

Students will receive a royalty-free reference image to work from for each drawing which will then be
discussed and used to practice various drawing techniques. Composition and appropriate techniques will be gone over and demonstrated in class.  While students will be given time in class to work on the drawing, some time outside of the class (optional) may be needed in order to complete it. 

Materials:

  Drawing Pencils:  H, 2H, 4H, HB, B, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B
       Blending Stumps (various sizes)
       Handheld Pencil sharpener
       9x12 inch Sketch pad
       Kneaded eraser
       Pink Pearl (block) eraser or Art Gum Eraser
       Clickable Pencil Eraser Various sizes (optional, but highly recommended)
       Electric Eraser
       Tracing Paper (I recommend buying a ROLL of tracing paper.  It is less expensive and works great.)
       Metal straight edge or ruler

Recommended places to buy art supplies:

Most of these materials are readily available at Blick's Art Supplies in Arrowhead Mall, Michael's or Hobby Lobby.  You may also wish to order materials online.

Recommended Online sources are:

dickblick.com
jerrysartarama.com
amazon.com

You may buy a beginning drawing kit from Amazon for about $16 that has most of the items on the list.

Objectives:

1. Students will learn the basic principles of linear and atmospheric perspective and learn how to successfully use them in order to convey the illusion of depth in their drawings and paintings. perspective and learn how to

2. Students will learn composition and appropriate drawing techniques as demonstrated in class.