Beginner Sketching & Drawing: The Expressive Drawing Club!

Learn to see like an artist, to interpret form & value in your drawings! Explore perspective, foreshortening, proportions, value and composition in this easy-going, supportive and fun drawing class! Classes will vary between learning fundamental techniques and imagination/exploration/experimentation!

Learn pencil techniques like shading, hash marks, smudging and mark-making while discovering what you love and developing your artistic voice! Weekly themes vary, and can change based on learner requests, giving learners the chance to experiment, problem-solve, & develop their intuition!

🌱 Class Snapshot 🌱

🎈Say hello and share art from the past week
✏️ Step-by-step, guided drawing: Learners encouraged to ask questions and get feedback
🎈 Share: No one will ever be pressured to share, no big deal to pass 
🎈 Goodbyes

🌼 Weekly Subjects 🌼

Week of April 14: In the Sky
Week of April 21: Mammals

**No Class Tuesday, April 15**

Week of April 28: Architecture
Week of May 5: Botanicals
Week of May 12: On the Farm
Week of May 19: Fantasy
Week of May 26: Landscapes
Week of June 2: Cross Hatching
Week of June 9: Jurassic Period
Week of June 16: Amphibians
Week of June 23: Among the Stars
Week of June 30: Cute Baby Animals
Week of July 7: Giants of the Ocean
Week of July 14: Values
Week of July 21: Ancient Ruins
Week of July 28: Geologic Grandeur 
Week of August 4: Composition
Week of August 11: Fashion and Costume Design
Week of August 18: Faces
Week of August 25: Food


More dates and subjects are added ongoing, and learner requests are incorporated!

✨  Growth Mindset ✨

In our classes, we are building a multi-layered scaffolding of the love of learning that is rooted in the idea that we can find inspiration every day to start again right where we are, finding satisfaction and pride in seeing our progress! Learners who stick with our classes over time come to believe that experimenting, problem solving, setbacks, re-trying and breakthroughs among the support, kindness and inspiration of peers and qualified mentors leads to more flexibility, innovation, courage and self-confidence in not only their art skills, but in all other areas of life! And we have a lot of fun doing it!

We use conversation prompts to create an inspiring atmosphere where artists learn to trust their intuition. We use targeted practice to break down the mechanics of a complex and difficult skill like art into easy, achievable steps, while having fun and building connections and friendships over what we love and struggle with in the art process!

✨  Classroom ✨ 

Our classes are anchored in kindness, affirmations and fun! We do not use competitions or comparing. Constructive, hamburger-style critiques are offered by the teacher. There is a variety of skill level in each group, and we validate and help kids feel good about wherever their skill is. Kids love to share their art and bond over what they love and struggle with. We teach learners how to find joy and delight in their practice, which motivates them to do it more.

🎨 MATERIALS 🎨

• Pencil

• Eraser

• Paper

• Any other supplies or tools you like to draw with, including colored pencils, crayons, markers. We love experimentation!

• Optional: pencil set