Cat Lovers Creative Art Club

In this ongoing class, students will learn interesting facts about cat life an at the same time they will practice their drawing skills sometimes accompanied with other art medium. Wild cats, ferrel cats and domesticated cats anatomy and habitat will be presented.   Different cat breeds are presented each week such as Persian, Siamese, Sphynx and of course, some of our beautiful mixed cats. Sometimes a very short story about cats may be read to create an opportunity to illustrate the cat characters of the story. Great for beginning and intermediate art skill levels.
The emphasis will be on domesticated cats and their home environment.  Cats are great models wit their bodies taking on so flexible positions and forms. This class will teach basic observation skills in the drawing of the the cats bodies, positions, fur and features. 
Graphite pencils will be used for drawing. Colored pencils may be used for some of the practice to hep the students learn the rendition of the fur through the blending of color strokes. Different styles in drawing and painting are also visited. Realism, Cubism, Caricature, Comic Characters are all great opportunities to see the cat in different ways and be creative.

The class will generally start with fun and interesting  facts about cats. Students can share and facts our anecdotes about their pet cats also.  The reference images will be shown and the structure and composition is analyzed and practiced.  First I will demonstrate how to break down the forms to make it easier to understand the drawing steps, then I will repeat for those students needing a follow along drawing time.  Some drawings will have simpler lines and be easier to follow along. Others may be more challenging but each will be broken down in steps so that all students can engage in the process of learning.
Several drawings will be done per class, depending on the complexity of the composition. If watercolors or mixed medium is used, then one complete composition is created with background and props.
Students are allowed to interact freely to make this a fun experience among this common interest of loving cats!
The students share their work at the end of each session and can comment on it.
Some trivia will be presented to see how well they remember the facts and anecdotes from the beginning of the class.
Students are encouraged to practice at home and bring any drawings to share to the next meeting.