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Level Up in Drawing People on Paper or in Procreate
Valerie Light
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(5)
Improve observational and imaginative figure and portrait drawing skills in private tutoring sessions with a pro. All levels welcome!
Class experience
This is a one-on-one art tutoring class to develop your understanding of proportion, volume, and some basic anatomy and musculature . The goal is to have a good enough understanding to sketch believable figures from your imagination. Before class, let’s chat in the classroom about where we should start. Everybody starts somewhere and everybody learns at their own pace, so I’ll meet you wherever you are as an artist. Here’s how I plan to break down learner progress and milestones, but you...
This is an individually tailored tutoring session. All I want is for you to feel like your confidence in figure and portrait drawing skills has improved, as outlined by any of the lessons listed above.
I'm a scenic artist, set designer, technical drafter, muralist, educator, and illustrator with 20+ years of professional experience. I paint Broadway backdrops in my day job, and I am a published author/illustrator who makes art with watercolor and Procreate, plus some other things. See my recent art at www.valerielightillustration.com and my past scenic art, business, mentoring, and design work at www.valerielight.com.
Homework Offered
If you want to sign up for multiple lessons and really study up, I’m happy to provide ideas for what to practice drawing in your sketchbook between lessons. If you’re working on an application, portfolio, or contest submission, I’d love to help you plan a piece that will show off your skills and wow your viewers.Assessments Offered
Verbal self-assessment. Do you notice improvement in your drawing?Grades Offered
A sketchbook that’s around 9x12 or bigger is ideal, and I prefer a spiral bound one rather than hard bound, because it will lay flat and be easier to see on webcam. A few lessons will need gray paper. If you’re unsure, check with me in the classroom. White Vinyl eraser, like Staedtler Mars Plastic Kneaded eraser Pencil sharpener Optional: Blending tortillons or stumps Eraser shield Please be ready with your paper and pencils and other tools. It would be great if you have a desk lamp to shine on your paper so I can clearly see it. You'll need to run the Outschool zoom with a phone on a stand. You can purchase one, or get creative and make a contraption from a box, jar, or cake stand that points the camera straight down at your sketchbook or iPad on the table in front of you. You'll probably need to have the phone screen right under your chin. That lets you see what I'm demoing on my paper at the same time I can see yours.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
I will reference gross musculature and skeletal structures from anatomical drawings during class, and all other pose references will be clothed figures.
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(5)
I'm Valerie, and I'm a lifelong freelance artist and entrepreneur. Teaching and mentoring is so fun for me because I like figuring out how to make things and explaining how they work. I love seeing what you figure out, too! I'm a 2004 BFA...
1-on-1 Lessons
$60
per sessionMeets on demand
85 min
Completed by 1 learner
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-18
