This class is a great introduction to the fundamentals of drawing realistically! We'll learn how to draw basic forms such as a sphere, cone, cube, pyramid and cylinder and how to use shading and blending to create depth.  Learners will also explore some amazing artists and get to showcase their personal creativity! 

This is the FLEX or Flexible Schedule version of my live 3-D drawing class. There are no live meetings for this class. The material will be posted weekly and you can view it and create your drawings during the week at your convenience. Each week for 5 weeks students will be guided through drawing a different shape with demonstration videos that I have pre-recorded, along with presentations and discussions about vocabulary, new concepts and different artists. Students will upload their artwork each week as a photo or video in the Outschool classroom and will receive individual teacher feedback, encouragement and helpful advice about their drawings every week.  I reply quickly to submissions with specific feedback and am happy to offer extra individual assistance whenever needed. In addition, a virtual scavenger hunt will be posted each week with every student invited to upload a photo or create a video about their discovery to aid the group in meeting our challenge!  

Day 1:  We'll begin by learning about the meaning of Value, Shading, and Blending and see how artists such as M.C Escher use these techniques to create depth in 2-D artwork to create the illusion of three dimensions. We will learn how to create a value scale and use shading to make five different values with pencils and then use a blending stump (or Q-tip) to blend our values.  We will then begin to work step by step to draw a cone and use shading and blending to make it appear 3-D. Each week students will upload their artwork to the Outschool classroom page for feedback and are encouraged to give a helpful and encouraging response to other classmates' drawings.

Day 2:  We'll review the concepts from the previous class, look at another amazing artwork by M.C. Escher and then learn how to draw a cylinder and a pyramid and use shading and blending to create depth in our shapes.  

Day 3: We will explore some of the mind boggling artworks of the Surrealist Rene Magritte and learn some techniques for drawing a circle freehand before shading our circle to transform it into a sphere. 

Day 4: We will learn how to draw and shade a cube and also look at some options for adding imaginative or more classic backgrounds to our work. Learners will brainstorm and create a few different thumbnail sketches of their ideas for their backgrounds. 

Day 5:  I will demonstrate different techniques for creating a light source in our backgrounds and we will create value scales using other media such as paint and colored pencils. Learners will work with the materials of their choice to make a creative background for their artwork.  Each student is encouraged to share their final masterpiece with the class!