This class is taught by a professional artist and will help you to grow your sketching and drawing skills by teaching you how to draw and sketch a variety of topics such as portraiture, animals and still lifes. Each week I will send out an image for reference, that goes along with our topic. When class begins we will get started on the basics of how to draw and shade the reference image. Each week, I will also send out a challenge for students to complete individually. These challenges are then posted in the classroom for discussion.

The topics for each class are listed below, following the final week, the order repeats starting at the beginning. Exceptions to the order can happen around major US Holidays (i.e. Halloween), since students typically like to create themed drawings:

11/6: Hands and Feet
11/13: Legs & Torso
11/20: Gesture Drawings
11/27: Thanksgiving Break No Class
12/4: Figure Drawings
12/11: Shading Three Dimensional Shapes
12/18: Shadow/Light Drawings
12/25-12/1: Christmas Break No Class
1/8: One Point-Perspective Rooms/Cities


Week One: One-Point Perspective Rooms/Cities
Week Two: Two-Point Perspective Rooms/Cities
Week Three: Shading Three Dimensional Shapes
Week Four: Shadow/Light Drawings
Week Five: Still Life Drawings Part One
Week Six: Still Life Drawings Part Two
Week Seven: Textures
Week Eight: Animals Part One
Week Nine: Animals Part Two
Week Ten: Skull Sketches
Week Eleven: Facial Features Part One
Week Twelve: Facial Features Part Two
Week Thirteen: Proportions of the Human Face
Week Fourteen: Shading the Human Face
Week Fifteen: Gesture Drawings
Week Sixteen: Figure Drawing