Drawing Foundations I

In week one, Steve Huston will provide you an introduction to starting your journey as an artist. You will join Chris Legaspi, Heather Lenefsky, and Catherine Bobkoski in exploring various tools and materials that artists use to draw.

In week two, Heather Lenefsky and Chris Legaspi will walk you through how to use and sharpen your pencil. You will begin to experiment with different mark-making techniques through multiple drawing exercises.

In week three, Joshua Jacobo will introduce you to a crucial lecture on value and shadow scales. This lesson not only trains you to judge values but also helps strengthen your hatching and blending skills.

In week four, Chris Legaspi and Catherine Bobkoski will introduce you to drawing forms in 3-dimensional space. You will learn how to plot basic shapes in perspective, construct forms from imagination, and break down a household object into simple forms.

In week five, Chris Legaspi and Heather Lenefsky will show you how to apply light to simple forms and use halftones to enhance the sense of 3-dimensional space.

In week six, you will learn from Mark Westermoe and Catherine Bobkoski the techniques for creating texture in a drawing. You will also study how master draughtspeople such as Charles Danna Gibson and Fortunino Matania utilize different rendering techniques in their work.

In week seven, you will learn how to set up a still life with Bill Perkins. Then, Heather Lenefsky will demonstrate how to develop thumbnails of different compositions for your still life drawings.

In week eight, you will continue to learn from Heather Lenefsky how to create 3-value compositional thumbnails for your still life drawing. You will use everything you have learned about light, shadow, and form to develop and refine your artwork.