Drawing for Beginners

Drawing for Beginners

Class-Summer | This program has been canceled

TODO Scottsdale, AZ TODO United States

TBA

Beginner

7/11/2012-8/1/2012

1:00 PM-4:00 PM on Wed

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$180.00

"Have you ever wanted to be able to draw? ""Being a good draftsman"" means being able to accurately reproduce what you see onto paper. This is a technical facility which can be learned with practice and attention. Being a good draftsman is a vitally important skill for a representational artist.
We'll explore several ways to draw in this four-week class and introduce several important concepts, including: how to use basic drawing tools; contour, light and shadow and the illusion of 3 dimensionality; copying drawings ""from the flat"";
drawing from 3-dimensional simple geometric shapes (cube, cylinder, sphere etc) using a single light source; drawing a still life;
drawing people, including the basics of drawing the human head, or drawing the figure.
We will use graphite and drawing paper in this class. The focus will be on developing each student's skills, although I will occasionally demonstrate.

Brandon, Linda Tracey

Linda Tracey Brandon is known for her imaginative figurative paintings as well as landscape, still life and portraiture.

Brandon has won several major awards, including First Place at the 2014 Butler Midyear Exhibition and was a Semifinalist at the 2015 Outwin Boocheever Competition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The artist has also won awards and recognition from the Art Renewal Center and the Portrait Society of America. She was also featured in a 7-artist show at the Customs House Museum in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Brandon regularly teaches portrait drawing and painting at Scottsdale Artists’ School in Scottsdale, Arizona. A native of Michigan, she holds degrees from the University of Michigan and New York University Law School.