Drawing Nature

Drawing Nature

Class | This program is completed

1501 10th Ave East Seattle, WA 98102 United States

TBD

All Levels

2/18/2020-3/17/2020

1:30 PM-4:30 PM PDT on Tue

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$265.00

$238.50

$10.00

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The beauty of nature stirs the emotions and inspires the spirit. Develop an intimate understanding of plant structure while conveying an emotional, aesthetic response to what you see. Each week, you will evaluate the compositional possibilities of a landscape with quick notan (a Japanese word meaning “light-dark balance”) sketches, then settle in for a sustained drawing period focusing on both distant and close-up plant forms.

  • • 1 SKETCHBOOK: no smaller than 9?X12? up to 11? x 14?
  • Choose either: 65 lb – 90 lb –110 lb. weight of paper.
  • Be sure the sketchbook has at least one hard sided cardboard backing and has a spiral binding.
  • Some good brands to choose from:
  • o CANSON Drawing paper book (black hard sided cover and backing boards, spiral bound)
  • o CANSON Classic Drawing ; 24 sheets; 90 lb; cream/white
  • o ROBERT BATEMAN, Cover Series; 50 sheets; 110 lb
  • • 1 pkg compressed charcoal sticks
  • • 1 fine point felt-tip pen - Sakura Pigma Micron Pen Size 03 = Point Size 0.35 mm is great!
  • • Graphite pencils: 2H, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B
  • • 1 white plastic eraser–STAEDLER / MARS BRAND is best.
  • • 1 kneaded eraser
  • • 1 small chamois
  • • pencil sharpener
  • • sun protection
  • • water
  • • snacks