DRAWING & SKETCHING COURSE -  ( weekly 1H30M)

You will learn how to draw with compressed and willow charcoal, graphite sticks and pencil.  Each has it’s own special qualities which you’ll learn to control and use to create emotionally powerful drawings.

A great introduction for beginners and an opportunity for improvers and intermediate artists to learn new techniques, and receive tuition to help you improve on what you already know.

CHARCOAL + GRAPHITE
Discover the freedom and physicality of drawing with willow charcoal, the emotive power of compressed charcoal, the joy of gestural mark making with graphite, and the detailed tonal blending you can achieve when drawing in pencil.

CREATING VISUAL DEPTH
Improve your use of tone, shading and blending with putty and plastic erasers, and develop your creative line and mark-making techniques to add depth and self expression in your drawings.

DISCOVER THE POWER OF MONOCHROME
Perfect for all students who wish to learn the expressive qualities of working in monochrome tone

• Hatching and textures
• Light & Shadow (contrast & volume)
• Drawing Still Life
• Drawing Nature
• Landscape & Settings
• Composition in Art (creating emphasis)
• Human Body & Anatomy (proportion & differences)
• Gesture & Movement (live model)
• Realistic Portrait

Enrollment fee + $25 if joining as a new student to KJ’s   

Essential items to bring

• Pencil: 4B, 6B, 8B or 9B
• Paper or sketch Book : A3 size 300gsm
• Charcoal willow sticks
• Kneadable eraser
• Plastic erasor