Core Drawing: It All Starts Here
This is an introductory class that helps students acquire and develop fundamental drawing skills. The class emphasizes traditional drawing techniques including line, value, composition and linear perspective. Students will work on still life and basic forms from observation and communicate ideas through a variety of black and white media.
In this class, students will learn:
- basic observation methods and skills
- basic drawing elements: line, shape
- perspectives and space relationships form, mass, texture, value & volume
- composition and space arrangement
- proportional relationships and measurements
This class is part of the Core Drawing Pathway, a series of classes created to be taken together to build a great foundation for beginner drawing students.
Core Drawing Program:
To be taken first -
- Core Drawing: It All Starts Here
The second set of classes to be taken in no particular order -
- Core Drawing: People
- Core Drawing: Things
- Core Drawing: Techniques
Required Supplies
18X24 Sketch Paper, Such as Biggie Sketch by Canson or Dick Blick Brand Sketch Paper
18X24 Drawing Paper https://www.dickblick.com/items/strathmore-400-series-drawing-paper-pad-18-x-24-24-sheets/ 9×12 sketchbook
Graphite pencils- 2H, H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B
Kneaded Eraser
White Vinyl Eraser or pink pearl
Art gum eraser
Small click eraser https://www.dickblick.com/products/generals-factis-mechanical-eraser MICRO eraser (optional) https://www.dickblick.com/items/tombow-mono-zero-refillable-eraser-round-single/
Metal pencil sharpener
Box cutter
Sandpaper
Medium vine charcoal small box
Chamois or soft rag
BBQ Skewer or thin knitting needle for measuring
Soft clean paintbrush 1-2” ish (just to dust off eraser crumbs and charcoal dust)
12-17″ Clear grid ruler https://www.dickblick.com/items/westcott-beveled-plastic-ruler-18-8ths/
Drafting tape
View finder, DIY chip board or index cards OK https://www.dickblick.com/items/viewcatcher-3-12-x-3-12-plastic
2 large binder or bulldog clips
Sharpener
Sarah Bixler
Sarah Bixler is an observational artist living and working in Seattle Washington. She studied analytical figure drawing and sculpting...