Join adult studio instructor and Rooted: Trees in Contemporary Art exhibiting artist Ann McMillan for her series of virtual classes: Spring Drawing— since we all need to get outside more! These sessions will introduce drawing flowers, leaves, and other outdoor subjects in both gestural and contour sketch techniques, finding your confident line in pen and ink and making it all look like magic.
Watch live or view recordings, which will be posted after each class!
Participants can join any session. Previous attendance is not required. Join Ann’s Google Classroom with code AQ4MBRS.
Mondays at 1:00 p.m.
March 30-May 18
Class One, March 30: Drawing flowers and leaves, with gesture, contour and beyond, and some drawing accuracy basics. View Here
Class Two, April 6: Finding a confident line in pen and ink, and exploring different kinds of line.
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Class Three, April 13: Pen and Ink with watercolor, colored pencil, or markers added. View Here
Class Four, April 20: Telling nature stories with your drawings. Tips on adding text, scale, and pieces of the story from other reference materials. View Here
Class Five, April 27: Color Theory 1. View Here
Class Six, May 4: Color Theory 2 View Here
Class Seven, May 11: PerspectiveView Here
Class Eight, May 18: Atmospheric Perspective View Here
Materials
SPRING DRAWING: SINCE WE ALL NEED TO GO OUTSIDE MORE
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Basic Materials
- Any kind of paper
- A pencil, sharpener, and eraser
- A pen, perhaps pens of various colors and sizes if available
- Some colored pencils, or even crayons
More Materials, if available to you:
- Watercolors or gouache and brushes (your kid’s set will work great!)
- Set of colored pencils
- Pastels
- Markers