Here's a taster of what's to come...

DRAWING – for its own sake and for a planned painting, (prep drawings) and the use of CHIAROSCURO

Using graphite pencils and white & black pencils on white and tinted paper. Using some charcoal.

Understanding tone and scale.

WEEK 1: LANDSCAPES - Elements of a landscape:

• understanding distance,
• mid-ground and
• foreground,

Other elements include:

• hills / mountains,
• trees, (various types)
• water / reflections,
• rocks / stone
• and clouds.

Use of earthy colours. Use of scale of man-made objects within a landscape.

How to draw mountains and various types of trees. Media and various surfaces.

Will also include a brief introduction to perspective drawing of buildings.

WEEK 2: DRAWING PORTRAITS - Facial and head construction,

Using graphite pencils and white & black pencils on white and tinted paper.

Elements like:

• eyes,
• nose,
• mouths etc. to focus on.
• use of shading, turning an anonymous face into a recognisable face.
• skin tones.
• how to draw hair and hands too within a drawing.
  

The importance of capturing expressions in the face:

• Happy
• Sad
• Joyful
• Worried etc.

Self-portraits using a mirror.

Different head angles too. Using Graphite pencils. And tinted pencils.

WEEK 3: DRAWING STILL LIFE - static observations of various objects.

Using graphite pencils and white & black pencils on white and tinted paper.

Arrangement, shading, ellipses, single objects. Natural objects from nature.

Different textures to look at and work on.

Shadows:

• cast,
• drop and
• overlaying.

Different ways to shade drawing cloths / fabrics.

Distortion drawings: curved objects, mirrors etc.

Negative drawings too (white on black paper).