Drawing

 The first art lesson will be basic drawing.

Most new art students begin the year by saying, "I can't draw". Well of course you can't. No one has ever taught you how to draw. It is assumed that drawing comes naturally, like you were born with the gifted "art gene" that just appears. If one is never exposed to art/drawing how would you know if you could draw, or if you would like it.

If you talk to other artist or art students they became interested in the world of art because someone else influenced them by showing or just creating their own art. Once the young person started asking, "How did you do that? or I want to do that." then the creative discovery begins

We will begin by following some of the fun exercises in the book Drawing on the right side of the brain, by Betty Edwards. You can check out a couple of the exercises on the site below. http://www.drawright.com

I will show you shading and drawing of the human face, and a self portrait to follow. We will draw landscapes from Minarets incredible perspective. We will draw with graphite pencils, india ink, and oil pastels. We will experience painting through drawing and color theory. We will also do some three dimensional work with different media (paper mache, plaster, metal, etc.). For most people art is simply an expression of one's unique thoughts and experiences.

If you are in my art class then you have a desire to learn something more or to reinforce what you already know about art. Some of you may find that you know more than what I am going to show you, and that is okay. It is my hope that you will experience a different way of expressing art.