DRAWING BEYOND BEGINNER – winter

5 weeks: Jan 23, 30, Feb 6, 13, 27  (Make up March 6th)

Cost: $175 members/$225 non-members

Please click here to sign up for Winter

This is an observational drawing class that will tackle more complex forms and will introduce working with other drawing mediums.

We will work with pencil, ink, caran d’ache, and charcoal to achieve more mood in our drawings.

We will review the drawing basics as we tackle more complex still lives.

6 weeks: April 17, 24, MAY 1, 8, 15, 22

Pad 18×24 (at least 98pd) Canson Mixmedia pad

Charcoal Pencil Set – Jumbo Jet Charcoal Pencil (Set of 4 black white and tan) ( Jerrys )

black ink – any brand

Brush – Sumi-E bamboo brush

palette – something like – Richeson Plastic Muffin Pans ( DIck Blick)

water soluble graphite: Faber-Castell Graphite Aquarelle Pencils and Set (Dick Blick) or Derwent brand 2B and 4B pencils (Jerrys Norwalk)

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Michelle Schaffer holds a B.F.A from the Rhode Island School of Design. She works out of her studio in New Haven, where she explores her passion for the figure and works to communicate the complexities and beauty of the human form in relation to it’s environment.