Class Description

Ethan Lima

Popular instructor Ethan Lima offers this beginning drawing class designed to develop and expand your observational abilities and rendering skills. Students will learn methods for sensitively describing objects in terms of line, shape, volume, cross-contour, proportion, light logic, perspective, and compositional space. Each class focuses on a particular formal concept and its function in drawing. Students begin with line drawings and conclude with fully modeled, tonal, volumetric, still-life drawings. Also covered are fundamentals of pictorial space structure, aesthetics, content, and draftsmanship using still life and natural forms. Includes work with pencil, pen, and charcoal.

Students should bring the following supplies:

• Drawing pad (11 ½ “ x 14” or larger) suitable for `both charcoal and pastel;
  a newsprint sketch pad (11.5” x 14”); and small sketchbook. Assortment
  of drawing pencils; charcoal (soft and medium); gum and kneaded
  erasers. Paper or plastic basic folder/ portfolio to hold drawings.

Other recommended supplies:

• blending sticks; ruler, painters’ tape.
  Helpful, but optional: a portable easel, drawing board (18” x 24”).

Six, 2-hour sessions: Wednesdays, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Begins October 9, 2024. Nock Middle School.
Cost: $245. Class Limit: 8.