Drawing From Observation
Learning to look at the visual world and represent it on paper is the biggest hurdle a new artist faces. It's discouraging to make a drawing that looks nothing like what we pictured in our heads; it makes us think, "people who are able to draw must be born with the talent," or "if I can't even draw this simple image, what's the use?" Traditional art classes might give us graphite and charcoal and insist that the way to build skill is to fill pages with photorealistic, perfectly-blended spheres, cylinders, cones, etc. When we find the practice too frustrating, rigid, or boring, we might assume that drawing just isn't for us. We resign to a life of "I can only draw stick figures" when all we need is a different approach.
The honest truth is that-- with the use of simple tools-- basic drawing skills are easy to
learn and fun to practice!
Leave your fancy set of pencils at home and learn how to draw from the ground-up. This course will give you the tools and support you need to sharpen your eye, connect your brain to your pen, and have fun on the page. Complete beginners and confident intermediate artists alike are welcome! Come and learn new approaches to artistic process
and creative thinking.
Course Details
Duration: 4 weeks
Price: $150
Location: Richland, WA
Ages 15+
We'll meet once a week for 2-3 hours of instruction per session. You'll also be assigned about 1.5 hours of gentle at-home practice per week (that's about 20 minutes for every week day.)
This includes time, materials, and classroom space rental for the 4-week duration. All materials provided!
$25 reserves your spot on the course and covers time and materials for session one. Then, if you like the course and want to proceed, you'll be invoiced the remaining $125.
Miss a session? I'll send you a breakdown of our lesson and homework assignment and work with you to get you the materials you'll need.
Signed up and need to cancel? Let me know!
Classes are held at or near the Uptown Shopping Center. Some sessions will be outdoors at Jefferson Park, across the street. All meeting spaces have bathrooms, food nearby, and wheelchair-accessible parking lots/entrances.
Guardians of teens are welcome to tag along!
Can't get a babysitter? Your kid is welcome to come; let me know ahead of time. I'll pack extra age-appropriate materials so they can play alongside you.
Reserve Your Spot
Use the form to provide your contact information. Within a day, you'll receive an email from cloudheadart@pm.me with an invoice for $25 to reserve your spot on the course and you'll be added to the course mailing list; this is how I'll send you updates, information, and reminders. Keep an eye on your inbox, and don't forget to check your spam folder!
Questions? Send an email to cloudheadart@pm.me.
I'm so excited to play with you!
-Al, Cloudhead Art
We hope to hold this course through the month of May. The course meeting schedule will be emailed to you as the dates are booked!
Need to cancel? Full refunds available seven days before the course start date! If you miss the deadline, it'll only be a $25 cancellation fee.