Introduction to Drawing Skills Course

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City of Charles Sturt

Join our 6-week Introduction to Drawing Skills course and master the basics while having fun and building your artistic confidence!

Ngutungka Henley

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Introduction to Drawing Skills CourseDate: 3 April - 8 May (6 Week Course)Location: Ngutungka HenleyCost: $150 for 6 week course with all materials providedDrawing allows us to see the world around us through a blend of observation, imagination, and expression. It’s an essential tool for exploring ideas, capturing knowledge, and reflecting on personal experiences. From ancient cave art to a child’s first doodle, the urge to make marks is intrinsic to humanity. Drawing is a language, one that can be learned and refined through practice, and this course will help you develop the skills and confidence to express your unique perspective.Over six weeks, we’ll explore various drawing media such as pencils, charcoals, inks, and paints. You’ll learn essential techniques, including line quality, creating tone, and composing dynamic drawings. We’ll cover the fundamentals of proportion, perspective, and design, helping you convey mood, emotion, and expression through your work. You’ll also practice using a variety of subjects, whether from observation, memory, or imagination.Course Outline:<ul><li>Week 1: Introduction to media, materials, drawing techniques, and developing good habits. Focus on line quality, contour drawing, and mark-making.</li><li>Week 2: Explore line fluency, gesture drawing, calligraphic line, and how to use line to create form, texture, and shape.</li><li>Week 3: Composition basics—placement, space, proportion, and thumbnail sketches for visualizing drawings.</li><li>Week 4: Using tone to create dimension, and learning techniques like hatching, cross-hatching, and blending to build depth.</li><li>Week 5: Learn perspective (1pt, 2pt, 3pt) and the impact of viewpoint on drawing.</li><li>Week 6: Explore subject matter and how line and tone can convey emotion, mood, and narrative in your work.</li></ul>Keep a sketchbook to explore your creativity daily, and remember: everything around you can become a drawing subject!

Please note:<ul><li>Stay at home if you are unwell or have a cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue or shortness of breath.</li><li>Maintaining social distancing is the responsibility of the individual.</li></ul>

The City of Charles Sturt would like to acknowledge the land we occupy today is the traditional lands of the Kaurna people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the greater Adelaide region and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today.

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