Prerequisities : None – Open to all levels

A colourful approach to cultivating your drawing skills and adding colour to your artwork. To enhance visual interest and intensity of your creations, you will be introduced to basic colour theory, value studies, blending and layering of colours. We will also investigate why light and shadow play a key role in creating vibrant and unique artwork.

This class will feature drawing demonstrations, step-by-step guidance, varied exercises designed to explore the essentials such as proportion, construction, specific techniques to assist in creating depth and volume of basic shapes.

By the end of the course, your observational skills will have improved, along with your ability to create convincing forms, and apply nuanced color, transforming simplistic sketches into compelling artworks.

Course Materials

• 1 x Staedtler Mars Lumograph graphite pencil, hardness: B
• Strathmore Bristol Vellum pad or Canson XL Bristol Smooth 11 x 14 inches
• Kneaded eraser
• White eraser – pen shaped
• KUM Automatic AS2M Sharpener (Deserres)

Colour pencils: Fabre-Castell Polychromos :

• # 219 Deep scarlet red
• # 181 Payne’s Grey
• # 144 Cobalt blue-greenish
• # 106 Dark cadmium yellow
• # 280 Burnt umber

Above available at DeSerres

• Blue tape (any hardware store) 1 or 2 inches wide
• Pale Masonite Panel – 3mm, 16 x 20 inch or 18 x 24 inch (available at Avenue des Arts in Westmount)

Cost of materials : Approximately $65 – $70