“Drawing Without Boundaries” celebrates the liberating art of unrestrained creativity. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a curious beginner, this approach encourages you to explore diverse materials, techniques, and subject matter to foster creativity and self-expression.

For the first class, bring the following materials:

• Drawing pencils: HB, 2B, and 4B
• Pencil sharpener
• Kneaded eraser
• Drawing pad: 11” x 14”

Prerequisites or Prior Knowledge

None

Teaching & Learning Activities

• Lesson One: Investigate the art of dynamic line through automatic drawing, blind contour drawing, gesture, and more!
• Lesson Two & Three: Experiment with multiple mark-making techniques to describe shape, light, and shadow. The concepts of chiaroscuro and Notan will be introduced.
• Lesson Four: Discover how to exploit a toned surface to express mass and form in a figure or portrait drawing.
• Lesson Five: Explore the subtractive sketching method where your eraser becomes a drawing tool!
• Lesson Six: Practice sketching with brush, ink, and water-based media.
• Lesson Seven: Express your inner artist by bending the rules of composition and colour!
• Lesson Eight: Unleash your creativity as you combine texture, pattern, and collage into an abstract drawing.

Course Materials

For this course, you will need:

• Drawing pencils: HB, 2B, 4B, 6B
• Pencil sharpener
• Several sticks of compressed black charcoal
• Several sticks of medium willow charcoal
• Several sticks of compressed white charcoal or conte
• Dry pastels
• Kneaded eraser
• Drawing paper
• Charcoal paper
• Toned paper
• Watercolour paper
• 4 large bulldog clips

Approximate cost of materials: $75

Purchase materials at:

• Avenue des Arts
• Omer deSerres
• Hachem