The Art of Portraits

Capturing Youth:

An Introduction to Drawing Children, Toddlers and Babies

With Instructor and Artist Anne Cavanagh

Tuesday, 1 – 4 pm

10 weeks

@ The Art School of Peterborough

“Artists are just children who refuse to

put down their crayons”

~ Al Hirschfeld

Introduction to Drawing is designed for the individual who looking to learn the basic skills of illustration. This course addresses a variety of topics of interest to the beginner/ intermediate artist:

· Drawing skills and techniques

· Basic techniques on how to view the world with artistic observation

· Personalized goals (Anne discusses individual goals with each student);

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE

Week 1

· Goals and preferences

· The “Rules” of Drawing

· Drawing from a photo (vs. drawing from life)

· Choosing a photo

· Candid vs. posed

· Discussion on Anne’s method of teaching

· Materials discussed

· Review: Value, Proportion, the grid

· Structure and proportion of facial features

Week 2

· Structure and Proportion of facial features continued

· Grid drawing #1 (same size)

· Critique of photos

Week 3

· Skin (discussion, demo, small exercise on drawing texture)

· Group discussion on drawing #1

· Critique of photos

· Con’t working on drawing #1 (with individual assistance)

Week 4

· Hair (discussion, demo, small exercise on drawing texture)

· Review: Composition; Positive form and negative space

· Group discussion on drawing #1

Week 5

· Review: Shadows and light reflection, Shape vs. form

· Angles and edges (or the lack there of!)