All Levels Life Drawing in Charcoal, Pastel or Graphite - Carol Peebles

Instructor: Carol Peebles

Come learn how to capture a likeness in a portrait or figure.

Starting with gestures of 20-minute poses, we will slowly work up to 1–3 hour poses, all taught in the Classical Realist Tradition. Learn how to draw from life and best utilize limited time with your subject.

Models will be nude, and students must be at least 18 years of age.

We will also discuss how to apply these observational drawing techniques to still life, landscape, and pets, learning how the importance of gesture is found in all subject matter.

See class demonstrations for each lesson with instruction on figures, portraits, hands, feet, the skeleton, muscles, basic shading and measuring techniques, and more.

Students will work in charcoal, graphite, or pastel. Happy drawing!

Prerequisite: None
This course is open to all levels, from beginners to advanced students.

Supplies

Bring either charcoal, graphite, or pastel. You may try all three if you like. Supplies will be reviewed on the first day, but please bring some of the following:

Pastels

• A small basic Nupastel or Cretacolor Hard Pastel set
• One or two pastel pencils (any color, any brand)

Charcoal

• Vine charcoal
• Charcoal pencils

Paper

• Any paper you already have
• If purchasing new, any pad of pastel paper, preferably with a variety of colors
• No need to buy expensive paper; we will go through a lot of it

Sketchbook

• 11" x 14" sketchbook (Strathmore hardbound preferred, but any is fine)
  (For homework and class notes)

Other

• Any regular pen or pencil for notes
• Two large bulldog clips
• Kneaded eraser