The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts is dedicated to the preservation of Fine Art’s past and the development of its future through an engaging education in a welcoming environment.
5256 Magazine St.New Orleans, LA 70115Call us: (504) 899-8111
This course is the first in a sequence of drawing classes and will focus on observational drawing of objects from life.
Through a series of exercises students will become familiar with fundamental techniques necessary to translate three-dimensional forms and spaces to a two-dimensional surface.
Special attention is paid to such essential aspects of drawing as relative proportion, linear perspective, value, and texture.
Materials List: 18”x24” Cream Drawing Pad Graphite Pencils (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B) 18” Metal Cork-Backed Ruler Vine or Willow Charcoal, medium size Kneaded Eraser Small Pencil Sharpener Plastic or Gum Eraser (optional) Charcoal Paper or Newsprint (optional)
Kaori Maeyama is an urban landscape painter born and raised in Fukuoka, Japan. A New Orleans resident since 1994, she worked as a focus puller and a digital audio editor before devoting herself to analog image making.
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