Drawing Fundamentals: The Basics

Cost: $660 for 12 week course, $60 per casual session. All drawing materials supplied.

Contact Janet from Easylink to enrol:

Janet Parker
Easylink
janet.parker@easylink.com.au

P 02 9919 0700
D 02 9919 0709

W www.easylink.com.au

Program

NOTE: This is a guide, materials are a suggestion and student can use the materials they prefer to substitute in any exercise.

Week 1:

Introductory lesson, pencil and charcoal. Simple object drawn in different ways, mostly line.

Week 2:

Geometric shapes, using tone to create depth, the illusion of 3 dimensions, pencil

Week 3:

Bottles and vases and decorative items (could involve student’s personal items of interest) to practise tonal effects, light and dark and shadows

Week4:

Still life fruit, proportions, tone and texture, charcoal

Week 5:

Still life fruit and vegetables, charcoal and introducing colour, suggestion:  Pastel

Week 6:

Still life plants in ink and wash, tonal arrangements and the line

Week 7:

Trees, tone and line, pencil

Week 8:

Flowers in colour, colour combinations and tonal investigation: pastels

Week 9:

Figure drawing clothed, proportions, tone and texture.

Week 1o:

Figure drawing, clothed, proportions, tone and texture

Week 11:

Portrait drawing, proportions, tone and texture.

Week 12:

Landscape, tonal arrangements and the line using ink and wash

Materials & Equipment List

• Pencils, a range from H, HB – 2B through to 6B
• Charcoal various sized sticks
• Pastels
• Putty Eraser and Hard Erasure
• Pencil sharpener
• Paper, A3 drawing pad