Video Archive: Comprehensive Drawing Workshop with Lynn Stender
$225.00
This is a four-week program + a BOOSTER class that will be a comprehensive workshop on drawing techniques. I hope to share many “tricks of the trade” and help you explore your journey in how to draw “what you see” ….
Part I
Week 1:
- Introduction on how to draw using basic shapes.
- Tips on how to set up an interesting still life and composition. I will draw several objects using shading to create the objects.
- Demonstration of styles of drawing using line, cross hatching, shading, and circular movement.
- cloud ceiling with perspective
- types of trees
- types of rocks, and
- movement in water
Week 2:
- Drawing elements in Architecture: Stairs, Doorways, Tile Roof, brick and stonework.
- Drawing of a portrait. This will be introduced with simple measurements. I will show you how to draw each component of the face; eyes, nose and mouth and ears.
Part II
Week 3:
- The Tonal Palette
- using values in sketching a village setting
I will provide a photo where we will draw the entire scene from beginning to end using our palette of sketching pencils
Week 4: For our final drawing class we will use a fine tip black sharpie marker (there are many brands, and tip sizes, please have several point sizes) to explore a variety in creating line size.
I will provide a landscape subject which we will work from together.
Materials:
- sketching set of pencils
- eraser
- ruler
- fine line sharpie (or any permanent ink pen)
- drawing paper
- NOTE PAD
Pencil drawing by Lynn
Proportions of the human body
“Pen and pencil, the perfect partners”
BOOSTER Drawing Class: using both ink pens and pencils! We will work on a street scene from Volpaia, Tuscany, capturing details of architectural elements, combining these mediums.
Materials:
- sketching set of pencils
- eraser
- ruler
- fine line sharpie (or any permanent ink pen)
- drawing paper
- NOTE PAD
Photo from the Tuscan village of Volpaia
Drawing by Lynn Stender