Fundamentals of Drawing & Painting Beg/ Int/Adv
Columbus Cultural Arts Center • 139 West Main Street Columbus, OH 43215 Organized by Columbus Recreation and Parks DepartmentAbout this event
Description
This activity is closed to further registration.
Instructor: Kyle Bice
For this class students should have both drawing and painting materials. You can choose graphite or charcoal, and oil paint or acrylic paint. Or a mix of whatever you like. Don't worry about having everything on the first day- at first we'll be working in just black and white, so that can be drawing materials or painting materials, your choice. Whether you’re new to art or just need to brush up on/expand your creative skill set, learn to accurately and expressively draw and paint in this crash course covering all the fundamentals of artistic design in a 2d format, in a variety of wet and dry media, as specific or expansive as you’d like. Gain a grasp on the rules of design and technique, so you can later bend and break them! Topics covered include color theory, the elements of design, building form through value and temperature, how to capture perspective and proportion, and more. All skill levels welcome.
Students will be introduced to or reinforce their understanding of the theoretical fundamentals of creating images with dry media and paint, including elements of design, perspective and accurate proportion drawing, and foundational techniques of applying dry and wet media. Techniques will include observational drawing informed by constructive methods, sight-size method, grid method from photo reference, how to transfer a drawing, and various applications of dry and wet media like scumbling, glazing, and impasto, etc. Projects will include still life drawing and painting from life, and drawing and painting from photo reference, subject matter student’s choice. Students will be encouraged to explore expressive mixed media aesthetics while demonstrating a grasp of fundamentals.
We can work with whatever materials you have, but these are strongly suggested
Essential materials
A pad of white drawing paper
Artists choice of surface to paint on - canvas paper pads suggested
Kneaded and hard erasers
Blending stumps/artist chamois
Sharpeners
Drawing mediums
Charcoal:
Soft Vine charcoal
General’s charcoal pencils, soft medium and hard
Optional: Charcoal sticks, charcoal powder, black pan pastel with applicator tool, white charcoal
Graphite:
Any artists brand, 6b, 2b, hb, 2h pencils
Optional: graphite sticks, graphite powder, lead holder
Recommended Paint: colors are the same for oils or acrylics
A limited palette of 5 colors does wonders. Titanium White, Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Yellow, Pyrrole
red or alizarin crimson, Burnt Umber. Suggested Additional colors: cad red, yellow ochre, pthalo blue,
cobalt or cerulean blue, ivory black
Also welcome are watercolor, gouache, acrylic ink, pastels, toned drawing paper, color pencil
Optional: masking tape, ruler, large newsprint pad and tracing paper
Activity Age Category
Adults
Location
CAC - Painting Studio at Columbus Cultural Arts Center
Instructor
Kyle Bice