2024 Term 1: Friday 2 February to Saturday 13 April
2024 Term 2: Tuesday 30 April to Saturday 6 July
2024 Term 3: Tuesday 23 July to Saturday 28 September
2024 Term 4: Tuesday 15 October to Saturday 21 December
* Public Holidays excluded.
 
In these structured art classes student will be taught exercises to help develop their drawing skills, such as still life, landscape, or portraiture. The outcome of the beginner class will give the students understanding of proportion, form, and space.
The advanced class will help students to develop skills in drawing the human figure, learn about realistic depiction of human anatomy and experience life drawing sessions.
 
1. Sketch for Beginners (2 hours/ session)
Class content:
Line and texture
Proportion and composition
Tone, shape, and shading
Negative space and perspective
Contour and volume
 
Learning outcomes:
learned how to observe objects for drawing
practised hand-eye co-ordination
an understanding of form and structure to simplify your drawings
developed practical knowledge of different drawing techniques
Experiment with various media and equipment including pencil, charcoal, ink, pastels
learned to create harmony and contrast in your drawings
 
2. Portrait Drawing (2 hours/ session)
Class content
Geometric equivalents of the head, neck and shoulders
Cranial masses and their influences on the appearance of head and face
Monochromatic colour and colour temperature
Light and shadows to create 3D forms
Characteristics of the features and how to observe them in all faces
Adding more power in a portrait by drawing hands interacting with the head and face and more
 
Learning outcomes
learned about the anatomical structure of the human face and head
How to create a likeness of your subject
Tips and hints to mastering facial features, eyes, nose, mouth, ears and eyebrows.
practiced and developed different drawing techniques
gained a practical understanding of observation and life drawing skills
learned how to set up a model to take best advantage of their expression and unique presence
 
3. Advanced – Life Drawing (2 hours/ session)
Class content:
techniques used to represent or reflect the human form
human physiology and anatomy relevant to figure drawing
sources for more information and ideas
techniques used in observational drawing
how tools, media and techniques can be used to achieve effects in drawing
aspects of historical and contemporary observational drawing
 
Learning outcomes
draw or paint the human form using historical and contemporary contexts
develop, refine, and implement ideas about the use of the human form in your own work
produce a body of creative work based on the human form
produce observational drawings that show well-developed technique via
accurate use of perspective
effective depiction of light, shade, and space, and
select appropriate media and tools to suit the needs of a drawing project
Artistic Knowledge Development