Wednesday: Drawing Foundations Color II (Ages 8-11)

Continue building skills learned in the Foundations I course, such as techniques, drawing vocabulary and the drawing tools of an artist. We will explore hues, tones, shading and light sources with drawing techniques like scribbling, cross-hatching, and stippling to create depth and draw realistic subjects by perfecting every feature with colored pencil skills.

About the Teaching Artist
Aarti Mantri is a freelance artist in acrylic and mixed media paintings based in New Jersey. Art has always been a part of her since childhood; she was inspired and encouraged by her mother who is an artist in India. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design and worked for over 5 years in the field, specializing in stained glass and landscaping. Nonetheless, her passion for fine arts forced her to pursue a career as a painter. Most of her work is on canvas with various techniques and mediums that adds texture to a painting. Aarti conducts classes and workshops for children and adults, and is a certified Grumbacher Art instructor. Her goal is to train her students with the easy skills of painting at the same time encourage to use their own imagination and ideas.