Tuesday: Basic Drawing for Adults [Adult]

This class is especially for beginners – for those who want to express themselves visually, draw more realistically or gain skills in drawing for other applications. We will learn how to see form, value, and proportions clearly and how to represent them in two dimensions on paper.  You will learn different techniques for creating the illusion of depth as well as various surface textures. As you develop confidence when making marks, you will start to discover your own personal style. We will also explore composition and how to keep the viewer engaged with a piece of artwork.

Materials List: Graded pencils set (or at least a 2H, HB, 2B, 4B and 6B) (such as Staedtler or Derwent); kneaded erasers; hand held pencil sharpener; 9x12" sketchpad 60-80# paper (such as Strathmore 400 series); several sheets of 11x14” or larger white drawing 80# paper; size 3 paper blending tortillons (or assortment of sizes 1, 3 and 5); Optional - set of 24 Prismacolor colored pencils; 9x12” black drawing or mixed media paper (such as Strathmore)

 About the Teaching Artist: Susan Mitrano is a certified K-12 Art Teacher who has taught in Princeton, Bridgewater and Montgomery schools as well as community art centers in NJ and PA. She has a BFA from Syracuse University in graphic design with a minor in photography. After a 15-year career as a designer and art director, Ms. Mitrano earned her BA in Art Education at The College of NJ. She is long time watercolorist, studying with Robert O’Brien, AWS in  Vermont and others locally. She studied ceramics with Ursula Kaplowitz and enjoys working in many kinds of clay. She is also an avid printmaker and loves to share her knowledge of art history and art-making with the students she teaches.