Tag Archive for: Drawing

Charley Harper-inspired Art for Youth
Saturday, 9:00am – 12:00pm
October 3 | Ages 10-15

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General Class Description

In this class, we will explore the artistic world and life of Charlie Harper. Well, known for his Cardinals. in this class, we will reduce animals to bold geometric shapes. Known as minimal realism.

What Will Students Learn?

Students will be introduced to Charlie Harper, his artwork, and his life story. Students will learn to redefine animals using bold geometric shapes in the style of Charlie Harper by simplifying them into geometric shapes, giving them a bold outline and color.

What Will Students Leave With?

Students will leave with full color Charlie Harper-inspired characters of their choosing. Everyone will begin by drawing his well-known cardinal in different views. Then students will branch off and choose animals of their choice (land, water, and air animals).

Deadline to register by: September 30 

Instructor: Lynn Arnsberger

Supply List

All Supplies Included.

Spooky Cartoons for Youth
Saturday, 9:00am – 12:00pm
September 26 | Ages 9-12

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General Class Description

Students will bring cartoon characters to life! Students will create an animated pumpkin patch with fall Halloween characters. Students will have fun drawing cartoon bats, cats, pumpkins, scarecrows, witches & ghosts. Students will incorporate a spooky Halloween setting with their characters into an animated scene.

What Will Students Learn?

* Students will learn how to build characters using character construction.
* Basic cartoon bodybuilding with shapes.
* Students were learn various expressions to help bring their animated Halloween characters to life while developing their personality.
* Students will learn how to stage their characters within a setting/background

What Will Students Leave With?

Students would leave with fun and spooky drawings of Halloween cartoons created within the class!

Deadline to register by: September 22 

Instructor: Lynn Arnsberger

Supply List

All Supplies Included.

The Art Log (upcycling old books!)
Tuesday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
September 22 | Ages 10 – 15

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General Class Description

The “Art Log” is an incredible one-day workshop! Transform an old, forgotten book into a personal, breathing piece of art. Come join our instructor, Jason Trautz for an upcycling art journal project that will prove to be creative, therapeutic and satisfying.

What Will Students Learn?

Students will have a brief introduction into the skills of Decoupage or découpage: the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with painting/drawing effects and other decorative elements.

What Will Students Leave With?

Students will leave with a creative recycled art journal. This project will give them the skill set to move forward with decorating the book and making it a unique one-of-a-kind art piece.

Deadline to register by: September 18 

Instructor: Jason Trautz

Supply List

All Supplies Included.

Beginner Charcoal & Open Studio
Friday, 9:00 am
September 25 – October 16 | Ages 16-99+

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Class:

This 4-week class is perfect for beginners! Learn the fundamentals of drawing and using charcoal to render beautiful works of art.

The same class has a Open Studio option! Have a photo you would like to make into a charcoal drawing? Bring it! Have an object you would like to draw from life? Bring it! Or if you want an original composition, you brainstorm with your instructor on ideas and tips for how to get started with a project

What You’ll Learn:

In a group learning environment, you will be working group lead projects as well be able to work on your own current self-pace artwork, and will have the opportunity for one-on-one guidance, feedback on your artwork, guidance of tips and techniques of using charcoal, and inspiration from the instructor.

What You’ll Leave With:

By the end of each class meeting you will have more confidence in the progression of your current artwork while using charcoal.

Instructor: Gabrielle Siekman

 

Supply List

All Supplies Included

Beginner Charcoal & Open Studio
Friday, 9:00 am
October 23 – November 13 | Ages 16-99+

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Class:

This 4-week class is perfect for beginners! Learn the fundamentals of drawing and using charcoal to render beautiful works of art.

The same class has a Open Studio option! Have a photo you would like to make into a charcoal drawing? Bring it! Have an object you would like to draw from life? Bring it! Or if you want an original composition, you brainstorm with your instructor on ideas and tips for how to get started with a project

What You’ll Learn:

In a group learning environment, you will be working group lead projects as well be able to work on your own current self-pace artwork, and will have the opportunity for one-on-one guidance, feedback on your artwork, guidance of tips and techniques of using charcoal, and inspiration from the instructor.

What You’ll Leave With:

By the end of each class meeting you will have more confidence in the progression of your current artwork while using charcoal.

Instructor: Gabrielle Siekman

 

Supply List

All Supplies Included

Introduction to Drawing Landscapes
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm
September 22 – November 10 | Ages 16+

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Have you ever wanted to learn how to draw landscapes, but didn’t know where to start? This 8-week course is designed to help students develop their landscape drawing skills, from understanding basic composition and perspective to practicing shading, texture, and drawing natural forms. Perfect for beginners and intermediate artists, this course offers both instruction and hands-on practice to build confidence and creativity in drawing natural environments. When possible, this course will incorporate time sketching outside on Baker Hunt’s beautiful campus!

What You’ll Learn:

Each week, students will explore different elements of landscape drawing by following step-by-step projects with various mediums, including graphite, charcoal, and colored pencil, with an emphasis on colored pencil during the final project. Students will work in a collaborative, group-learning environment, and will also have the opportunity for one-on-one guidance and feedback on their artwork from the instructor.

What You’ll Leave With:

By the end of the course, students will have a solid foundation in landscape art and will complete a final project that demonstrates their growth and understanding of the techniques learned throughout the class. You will work on a final drawing from a landscape reference of your choice so that you can create a unique work of art of a memorable place to you!

Instructor:  Maria Bossert

Supply List

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Supply List:

– One 24-count set of Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils (quality varies considerably between colored pencil brands; Prismacolor is recommended: Link to purchase).

– Two Prismacolor Premier Colorless Blender Pencils: Link to purchase

– One 8 in. x 10 in or 9 in. x 12 in. pad of Bristol Board/Drawing Paper (Strathmore Bristol Board preferred, with vellum surface)

– One small sketchbook/journal with blank pages (recommended size around 5.5 in. x 8 in. or smaller)

– One handheld pencil sharpener

– One rubber eraser (white polymer eraser recommended)

– One kneaded eraser

– Final project will be your own photographic image of a landscape of your choice, so you will need to bring in your own printed reference photo beginning Week 6.

Optional Supplies:

– Pencils (2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B) (Baker Hunt has graphite pencils, but likely not a complete set for every student).

– Personal drawing board (Baker Hunt has them, but some students like to bring their own).

– Charcoal supplies are provided by Baker Hunt, but you can bring your own if you have them.

 

Final project will be your own photographic image of a landscape of your choice, so you will need to bring in your own printed reference photo beginning Week 6

 

Intermediate Landscape Drawing
Monday, 6:30 pm
September 21 – October 12 | Ages 16+

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Class:

This class is designed to serve as a follow-up to “Introduction to Drawing Landscapes”, but this class may also suit the needs of students with intermediate and advanced drawing skills who have not yet taken the Intro course, but who would enjoy learning about landscapes. This course will build upon foundational drawing techniques while giving students an opportunity for open-studio time to work on personal drawing projects and receive 1:1 feedback from the instructor.

What You’ll Learn:

Students will continue to build upon their drawing skills, focusing on landscape scenes. Students will expand their knowledge of core elements in landscape drawing, such as color theory, atmospheric perspective, value, and composition. Students will work in various mediums, including graphite, charcoal, and colored pencil, with an emphasis on colored pencil. When possible, students will spend some of their class time sketching outside on Baker Hunt’s beautiful campus!

What You’ll Leave With:

Students will leave with increased knowledge and confidence in their landscape drawing skills– which are foundational art techniques that can be applied to a wide variety of art mediums and subjects!

Instructor:  Maria Bossert

Supply List

– One 24-count set of Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils (quality varies considerably between colored pencil brands; Prismacolor is recommended: Link to purchase).

– Two Prismacolor Premier Colorless Blender Pencils: Link to purchase

– Personal Reference Photo

– One 8 in. x 10 in or 9 in. x 12 in. pad of Bristol Board/Drawing Paper (Strathmore Bristol Board preferred, with vellum surface)

– One handheld pencil sharpener

– One rubber eraser (white polymer eraser recommended)

– One kneaded eraser

Optional Supplies:

– Pencils (2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B) (Baker Hunt has graphite pencils, but likely not a complete set for every student).

– Graphite supplies are provided by Baker Hunt, but you can bring your own if you have them.

– Personal drawing board (Baker Hunt has them, but some students like to bring their own).

– Charcoal supplies are provided by Baker Hunt, but you can bring your own if you have them.

 

 

Animal Portraits – Let’s Get Whacky!
Saturdays, 10:00am
October 24 – November 14 | Ages 12-17

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General Class Description

For animal lovers everywhere, this class goes over the basics of how to drawing animals – breaking down the basic shapes and nailing composition. Once a good base has been built, you will pick aspects of your animal to stylize – ex: making its legs thicker, eyes bigger, shortening or lengthening the tail. Last step: break out of the box! What else can you add to it to make it one of a kind? ex: whacky colors, wings, extra eyes, horns, flowers, textures, the list goes on!

What Will Students Learn?

– the fundamentals of drawing animals, including proportioning and size
– a variety of methods to stylize a drawing
– how to think outside the box and get creative

What Will Students Leave With?

A painting of an animal creation and a newfound sense of their own creative style.

Instructor: Jaycie Baird

Illuminated Fantasy Bestiary
Saturdays, 2:00 pm
October 24 – November 14 | Ages 16+

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Class:

In this 4-week class, students will learn how to make a faux illuminated manuscript page that includes an illustration of a fantasy creature or animal of their choosing, a brief description written in gothic blackletter of the creature featuring an illuminated letter, and plenty of imaginative doodles and decorations in the margins!

What You’ll Learn:

Attendees will learn how to make a faux illuminated manuscript page by imitating the drawing style of medieval manuscripts (namely the Aberdeen Bestiary), use colored ink to bring their illustrations to life, basic blackletter calligraphy, and how to decorate a large illuminated letter.

What You’ll Leave With:

You will leave with an illuminated manuscript page of their own design, the skills and knowledge to create art in the specific stylized way of medieval illuminated manuscripts, and a brief knowledge of the history of the art form.

Instructor:   Sabrina Almeida

Supply List

(All Supplies Included)

2-D Open Studio
Friday, 12:00 pm
October 23 – November 13 | Ages 16-99+

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Class:

The class will focus on identifying students’ individual proclivities in art making, then emphasizing those in the work at hand of the medium of your choice. Mark making, drawing, composition, color, material handling, and intent will be addressed. Every artist has a ‘signature’ in their work; this class will help you discover yours.  Individual attention with each student in a shared studio is the focus.

This class serves as a time to use our studio get some additional work done on your artwork from another classes, use campus for some plein air working, or get some feed back from fellow artists, students, and Craig the instructor. Students will be given individual attention on the subject of their choosing. Familiarity with the medium is required. Students of all levels are welcome in this open-studio class. 

All skill levels welcomed! (There will be a group critique to conclude the class.)

What You’ll Learn:

In a group learning environment, you will be working on your own current self-pace artwork, and will have the opportunity for one-on-one guidance, feedback on your artwork, and inspiration form the instructor.

What You’ll Leave With:

By the end of each class meeting you will have more confidence in the progression of your current artwork. 

Instructor: Craig Britton

 

Supply List

Bring your own materials for your selected 2-d medium.

Bring any reference objects or images with you.

Suggested supply list available upon request.