What to expect 

Begin the art journey here and now! 

 

Drawing is not only the foundation for all your visual art, its beauty allows it to be a beautiful artwork in itself. Drawing might seem a challenge at first, but by understanding a few simple techniques, and a little practice, drawing will give you the freedom to create artworks of your own choice as opposed to creating art in someone else’s voice.  

 

We’ll explore different ways of drawing accurately using line, shape, proportion, tone, and value through easy step-by-step exercises that you can use to draw anything. We’ll practice the 6 universal pencil strokes artists’ use. We’ll consider an introduction to the theory of light and shade, create a value scale, and see how this is used to transform your drawing into 3D life-forms. 

 

Our goal on the second day is to draw a shiny kettle using all your newly acquired skills.  

 

About your tutor 

Lyn Donald is a well-known contemporary visual artist and art teacher on the Sunshine Coast. Lyn has been teaching classes in drawing, portraiture, painting, and coloured pencil for more than 15 years. Her classes are carefully designed to teach technique interspersed with carefully designed exercises to grow skills and confidence. Her goal for her students is to become independent creative artists and many of Lyn’s students are now independent exhibiting artists. Lyn gains great pleasure in helping others unlock their full potential and reap the rewards of creating original art. Lyn has a Diploma in Fine Arts/Visual Arts and has exhibited widely in both group and solo exhibitions. Lyn’s teaching enjoys strong positive testimonials from her students.  

 

What will I need to bring? 

Morning tea and lunch are included in your fee! 

Materials list: 

• HB, 2B,4B – 2 of each  

• Eraser  

• See-through plastic ruler  

• Pencil sharpener  

• Kneadable Eraser (Faber-castell is good)  

• 15 or so sheets of computer paper 1 x A4 High Quality Hot Pressed 300gsm watercolour paper (I use Arches because it is 100% rag content and takes a lot of rubbing out before degrading)  

• Masking tape  

• Soft dry and perfectly clean soft brush (e.g., make-up brush from cheap shop or watercolour mop brush) for cleaning away erasing.  

• Cotton buds (6 or so)  

• Small Blending Stump (cheap shops sell Monte Marte for about $7 a pack)  

• Small piece of glad-bake or tracing paper to use as a hand guard  

• Small piece fine sandpaper 180-240 grit or so.  

• Optional Tombow Mono-eraser (round)