Drawing at Studio Andreas

Our Approach

Drawing is the language of art. Our drawing classes will help students find their artist voice and technique. We will explore still objects, landscape, and people. From gestural marks to full renderings, the process of drawing is a rewarding way to investigate the world.

Figure Modeling Drop-In Sessions

Each week a live model is available for you to sketch freely and practice drawing the human figure. Sessions are 3 hours long and open to all skill levels, 18 and over. Bring a drawing pad and something to draw with, easels are available on a first come first serve basis. Feel free to BYOB and snacks!

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Collection of life drawing sketches of nude human figures, made with charcoal or pencil, on paper, arranged on a cluttered surface.
A person drawing a figure on a large white paper attached to a drawing board, with art supplies and a lamp on a wooden table below, an easel and a white wall in the background.

7-Week Youth Drawing Class

  • The students will begin class with a series of loose and fun observational exercises (such as continuous line, contour, non-dominant hand drawings, etc), setting up an emphasis on the drawing process rather than an end result. The main goal of this class will be to introduce different ways that observation informs drawing, while setting the tone for an open classroom and gauging the starting point for the students. This will be a charcoal and newsprint class.

  • This class will get more technical, using angular objects (likely paper bags) to start breaking down more complicated objects into a measured series of angles, distinguishing geometric and organic lines, as well as introducing hard and soft edges to indicate form. This class will also be done with charcoal and newsprint. 

  • The entirety of this class will focus on using techniques from the previous classes on a single drawing of a still life. The objects I set up will be all white and a mix of organic and geometric shapes. This will allow students to focus on combining value and line to capture the composition. This class will also introduce comparative measuring techniques to check the students' observations. This class will be done with drawing paper and a range of pencils.

  • Students will learn about one point perspective, horizon lines, and how to use rulers to set up a guide. Students will start with a few simple exercises before spreading out and using these techniques, paired with comparative measuring, to draw their surroundings.

  • This class will begin with an introduction to portraiture and identifying the planes of the face. Students will focus on observational self-portraits using small self-standing acrylic mirrors, learning how to build a likeness though measurement and value planes. This will use a range of pencils and drawing paper

  • With a clothed model, students will apply their portrait knowledge to a new subject for the first half of class. For the second half, students will learn about capturing the figure with quick gesture and contour drawings, along with finding center lines and midpoints of their model. For this class, a mix of charcoal/newsprint and drawing paper/pencils will be used. 

  • Having gotten more familiar with working from a model, students will tackle several longer poses, narrowing in on using both midpoints and angles in their comparative measuring. This class will add value techniques to the drawings, circling back to hard vs soft shadow lines, planes, and composition. If students are interested, elements of perspective can be included in the background of these drawings. This class will use pencils and drawing paper.

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