WED - Abstract Drawing with Kristen Ide

This is not your grandmother's drawing class. Get loose in this unconventional drawing class using a variety of drawing tools and materials on paper.

You may not realize it, but you draw all the time. When you sign your name, when you draw a map, cross something out, or doodle on scrap paper. Drawing is a powerful and wonderful language, capable of expressing things not easily conveyed in other mediums.

Drawing can also be very expressive: communicating the intangible and invisible. It is one of the most accessible and portable activities you can undertake. The Modernism movement expanded the definition of what drawing can be and do; freeing it from being equated to only realistic renderings.

In this course, we will produce a broad range of expressive and gestural drawings that will be personal and meaningful. We will explore and experiment with materials beyond the familiar pencil and eraser duo. We will learn to loosen up, trust ourselves, and expand on what we know we can do to create rich, satisfying abstract drawings. 

You'll likely never look at drawing the same way again… 

Supply List: (get 10% off from Artist & Craftsman)

• Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media Paper 48"x8yd roll 
• 2 Graphite pencils (any hardness)
• 2 Charcoal sticks (any size)
• 1 ArtGraf Water Soluble Carbon, Black
• 1 Black ink (any kind: acrylic, hi-flow, india, sumi, etc.)
• 1 Tombow Dual-Tip Marker, Black
• Erasers: 1 white vinyl and 1 tan rubber or pink pearl
• 2" Utility/Chip Brush
• Gestural Round Brush (i.e. Escoda Natural Bristle Brush, Oval, Size 2)

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• Cost $99 (3 classes) 
​• Wednesdays PM, 6pm-9pm
​• Student parking available in back lot
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Be sure to pick up a Student Parking Pass at the front desk when you arrive.