Drawing the Portrait in Charcoal  
  
6 week class

March 2- April 13, 2022 (no class March 16)
Wednesdays 2:30pm-5:30pm
$270
Charcoal is the fastest, most expressive and forgiving drawing medium. It is perfect for improving your drawing skills.  The concepts and techniques used for charcoal drawing go hand in hand with painting.  It is a perfect way to both prepare yourself for painting and enhance your existing painting abilities.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRAW PORTRAITS OF YOUR FAMILY, OR SKETCH EXPRESSIVE AND DRAMATIC FACES?  OR CREATE TEXTURAL AND MOODY LANDSCAPES?

IN THIS CLASS YOU WILL:
Draw small, fast studies
Learn the power of the NOTAN
Do master studies of charcoal portraits, landscapes, and animals
Learn how to pre-tone and “cut out” lights
Draw from your own photos
Create texture and expressive marks
Draw using Mass accented by Line
Learn to simplify to create a powerful illusion of form
Focus on Value & Edges
Limited space available.  Sign up today and let the world of art change your life for the better!

About the Instructor

​Christine is a renowned, award winning and internationally collected artist.  She is a gifted teacher, with as much passion for sharing the ability to become an artist as she has for painting.

Cost

​$270.  If you need supplies you may "rent" my equipment for $30 (paid separately to instructor)

​How to Register

Call The Oro Valley Community Center front desk

520.544.1900 ex.3

Or Go online CLICK HERE

Where and When

Oro Valley Community Center
10555 N. La Canada Dr. Oro Valley, AZ 85737
520.544.1900
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March 2- April 13, 2022 (No class March 16)
Wednesdays 2:30pm-5:30pm

Student Testimonials

​“Christine has such a knack for taking me beyond the limitations of where I think I can go”

“My portraits used to resemble reasonably attractive people, but now they actually look like the people I’m drawing.”