Experimental and Expressive Drawing

Experimental and Expressive Drawing

In-Person: Adult | This program has been canceled

20 Academy Street Arlington, MA 02476 United States

Main Classroom

All Levels

1/14/2020-3/10/2020

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275.00 USD

Member Discount Available

8 Tuesdays, 7:00 - 9:30 pm

There are as many ways to draw as there are draughtsmen and women! We will try out a variety of experimental drawing processes, investigating the relationship between eye, brain and hand.

Are you stuck in your creative process? These exercises can help you look a the world and drawing with fresh eyes. Are you new to drawing and would like to try out different approaches and materials? We will practice mark-making, line, shape, value, gesture and composition, all classic elements of art, but will question expectations about what art is supposed to be.

  • Tuition includes Model Fees
  • Recommended for all students:
  • pad of newsprint, 18x 24;
  • pad of good drawing or sketch paper, 18x24
  • graphite drawing pencils (Ebony pencils or HB, 2B or 3B pencils recommended)
  • charcoal (stick rather than vine)
  • erasers (kneaded for charcoal, pink or white for pencil)
  • colored pencils
  • India ink with quill pen /dip pen (can purchase nib and holder separately. Speedball is a good maker of both)
  • Optional:
  • assorted tinted papers
  • large or small paper
  • pastels
  • brushes (synthetic hairs are best and cheaper)
  • scotch tape
  • rag for smudging
Rice, Sue

she/her/hers Sue holds a BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Besides teaching at ACA and in local public schools, Sue is a freelance illustrator and member of the Blacksmith Printmakers Group at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.