Drawing From Life
Develop your drawing skills in this concise 6-week course. Through lessons and projects, individual feedback, and group discussions, students will cultivate an understanding of the connection between observation, technique, and artistic expression in drawing. Build confidence in your creative abilities while developing a deeper understanding of art.
Projects + activities:
- This course offers a unique exploration of fundamental drawing skills and techniques, such as handling drawing materials, drawing from observation, utilizing lines, sketching, proportion, shape, spatial representation, composition, and value.
- Blind contour drawings/mark-making variation demonstrations.
- Dimensional drawings/still life.
- Introduction to figure drawing.
- Introduction to value drawing.
- Self-portrait
- Final project – Combine drawing.
Registration deadline: February 17, 2025
Dates: Saturdays, February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Time: 2pm-5pm
Location: Made Institute Rittenhouse, 1719 Chestnut Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia PA 19103
Meet Your Instructor
Jae Ford, Artist
Jae Ford is an interdisciplinary artist who integrates drawing, painting, and sculpture. Their work focuses on the expressive qualities of line and color to both represent and abstract the body, transmuting psychological and emotional complexities of the human experience. They received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from Pratt Institute.