Academic Drawing

Name: Academic Drawing
Start: 2026-11-07T16:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-11-07T18:00:00-08:00
Location: Art School of SF Bay

Art School of SF Bay

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Unleash your creativity and hone your artistic skills with our comprehensive drawing course. Join us in a stimulating environment where you can refine your drawing abilities and unlock your full artistic potential.

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1954 Old Middlefield Way , Mountain View, CA
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Sat. Nov 7th, 4–6pm PT

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Sat, Nov 07 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Sat, Nov 21 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Tue. Dec 1st, 6:20–8:20pm PT

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Tue, Dec 01 at 6:20pm - 8:20pm
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Description

This course is dedicated to the fundamental drawing skill - consistent shading. It is what makes your drawings and paintings look convincing, finished, and awesome.

This course will teach you:

Classical methods of drawing
Cross-hatching
Skecthing
Shading
Representing various textures
Drawing folds
Drawing a human head
Leading complex drawings from compositional sketches to final touches

Detailed Schedule

Day 1: Pencil drawing techniques. Drawing basic geometric shapes.
Day 2: Pencil drawing techniques. Drawing basic geometric shapes. Shading.
Day 3: Learning to see simple shapes in more complex ones. Representing texture.
Small object study: drawing of coins / paint tubes / shells / garlic.
Day 4: Learning to see simple shapes in more complex ones. Representing texture.
Small object study: drawings of glass bottles and objects made of metal.
Day 5: Drawing a complex monochromatic geometric shape: a relief with a plaster leaf.
Starting the drawing: composition, perspective, and setting up values.
Day 6: Drawing a complex monochromatic geometric relief.
Adding final accents, pulling the work together. Finishing the drawing.
Day 7: Drawing a landscape, representing various textures of nature.
Starting the drawing.
Day 8: Drawing a landscape. Representing various textures of nature. Finishing the drawing.
Day 9: Drawing folds. Grey paper, white and black charcoal. Starting the drawing..
Day 10: Sketching folds. Grey paper, white and black charcoal. Finishing the drawing.
Day 11: Lecture on head anatomy, proportions, sketching facial features. Sketching a plane head. Making a thumbnail of the future head drawing with value analysis.
Day 12: Starting the final project - drawing of a plaster head. Proportions, composition, structure. Finalizing the outlines.
Day 13: Final project - drawing of a plaster head. Rendering the details.
Day 14: Final project - drawing of a plaster head. Rendering the details, finishing the drawing.

Refund Policy

We do not provide refunds for ongoing classes tuition, courses or camps payments.

However, full credit towards future booking or transfer to another camp/course will be offered for any cancellations made up to 2 business days before the camp or course starts.
Ongoing classes can be canceled with a 31 business days prior notice.

You can make up a missed class on another day when we offer the same age/skill group class. The make-up class should be arranged in advance, no drop-ins. Limit 2 make-up classes per month. Make-up classes are subject to the availability of space in a similar class. We reserve the right not to provide make-up classes or terminate the class enrollment for repeating truancy.

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