Pathways are directional marks and shapes for our eyes to follow across a 2 dimensional artwork. They are a powerful compositional tool to keep the viewer’s eyes engaged and moving around a composition. They’re also great for artists to practice, because they emphasize that if we’re to think compositionally, each part must play a role …
Most of the time when people draw something such as a still life, they draw the objects and then neglect everything around the objects, like the table holding it up, and the wall behind it. A drawing like this shows us a thing floating in nothing instead of an interaction of depth, volume, and surfaces …
Contemporary Painting
- Teacher: Charity Baker
- Class Length: 8 sessions
- Class Days: Weekly on Tuesdays, beginning January 30
- Time: 6:00PM – 9:00PM (PDT)
CONTEMPORARY PAINTING
Students are encouraged to explore their individual artistic voices and perspectives to investigate what contributes to a “powerful image”. This online class offers a focused curriculum comprising life study, art history, color theory, and diverse painting techniques.
Discussion and practice will be linked to the foundations of representational art while also embracing modern trends and concepts in contemporary art. This dual approach exposes students to a broad spectrum of artistic styles and influences, fostering a dynamic and diverse approaches to explore contemporary painting.
MATERIALS:
PAINT
Artist’s choice: Oil or acrylic paints
Recommended economical brands in oil are: Gamblin, M.Graham Co., RGH Paints, Utrecht.
- titanium white
- titanium buff
- cad yellow light
- cad red light
- yellow ochre
- magenta
- ultramarine blue
- terra verte (green earth)
- caput mortuum (Violet Oxide, or Spanish Earth)
- Raw Umber
- Ivory Black
PAINTING SURFACES For each class we will work on one or two paintings in a suggested small or
medium size. Below is a choice of three different approaches to making painting surfaces including a
very economical choice of using paper. I will always encourage you to choose the size you want to use
per project, so that you can enjoy the experience to the fullest.
1. Gessoed Paper (optional: with a Gloss Medium coating) is an economic option
2. Stretched Canvases: suggested sizes
(4) 11×15; or 9” x 12”
(4) 18×24; or 20” x 24”
(2) 30X30”, OR 24×30”
3. Roll of primed canvas: Dick Blick Cotton Canvas By the Yard – 12 oz, Acrylic Primed (64-1/2'' W x
6 yd) in which you can cut to size as you go.
TOOLS AND OTHER
● selection of brushes, large, med and small in round shape only
● Palette (choose one of the following)
– Handheld wooden
– Paper, disposable
– Glass, resting on white surface
● Paint rags (can be old t-shirts) or-/ Good quality paper towels
● Palette knife
● Solvent (odorless mineral spirits)
● Baby oil or Mineral oil to clean brushes
● if using acrylics, containers for paint and water
● an easel, wall, or board upon which to attach the canvas
DRAWING SUPPLIES
● small to medium sized sketchbook (recommended)
● pencils/charcoal, eraser
We use the Zoom platform for online classes. Login codes are sent prior to the first class only. Some email systems such as Hotmail block our emails to you. Please check your junk folders, and if you have have not received your class info, please contact us (contact@seattleartistleague.com) 15-30 minutes before your class begins so we can reply with the login codes. We will get you into your class.
Drawing for Busy People
- Teacher: Charity Baker
- Class Length: 8 Weeks
- Days: Wednesday, beginning January 31
- Time: 5:00-6:30 pm PST
Too busy to take a class? Not anymore!
Drawing is a great way to focus and relax the mind. While many art classes take space and time to get set up, create, then clean up, it only takes a few minutes to grab a pencil and draw, and you can do it anywhere!
We’ve modified our beginning drawing course to give you the basics of line, form, tone, proportion, composition, gesture, movement, and expression. This is a drawing class designed to allow you to sample a wide variety of artistic styles and approaches, so that you can develop your observational skills while also discovering your own personal voice. Even by drawing for 10 minutes a day, you will gain greater confidence in your abilities, and deepen your artistic perception, as well as fostering a new appreciation for the world around you.
We will work from observation (looking at stuff) and work with various styles and approaches for discovery, exploration, and expression. There will be homework, but if the only time you have to draw is during this class, you will be fine.
NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. This beginning drawing class is a great primer for figure drawing, beginning painting, printmaking, or anyone who wants to get past the intimidation factor of drawing and increase their basic skills.
Suggested Materials:
Bring what you have. The list below is suggested, but not necessary. Pencil and paper will always be fabulous.
- Soft Willow Charcoal
- Pencils: HB and 6B or 8B
- Charcoal pencil: 6B or 8B / soft or super soft
- Strathmore 300 series drawing pad (yellow pad with top spiral bind, product code 340-318). At the school studio we use 18×24″ but home studios can be a bit less spacious. Get the largest size your work station will accommodate. 14×17″ is great.
- Newsprint. Get the largest size your work station will accommodate.
- Drawing board may be helpful to hold paper at an angle while you sit at a desk
- White vinyl/plastic eraser
- Chamois cloth- small
- Pencil sharpener
Optional:
- Conte stick – brown or black
- Sketchbook (optional)
- Large kneaded eraser (optional)
- Pens
We use the Zoom platform for online classes. Login codes are sent prior to the first class only. Some email systems such as Hotmail block our emails to you. Please check your junk folders, and if you have have not received your class info, please contact us (contact@seattleartistleague.com) 15-30 minutes before your class begins so we can reply with the login codes. We will get you into your class.
Drawing for Busy People
- Teacher: Charity Baker
- Class Length: 8 Weeks
- Days: Wednesday, beginning January 31
- Time: 7:00-8:30 pm PST
Too busy to take a class? Not anymore!
Drawing is a great way to focus and relax the mind. While many art classes take space and time to get set up, create, then clean up, it only takes a few minutes to grab a pencil and draw, and you can do it anywhere!
We’ve modified our beginning drawing course to give you the basics of line, form, tone, proportion, composition, gesture, movement, and expression. This is a drawing class designed to allow you to sample a wide variety of artistic styles and approaches, so that you can develop your observational skills while also discovering your own personal voice. Even by drawing for 10 minutes a day, you will gain greater confidence in your abilities, and deepen your artistic perception, as well as fostering a new appreciation for the world around you.
We will work from observation (looking at stuff) and work with various styles and approaches for discovery, exploration, and expression. There will be homework, but if the only time you have to draw is during this class, you will be fine.
NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. This beginning drawing class is a great primer for figure drawing, beginning painting, printmaking, or anyone who wants to get past the intimidation factor of drawing and increase their basic skills.
Suggested Materials:
Bring what you have. The list below is suggested, but not necessary. Pencil and paper will always be fabulous.
- Soft Willow Charcoal
- Pencils: HB and 6B or 8B
- Charcoal pencil: 6B or 8B / soft or super soft
- Strathmore 300 series drawing pad (yellow pad with top spiral bind, product code 340-318). At the school studio we use 18×24″ but home studios can be a bit less spacious. Get the largest size your work station will accommodate. 14×17″ is great.
- Newsprint. Get the largest size your work station will accommodate.
- Drawing board may be helpful to hold paper at an angle while you sit at a desk
- White vinyl/plastic eraser
- Chamois cloth- small
- Pencil sharpener
Optional:
- Conte stick – brown or black
- Sketchbook (optional)
- Large kneaded eraser (optional)
- Pens
“I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing.” – Vincent van Gogh
We use the Zoom platform for online classes. Login codes are sent prior to the first class only. Some email systems such as Hotmail block our emails to you. Please check your junk folders, and if you have have not received your class info, please contact us (contact@seattleartistleague.com) 15-30 minutes before your class begins so we can reply with the login codes. We will get you into your class.
Beginning Drawing
- Teacher: Lyall Wallerstedt
- Class Length: 8 Weeks
- Class Days: Mondays, beginning February 5
- Time: 6:00-8:30 pm PDT
Drawing is at the heart of everything we do at the League. The process of drawing is how we develop our artistic sensibility, and leads us to see the world in new ways. Everyone draws differently, because no one’s hand moves the same way, no one’s perception matches any other’s. With daily exercises and personalized feedback, this class will cover the basics of line, form, tone, perspective, proportion, composition, gesture, movement, and expression. Though challenging, there will be ample room for personal expression. This is a drawing class designed to allow you to sample a wide variety of artistic styles and approaches, so that you can develop your observational skills while also discovering your own personal voice. As you develop, you will gain greater confidence in your abilities and deepen your artistic perception, as well as foster a new appreciation for the world around you.
We will work from observation (looking at stuff) and work with various styles and approaches for discovery, exploration, and expression. There will be homework, but if the only time you have to draw is during this class, you will be fine.
NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. This beginning drawing class is a great primer for figure drawing, beginning painting, printmaking, or anyone who wants to get past the intimidation factor of drawing and increase their basic skills.
Suggested Materials:
Bring what you have. The list below is suggested, but not necessary. Pencil and paper will always be fabulous.
- Soft Willow Charcoal
- Pencils: HB and 6B or 8B
- Charcoal pencil: 6B or 8B / soft or super soft
- Strathmore 300 series drawing pad (yellow pad with top spiral bind, product code 340-318). At the school studio we use 18×24″ but home studios can be a bit less spacious. Get the largest size your work station will accommodate. 14×17″ is great.
- Newsprint. Get the largest size your work station will accommodate.
- Drawing board may be helpful to hold paper at an angle while you sit at a desk
- White vinyl/plastic eraser
- Chamois cloth- small
- Pencil sharpener
Optional:
- Conte stick – brown or black
- Sketchbook (optional)
- Large kneaded eraser (optional)
- Pens
- Ruler/triangle for perspective drawing
- Blades and 240 paper for sharpening pencils, charcoal
Drawing by Lyall Wallerstedt
We use the Zoom platform for online classes. Login codes are sent prior to the first class only. Some email systems such as Hotmail block our emails to you. Please check your junk folders, and if you have have not received your class info, please contact us (contact@seattleartistleague.com) 15-30 minutes before your class begins so we can reply with the login codes. We will get you into your class.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Drawing
- Teacher: Fran O’Neill
- Fees: Model fee included in course price
- Class Length: 8 Weeks
- Start Date: Wednesdays, begins February 7
- Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm PST
Drawing can be seen as a means to an end or as the beginning of exploring bigger ideas. Compositional elements and the idea of ‘getting it right’ is the jumping off point for this ‘hands on’ class. It is designed for the intermediate student and has the student drawing during each session.
Each week different ideas will be explored relating to (though, not limited) space, form, volume, texture; all vital to composition and as a way to hone hand/eye coordination. During the 8 week class, students will explore a variety of subject matter; 4 weeks of working from the model, 2 weeks of still life, 2 weeks of head studies. The emphasis for this course will be on the ‘making’ – with constructive critiques occurring one: one during the class, as well as group critiques. Students should be willing to discuss their work and learn to expand their vocabulary in terms of talking about their process.
Students will explore various approaches from using different materials and media, always with an emphasis on structure and composition. Students should expect to be challenged on their vision and be willing to rework a drawing.
At times, various artists contemporary and historical may be discussed in relation to their approaches and an analysis of individual works will occur. Students should expect to expand their perceptual drawing skills. This class is an intermediate drawing class.
MATERIALS LIST
Student needs and the way individuals use materials can vary greatly. Please see this list as a starting point for materials. You may need to purchase extra if you
- Drawing Board
- 20 sheets of cold press paper, 90lbs, 22x 30”
- Sketch book
- Range of Drawing Pencils from H, HB, F, 2b-6B
- Charcoal
- 2-3 Erasers (Steadler)
- Sumi Ink
- Brushes, variety (sable to flat)
- Colored pencils – red & blue
- Plastic containers to hold sumi ink
- Scissors &/or Stanley knife for cutting
- Ruler
Optional:
- Watercolor set
We use the Zoom platform for online classes. Login codes are sent prior to the first class only. Some email systems such as Hotmail block our emails to you. Please check your junk folders, and if you have have not received your class info, please contact us (contact@seattleartistleague.com) 15-30 minutes before your class begins so we can reply with the login codes. We will get you into your class.
MODEL PRIVACY: No photography, or screen shots are allowed in our Figure Drawing sessions. To protect the privacy of models, they have the option to wear minimal clothing. This is a change from our typical figure drawing classes, and will continue as long as these classes are offered online. Sometimes, the times call for a fig leaf.
Beginning Figure Drawing
- Teacher: Charity Baker
- Fee: Model fees included in course price
- Class Length: 8 Weeks
- Class Days: Sundays, beginning February 11 (class does not meet March 31)
- Time: 4:00-6:00 pm PDT
Students will work from the model, with poses ranging from 30 seconds to 20 minutes.
ALL LEVELS WELCOME. Even if there’s a structured lesson, this class is dedicated to support to the styles and interests of each individual artist.
Figure drawing is a repeatable class! If you have taken this class before and enjoyed the format, take it again. You will not be bored, and your skills will continue to improve each time. You might impress yourself with what a revisit will do for your success and enjoyment.
Materials List for Minimalists
If all you have is sketch paper and a pencil or some vine charcoal you will be fine.
Materials List for Bammes Studies
- Sketch paper – 11×14″ or larger (I go big in the studio, but on zoom the smaller sizes can be more comfortable.)
- Soft Vine Charcoal
- Drawing set – Graphite pencils, charcoal pencils, erasers, sharpener, conte
- Ink (sumi, india ink, acrylic ink, anything is fine. You only need a small amount)
- Medium sized round (pointed) or flat nylon brush
- Containers for ink and water
- Multi media paper, bristol, or watercolor paper for ink studies