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Drawing for Beginners (adult art workshop)

Presented by CREATE Arts Center at CREATE Arts Center

Pick up a pencil and learn to draw in this 4-week workshop designed to teach the fundamentals of drawing!

Whether it's your first time drawing since you were a child, or you want to learn some techniques to upgrade your artistic style, this workshop will teach you the basics needed to create works of art in pencils and ink. Experience level: Beginner to intermediate

Week 1: Still Life -- Learn how to draw from objects in front of you. Explore different techniques such as blending, contour, hatching, and stippling.
Week 2: Figure & Gesture Drawing -- Learn the basic proportions that make up the figure, and take turns doing quick sketches and gesture drawings of each other.
Week 3: Perspective -- Learn about one-point and two-point perspective, and create your own landscape drawings.
Week 4: Squaring Off -- Learn how to create and use a grid on a reference photo to draw your image.

Admission Info

Drawing for Beginners is $110 and preregistration is required. All materials are included in the cost.

Phone: 301-588-2787

Email: registrar@createartscenter.org

Location Info

CREATE Arts Center

914 Silver Spring Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Parking Info

Parking Information: Metered garage parking is available in the Fenton Street Village (Garage 4) Parking Garage and a small surface lot by our building (see map above), and can be paid with either coins or through the MobileNOW app. Metered street parking is available on Silver Spring Avenue in front of our building, and will be available across the street when ongoing construction is finished.

Visit our website for full parking information, and to view a parking map.