ONLINE Drawing with Charcoal
by Creatively Wild Art Studio
Ages
9 - 16 yrs
Dates
Tue, May 6, 2025 - May 27, 2025
4 classes
Time
4:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Location
Online via Zoom
Instructor
Sally N.
Capacity
20 students
Class Experience
Students will explore the medium of charcoal, including its history from ancient civilizations to the present day. Foundational principles of drawing are taught prior to using charcoal on toned or mixed media paper. Each lesson will build on the last, easing students into more complex drawings. The instructor will provide a subject each class or the student can provide the subject. Student participation in class critiques will be encouraged each lesson.
What you'll learn
- Foundational materials, tools, and surfaces for drawing with charcoal
- Techniques including rough sketching, rendering, shading, layering, blending and subtractive drawing
- How to build details after basic shapes are drawn
- How to apply white and black charcoal together on a toned surface
Sample Class Format
- Introduction to materials (including teacher demonstration each class)
- How to create your own toned paper
- Using charcoal to draw simple forms (still life)
- Creating depth and contrast using a value scale
- Mark-making to create texture (landscape or animal)
- Line vs volume (portrait/figure)
Other Things To Know
Holiday Schedule
See ScheduleHow To Participate
Attend class via Zoom video
This class will be hosted on Zoom video conferencing platform. You will receive an email 30 minutes before class starts with a link to the class and access instructions. We recommend you make sure your device is up to date and meets all system requirements before class.
What To Bring
- ART SUPPLIES are NOT included in your online class fee.
- General's Charcoal Drawing Assortment (https://www.dickblick.com/products/generals-charcoal-drawing-assortment/) . Set includes: 2 charcoal pencils with premium incense cedar wood barrels, 3 compressed charcoal sticks, 4 willow charcoal sticks, sharpener, kneaded eraser
- White charcoal pencil (https://www.dickblick.com/products/generals-white-charcoal-pencil/?fromSearch=%2Fsearch%2F%3Fsearchword%3Dwhite%20charcoal%20)
- Blending stumps (https://www.dickblick.com/items/gray-paper-stumps-assorted-set-of-12)
- Toned Paper 9”x12” or 11”x14” - Grey, Blue, or Tan (student’s choice) (https://www.dickblick.com/products/strathmore-400-series-toned-mixed-media-pads/?fromSearch=%2Fsearch%2F%3Fsearchword%3Dtoned%20paper)
- Mixed Media Pad 9”x12” or 11”x14” (https://www.dickblick.com/products/strathmore-400-series-mixed-media-pads)
Meet your Instructor
Sally N.
Sally Novak is an award-winning artist born in California, living in San Diego as a working artist represented by Galleria Dos Damas before moving to New York. Sally works with oil on canvas, acrylic on canvas and paper, found objects, and recycled materials. Her current works are environmental explorations on paper rendered in acrylics, graphite, and oil pastels. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. She graduated cum laude as a painting major.