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Drawing with Graphite 101 (Safe In-Studio)

Unlock your artistic potential and bring your drawings to life with the historic medium of graphite. Learn measuring, shading, and sketching techniques to create dimension and texture on paper. Perfect for beginners or those returning to art, this class will improve your hand-to-eye coordination and teach you the skills needed to create stunning line and tone drawings.

  • Beginner
  • 7 and older
  • $160
  • 13615 Burbank Blvd, Van Nuys, CA
  • 4 hours over 4 sessions
Drawing with Graphite 101 (Safe In-Studio)

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  • $160
  • Pastimes for a Lifetime, Inc. @ 13615 Burbank Blvd Unit B, Van Nuys, CA 91401
  • 4 hours over 4 sessions
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  • Sat, Mar 30 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  • Sat, Mar 30 at 10:00am - 11:00am
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  • Sat, Mar 30 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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  • Tue, Apr 02 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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  • Tue, Apr 23 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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  • Wed, Apr 03 at 3:45pm - 4:45pm
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What you'll learn in this drawing class:

This fun and informative class is ideal for beginners as well as students returning to art classes after a long absence. Basic skills are learned or rekindled with this historic medium. Students will focus on developing measuring and drawing skills, as well as honing sensitivity in the hand. Unique projects in Linda’s curriculum improve hand-to-eye coordination while teaching how to measure for proportion. Best practices for sketching and shading with graphite pencil are taught in order to produce dimension, perspective and texture on paper. Students create line and tone drawings for their portfolios or enjoyment. Learn how to bring flat drawings to 3-D life!

Ideal for those interested in drawing for fine art, cartoons, commercial or book illustration and storyboards.

Drawing Lessons For Kids

Have an aspiring young artist? Linda works with children as young as 7.  If you’re looking for art instruction for your child you’ve come to the right place!

Prerequisites:

None. This class is a basic prerequisite and must be taken before moving on. Students will finish the class with a collection of completed graphite drawings and the certificate of completion necessary to move up to the next level.

Each course comes with a fun and informative Project Booklet containing the Certificate of Completion necessary to move on to the next level.

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Refund Policy

Tuition is not refundable.

When rescheduling a class a business days notice in advance of the class is required or the class is forfeited.

The make-up class must be attended within the 30 days. A make-up cannot be rescheduled once booked.

No make-ups are given for no-shows or if you forget to come to class.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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