Drawing Foundations Workshop

Drawing Foundations Workshop

Gain foundational drawing skills in this one day summer workshop. We’ll start by discussing the basics of charcoal and its significance within classical to contemporary drawing methods and painting prepation. Learn all of charcoal’s possibilities including the loose organic nature of the medium to the precision and extreme detail that you can also accomplish. Moving past charcoal exercises we will talk about graphite, the range of pencils available, and learn the steps on how to draw transfers from images to canvas.

Skill Level

Any level welcome, but this program is particularly good for beginners and professionals.

Instructor

Keara McHaffie

Materials

All materials are included.

About Keara

Keara is a New England based artist who received her Bachelors of Fine Arts from The Art Institute of Chicago. Her work explores childhood memories and home life. She utilizes color in evocative ways to illustrate her experiences, whether good or bad. She focuses on large scale oil paintings that revolve around constructed memories from her adolescence to adulthood. She will be receiving her Masters in Arts in Teaching and Learning of Art and Design, from The Rhode Island School of Design in May 2025.