Drawing Foundations Workshop

Drawing Foundations Workshop

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

Skill Level: Any, good for beginners and professionals

Instructor: Keara i Mchaffie 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.