Find Your Flow: Freehand Line Drawing taught by Jinjer Markley (Multi-Session)
October 27 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Multi-Session Class
Meets 3 Tuesdays, October 27, November 3 +10 from 10:30am-12:30pmIN PERSON CLASS
Freehand Drawing means drawing from life without any pencil sketches underneath. Blank pages are scary in a delicious way, watching images appear from nothing is thrilling, and the rhythm of observing and making marks is centering. In this class, you will learn to tap into this meditative experience by learning to look, training your hands and drawing simple objects and figures. This class is just right if you are a beginning drawer, or if you want to loosen up your drawing style.
In these 3 sessions, we will focus on drawing freehand line art. We will train our eyes to find lines, accurately recognize curves, analyze proportion, and notice negative space. We will also learn fun, meditative exercises to train our hands to control curved and straight lines. We will ease into drawing objects, starting with tracing, and move up to simple freehand figure drawing.
Week 1: Lines and Curves
Week 2: Proportions
Week 3: Negative space and Reading Between the Lines.
Materials: All class materials are available for purchase from our store Wet Paint Artists’ Materials. We are open 10-6pm daily at 1684 Grand Avenue in St. Paul, MN or online at www.wetpaintart.com.
- Sketchbook (I really like the A4 size Fabriano EcoqQua sketchbooks)
- Pens in multiple widths. For example, Micron pens in a size 1or 2 and a size 8.
- A black marker, such as a Sharpie.
- (optional, but nice to have): Tracing paper. (Some is available in the classroom)
- I assume you have access to a camera and a printer
Classes have a limited space available and some fill quickly. Decisions about whether to cancel a class or add another session are typically made one week prior to the start of a class. If a class you are interested in is full we will have a waiting list and will contact you if a space opens up. If a class is cancelled due to low enrollment (fewer than 4 registrations) all registrations will be promptly refunded.
Ticket Instruction: You must choose a quantity to activate “get tickets”. To pay for a class registration with a Wet Paint gift card, please call 651-698-6431
