Drawing Classes in San Francisco, CA

In this five week course we will delve into the world of illustration! We will learn about illustration as a communicative art that is used to narrate books, magazines, newspapers, and advertising. Illustrators must create eye catching work, but also be able to hold an audience with a story and a message. We will learn the process of making a successful...

Students will work independently from a live model. All non-fuming 2D media welcome. Sessions will include longer and shorter poses, and new poses each week.  Model fee included. This is an uninstructed class lead by a studio monitor. Required Materials: Bring any odorless 2D media that your are comfortable using. Please use only odorless...

This is a class designed to introduce students to the wonderful world of Botanic illustration! Each week I will choose a subject for study and will demonstrate specific techniques for rendering, layering, blending, shading, and adding texture in colored pencils. The students are welcome to bring in their own subjects to draw as well. We will use magnifying...

Develop a character in this workshop by recognizing iconic and quintessential shapes, postures, and gestures. Move from a sketch, creating several small thumbnails to a finished piece. Combining storytelling and illustration, character design focuses on how people present themselves and what our trappings and features convey. Various media options...

Improve brush handling, color mixing, and simplifying a complex topic into its most important elements through painting sketches. Free yourself from the stresses of always working on a finished painting! Allow yourself to learn quickly by embracing learning as the ultimate goal.  We will be executing two painting sketches per class, focusing...

Gain confidence in your art-making by sharpening your representational drawing skills with charcoal, graphite and ink. A warm-up is followed by direct instruction, then individual practice.  Learn composition, measurement, and rendering of 3D objects including the human head. Work on optional assignments or watch instructional videos curated by...

Experience the joy of drawing, painting and sculpting in a variety of media while expressing your personal creative vision. Fundamentals of color, composition, line, shape and form will be briefly discussed. See you there! All materials will be provided by the Art Center.

This class celebrates the fun of drawing while inspiring the playful side of this basic visual art form. We will do drawing games and activities, working together and as individuals. We will be using drawing to explore art in as many ways as we can imagine, dance drawing, team drawing, mirror drawing, window drawing.  This will include playing...

In this class we will learn the basics of drawing a portrait and will use ourselves as inspiration! We will then use a variety of media to bring our portraits to life such as colored pencil, ink, watercolor, acryla gouache, stamps, and basically whatever we feel like using! The brighter the colors, the more media the better! I will discuss the use...

This class covers the basics in recognizing and recording inspiration, drawing exercises, composition, perspective, presentation, proportion, balance, harmony, creating a stitch plan and more. Equipment Needed: All materials are supplied but a notebook is recommended in case you wish to take notes.

Explore the techniques of monotype: applying paint and printing ink directly onto a plexiglass surface and passing it through an etching press. Allowing only one print, monotype is not intended for production but rather for the expressive and painterly effects that cannot be achieved by other printmaking. Brayers, paint brushes, drawing tools and...

The goal of this course is to provide students an opportunity to explore a variety of mixed media methods using a wide range of techniques. Each class will be a stand-alone project and a chance to delve into a medium that is perhaps new or unexplored. Students will be encouraged to take a medium farther into personal projects and further exploration....

Never picked up a needle or haven’t since you were young? Join us for Bite-Size Embroidery for Beginners. Easy and fun, you will leave with a completed embroidery! Learn chain stitch, satin stitch, whipped back stitch, and French knots as well as basic skills such as how to trace a design onto fabric and thread the needle. Personalize your piece...

Learn to make a complete painting from the figure in gouache or acrylic paint. Focus is on pictorial development using live models. Some figure drawing experience preferred. Ages 18 & up welcome. Model fee included. Fee includes modeling fees. Required supplies for this program: 1. Paints if using gouache: Any brand gouache tube colors will...

Ignite Your Wild Creativity: Creating Abstract Painting with Passion Let Loose!  Get Wild!  These workshops will change your art!  You will experience and explore, delve and create, and find your way with confidence and boldness to express what is uniquely you.  In each class, you will be guided in the learning process through...