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...

Inventing a Narrative with M. Louise Stanley Back by popular demand, this workshop with M. Louise Stanley focuses on the ideas development process. Stanley will share her sketchbooks and postcard collection then lead students through an exercise to create their own narrative-driven artwork. The Richmond Art Center will supply basic materials or students...

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...

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...

Students with experience measuring proportions can further refine their skills though the exploration of foreshortening, perspective, composition and the treatment of varied surfaces. Longer drawing time allow for reflection and additional instructor feedback as you work through individual challenges.  Use the drawing media of your choice as you...

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.

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...

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...

Learn the basics of colored pencils, from hatching techniques to burnishing. Workshop projects will cover landscape drawing, rendering classic fruits, and capturing the vibrancy of colorful candies!  For artists at any level of drawings skills. Note: Materials fee of $20 due to instructor day of.

Fast and slow drawing, working from the inside structures and outside reference points, training eye and intuition: We'll approach our understanding of our fellow human bodies using charcoal, cut paper, chalk, and paint.  The best way to gain skill is to practice! Class is for beginners or experienced artists, following exercises or working more...

Liberate your ability to use line and marks in your paintings and delight in our own inner vocabulary as you create gestural abstracts. In this hands-on, experiential workshop you will use large and small, common and uncommon tools/brushes to explore, learn techniques and create drawings and paintings with your own unique marks.  A great workshop...

Learn to render light and form in color. The workshop will cover basic color theory and color layering/mixing. Students will observe color interactions and learn to manipulate hue, value and saturation to create colored pencil drawings with a strong sense of light, three-dimensional form and depth.  The workshop will focus on representational...