Spend the afternoon learning practical approaches to drawing and sketching while discovering the stunning art in the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
You are invited to explore the vast collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a professional artist and teacher. Learn new ways to express your creativity in this intimate lesson and have fun at the same time.
All levels of experience are welcome. Maria’s workshops will provide drawing instruction focusing on the basics, such as expressive mark-making, line quality, composition, linear perspective, proportion, value (shades of gray), light and shadow, which will be reviewed and reinforced during class.
Sketchbook drawing is an art unto itself requiring skills that can be taught; like how to hold the sketchbook, how to use the "basic unit" and how to perform "sighting" while sketching. The museum's galleries offer ample choices for burgeoning artists to sharpen their talents and all will walk away from this lesson with new skills, tips, and tricks.
Leave this experience with new skills and confidence to begin creating anything you like.
Materials: - "Strathmore" Drawing Pads 6" x 8" or 9” x 12”
- Pencils - (1) 2B Pencil, (1) 4B pencil
- "Micron" Pen: #2, #5
- "Staedtler" plastic eraser or 2- arrow head erasers
- Two-holed pencil sharpener
- "Aquash" water brush (Optional)
- 2 blending stumps or chamois cloth