$125 (4 out of 6 possible dates) April 5, 12, 19, 26 May 3, 10, 2024
All levels are welcome, but class is geared toward beginners. With a combination of demonstrations and
hands on experience, Lisa will help you gain confidence in your own drawing. Draw from still life, on-line
images, or your own photos to learn how to control the different mediums used and create the effects you
want in your own drawings.
Suggested reading:
Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters by Robert Beverly Hale
Techniques of Drawing by Howard Simon
A Guide to Drawing by Daniel M Mendelowitz and Duane A Wakeham
Topics:
Materials (paper, pencils, charcoals, inks)
Weight of line (examples of importance, exercises to control)
Types of marks (cross hatching, smooth blends, scribbles, etc.)
Value (10 pt scale, light to dark is frequently 3 steps)
Looseness to capture movement (gesture drawing, not getting drawn to details first)
Composition (Controlling where the eye goes with shape, value, light, movement, texture)
$125 + $10 model fee per student per class (4 out of 6 possible dates) May 31, June
7, 14, 21, 28, July 12
Using a clothed model, Lisa will guide you through various ways to capture a figure. We will draw the
figure in dry medium for this class, with the goal of having enough information captured to begin a
painting. Most work will be in monotone, but color will be covered briefly at the end through pastels.
(NOTE: Model fee to be paid in cash to model at the beginning of each class.)
Suggested reading:
The Artist's Complete Guide to Figure Drawing by Anthony Ryder
The Big Book of Drawing and Painting the Figure by Muntsa Calbo' I Angrill
Topics:
Block in (large composition, smaller pieces of overall, making everything fit)
Gesture (capturing movement, creating interest)
Contour (what curves in, what curves out)
Light & Shadow defining form (building form through determining where it is important for light to
hit and what can recede into shadow, understanding the movement of light)
Color (warm & cool, bold & muted, contrast & complementary)
$125 (4 out of 6 possible dates) July 19, 26, Aug 2, 9, 16, 23
This class covers various ways to get your beautiful drawing or photograph transferred to canvas to begin
your painting. Bring several of your own works that you would like to begin. By the end of class, you should
have three or more paintings blocked in, ready to begin painting in earnest.
Suggested reading:
How to Paint like the Old Masters by Joseph Sheppard
Direct drawing on canvas (graphite & fixative with toning over, turpentine & oil on white
canvas)
Toned canvas (block-in, wipe out, graphite or charcoal over grey gesso & fixative)
Painting/Drawing Open Studio Class
with Allison Doke
Spring 2024
Fridays 1:30 - 4 p.m. (2.5-hour class)
6 week session:
Students will work individually at their own pace over the course of 6 weeks. The focus will be on an
expressive style of painting while applying some basic principles of art: composition, value, and color.
Allison will do several short demos during the 6 weeks.
Please email Allison ([email protected]) with questions and images of your
work (if you have
any). This will help her tailor the class to your level.
Allison typically teaches painting with the use of either oil or acrylic paints. Please bring some
pencils
and a small notebook for thumbnail sketches. Bring what you have to the first class and she can recommend
other supplies.