Drawing Classes in Washington, DC

Our weekly Life Drawing series is an independent figure drawing class that allows students to work from a live model in your choice of mediums. While skill level is varied, there is no immediate instruction allowing each student to practice their drawing skills at their own pace. While easels, chairs and artistic ambiance are provided by Hillyer,...

In this workshop, we blend business and design thinking within an interactive setting to help you produce quick, tangible results through sketching. This is for anyone who has ideas about anything and wants to learn a few more ways to share them with others. You will: Redefine what sketching is and learn to use the 5 basic shapes to communicate...

Explore memories and ideas for making pictures and symbol imagery that can be fitted together, forming a playful composition by drawing and painting inside, outside, or perhaps all around the Alphabet Letter(s) that you invent. This class is an adventure for individuals to invent, taking from within themselves a story to be told through fanciful, colorful...

Dragons are the symbol of supreme power and good fortune in the East. It is a mythical creature that combines the features and qualities of multiple animals, birds and fish. Learn the anatomy of a classic dragon of the East, draw it in pencil and markers, and finish it in watercolor.

Drawing skills can be taught and are strengthened through practice. This course is designed for those who want to learn or refine their drawing skills. Sighting, measuring, shading, and composition will be covered. Learn to render subjects with accuracy. Open to all skill levels. We encourage you to take this class again and again.

Great class to learn how to draw & paint! Develop drawing & painting skills using pencil, charcoal, & paint including oils & acrylic. Assignments include still-life, costume figure & landscape. Instructor provides demos, critiques & art history lectures daily.

Students will study the basics of figure drawing with a model, learning how to capture a human form in space. We will explore drawing techniques including gesture, contour and value, using a variety of drawing materials.

Drawing Fundamentals 8-12 years All skill levels are welcome. Students will learn line, composition, proportion, perspective, volume, value, and more in this skill-building class that will hone their observational skills as they draw from life.

Learn a variety of basic drawing skills from contour and scribble to building volume and shading. Students will experiment with a variety of media including graphite, conte crayon and ink

Classical painter Teresa Oaxaca will coordinate figure drawing sessions Fridays from 10:30 am to 2 pm. Students at all levels are welcome at these uninstructed sessions using traditional drawing media.

Drawing I Drawing is the basis for all art ? all students are welcome: beginners who wish to learn the basics, to more advanced students who wish to strengthen their skills. We will explore different drawing materials and practice the fundamentals including line, proportion, volume, value, perspective, and more.

WSS provides three opportunities each week for students and others to practice their figure work from the model in a monitored but non-instructed basis. We encourage all students to take advantage of these sessions! They are available to WSS students and outside artists as well.

Students develop consistency, accuracy, and confidence before using color. Weekly demonstrations and drills train students to see proportions, planes, values, and learn systematic human head construction. Continuing students may use their preferred media to draw from photos, or 2- and 3-week poses.  Basic Drawing is a suggested prerequisite. ...

Capture the figure quickly, accurately, and confidently. Draw from male or female models each week. Measuring, webbing, value, foreshortening, the head, and gesture drills are emphasized to build strong, well-placed beginnings. Weekly demos focus on sections of the body using construction and value, using simple inexpensive materials. Basic Drawing...