Contact Me:
niki_phillips@xtra.co.nz
Phone: 0274 396 394

Drawing Nightclass

This is a comprehensive course where we will be drawing different things each week which will stretch your mind regarding your own approach to drawing. Every week you will receive a lesson plan and photocopies relating to the particular session. During each lesson we all circulate as a class around the room to have a look at everybody's different drawing style. I prefer not to lend imagery out as it becomes time consuming keeping track of where it all is. There is always quiet music playing and a friendly atmosphere.

Please bring HB,2B,6B pencils - optional are water colour pencils and solid graphite pencils if you want to experiment. Rubber, sharpener, size A3 or larger cartridge paper.

Lesson 1	Drawing Using the Grid System and Tonal Rendering
By using this simple but exacting system, you will discover a new way of seeing and drawing an object or image. The grids cost $1.00 each and you may take referential photocopies home to continue working on. I continually circulate around the class in each session offering suggestions and encouragement. My style of teaching is to draw directly in to your work to explain things to you. We will practice rendering with tone using both 2D and 3D references. You will be given photocopied imagery to take home.
Lesson 2	Drawing faces
We draw from life in this session, drawing the profiles of our classmates and/or drawing from a large projected image on the wall.
Lesson 3	Female life model
For this lesson and the 'Male Life Drawing' lesson, depending on class size, we either create esthetic images of interest and beauty using 2D references, or if we have a large class we have live models. Either aproach to Life Drawing is a valuable and enjoyable lesson.
Lesson 4	Male life model
Artist : Sam Hickson, Douglas Tuionetoa Same as above.
Lesson 5 & 6	For this week and next weeks lesson we create an artwork.........
This week we create an art work from our Still Life arrangement by drawing hand picked beautiful objects and incorperating a coloured background of your choosing. There is photocopied resource material showing you how to consider 'framing' or placement of the drawing on the page to take home.
Lesson 7	Drawing Landscapes
Here we get expressive!! We draw from large images projected on to the wall using colored chalk on coloured paper to create dynamic drawings. There will also be a large range of 2D imagery to draw from if you prefer. I have seen many beautiful art works come out of this lesson over the years! All materials provided.
Lesson 8	Collage Portraits using Charcoal Pencils, Chalk Pastels and Torn Paper
Artist : Judith Klausenstock For this lesson we use an artist model to create very beautiful and dynamic work. We create a portrait using layering of torn paper, charcoal drawing, water colours and flat colours...sound interesting? It is! All materials provided
Lesson 9	Creating Dynamic Images/Artwork using Textural Backgrounds and Chalk Pastels
Artist : Sam Hickson Here we move from dawing beauty to drawing charachter!! I provide multi layered painted backgrounds for you to work on. I also provide some really fun images for you to draw on to the textured background which produces the effect of the image not exactly sitting 'on top' of the background, but is more a part of it to create an art work with a dynamic new 'look'.