Course Introduction:

This class is designed for anyone interested in learning to draw in charcoal and pencil. Students will develop their skills through exercises in still life, geometric forms, plaster casts, and portrait studies. The class covers line, mark, gesture, contour lines, tonal value, light and shadow, shape and volume, grayscale, texture, and pattern. Emphasis is placed on foundation drawing skill and observation with dry materials.

Tool & Material:

Newsprint, charcoal paper, Generals charcoal, pencil, Compressed charcoal and willow

Class #1: Still life- surface and texture

Class #2: Eraser as pen- Light in dark

Class #3: Plaster statue- shape and volume

Class #4: Charcoal drawing with brush

Class #5: Portrait I

Class #6: Portrait II

About teaching artist: 

Maxine Leu is an interdisciplinary artist, art educator, and environmentalist from Taiwan. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at the State University of New York at New Paltz and her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Tainan University of Technology (TUT), Tainan, Taiwan. Her work focuses on the environment, communication, and identity. Leu has been promoting workshops about Printmaking, Sculpture, Eco-friendly and recycling Art, and Traditional Chinese Art in a number of places since 2015.

@maxineleu/ www.maxineleu.com

Maxine collaborates with various non-profit organizations, art centers, and education programs. Organizations/individual who are interested in collaborating or custom lessons can write Maxine a letter to reserve a time slot . For those who are interested in participating, check out the announcements on social media. We look forward to seeing you!