We will be in room 522 at the Sheridan Lutheran Church for our March 13th LAG meeting. Program is:

Fundamentals of Portrait Drawing – It Doesn’t Need to Be Scary! 

We will be working with a live model – 5, 10 and 20 minute sessions

1) Seeing and capturing basic shapes – orbs, eggs, pyramids, cones, cubes, etc. and organizing them into a portrait

2) Gesture – Orienting the figure in your space

3) Expression – what key elements make this subject special? 

Materials:

Drawing pad, 9×12” or larger

Drawing clipboard (optional)

Easel – if you want to stand (also optional)

Charcoal pencils – hard and medium (I recommend General’s – available at Michaels, Hobby Lobby or Gomez)

Cretacolor sticks or Conte’ pencils, if you like (optional) I will probably be using Cretacolor for some drawings

Utility knife (razor) and sanding block for sharpening – available at most any hardware store

Chamois cloth

Kneaded eraser

If possible, it would be helpful to have a few trash cans scattered around the space for shavings, sanding dust.  

Program facilitator will be Chuck Schroeder