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Northstar Academy

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Christian school for grades 4-12

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Intermediate Drawing

  • Name:

    Intermediate Drawing (DRAW102)

  • Department:

    Fine Arts

  • Credits:

    0.5 (semester course)

  • Suggested Prerequisites:

    Intro to Drawing (DRAW101)

Intermediate Drawing

Description:

In this course, students will build upon the skills they learned in DRAW101. Students will continue to explore drawing techniques with a focus on figure and narrative drawing. Projects in the course will include portraits, animal drawings, and illustration. Students will challenge themselves with advanced drawing techniques and exploration of a variety of mediums including ink, charcoal, and oil pastels.

FROM THE TEACHER

By the end of this course, you’ll gain the skills and confidence to move beyond stick figures and create detailed, realistic drawings! You’ll learn a proportional formula for accurately drawing the human body, faces, and hands, and you’ll refine your figure drawing skills through a variety of engaging projects, including story illustrations.

This course focuses on realism, which helps you create artwork that looks true to life. You’ll explore a range of exciting drawing techniques using charcoal, ink, and oil pastels. In addition to drawing people and reflecting on the beauty of how man is made in the image of God, you’ll also have opportunities to capture the wonder of nature through a few projects.

If you’re passionate about drawing and eager to enhance your ability to draw people and create illustrations, this class is perfect for you!

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Student Feedback

I really liked how some of the assignments and what we were learning in this course related back to the Bible, and that she assigned us to take some time to consider about them and make biblical connections.

Yeseong

I liked that the course gave a variety of mediums to work with. I also liked how the lessons were quite detailed and even included links to further help us learn.

Yousef

I really enjoyed that we learned many techniques in this course and all of them really improved my drawing skills.

Rachel