From Eye to Paper: Drawing What You See
The Joseph Baldwin Academy – Session II (July 6 – 27, 2013)

Drawing is the fundamental forming skill for the budding artist and is an important first step in the process of painting and other artistic endeavors. Regardless of what kind of art you enjoy, or what kind of artistic ventures you might one day pursue, your drawing skills are essential for the industry of visual art.

From Eye to Paper: Drawing What You See is a concentrated course that provides practical training to develop your drawing skills and techniques using many traditional subjects, approaching line, form, proportion, value, composition, and perspective in various drawing formats. Students will observe and respond to their subjects while exploring a range of drawing materials and techniques to show, to analyze, and articulate ideas about their own work.

Enrollment limited to 20 students. Course fee for class supplies and materials is $60.00.

Textbook

1. Perspective Made Easy
2. How to Draw What You See

Instructor

Ping Xu, Assistant Professor of Art, Visual Communications, Truman State University.  B.F.A., Visual Communications, Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago
M.F.A., Visual Communications, Kansas State University.

Preceptor

Sarah Burns | Stephanie Dunn