The ultimate drawing courses for beginner to advanced.
Whether it’s a refresher course or your first attempt at sketching the basic shapes, join Mike for a time to kick back and relax while enhancing your art skills. As both a veteran teacher and coach, Mike meets his students where they are at. He is known for being able to see the gifts that each person brings to the process.
Course one: Ready. Set. Sketch.
This four-part introductory course is focused on gaining confidence in sketching. Mike’s background and training in mechanical and architectural drawing support his passion for inspiring, motivating, and encouraging creativity and exploration with students. The class is about sketching, but for those that want it, the class is also about exploring our unique gifts and passions.
What will happen?
Developing a common vocabulary and understanding of the basics of sketching.
Gaining confidence with one- and two-dimensional drawings, incorporating the five basic shapes: square, pyramid, cone, cylinder, and sphere.
Drawing realistic one-, two-, three-point perspectives.
Line formation, shading, and shadowing.
Course two: Advanced Sketching.
As a follow-up to Ready. Set. Sketch. Advanced Sketching students will be challenged with individual projects incorporating basic shapes, shading, shadowing, and coloring with a variety of mediums. Learners progress at their own pace based on their personal goals during this four-part series. This is a no-pressure advanced sketching course that will allow the learner to grow at the pace and in the direction that feels most comfortable for them.
Prerequisite of introductory course.
Taking basic skills to the next level.
Shading.
Shadows.
Ink sketching.
F.A.Q.
Both the introductory series and the advanced series of Ready. Set. Sketch. challenge you to immerse yourself in the process of creating something original and satisfying. As a social activity it allows you to interact with other like-minded people with the goals of inspiration, motivation and being coached.
Ready. Set. Sketch helps you to recognize and pay attention to simple shapes, basic textures, and the light of the natural world. We explore different mediums and techniques in creating realistic and expressive objects.
The two level of courses help build a mental and physical toolbox of the basic skills of drawing. Our time together serves as a catalyst to drawing once you leave the sessions.
Our students have ranged from 11 years of age to senior citizens.
Ready. Set. Sketch. is a form of self-expression that helps you discover more about yourself and your potential in art. Research has shown that drawing provides skills and motivation to improve your concentration, memory, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Drawing might also lower your anxiety, depression, and boredom levels. It can even stimulate your brain and prevent cognitive decline as you age!
Contact Mike to host Ready. Set. Sketch in your venue or community.