The foundation of all visual arts, drawing is essential to developing artistic skill. It can be a fun and rewarding experience to begin to draw realistically from observation through exercises that focus on line, shape, mark making, shading, perspective, and composition. Discover how to create the illusion of three-dimensional form and space on paper. Each teacher takes a different approach to this fundamental class though demonstrations and individual attention. Course 2.20 has no class 10/1/19.

Learn to draw representationally from plaster casts and still-life subjects. Explore traditional approaches of monochromatic studies as well as contemporary approaches to formulate your own artistic interest in studies and finished pieces. Work in any drawing medium from charcoal to ebony to silverpoint graphite.

Take your studies of this ancient art to the next level. Flower fee of $60 paid to the instructor. No class 4/24/20.

Sogetsu Ikebana is much more than Japanese flower arranging; it is a modern form of the ancient art of sculpture with living materials. Learn the traditional principles and aesthetic disciplines combined with creative energies to capture, express, and enhance natural beauty. In each session, you learn new principles of design and techniques to express the harmony of nature and your imagination. Flower fee of $60 paid to the instructor, Ikebana frog and container starting at $30. No class 11/26/19.