ARTistic Pursuits: Drawing with Graphite Pencils – Beginner Level (Art Core 1)

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Start with Beginner Level Art Core 1, Drawing with Graphite Pencils, where students are taught the elements of art in simply written text and video lessons.

Students can work independently as they learn drawing techniques and handy tips about being an artist from the video, then apply those ideas to their own unique work of art.

Your child can work independently as they learn drawing techniques and handy tips about being an artist from the video, then apply those ideas to their own unique work of art.  Text lessons broaden the scope of learning as students:

• Observe the elements in their environments in order to connect the ideas to real-world experiences.
• See the elements used by Master Artists while learning about the artist and major events in American art history.
• Incorporate new techniques and processes for drawing into their own works of art as they explore various subject matter.

The ability to draw isn’t something you’re born with, but it’s built on a number of techniques and principles that you can learn! Here are just a few of the concepts you’ll learn to use in this course:

• Learn to make different types of drawings: outline, basic, reverse drawing and more!
•  Learn to successfully draw a subject on your own using the basic steps and troubleshooting along the way.
• Control the pressure on the pencil to create light, middle, and dark values.
• Hold your pencil at different angles as you make marks to add types of textures to your drawing.
• Learn our mistake-free method for drawing a human figure so that you can draw the people around you!
• Discover how a basic drawing strategy frees your mind to focus on the elements you see so that you draw better than ever before!
• Become confident when drawing a variety of subjects including: objects that are meaningful to you, the places you go, the people you love, and animals you see.