• Absolute Beginners
  • Drawing

This course is a great way to begin your artistic journey! Through in-class exercises and demonstrations, students will explore observational drawing, learning how to see, how to translate light and shade, positive and negative space, capture gestures using line, volume, value, proportion, natural perspective, contour, composition and mark-making. You'll explore a variety of media, learning about the possibilities. The fundamentals of observation are vital to any creative practice!

Note Introduction to Drawing taught by Donnely Smallwood will have a life model for one class.


Spring 2021:

538 - 8 weeks: Tuition: $355 + Material Fee: $15 + Model Fee: $15  = Total: $385

Summer 2021:

538 - 5 weeks: Tuition: $264 + Materials Fee: $15 = $279


PLEASE NOTE: Due to COVID 19, special policies and regulations will apply. Students must be in agreement with these health and safety regulations and TSA's policies in order to enrol.

Notes: Spring 2021: 538: Donnely Smallwood is the instructor for the Tuesday morning session Summer 2021: 538: Is taught by Donnely Smallwood
* This course is not currently open for registration

What you will learn

  • Ways of seeing
  • Line/Contour
  • Gesture
  • Mark-making
  • Negative/positive shape
  • Tonal values
  • Composition
  • Experimenting with media: Exposure to a variety of materials and processes of wet and dry media
  • Presentation of various examples throughout history