Drawing class for Adults

DRAWING

This class is best suited for beginner and intermediate level artists who would like to improve their drawing-from-observation skills. We will teach you techniques like stippling, cross-hatching, and blending. We will also give you pointers on observing proportions, shapes, and angles for more accurate drawing.

Instructor will have some basic skill-learning projects (both drawing still life from live set ups and drawing from photographs) but students should also bring their ideas about the subject matter they are interested in drawing. If you bring your current drawing projects, we will offer a constructive critique, giving you tips on how to bring it to a professional finish, including strengthening the composition, and analyzing the values and colors to make it more dynamic. Students should bring some basic drawing supplies but we will also have various drawing media for you to try out.

Students will need:1. A sketchbook, 60lb or heavier is best, not too small, 9x12 or 11x14 is good.2. A #2 pencil and a soft eraser as a minimum; if you have an assortment of hard (H) and soft (B) pencils, that is even better. A kneaded eraser or a soft white vinyl one are best so as to not damage the paper.
3. You may also bring any other favorite drawing supplies, charcoal, pastels, ink, etc.

About the Instructor:

Amanda Lee Condict, Instructor, she/her

https://www.instagram.com/amandaleecondict/

Amanda Lee Condict has studied at Kutztown University, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Albright College, and Empire State College.

An illustrator and designer, Amanda has always worked in graphic arts and publishing– first as a product and fashion illustrator for Boscov’s department store; then as art director of County Magazine; and finally operating Condict and Company, a design and illustration studio which created catalogs, textbooks, and advertising collateral for a variety of clients, many of them in the fashion and beauty industries. Over the course of 30 years, her company grew to eight artists and several administrative staff before the recession of 2008 caused her to downsize. She then returned to her roots as a free lance illustrator while also teaching illustration and design in the fashion department at Albright College.

Amanda recently retired from her adjunct instructor position and creates an eclectic array of artwork, in many different styles and media. The one constant in her work is the theme or subject; it is always about people and positions them as central, as subjects in their own lives, as well as subjects in her artwork. It speaks of their relationship with things they own, their relationship with each other, their relationship with themselves, their relationship with her.

Amanda exhibits her art in various local galleries and accepts portrait commissions. She often is inspired to create art for a cause and has donated her talents to many charitable organizations, most recently painting a victim of gun violence for the Souls Shot’s traveling exhibit. She is on the roster of the PA Council of Arts visiting artists’ program, doing artist residencies at libraries and other public spaces. She has taught art at Yocum Institute, Clay on Main, and Albright College’s Total Experience Learning; operates Vincent van BYO, a painting party studio; and paints murals, mostly as community projects. She curates the traveling group show “The Female Gaze” and was a forensic sketch artist on an episode of “The Dead Files.” She was honored with the 2021 Coggins Award of Excellence for her creativity, innovation, and service to others. She serves on several area arts committees including Public Relations for Berks Art Alliance, Berks Arts Council’s Roundtable, administrator of the Sketching Workshop, an international organization of artists, and the board of Clay on Main.

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