5 hours
Artists Center at the Galen
Starting at USD 151
Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 10:30 am to 03:30 pm (GMT-07:00)
Artists Center at the Galen
72567 Hwy 111, Palm Desert, United States
Students will learn about balance, focal point, depth, action and more. Using varying degrees of contrast, simplicity and complex detail, soft and hard edges etc., they will learn to lead the viewer’s eye on a journey through their art work and evoke a mood of their choice. The Fibonacci sequence, the golden mean and the rule of thirds will be discussed. Exercises will include analyzing master paintings, and creating realistic and abstract compositions from objects, imagination, photo reference and negative shapes. The importance of thumbnail sketches will be emphasized. On the second day students will do a carefully planned final drawing. This will be a two-day class, from 10:30 to 3:30 each day, with a lunch break. This class is useful for students of all levels, but some drawing experience is advised.
Drawing Materials:
Sketch book, 9x12 is a good size but larger is fine.
Pencils, some light and some dark, I'm using an ordinary #2 pencil for the light one and a 9b woodless graphite pencil for the dark, but there plenty of choices. H pencils are lighter, the higher the number themlighter, and B pencils are darker, the higher the number the darker, so 9B is very dark, and 6H is very light.
A kneaded eraser.
Any other drawing implements you like.
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Ticket type | Ticket price |
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Member Fee | 294 USD |
Non-Member Fee | 321 USD |
Student Fee | 151 USD |
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