Paramount Center for the Arts

Experience Level: Drawing experience suggested but not required. This workshop is appropriate for beginning to intermediate artists.

Saturday December 5, 9am-3:30pm (one sessions)

Ages 18+ (Please contact us at dsegerstrom@paramountarts.org if you have a younger student interested in participating)

Art teachers tell you to sketch every day to improve your drawing, but what if your daily sketches and even doodling can help you improve your understanding of 3-D form and spatial perspective? Take this workshop and find out how! You’ll learn freehand drafting like Leonardo DaVinci used to create his inventions, and then apply your skills drawing everyday objects or constructions from your imagination.

Skills you’ll learn include:

• How to turn a square into a perfect circle and a 3D cube into a sphere

• How to draw an accurate ellipse

• 3D analysis and cross sections• Linear perspective and shadow projection

• Freehand architectural drawing. If the weather permits, we’ll go outside and apply our skills to   drawing buildings and the environment.

MATERIALS, please bring the following materials to class:

• Sketching Notebook, 8”x10” or larger with a nice sturdy backing

• Graphite Drawing pencil (2H to HB) and pencil sharpener

•Optional: Sanguine (brick -colored) drawing pencil, or other natural colors

•Eraser • Black Fine tip pen such as a mechanical/technical pen or micron pen

Optional:

Different color micron pens such as grays, tans, or browns to get different effects with your sketching

• If possible, pastel pencils in white and flesh to create highlights and planes.

•A drawing board to clip your sketch book to, if you like

•A wooden skewer, or knitting needle, or a very fine long brush handle, or similar to use as a comparative measuring tool.

Studio Practices- What to Expect While You Are Creating with Us!

The Paramount Center for the Arts welcomes all people to the Studios with the expectation of inclusion and respect towards all, including yourself, fellow students, instructors, staff and volunteers.

Instructor Prep Time: Please allow your instructor time to prepare your classroom; if you arrive more than 15 minutes earlier than the class start time, please explore one of our onsite exhibition spaces or wait in the Lobby in the Visual Arts Department.

Cleaning: Please help keep the Studios a welcoming space by cleaning up your area before departing the building.

Food and Beverage: The Visual Arts Department offers a Lobby Area for students and instructors to enjoy food and beverages. There is an onsite microwave and refrigerator, along with vending machines. For your safety, we ask that you please do not eat in any of the Studios.

Ceramics Studios: To ensure the appropriate firing temperatures and to protect the kilns, all clay must be purchased through the Paramount Center for the Arts, no outside clay bodies or glazes should be introduced to the Studios. If you have any questions about clay and glazes, please connect with our Ceramics Technician.

Supplies and Materials: For the safety and wellbeing of all visitors to the Paramount, we ask that materials that are used in the studios are the recommended brands and grade, as described in the materials list, or are approved by Paramount Staff.

Open Studio Access: Ceramic Artists are welcome and encouraged to utilize the Studio outside of class. September to May Studio availability is Monday through Wednesday 10am-9pm and Thursday through Saturday 10am-4pm, when classes are not in session. Please check the calendars posted outside the Pottery and Handbuilding Studios to see when studios are open and available for use!  

Weather Closures:  In the event of severe weather, the Visual Arts Department will update the phone messages on the Information Desk (320) 257-3125, announce closures on the Paramount website homepage, and will communicate via email to any students whose class meeting time is impacted by the closure.

Accessibility Statement: The Paramount Center for the Arts welcomes all guests, artists and patrons alike, and affirms our commitment to offering programming and services that are accessible to all. 

The Paramount welcomes comments and suggestions about how we might continue to improve our programs and services for visitors with disabilities and is committed to improve experiences for every patron.

Please contact our Box Office, to offer feedback or make requests: BKing@paramountarts.org  or call  320-257-3127.