Monday Evenings, 7:00-9:00 pm, June 20, 27, July 4, 11

With: Ellen Chase

Class Fee: $50.00

Class size: 6-10 /Adults and children 16+ accompanied by an adult

This will be a series of weekly meetings to practice pencil drawing. We will cover technique, light and shadow, composition, and other skills. Participants will be encouraged to bring samples of drawings that appeal to them or that got them interested in drawing in the first place. Objects will be available for use as subjects but participants may bring their own if they prefer. Prior experience is not needed. Please bring a sketchbook (Ocean State Job Lot always has some), pencils, and an eraser. A combination of hard and soft pencils is best, but plain No. 2s are fine. Bring colored pencils too, if you have them and want to get into color.

Ellen Chase earned her BA (Massachusetts College of Art) and MFA (Syracuse University) in Illustration. Her occupations have included potter, repairer and builder of furniture, writing teacher, software visual designer, and scientific illustrator. She learned woodworking as a child at the mill from her father, Heman, and an appreciation of language from her mother, Edith, a lifelong poet.