The Sketchbook: Daily Drawing and Creative Practice

3 units

A sketchbook is an opportunity; it is a repository for ideas, a tool for creation, and a place to explore new ways of seeing. This course is oriented towards building a solid foundation of drawing skills and understanding of color that will help students unlock the creative potential of a sketchbook. Through the sketchbooks of famous painters like Frida Kahlo, Richard Diebenkorn, and Pablo Picasso, the course draws inspiration and demystifies what a sketchbook is and can be. This inspiration, along with weekly prompts and skill-building demonstrations in drawing and watercolor, will introduce students to the ways in which different people use sketchbooks and sketching in their art practice. Students will learn to paint, draw, and look at the world like an artist.