Been awfully busy!

I know I haven't posted fir a while, but all is well! I've been teaching private and group art lessons since my last post. It's almost Christmas now, and it's snowing like crazy outside. I wish all of you Peace, Joy and Love in your life in the coming year!

BRAND NEW ART CLASS- LEARN TO DRAW ANIMALS, EXETER NH FEBRUARY 2019

ELEPHANTS: CHARCOAL, PENCIL,
TIGER: PENCIL,
YELLOW WARBLER: COLORED PENCIL,
RABBIT: PASTEL

LEARN TO DRAW ANIMALS

Class is held at Seacoast Artists Association
130 Water Street, Exeter, NH 03833
(603) 778-8856  •  www.seacoastartist.org


In this class you can choose your drawing medium: pencil, charcoal, pastel pencil or colored pencil. Choose the medium you are most familiar with to start. You can try the others during class. We will work from photos of various domestic & wild animals. Learn the secrets to creating great fur, hair, and feathers. Learn to break down animals into their basic elements and shapes, see their edges, notice positive & negative space and perspective. Blind contour drawing will enhance your understanding of how to render what you are looking at in a realistic manner quickly. Learn how to shade animals based on lighting and fur direction. And you will get a chance to bring in favorite photos of your pets to draw.

What  to bring: (you only need one set, but can bring more): Set of pencils (12, soft and hard leads), or colored pencils (minimum 32), or charcoal (soft and hard sticks and/or pencils), or pastel pencils, pencil sharpeners for your medium, white plastic eraser, kneaded eraser or electric eraser. Appropriate papers or boards to use with your medium of choice (contact me if you are not sure). Minimum class size is 3. Class size limited to 7.

Class starts: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 and runs 8 weeks, 10:30 am~12:30 pm. Cost is $160.00.

To hold your spot:  Please mail a check directly to: Revelle Taillon, 26 West Pine Street, Plaistow, NH 03865. For more information and to see if this class is full, call 603-548-6694 or email Revelle at rtaillon@comcast.net.

Revelle Taillon is a member of the Greater Haverhill Art Association and a hanging member of the Seacoast Artist Association in Exeter, NH. She holds a BFA from the University of Lowell, Lowell, MA, and has won regional and national awards. She has been teaching for over seven years.

http://seacoastartist.org/events/event/class-how-to-draw-animals/

Getting ready for 2 classes in February, starting February 19, 2019 in Exeter NH- LEARN TO DRAW

LEARN TO DRAW

Class is held at Seacoast Artists Association
130 Water Street, Exeter, NH 03833
(603) 778-8856  •  www.seacoastartist.org

Have you been frustrated because you never learned the tricks of the “drawing” trade? Have you painted for years but never really learned to draw? Time to learn something new? Something that will improve your hand-eye coordination, and increase your brain synapses? Get out of the house this winter and make some new friends!
Anyone can learn to draw! Learn to break down objects into their basic elements and shapes, see their edges, notice positive & negative space & understand perspective. Blind contour drawing can enhance your understanding of how to render what you are looking at in a realistic manner quickly. Learn how to shade objects based on light direction. Learn the dimensions of the human face and work on a self portrait.

What to bring: Black fine tip markers such as Staedtler Pigment Liners, a 12 inch 30°-60° clear triangle, 9” x 12” Strathmore 400 Series Drawing Pad, kneaded eraser, white plastic eraser, blending stumps, a set of 12 drawing pencils (hard and soft), battery powered pencil sharpener, 3 colored markers or pencils (any color) Minimum class size is 3. Class size limited to 7.

Class starts: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 and runs 8 weeks, 1:00 pm~3:00 pm. Cost is $160.00.

To hold your spot:  Please mail a check directly to: Revelle Taillon, 26 West Pine Street, Plaistow, NH 03865. For more information and to see if this class is full, call 603-548-6694 or email Revelle at rtaillon@comcast.net.

Revelle Taillon is a member of the Greater Haverhill Art Association and a hanging member of the Seacoast Artist Association in Exeter, NH. She holds a BFA from University of Lowell, Lowell, MA, and has won regional and national awards. She has been teaching for seven years.