Get out of the house this spring, meet new friends, and have some fun learning to draw at our gallery

Time to learn something new? Something that will improve your hand-eye coordination, and get your brain synapses snapping? Anyone can learn to draw with the tools I will teach you & some practice. Learn to break down objects into their basic elements and shapes, see their edges, notice positive & negative space & learn about 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 add convincing shading to objects based on light direction and contour, so your drawings won't look flat.

CLASS STARTS 

Monday, April 14, 2025, and is for 8 weeks, 12:30pm to 2:30pm cost is $190.00, no refunds. Minimum 3 students, maximum 8 students. 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 there is room left in this class, call 603-548-6694 or email rtaillon@comcast.net. A percentage of each tuition is donated to the Seacoast Artist Association Scholarship Fund. 

WHAT TO BRING

Black fine tip markers such as Staedtler pigment liners, one black Sharpie, 3 colored markers or colored pencils (any colors), 9" x 12" Strathmore 400 Series Drawing Pad, kneaded eraser, white plastic eraser, paper blending stumps, a 12 piece set of drawing pencils with both B and H pencils, a 12 inch 30°-60° clear triangle for learning perspective, pencil sharpener.

Classes will be taught by Revelle Taillon, a member of the Seacoast Artist Association in Exeter, NH. She holds a BFA from ULowell and has won regional and national awards. Her blog has samples of her artwork and techniques and information on this class and past classes. http://revelleimagemaker.blogspot.com.

Class Taught at Seacoast Artist Association, 130 Water Street. Exeter, NH, (603) 778-8856, http://seacoastartist.org

 

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Drawing the Human Head: 

Ears, Eyes, Nose, Mouth, Hair!

Have you wondered where you go wrong when you attempt to draw a face or a portrait? In this class you will start with the basic skull, and work your way up to the planes of the face, also learning proportions. Then add the skin, practice types of shading and learn to determine where the light is coming from and how that affects highlights and shadows. Then on to each part of the face: eyes, nose, lips, ears, and hair. Anyone can learn to draw the human head with the tools I will teach you. Understand to see faces in a brand new way!

What to bring: A set of drawing pencils (soft & hard), a ruler, 9” x 12” Strathmore 400 Series Drawing Pad, kneaded eraser, white plastic eraser, blending stumps, a black Sharpie pen. Minimum class size is 3. Maximum class size is 7. 

Class starts: Monday October 7, 2024 and runs 8 weeks from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm. Fee is $180.00. No refunds. A percentage of the fee is donated to the Seacoast Artist Association Scholarship Fund. Sign up early to hold your spot!

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 Seacoast Artist Association in Exeter, NH. She holds a BFA from University of Lowell, Lowell, MA, and has won regional and national awards.

INTERMEDIATE DRAWING 2024

If you have learned all the basics in a beginners drawing class, you are ready to move up to an intermediate drawing class. Here you will work more on adding finesse to your drawings and paying closer attention to detail, perspective, proportions, shading, blending, composition, contrast. You will work in pencil, and pen and ink and explore more different papers that are available for drawing. You will work from still lifes and photos.

What to bring: Set of 12 drawing pencils (hard & soft leads), kneaded eraser, hard white eraser, set of fine line black pens, battery powered pencil sharpener, paper stumps for blending. Bring a selection of drawing papers of your choice. Some great papers are: Bristol Board, Canson Mi-Teintes, Stonehenge, Strathmore, Hot Pressed Watercolor paper.  Minimum class size is 3. Class size limited to 6.

CLASS STARTS: Monday, April 1, 2024 and is for 8 weeks, 12:30-2:30 at Seacoast Artist Association. Cost is $180.00, no refunds.

To hold your spot please mail a check directly to: Revelle Taillon, 26 West Pine Street, Plaistow, NH 03865.

For more information & to see if class is full, call 603-548-6694 or email: rtaillon@comcast.net. 10% of each tuition is donated to the Seacoast Artist Scholarship Fund. Class will be taught by Revelle Taillon, a member of the Seacoast Artist Association. She holds a BFA in graphic design and illustration from the University of Lowell and has won regional and national awards. Revelle’s Blog has samples of her work and techniques as well as info for other classes she teaches. www.revelleimagemaker.blogspot.com

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

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!

New Learn to Draw Class February 2017, Exeter NH

Spring 2017 Drawing Class

Classes are 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, slow aging and grow your brain connections?  

Anyone can learn to draw with the tools I will teach you & lots of practice. Learn to break down objects into their basic elements and shapes, see their edges, notice positive & negative space & composition. Blind contour drawing can enhance your understanding of how to render what you are looking at in a realistic manner quickly. Practise shading & start to understand perspective. Learn the dimensions of the human face and learn to draw eyes, nose, mouth and hair.

What to bring: black fine tip markers such as Staedtler pigment liner, a ruler, 9” x 12” Strathmore 400 Series Drawing Pad, kneaded eraser, white rubber eraser, blending stumps, drawing pencils, pencil sharpener, 3 colored markers or pencils (any color) Minimum class size is 3. Class size limited to 7.

Class starts: Tuesday, February 28th, 2017, and runs 8 weeks, 10:30am to 12:30am. Cost is $150.00.
To hold your spot please mail a check directly to: Revelle Taillon, 26 West Pine Street, Plaistow, NH 03865.

For more information you may call 603-382-3397 or email Revelle at rtaillon@comcast.net. 10% of each tuition is donated to the Art Scholarship Fund.
Class will be taught by Revelle Taillon, a member of the Seacoast Artist Association. She holds a BFA in graphic design and illustration from ULowell and has won regional and national awards.
Revelle’s Blog has samples of her work and techniques: www.revelleimagemaker.blogspot.com

My excellent students' work!

Here is another crop of my students work. We are studying how to draw the human head. I think they are coming long great! You can click on each of them to enlarge. Enjoy!

About my Learn to Draw class in Exeter NH, Oct. 29, 2013

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"Do Not Disturb"

My two elephants drawing is finally complete and is hanging in a show at Seacoast Artist Association. I'm including some more of the steps I did before I got to the final piece. I used both graphite and charcoal, smudging along with a stump to keep my fingers off the piece. I did a lot of research before I settled on the background. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. All told, I probably spent over 20 hours on this piece. I'm including some detail shots also. Final size is about 8.75 x 11.75 inches on Canson paper. My title is "Do Not disturb" because I believe all animals deserve dignity and to be left alone in areas where they can thrive. I want my great great great grandchildren to still be able to appreciate their beauty and dignity when they grow up.

When I start a drawing, I look closely at what to leave in and what to take out, what changes to make overall to the composition and how to make it more unique. I love working on the animals eyes and usually change them somewhat. With these guys, they were just big black dots so I added in detail after researching close-ups of elephant eyes. Google makes it so much easier to find reference material. Never just settle on the photo you have in front of you. Make it your own. You'll be happier with the results.

So I start my drawing laying out the large shapes and outlines of the animal in pencil, turning my paper around several time as I go to be sure I have the positive and negative shapes correct. Then I usually start on the eyes and then start adding light details, which I will later build up in layers. I have my trusty gummed eraser in case I get too dark or want to bring out some highlights. It's all very relaxing and meditative, no matter how many times I draw. I just love it. Time flies by and I loose all sense of time. Enjoy!

Illustration Friday theme: whisper