Basic Drawing with Roberta Rosenthal
Wednesday afternoons, 1 – 3 pm
May 6, 13, and 20
$120, $110 Members
Basic Drawing – how to use drawing tools, line, shapes, shadows, light source, forms, composition and perspective.
Great for beginners or those coming back after years away from art making.
Materials List: * needed supplies for drawing classes
Strathmore 400 Drawing pad 11” x 14’ with 24 sheets gray toned paper
*Strathmore 400 Drawing pad 11” x 14’ with 24 sheets white paper
*Kneaded erasers and magic rub erasers
*Set of 2H – 6B Set of 12 graphite pencils and/or at least 2H, HB, 2B, 4B
Generals Sketchmate Drawing Set (has mostly basic pencils & tools
WHITE charcoal or pastel pencil
*Charcoal pencil soft (Generals Set)
Caran D’Ache neocolor II watercolor crayons set of 10 or 15 (optional)
Set of Black Micron pens (optional) fine line and Sakura Pigma Brush Marker
*12” plastic ruler
*Pencil sharpener with multiple holes
Exacto blade optional
*sandpaper pad /block
*paper blending stumps set of 12 assorted sizes
For over 40 years Roberta shared her expertise with hundreds of students as an instructor in both Botanical Art and Business Practices for Artists at the famed New York Botanical Garden and more recently locally at Wallkill River Center for the Arts School and Gallery, Desmond Campus of Mount Saint Mary College, Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Catskill Art Society, Ellenville Museum Library and Pine Bush Library. Her art is exhibited internationally, collected by individuals and corporations. Roberta continues to travel finding unusual botanical specimens to paint or landscapes that she captures in plein air or sketches for future studio work. Her current home studio, Squirrel’s Nest, is located on top of Shawanga Mountain in Sullivan County, New York with a view of the Hudson Valley.
