emphasizes exercises and projects that help the beginner to gain control over their hand/eye coordination. Students are taught to really “see” their subject, and draw what they see.

the student continues to build on his knowledge of what makes a good drawing and begins to apply composition techniques on his own. The student is introduced to relative angles and sighting as a way to correctly interpret perspective.

the student will learn timed gesture drawing, multiple views of the same object; learn to apply design principles to independent projects; work on creating a portfolio together.