Tegning - Sketching for beginners Esbjerg

Duration: 4 weeks— 1 session per week, 2 hours per session

Target group: Adults who­a­recurious­a­boutdrawing and want to build a strong­fo­un­da­tion in sketching and charco­al­te­ch­niques. No prior ex­pe­ri­en­ce­ne­e­ded.

Course description

This cour­se­in­tro­du­ces students to the essential principles of sketching and charco­al­drawing.

Through step-by-step guidance, students willlearnhow to observe, measure, and capture shapes, light, and shadow. The focuswillbe on bu­il­dingcon­fi­den­cet­hrough simple subjects such as still life and dead nature objects.

Weekly plan

• Week 1 – Introduction to sketching: tools, posture, line exercises, basic shapes and proportions

• Week 2 – Sha­ding­te­ch­niques: hatching, cross-hatching, blending and tonal values

• Week 3 – Building a still li­fecom­po­si­tion: structure, depth, and com­po­si­tion­plan­ning

• Week 4 – Final project: full still lifedrawing in charcoal, fixativeuse and presentation

Materials needed
(Only buy once we confirm whether the class will start)

• Sketchingpaper or pad (any type suitable for sketching)

• One sheet of 50x70 cm 120gsm paper (suggested: Canson)

• Pencil set from HB to 8B (suggested: Faber-Castell 9000)

• Charcoalsticks

• Hairspray (as a fixative)

Learning outcomes

Af­tercom­ple­tingt­hi­scour­se, students willbeable to:

• Use a variety of pencils and charco­alcon­fi­dent­ly

• Understand proportions, perspective and composition

• Applyshading and blending to createdepth

• Produce a finished still li­fed­rawingu­sing­charcoa

The course is held in English.