Get out your sketch book! With emphasis on observational skills and hand-eye coordination, this 8-day workshop will explore graded tones, line, negative space, perspective, and shadows. Each day, examine a different still life as you develop fundamental drawing skills and increased confidence to draw. The classes are cumulative and open to beginning students as well as those who want to refresh their skills.
Age & ability: 17 and older, beginners welcome!
SVMoA and Jim will provide all the materials necessary for the class (included in the enrollment cost).
This 8-session workshop will take place Mon–Thu, Aug 7–10 and Aug 14–17, from 9am–12pm daily.
About the Instructor
Born in New York, Jim Caldwell has spent most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from Williams College in 1964 as an Art Major and spent the next year in Paris studying printing and etching at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In 1969 he received his Master of Architecture Degree from the Yale School of Architecture. Jim has had over 45 solo shows and his paintings are represented in more than 450 collections worldwide.
