Beginning/Intermediate Drawing

Beginning/Intermediate Drawing

Adult Class | Registration opens 11/19/2025 8:00 PM EDT

Adult all levels
1/13/2026-3/3/2026
9:30 AM-11:30 AM EDT on Tue
$224.00
$201.60

Beginning/Intermediate Drawing

Adult Class | Registration opens 11/19/2025 8:00 PM EDT

Whether you’ve never taken a drawing class, or you just want to brush up on your current drawing skills, this is the class for you. Learn how to draw starting with basic shapes using various grades of graphite pencils, find the shapes in everyday objects, and apply shading techniques that will render proportion and form using still life setups. Understand and apply methods of linear perspective that create the illusion of depth and distance in landscapes. Employ knowledge gained to portray the human head and figure. Instructor provides Individual and class instruction and informative handouts for each topic. Class critiques.

  • PLEASE SEE MATERIAL LIST BELOW
  • Drawing Materials List

    Pencils
    • 4B, 6B, and 8B pencils
    • Woodless pencil (optional)
    • Pencil sharpener Charcoal
    • Charcoal pencil –white, for toned paper
    • Graphite powder (optional) Paper
    • Sketch or Drawing Pad: 11” x 14” or 14” x 17”
    • Toned Sketch Pad in gray or tan (optional) Erasers
    • Kneaded
    • White vinyl
    • Pen style eraser (optional)

    Other
    • Xacto Knife
    • Sanding Block (optional)
    • Small and medium tortillon and blending stumps for shading
    • Ruler – Metal one that is 18” is preferred, but a 12” is okay
Patricia Meglio

Patty began taking drawing and painting lessons in the late 90s, and starting in 2003, she began studying painting with local artists, including Marc Antony Massaro in Branford, CT, Terry Oakes-Bourret in Durham, CT, and Hagop Keledjian in Putney, Vermont. She paints mostly in oil on canvas or linen or on panels. Patty’s work is modern impressionist style, mostly depicting country landscapes, seascapes, and still life. Her inspiration stems from twentieth century impressionist art, including works by Sargent, Sorolla, de Lazlo, and Boldini, and modern artists including Schmid, Hanson, Guzik, Demers, and Liberace. She draws her inspirations, as they did, from early twentieth-century architecture, the art deco and Greek classical styles of urban buildings, weather worn barns and open pastures of the country farms, and rocky and sandy beaches lined with classic New England cottages. Patty is a past participant in juried competitions for the Clinton Art Society, Madison Art Society, Artwalk for the West Hartford Art League, and the Mavis Fenner Memorial for the Rowayton Arts Center, and is a winner of the Merchant’s Prize at the Madison Art Show in 2007. She has exhibited in numerous venues throughout the state of Connecticut and New Hampshire. Her work is held in private collections throughout the country. She is a member of the Hamden Art League and the Madison Art Society.