Think you can't draw? Think again! This welcoming workshop focuses less on creating a "perfect" drawing and more on learning how to truly see. Working from beautifully curated still lifes featuring flowers and natural objects, you'll explore shape, value, light, and shadow using the wonderfully forgiving medium of charcoal.

With approachable, step-by-step guidance, you’ll sharpen your observation skills, build confidence, and uncover creative abilities you may not know you have. By the end of the workshop, you’ll take home four finished drawings and a strong foundation in charcoal techniques that you can continue developing independently.

• Create four charcoal drawings that increase in complexity as the course progresses
• Learn to see like an artist by breaking subjects down into shapes, values, light, and shadow
• Draw from curated still life’s featuring flowers, natural forms, and intriguing objects
• Explore charcoal techniques such as layering, blending, mark-making, and erasing to create highlights
• Practice proportion, composition, and the use of a full range of values
• Build convincing form and texture without getting lost in small details
• Loosen up, experiment, and move beyond the pressure of making a “perfect” drawing