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An introductory level art course for grades 1-3, following Primary Drawing 1 (recommended but not required). Drawing is a skill just like reading, writing, and math that can be learned. Learning to draw doesn’t make you an artist, but it fundamentally changes our habits of perception and attention to the world around us. We learn to slow down and look carefully at the things that make up our everyday life. Drawing is an invitation to examine creation with methodical attention and curiosity.
This class will develop observational drawing skills, techniques of drawing, tool grip, spacial relationships, composition, line, and introductory color theory. We will look at the Dutch masters, Audubon, and other artistic master observers. We will study how they saw the world through forms, the building blocks of classical drawing. As we learn to see, and develop our understanding of master artworks, students will reimagine masterworks for themselves. They will also use the techniques and skills developed in class to create works from their imagination.
Required Materials: Books and supplies are not included in the purchase of the course. These resources are listed to help inform your decision-making as you make course selections and build your course schedule. Please reach out to the instructor if you have any questions about materials.
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Sara Silkwood is an illustrator, designer, and educator with a BFA in Illustration from Syracuse University. She has taught in a variety of settings, including classical schools across Texas, where she has developed a classical curriculum grounded in the conviction that drawing is a skill anyone can learn.
To Sara, drawing is form of visual literacy - helping students organize information, gain empathy, and develop cognitive flexibility. She believes the act of drawing builds both artistic and emotional insight, regardless of age or experience level.
In her own illustration work, Sara draws on traditional media - especially pencil and watercolor - for their balance of structure and spontaneity. Her current project is a series of illustrations from George MacDonald’s The Princess and the Goblin, a story whose themes of courage, trust, and unseen goodness deeply resonate with her.
Sara's goal is to offer hope through her illustrations, using design, composition, and light to evoke beauty in suffering and remind viewers that all things ultimately work together for good.
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