Drawing Skill Sets: Drawing drapery, glass, textures, and more

July 18 & 19 10 am-4 pm EST Instructor:  Terry Rafferty Beginners and intermediate students welcome! Ever wonder how to make fabric look ‘real’ in a drawing? For clothing, drapery, still lifes, room interiors… it’s an essential skill. Also, it is important to have the ability to draw clear objects (wine glasses, vases), to draw the texture of wood, reflective surfaces, and many other subjects. In this weekend class, we will practice 4 of these subjects, learning how to see and draw them. This class is for beginning and intermediate students with a general understanding of values and how to create different values in pencil. Materials List: Materials will be available at Townsend Atelier’s shop and can be purchased before or during class.  Students in the class will receive a 20% discount, excluding brushes. pencils in 4H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B 1 inexpensive mechanical pencil 1 pad of Fabriano 1264 spiral sketch pad 9″ x 12″ or other paper like Bristol or Strathmore 300 1 blending stump 1 pencil sharpener Value Scale (keyhole style) Optional but good to have: a proportional divider with fine points (available at Townsend Atelier) any other materials you are comfortable with (other erasers, additional pencils, etc.) Feel free to bring a sack lunch, snack or drink! We have a microwave and fridge for you to use. About the Instructor: Terry Rafferty has had a lifelong interest in art, with happy memories of attending museum shows with her father and entering her first competition at the age of 8.  Setting art aside to have a family and career in nursing, she ultimately returned to art, training in metalsmithing at the California College of Arts and getting a BA in Visual Arts in Vermont.  She has had the pleasure of studying painting and drawing with contemporary artists Cindy Procious, Chris Groves, Mia Bergeron, and Tony Ryder.  Her work ranges from highly detailed realism using Old Master’s techniques to urban abstraction, mixing cold wax into the paint and working with industrial tools rather than brushes.  Her love of telling stories in her art currently has her exploring myths and fairytales, playing with life beyond the ordinary.  Terry is represented by Bowersock Gallery in Provincetown, MA and has received awards for her work, including Best in Show from Oil Painters of America.