Drawing: Look and Draw

Everyone can already draw. This just proves it.

About This Course

Drawing scares people who think it has to look real. This course starts somewhere else. Looking closely at ordinary things, and making marks without worrying if they're "right." By the end, you'll have a stack of drawings you made on purpose, not by accident.

What You'll Create

A folio of ten completed drawings developed across the term.
One larger resolved work selected for the end of term exhibition.
A brief artist statement written by the student about their work and process.

Course Details

Age Range: 6-8
Term: Term 1
Schedule: Mondays, 3:30pm
Duration: 10 weeks
Price: $480
Spots Available: 8 of 8

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What You'll Learn

• You'll look closely at something before you draw it.
• You'll make marks that are thick, thin, scribbly, careful, however you want.
• You'll find out a drawing doesn't have to look "real" to be good.
• You'll fill a whole page without worrying.
• You'll talk about a drawing you made, in your own words.

The Support You'll Get

You won't be handed the answer. You'll be shown how to find it.

Your practitioner has spent years making their own work, and their own mistakes. In the studio they work alongside you: asking the right questions, pointing out options you hadn't seen, helping you push through the moment you get stuck. The ideas stay yours. The decisions stay yours. They're there so you're never finding the way through alone.

Week by Week

Week 1: What drawing actually is. Looking, not just making. Looking hard at one object before drawing it.

Week 2: Marks. Different lines feel different.

Week 3: Big and small on the same page.

Week 4: Drawing something moving. Quick, loose lines.

Week 5: Drawing from memory instead of looking.

Week 6: Adding colour to a drawing.

Week 7: A drawing that tells a story. Choosing a favourite from many attempts.

Week 8: Exhibition. Public showing, families attend.

Every course ends with an exhibition

Celebrate what you created with the people and our community. Every term concludes with a presentation or exhibition of your work: a chance to share your process, your ideas, and what you've made.

Your Instructor

Charlotte Lance

Author & Illustrator

Charlotte has illustrated and written children's books published by Penguin, Pan Macmillan, Allen & Unwin and Scholastic. Her work includes A Really Super Hero, This Girl, That Girl, and Moth in a Fancy Cardigan. She builds worlds that hold stories within stories, working across traditional and digital media. She teaches the way she works: look closely, draw what's actually there, then make it yours.