This intermediate-level drawing class builds off the principles learned in drawing foundation classes. The grid is an element that can easily be deployed an­d understood in both figurative and abstract works. As a structure, the grid has been used front stage throughout the ages, or has acted as a hidden device. It is a versatile symbol. Using graphite, charcoal, oil pastels, colored pencils, collage, ink, and water-based paints (acrylic or gouache), students will engage in experimentations around the works of artists, past and present while also investigating different scales (The class will conclude with a large scale drawing). Readings, visual research and discussions will come to reinforce our grasp of the meaning of grid.