Introduction to Drawing C with Marie B. Gauthiez

Introduction to Drawing C with Marie B. Gauthiez

Class | Available

2129 S Street, NW Washington, DC 20008 United States
Room 2A
Beginner
9/24/2025-12/3/2025
2:00 PM-5:00 PM EDT on Wed
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$525.00

Introduction to Drawing C with Marie B. Gauthiez

Class | Available

This is an introductory course designed for beginners who have had minimal experience with drawing. This class is the third in three introductory classes. While it covers basic techniques and vocabulary, it also builds on the first introductory classes. Students will practice a range of exercises that will arm them with the necessary knowledge to take drawing a step further and make it more personal. Process as a means not to an end but as an end itself will be a basis by which this class is taught.

Students will engage through presentations, sharing homework, discussion. Produced works will be discussed as a group in the last class. By the end of this class and after serious completion of class work and assignments, students should be able to have an expanded drawing vocabulary, strong technical ability which would enable them to proceed to the next level of drawing. 



Who this class is for: While it is encouraged that this be taken after Introduction to Drawing A & B, students with no prior experience with drawing are able to register for this class. Exercises are designed to accommodate a range of students, from beginners to more experienced students. 

  • WSS is closed the week of Thanksgiving, all classes will conclude the first week of December.

  • Materials List - These are the materials you will need to bring with you for this class.


    If you have some of the supplies below, possibly not the same brands, do not purchase the same items again unless you are curious to try a different brand.


    • Blick Studio Drawing Pencils - Set of 12

    • Prismacolor Kneaded Eraser - medium, 1-1/4" x 3/4" x 1/4",

    • Gray Staedtler 

    • Mars Plastic Stick Eraser 

    • Art Alternatives Drawing Tools - Set of 9 (this also contains a chamois and a small kneaded eraser)

    • General's Tri-Tip Eraser

    • Blick Studio Newsprint Pad - 12" x 18", 50 Sheets

    • General's Charcoal Pencil - Black, 6B+2B+4B 

    • Grumbacher Vine Charcoal - Soft, Pack of 12 

    • Blick Aluminum Non-Slip Ruler - 6" (or bring one you have) 

    • Cretacolor Compressed Charcoal Set - Assorted Hardness, Set of 3 

    • Derwent water soluble sketching pencil 4B 

    • Caran d'Ache Neocolor I Wax Pastels - Assorted Colors, Set of 10 OR Prismacolor Col-Erase Pencil Set - Set of 12, Assorted Colors (If you have colored pencils at home, you can use these! Just make sure you have two hues for each color i.e two different blues, two different greens etc) 

    • Mesh Zipper Bag 20" x 26" to transport your artworks (or any other type of large bag that you already have for transport from home to school) 

    • A Canson Sketchbook Artist Series Mix Media Book, 30 Sheets, 12" x 9", Wirebound, Portrait 138 lb (224 gsm) OR any other mixed media sketchbook. It doesn’t have to be new. Bring what you already have. 

    • Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink - 30 ml, Carbon Black 

    • Yasutomo Fusion Synthetic Brush - Round, Short Handle, Size 4 

    • Yasutomo Fusion Synthetic Brush - Round, Short Handle, Size 2 

    • Legion Stonehenge Paper - 22" x 30", White, 90 lb (2) 

    • Uni-Ball Vision Pen Fine TipBlack or various black Micron pens (waterproof) 

    • Yupo paper Synthetic Paper translucent

    •  Three empty plastic jars (Doesn’t need to be new - use what you already have/upcycle, yogurt jars work well)

    •  Scissors 

    • A glue stick

    Supply list available on Blick: https://www.dickblick.com/myaccount/wishlist/RH3320U1LMFFO/ 


Marie Gauthiez