Unlock your artistic potential in this 8-week drawing course! Learn to observe and simplify forms, master pencil and charcoal techniques, understand perspective and proportion, and bring your drawings to life with texture, light, and shadow. Build strong compositions, gain confidence, and enjoy the mindful, creative process of drawing.

Course Outline:

Week 1: An Introduction & Observing Forms: Elements of Drawing -Line, Oval, Circle.
Week 2: Basic Pencil Techniques: Holding the pencil: grip and movement control- Line quality: contour, cross-contour, hatching, and scribbling
Week 3: Introduction to Charcoal: Types of charcoal-smudging, blending, lifting highlights
Week 4: Proportion and Perspective: measuring with pencil, using reference points. One-point and two perspective drawing (interior space or object).
Week 5: Value, Light & Shadow: Understanding light source and form shadows- Tonal value scale: from light to dark.
Week 6: Creating Texture: stippling, cross-hatching, blending and texture studies from real-life objects.
Week 7: Composition and Layout: Rule of thirds, focal point, balance
Week 8: Final Project & Drawing with Confidence: Review of all techniques learned

Learning Outcomes:

• How to observe and simplify forms for drawing
• Basic drawing techniques using pencil and charcoal
• Perspective and proportion for realistic drawings
• How to create texture, value, and light/shadow effects
• Stronger composition and layout skills
• How to build confidence and enjoy drawing mindfully

What to bring:

• Pencils: 2B & 4B (Recommended brand: Staedtler)
• Charcoal: Square sketch stick & soft charcoal stick
• Kneadable eraser
• A3 sketch pad for artists
• 20 loose sheets of premium newsprint paper

Art Supplies Discount:

As a bonus for learning Art with SGSCC, all enrolled students are entitled to a generous 10% discount off the purchase of art supplies when they shop in-store at Eckersley’s Art & Craft, Taren Point!
View Eckersley's Website for product ideas.

About the Tutor:

Arafat Hosen is an international artist and educator with over fifteen years of teaching experience in the Department of Fine Art and Graphic Design at Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has presented four major solo exhibitions in Dhaka and Thimphu, Bhutan, and has conducted workshops and demonstrations across art communities in South Asia and Australia. His practice centres on watercolour as a meditative process of self-inquiry, where fluid interactions of colour and form reveal layered visual and psychological narratives. Arafat’s teaching is informed by his commitment to dialogue, cultural exchange, and mindful observation. His work bridges traditional and contemporary approaches, integrating technical discipline with philosophical reflection. Through both his artistic practice and pedagogy, he explores the relationship between memory, perception, and material process, fostering deeper engagement with art as a meaningful human experience.

Please visit his website and social media to view his artworks and activities, reflecting his commitment to inspiring creativity and enriching society.

Website: www.arafathosen.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arafatgdm

Other Information:

• To ensure resources are ready for you at the start of your course, we ask you ideally enrol at least one week before the course commences.
• All courses need a minimum number of students to run ("we try our hardest to get those") . If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled before the commencement and you will be informed.