All upcoming Studio Arts: Drawing classes

Create a powerful personal record of experiences by drawing and painting moments from your life that you include in your sketchbook.

Participants refine and expand their drawing skills through studio practice in traditional media. Sessions focus on classic subject areas such as landscape, portrait, and figure.

In this intermediate level class, students revisit fundamentals of human anatomy and experiment with techniques and approaches.

This introductory course teaches the basic skills needed for drawing. Working with a variety of materials and techniques, including charcoal and pencils, students explore the rendering of geometric forms, volume, and perspective, with an emphasis on personal gesture marks.

Pull out your sketchbook and pencil to take an artful break as you explore the Smithsonian while drawing objects from vast and fascinating collections.

Scientific illustration is art in the service of science. In this class on biological illustration, work with traditional media to learn how to create visuals that interpret data and scientific concepts.

Take a dive into the possibilities of alcohol inks as a component of your mixed-media arsenal. With intense, saturated color, alcohol inks offer many possibilities on a variety of surfaces, from tiles to paper.