Drawing As A Way of Seeing

"To be a good artist, you must first learn how to draw" - Vian Borchert

French impressionist and master artist Camille Pissarro correctly exclaimed that, "it is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover, to your surprise, that you have rendered something in its true character." For the Fall semester, I will be teaching a "Beginning to Intermediate Drawing" at Glen Echo Park & Yellow Barn studio in Glen Echo, Maryland. The drawing class is designed for beginning, intermediate and continuing students where students will learn how to use many drawing mediums such as charcoal, graphite pencils, pen and ink, and colored pencils to create dynamic drawings. Demos of all types of line-contour, gesture, variable and hatched lines will be presented. Art themes such as still life of fruits, vegetables, vases, flowers, birds, landscape studies and others will be covered. In a drawing class, not many tools are needed. One mainly needs a sketch book, pencil, eraser and pencil sharpener to enter the wonderful drawing world. I make sure in my classes to emphasize on the importance of the study of proportion, shading, line making, contour + gesture line marks. Most importantly I guide the students to enhance their visual abilities through a number of visual and cognitive exercises that open one's eyes and brain to draw well. I teach the students step by step how to draw subject matters from still life: from a vase to an apple to a bird. Also, I introduce my students to art history references and works by master artists such as Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, Picasso and others who loved the art of drawing. Making art is first and foremost fun. And, drawing which is the ABC of the fine art field allows you to enter a creative world that is not only creatively rewarding but also enlightening and elevating to the spirit and soul. My Fall class start in early October.

Beginning and Intermediate Drawing
Friday mornings / Time: 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
Date: 10/6/2023-11/17/2023
Location: Glen Echo Park's Arcade Building Room 201
Registration Link:
https://reg126.imperisoft.com/glenechopark/ProgramDetail/3530323735/Registration.aspx

* I will also be teaching a Watercolor Painting art class as well in the Yellow Barn Studio at Glen Echo Park. Watercolor is a wet medium which means one will be using water, brushes and paint/pigments. The Watercolor medium is a fun, fresh and translucent medium that is very versatile and convenient.

Beginning and Intermediate Watercolor
Monday mornings / Time: 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
Date: 10/2/2023-11/13/2023
Location: Yellow Barn Studio
Registration Link:
https://reg126.imperisoft.com/glenechopark/ProgramDetail/3439363930/Registration.aspx

For more about Borchert's art classes visit: www.vianborchert.com/classes

* Pictured in this article are demos that the artist did for the art students during class time.

About the art instructor / artist, Vian Borchert:

Vian Borchert is a noted expressionist artist exhibiting nationally within the US & internationally. Vian is a graduate and Notable Alumni from Corcoran George Washington University. The artist exhibits in museums and galleries in major cities. Borchert's art is in embassies and collections worldwide, along with vast coverage in publications. Borchert is an art educator of over 15 years teaching fine art classes to adults such as Watercolor painting at the Yellow Barn Studio in Glen Echo Park. https://www.vianborchert.com/

* Borchert's latest paintings are currently on view in the exhibition titled "ELEVATION" in Gaithersburg, Maryland at The Framer's Choice Gallery located at: 402 Main Street, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 / Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10AM -3PM. The exhibition runs through October.

For more about the exhibit "Elevation" see: https://www.vianborchert.com/exhibitions/450-elevation-september-fcg-2023.html