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ESSENTIAL INFO
If you purchase a ticket for this course, all the information on this page will be emailed to you with your ticket.
👥 Suitable for: Ages 14 and up
📍 Venue: Bellingen High School (mobility aid accessible)
📈 Level: Suitable for all skill levels
⏰ Schedule: Mon–Fri, 9am – 4pm (5 Full-Days)
Required skills & experience
Some drawing experience is handy, but not required and all levels are most welcome.
Supplies that you need to bring to class
Drawing board. A3 size minimum (Note: cardboard is not acceptable, it should be wood or plastic)
Support prop for drawing board (or you can just use a book or the like)
Masking tape
Kneadable eraser
Blue tack (Not UHU, white, pink or green, should be the Original Bostick Blue)
Pencil sharpener or craft knife and sandpaper
A4 visual diary (for sketching and note taking. Any type or pre used acceptable)
Graphite pencils, range to include: 2H, F, HB, 2B, 4B Derwent or Staedtler mars are good quality (Try to bring one brand only, don’t mix your pencils).
4B Water soluble graphite pencil (Note: I use Derwent, but any brand, look for the paintbrush icon on the pencil)
Two Derwent Graphitint colour pencils, INDIGO and CHESTNUT. Available individually at Officeworks online.
Colour pencils- standard wax based pencils OR Aquarell (watercolour) pencils OR both. You will need a minimum of 3 colours: Indigo or deep purple, light yellow ochre and dark yellow ochre.
Black permanent ink fineliner pens: 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1.0.
Pental Aquash Medium round brush OR a standard round brush size 5 or 6
A ¾” wide flat brush.
Teabags. Check your pantry! Bring a variety, from black teas to herbal teas.
You will need a cup suitable for boiling water
Paper: 300gsm Hotpress (smooth). You will need approximately 4 sheets of A3 paper. One large full sheet can be cut into 4. Fabriano Artistico Hot Press (smooth) recommended. Alternatively, a pad of Art Spectrum 300gsm Hot Press paper, available at Officeworks online.
Tracing paper: Note this is not baking paper, it must be semi transparent
Photographic reference material. Some will be supplied, but if you wish to draw a particular animal you will need to supply your own image. This should always be a colour print of A4 size. Phones and tablets may be used as back up reference, but colour prints for scaling and sizing is preferred.
Please note there will be class sets of the above pencils and pens available if you cannot find them. But much of this is available through Officeworks online. If in doubt, contact Linda.
Extras if you wish:
Optional - 20% and 40% grey marker pens
Optional - Bulldog clips
Optional - Portable, battery-operated light source.
Optional - Portable, battery-operated fan
Optional - Knife/box cutter
Optional - Scissors
Optional - Ruler
Optional - White cotton gloves
Learning outcomes
Explore and experiment with new drawing mediums
Expand your knowledge and techniques in drawing using pencil, colour pencil and ink
Observe and understand the basics of drawing animals
Try new things!
Use everyday items to create drawing mediums (tea, coffee, herbs, etc) and use them to create backgrounds and tones for your animal drawings
Take away between 2 and 3 art works suitable for framing or for gifts
Have fun drawing!
COURSE PLAN
Please note that your drawings may flow into the next day.
DAY ONE - Koala drawing
Observational and proportional skills, sketching in your visual diary shapes and forms of the koala (images provided)
Test sheets and practice of drawing fur using 3 or 4 colour pencils and graphite pencils
Learn negative drawing and how to ‘draw white’ – includes indenting techniques
Transfer your initial sketches to 350gsm hot press paper and create a finished work (may flow into day 2)
DAY TWO - Experimentations with organic tea stains
Using common pantry items (tea bags, instant coffee, herbs such as saffron or turmeric), experiment with creating tones and hue staining – paint with tea!
Experimentations in your visual diary
Please note, this can get messy, so wear an apron
Select your animal for Day 3*
Design and prep your 350gsm hot press paper for Day 3 using organic stains as your background and/or basic animal shape
DAY THREE - Animal in organic stains with Graphitint pencils and Graphite overdrawing
Your choice of the animal you wish to create*
Test sheets and practice using Graphitint pencils in your visual diary
Using the paper you have prepared on Day 2, draw and wash your animal tones using Graphitint (Indigo and Chestnut).
Complete your drawing with tone in graphite pencils – this may flow into day 4.
DAY FOUR - The animal in ink
Your choice of animal*
Test sheets and practice using fineliner pens in your visual diary. Explore different ways to use these pens, hatching, crosshatching, scrumbling, tonal washes, etc.
Using a light blue pencil, lightly sketch your animal on 350gsm hot press paper, then draw in ink.
DAY FIVE
Complete your ink drawing or any unfinished drawing from earlier in the week.
If you have completed all works, we will experiment further with colour pencil techniques.
Exhibition day!
*Please note: Linda will bring a small selection of A4 colour prints of various animals – primarily Australian animals. But if you wish to draw a particular subject, such as your dog or cat, please bring your own references. This should be a quality A4 colour print of the subject. Alternatively, you may use your larger tablet providing the sleep function is turned off. Phones are NOT SUITABLE for a primary reference but can be used as support or backup. Please make sure you bring colour printed material.
COURSE TUTOR
Linda Weil
With over 40 years of experience as a professional artist specialising in all forms of drawing medium, but particularly graphite and colour pencil, Linda Weil is known for her engaging and detailed drawings of wildlife, nature studies and found objects.
In the past decade Linda has returned to her love of imaginative, science fiction and fantastical works.
Melding her experience as a naturalist artist with a mechanical bent, Linda’s art may reflect a steam punk vision of the world, an intricate exploration of an animal’s fur, a favourite folk tale, or the discovery of the history of a found object – all expressed through graphite with the occasional hint of colour pencil or organic stain.
Linda exhibits regularly in Melbourne galleries, as well as a variety of regional Australian and International art shows.
“Linda is a wonderful teacher. The course structure was great, daily structure was good, the knowledge shared was so helpful for my personal improvement journey.”
“Linda is an amazing tutor who can easily alter the course for beginners or more advanced students. I have learnt so much studying under Linda and I can’t wait to study with her again next year.”
“Linda Weil is a fantastic tutor and very generous in the support she gives to her students.”
