Alexandria Public Schools Community Education

Connect with nature in a new way through this outdoor drawing experience. Your time in the Legacy of the Lakes Museum Garden will provide you with an opportunity to take a deep breath and express yourself while sketching in the outdoors. You will use your sketchbook and your medium of choice.This class will focus on rendering plants, trees, flowers, water, buildings, people and more. You will have personal attention as you work while using your favorite medium. Stroll the pathways of the Legacy Gardens and find yourself surrounded by beautiful landscaping, water-features and flower beds.

Artists are observers who see the world around them in different ways. Learning how to draw requires first learning to “look” without preconceptions. Students will practice the skill of observing and drawing from observation. In class you will experiment with a number of drawing techniques that have been used by artists for centuries. This class is geared toward beginners but is suitable for those who wish to refresh their drawing skills or just need a class for motivation to draw. All supplies provided by the instructor.