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ONSITE: Drawing Fundamentals (B)

Learn the basic tenets of drawing and composition. We’ll cover line, shape, space and value. Hone your observation skills and use charcoal to translate what you see to paper.

Special Notes

  • This class does not meet on 7/4.
    Students may get their supplies as listed under the class information but the teacher will go over supply list the first class if students have questions. All students will need the first class will be drawing pencils and sketch pad.


    Instructor speaks Hindi, but class will be held in English.
    Classes are confirmed one week prior to the start date. In order to help us confirm classes, please register as early as possible.
    This is an On-site course. Students must follow current Covid-19 protocols, as outlined on our website. On-site courses do not come with studio access outside of class time. Paid open studio access is available through our Studio Access Program. Please visit visarts.org for more information.

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About the Instructor

Salis Dembling

Salis was raised in New York City and Massachusetts and spent formative years in L.A. and South America. She's mixed/Black and the daughter of Black Historian Sterling Stuckey and granddaughter of poet Elma Stuckey She studied drawing and sculpture at Columbia University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree. She studied painting and illustration at The School of Visual Arts and in the studio of portrait painter John Murray, both in New York as well. She completed the professional four year atelier painting program and teacher training program at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia. As well as being a visual artist she is a musician/composer. She co-founded art and activism collectives and a radical community center called Better than Television.

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ONSITE: Drawing Fundamentals (B)

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June 13 - August 86:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Day: Thu
Tuition: $245.00
Member Tuition: $220.50
Additional fees apply
Instructor: Salis Dembling
Level: Beginner
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