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Youth Portrait Drawing Basics

Learn to create realistic and stylized portraiture artwork and explore the fundamentals of portrait drawings. This course will teach you how to:

  • Plan a portrait artwork
  • Create a realistic portrait artwork
  • Use value, proportions, and perspective to bring your artwork to life
  • Convey messages and emotions with your artwork

This course is open to all artistic mediums, styles and skill levels. It’s a great opportunity for anyone interested in improving their drawing abilities while learning to create a portrait.

Students are responsible for bringing the materials that they wish to work with. All you need is a sketchbook, a pencil, an eraser and a pencil sharpener.

This course is designed for ages 13 to 17.

Fall term

Tuesdays, (5 weeks)
6 - 8 p.m.
Memorial Hall, UNB Fredericton
9 Bailey Drive, Room 26
$85 (+ HST)

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About the instructor

Quinn Denny is a local artist in Fredericton, NB. Art and drawing have always been a part of their daily practice. From an early age, they pursued art practicing and studying to develop their skills.

Finding human expression captivating and challenging, they developed a special interest in cultivating those skills. Becoming obsessed with capturing the beauty and uniqueness they saw in everyday faces.