Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Fall/Winter 2024-25
Drawing Landscape and Nature with Graphite Pencils
Using graphite pencils, draw expressive landscapes and nature, including botanicals, trees, and all things natural. Learn from your surroundings and focus on nature in native settings as well as still life. Materials list will be sent to registered students prior to class. MAGGIE O'KEEFE (see bio for “Introduction to Graphite Pencil Drawing”).
10 Sessions, starting Thursday, January 16 (no class 1/30, 2/20) • 10:00am-11:30am • Girl Scout House • Course 13032 • $350
Drawing Landscape and Nature in Color with Graphite Pencils, Colored Pencils, and Watercolor Paint Using graphite pencils, colored pencils, and watercolor paint, draw expressive landscapes and nature, including botanicals, trees, and all things natural. Learn from your surroundings and focus on nature in native settings as well as still life. Materials list will be sent to registered students prior to class.
MAGGIE O'KEEFE (see bio for “Introduction to Graphite Pencil Drawing”). 9 Sessions, starting Monday, February 3 (no class 2/17) • 10:00am-11:30am • Shaarei Tikvah • Course 13033 • $325
Drawing Meditations in Nature Reconnect with nature in this restorative series, appropriate for all levels of experience and ability. Through both mindfulness and drawing exercises, participants are guided to observe the natural environment with fresh eyes and to experience the world with renewed awe. Each session includes meditation and mindfulness exercises, guided exercises for observing and drawing from nature, tea and conversation, and meaningful time in nature. Reap the many combined health benefits of meditation, express creativity and practice new motor skills, community connection, and time in nature. Drawing supplies and meditation seats will be provided. KATY ROMITA is the founder of One Small Stone, a meditation center dedicated to helping people find more peace in their own lives and in the world. Romita is a certified Meditation Instructor and a Mindful Schools Mindfulness Foundations graduate. She holds a BA from Dartmouth College, an MPA from New York University, and a certificate from Cornell’s Civic Ecology Lab. SUSAN GIRLING is a naturalist at Sheldrake Environmental Center and an artist with years of experience studying botanical art at the New York Botanical Garden. She holds a BFA in Illustration from Washington University in St. Louis. 5 Sessions, starting Friday, September 27 (no class 10/4) • 10:00am-11:30am • Sheldrake Environmental Center • Course 12687 • $175
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