The Art of Realistic Drawing

Enrol in a comprehensive technique course to learn realistic drawing! This entertaining, fool-proof course gives you the foundation you need for fine art. Although engaging and fun, it is a technique class, and will lead you to the discipline of realistic drawing.

Experience the two ways we think: the intuitive, experiential Right Brain, and the linear, verbal Left Brain. Feel the difference in your mind and body. As we enter the right brain, the critical left brain is muted. You are defacto in a Mindful state, the intuitive well of the mind. This happens naturally through the exercises we do in this class. The process opens your perception, enabling you to record what you see without the critical left-brain interfering. This is neural plasticity exercising underused mental muscles and creating new neural pathways.

Crystal has been working as a fine artist and illustrator for over 35 years, teaching at institutions like Capilano U, UBC, Royal Oak College, and two international ESL schools. She has also given seminars in creative problem solving at architectural firms, Cap College, and through UBC’s MBA program and continuing education. She loves to work with students serious about overcoming any roadblocks such as “I’m not talented”. All that is needed is good or corrected eyesight, good average intelligence, and good eye-hand coordination.