Drawing for Beginners
Winter Class | Registration opens Wednesday, November 5, 2025 12:01 AM EST
Learn basic, traditional drawing techniques that will allow you to draw what you see. Build drawings and keep improving on them over time using helpful exercises to guide you. Get introduced to new artists every week and join discussions on how to look at and talk about art. This is a great class for beginners and anyone who might have ever said "I can only draw stick figures".
- Please bring the following to class:
-pencils
-white erasers
-large pad of newsprint
-india ink
-small brushes
-vine charcoal
-compressed charcoal
Craig Stover
Craig Stover has resided in Philadelphia for over 20 years and is widely known in the Philly arts scene as an artist, teacher, curator and art administrator. Craig has exhibited his works in numerous galleries including the Pentimenti Gallery, Cerulean Arts and the Williams Gallery. His studio in the Fairmount neighborhood and welcomes visitors and collectors alike (visit the artist’s website at www.picturemaker.com). Over the past decade, Craig served as the Executive Director for Allens Lane Art Center where he oversaw it’s summer art camp, produced 60+ productions in the Allens Lane Theater, curated over 100 exhibitions in the Alber Galleries and developed a wide variety of classes in the visual and performing arts (including the well-known Vision Thru Art program (sculpture classes for blind artists). Additionally Craig also hosts a weekly artist interview program called ArtShow that started as a response to the pandemic of 2019. ArtShow highlights the best artists working in Philadelphia today and gives viewers a chance to learn about new artists, how they work and what inspires their creativity. ArtShow can be found here: www.youtube.com/@ArtShowwithCraigStover