Teen Outdoor Drawing August 16-18

Teen Outdoor Drawing August 16-18

Class | This program is completed

Ages 13-19

8/16/2022-8/18/2022

10:00 AM-12:00 PM EDT on Tue Wed Th

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$160.00

Member Discount Available

Spend some time outside and sharpen your drawing skills on three summer mornings. No matter what field of study your teen may be preparing for, learning to draw should be part of that preparation. Michele Lauriat teaches drawing with an eye toward skill building, increasing confidence and creativity, sharpening observation skills and attention to detail. This class will meet outside the Big Yellow House, and then move to Ell Pond. Supplies are NOT provides for this class - see list below. If you have any concerns about supplies, email programs@fyamelrose.org, and we will be happy to help! Please note that this class MAY extend over two weeks if the weather challenges.

  • Sketchbook - 11x14 or smaller, about 50 pages. You will have to hold your skechbook while drawing so it shouldn't be too big - wirebound recommended so that you can fold pages back.

  • 2B Pencil
  • Pencil Sharpener (or several sharpened pencils)

  • Eraser (anything but a pink one - they are usually hard and can damage paper)


  • Optional:

  • 12 inch ruler

  • Hat with brim - to keep the sun out of your face and help you see what you're drawing


  • Camp chair - we will be working around Ell pond - there are some benches and grass, but you are welcome to bring your own chair if it would be more comfortable.

Michele Lauriat is a 2020 Massachusetts Cultural Council Painting Fellow. She earned her BFA in 2002 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and her MFA in 2011 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Michele was a Grant Wood Fellow in Painting and Drawing at the University of Iowa. Michele has participated in Artist Residencies at Zion National Park, Walnut Canyon and Wupatki Point National Monuments, and Grand Canyon National Park. Michele’s work is part of the collections at the Fitchburg Art Museum in Massachusetts and the Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine. Recent exhibitions include Paper Landscapes, a solo exhibition at the Emerson Center of Arts and Education in Bozeman, MT, and Draw the Line, a group exhibition at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, MA.