Traditional Drawing

Traditional Drawing

Summer Youth | Available

286 Whisconier Rd, PO Box 122 Brookfield, CT 06804 United States

River Room

Ages 12-16

Monday, August 5, 2024-Friday, August 9, 2024

1:00 PM-4:00 PM on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri

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$254.00

Art students will enjoy learning how to see and think like an artist while learning how to create more lifelike and realistic drawings.  Class exercises and projects will challenge students to use learned skills in a new context. We will study drawing from life, self portraits, and work en plein air weather allowing.  Students are invited to bring a few favorite items from home to sketch. 
Students please come prepared with a water bottle, visor hat, bug/sunscreen.


  • *There is a $4 registration fee included in tuition.

    *Members will have the $4 fee deducted from tuition.
    *Class size is limited to 6 students.

    **Please note that classes at Brookfield Craft Center must meet a minimum number of registrations for the class to run. Students will be notified within a week's notice whether their class will be held. If the class is canceled due to low enrollment, students may request to be transferred to another class or be refunded in full.

    *This class is held in the Mill Building in the River Room studio which is beneath the Gallery. There will be a set of steps to walk up and down.


Kwashnak, ShawnaLee

Award winning New England artist, ShawnaLee W. Kwashnak, loves animals, a warm cup of coffee, and bringing joy to others by creating Portraits of pets and people. With attention to detail, ShawnaLee strives to capture the spirit of her subjects in every work. Each piece is created entirely by hand in the time honored way using authentic artist materials and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. ShawnaLee is a Cum Laude graduate from Western Connecticut State University with a BA in Studio Art and Graphic design/Illustration and has been instructing art for over 28 years. She has served as Youth Art Director and program developer for the Ridgefield Guild of Artists, and taught at many venues as well as privately. She is a current board member of the CT Society of Portrait Artists, a member of SCAN, WAA and also the Richter Association for the arts. Her work has garnered numerous awards including An Award of Excellence from the Richter, Newtown Savings Bank Award from SCAN, recent feature articles in Northeast Equestrian Magazine & Middlebury Magazine as well as the Susan Wakeen Studio Art Award 2019. She is a mother of three, leader of an active Girl Scout Troop and shares her studio space with 4 cats, rabbit, a turtle, and if horses could come inside, the horse too!