Beginner Figure Drawing in Graphite
Adult Class | Registration opens 8/4/2026 9:00 AM MDT
This class is designed for beginner artist/students who have an interest in learning how to draw the human figure. This is achieved through understanding the human form with geometric shapes, learning and understanding proportion, the basics of anatomy and capturing the movement. This class covers the principles and key concepts of drawing such as straight-line block ins, value, comparative measurement, building the form.
- Basic drawing skills are helpful.
-Shop for supplies just blocks from ASLD at Meininger Art Material, 499 Broadway: https://www.meininger.com/
- Utility knife/box cutter
Pencils: Staedtler brand 2B,HB, H
Newsprint pad 18" x 24"
Kneaded eraser
Blending stumps
Danid Karim Eid
Danid Karim Eid is a Venezuelan American artist based in Colorado. She graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Visual Arts. Danid Karim is classically trained following the Old Master’s style at the Real Academy of Art in Denver. Her artistic approach is representational art and Contemporary Realism. Although, she has worked with a variety of media, her primary medium is oils. She is also a member of Oil Painters of America.
Danid Karim believes art permeates all aspects of being. She is interested in the pursuit of beauty, the simple forms of daily life, nature, our planet and all in it. “It is beauty around us that inspires me to create paintings which reflect my perception of those artistic qualities.”