DC Social Sketchers (1 Single Lesson- You Choose)

SOCIAL PEOPLE DRAW TOGETHER! Choose any one lesson of our Social Sketchers Draw Club (LIVE, online...see list below) and dust off your drawing muscles ($15.00/session- for your household). If you want a relaxed drawing class that will help you understand and exercise specific drawing techniques that you can use in your everyday life, this is the best deal you'll find anywhere! Come join us! Wherever you are, we want to draw with you!

Do you have friends or a living community that might like to draw with each other? With four or more adults who want to meet up for class, the Group option at checkout is an unbelievable bargain.

Social Sketchers is for adults who have a little life experience. No hard age line, but we suggest 50(ish)+. It runs 55 minutes and incorporates basic drawing skills into applications you'll use in everyday life (making funny cartoons, connecting with kids/grandkids, vision casting for life and work, communicating your feelings, graphic journaling and much more). Draw Club sessions are grouped in four-week themes (see Monthly Themes below).

Choose Your Week and Post It in the Comments Section at Checkout:
September: Characters With Charisma
Week 1- Characters
Week 2-Expressions
Week 3-Poses+Action
Week 4-Studio Project
October: Comic The Sunday Cartoonist
Week 5- Traditional Cartoon Strips
Week 6- Preserving Proportion
Week 7- Political Panels
Week 8- Studio Project
November: Superlative Storytelling
Week 9- Story Layout
Week 10- Principles of Perspective
Week 11- Tackling Text
Week 12- Studio Project
December: Life Of The Party
Week 13- Portraits
Week 14- Caricatures
Week 15- Abstract Ink
Week 16- Studio Project
January: The Body Classic
Week 17- Rubens Girls
Week 18- Greek Gods
Week 19- The Kiss
Week 20- Studio Project
February: Valentine Vibes
Week 21- Love Notes
Week 22- Diary (w/Stick Caricatures)
Week 23- Doodle Detail
Week 24- Studio Project
March: Where The Wild Things Are
Week 25- Fur- Fox
Week 26- Feathers- Parrot
Week 27- Flesh- Elephant
Week 28- Studio Project
April: Ross Like A Boss
Week 29- Tropical Scene
Week 30- Mountain Lake Scene
Week 31- Fields and Farm Scene
Week 32- Studio Project
May: Cash Cow Cartooning
Week 33- T-Shirts Design
Week 34- Mascots & Logos
Week 35- Greeting Card Design
Week 36- Studio Project
June: Children's Book Challenge Workshop
Week 37- Layouts With Words
Week 38- Minimalist vs Masterpiece
Week 39- Captivate With Color
Week 40- Fabulous Finish
July: Designing Distinct Domiciles Workshop
Week 41- English Cottage
Week 42- Forest Cabin
Week 43- Modern 
Week 44- City Flat...3 Point Perspective
August: Wet And Wild Watercolor Workshop
Week 45- Tulips
Week 46- Lone Tree
Week 47- Fishing Town
Week 48- Abstract

If you are unable to attend the live session any given week (or if you prefer the flexibility of video), there will be a recorded version of every lesson available after the live session is complete. The videos will stay on our YouTube channel for two weeks. During Studio Project week, you can use the guide video just like the live feed, so if you're in a group, you can still meet as a group and draw together.

CLASS STRUCTURE:
-4 minutes lesson focus, history and examples
-48 minutes step by step drawing (10 minutes on, 2 minute break repeated)
-4 minute evaluation

Suggested ages: 50+ with beginning to experienced drawing skills.

HOW SOCIAL SKETCHERS DRAW CLUB WORKS: Three sessions (per 4-week-theme) are live, step-by-step tutorials. The fourth session per month is recorded and can be viewed at your convenience. The recorded session is called Studio Project week. The Studio Project video is posted on YouTube, and outlines an exercise designed to give you freedom to explore, on your own, the techniques/styles we've been working on during the previous three weeks. There is also a step-by-step option within the Studio Project video if you want or need extra help applying your skills.

You will be sent a Zoom invite (new each week) to join the live Draw Club session and a JPG file(s) to print that will help you follow along on the lesson. Please provide an email address you check regularly during check out so you are sure to receive both the invite and the JPG files
 
For these sessions, you will need:
-A reliable internet connection.
•A monitor that can display the live Zoom session and the Studio Project video.
•To print the JPG template(s) you receive for the session.
•A pencil and an eraser (and a ruler occasionally).
•A pen (or preferably two) with indelible ink. One fine tip, and if possible, a second with a bit larger tip to fill in more area (which makes things quicker).
•Colored pencils, markers, or crayons...preferably with 2-3 of each color (ie. light green, medium green, dark green). Simple, low cost colors will work fine.
•A simple set of watercolor paints (only in August).
•A mirror (only in December). A photo/selfie can work for this.

Social Sketchers is great for living/retirement communities, church groups, arts councils, art therapy programs, and for any individual who always wanted to learn to draw, or who wants to maintain mental/motor dexterity in a fun way.
 
Classes are weekly during the school year:
Thursdays at  6:00-6:55PM EST
Fridays at 10:00-10:55AM
 
Classes during the summer months run as once-monthly four-day workshops.
Summer Dates: June 22-25, July 13-16, August 10-13
Summer Class Time: 6:00-6:55PM  EST (M-Th)
 
There will be others in attendance, and feeds will be muted during the step-by-step portion of the class, with small breaks for questions. Chat will be moderated if you have any questions while muted. 
 
Monthly Themes:
•Characters With Charisma (Characters, Expressions, Poses, Action)
•The Sunday Cartoonist (Strips, Proportion, Panel Cartoons, Layout)
•Superlative Storytelling (Story Layout, Perspective, Tackling Text, Flow)
•Life Of The Party (Portraits, Caricatures, Abstract Ink, Graphic Recording)
•The Body Classic (Female Form, Male Form, Posed Couple, Posing Ourselves)
•Valentine Vibes (Love Letters, Diary, Doodle Details, Vision Boarding)
•Where The Wild Things Are (Fur, Feathers, Flesh, Fins)
•Ross Like A Boss (Tropical, Mountain Lake, Farm And Field, Castle) Landscapes
•Cash Cow Cartoons (T-Shirts, Logos/Mascots, Greeting Cards, Prints And Brand)
•Children's Book Challenge Workshop (Layout With Words, Art Style, Color, Finish)
•Designing Distinct Domiciles Workshop (English Cottage, Cabin, Modern, City Flat)
•Wet And Wild Watercolor Workshop (Tulip, Lone Tree, Fishing Town, Abstract)
 
Photo Waiver: Draw Club takes and receives weekly pictures of student artwork and shares some of them in the email update and on social media for people to see what awesome artists we have. There are no names associated with the pictures. Unless you notify us otherwise (at Toons@GooGenius.com) not to share any photos of your student/art, your purchase of Draw Club classes will be deemed as agreement to let us use screenshots and any other images of your student/artwork, royalty free, in various GooGenius/Draw Club community-building and publicity applications.