Traditional Illustration

Visualizing an image and constructing it on a page can daunt any artist.  Everyone must explore their mind-to-hand connection before they can pull a concept from their mind onto paper. Familiarizing your hand with the physicality of drawing can shape how you begin to perceive ideas in a way your hand can actually execute. In this traditional illustration course, students work with paper, pencil, and pen to develop confident, deliberate mark-making and composition skills needed to construct a convincing illustration. Students will engage with line art, sketching, and layering exercises to strengthen the mind-to-hand connection that allows a visual idea to become a finished piece. The course emphasizes stylization and confidence rather than figure drawing or color theory. Students will complete a series of illustrations demonstrating control and intentionality in their mark making.