Youth Drawing Classes

Riverside is excited to offer two levels of drawing classes for your young artist! Join Gabrielle Dolin for Introduction to Drawing for 3rd-5th graders and Foundational Drawing geared towards teens, 6-8th grade.  

Introduction to Drawing

5PM-6PM
3rd-5th Grade Class

Join us for an exciting introduction to the world of drawing. This four-week course aims to teach foundational drawing skills and foster children’s creativity and expression in a supportive setting. Students will explore various techniques, from shading, blending and cross-hatching with graphite to experimenting with the bold strokes and textures of charcoal. Each week, students will leave with a completed piece to feel proud about, from landscapes to fun florals.

Classes are $15 in advance only, sign up with the link below!

March 8
How to hold your pencil
Graphite
March 22
Learning about contrast
Charcoal/white chalk
March 15
Scumbling, stippling, blending
Graphite
March 29
Hatching, cross-hatching, and value study
Charcoal

Foundational Drawing

6:15PM-7:15PM
6th-8th Grade Class

Your child will have just as much fun in our foundational drawing class for teens. Expanding on skills introduced in our children’s class, students will also explore and learn about value, contrast, composition, and much more using graphite and charcoal. In addition to technical skills gained from this course, teens can expect to creative in a supportive and fun community that emphasizes collaboration. Projects in this course range from observational drawing to animal studies.

Classes are $15 in advance only, sign up with the link below!

 

March 8
How to hold your pencil
Graphite
March 22
Hatching, cross-hatching, and value study
Charcoal
March 15
Scumbling, stippling, blending
Charcoal
March 29
Observational drawing
Charcoal
Register Here

About your instructor: Gabbi Dolin

Teacher, Gabbi Dolin, is a self-taught artist and big sister who grew up in Fowlerville, MI. Painting has been a special interest of hers since she was about 12 years old, and she enjoyed elective art classes throughout grade school and college. Gabbi graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a Bachelor’s in psychology in 2022 and is now a year and a half into a master’s program at Wayne State University for both Counseling and Art Therapy. She is the assistant director and an instructor at D&M Art Studio as well as program coordinator for the Partnership, where she gets to use her passion for art and working with kids to help run the ACE program. She has also had a lot of fun getting to paint the windows for the Factory. In her personal art, she loves using references from art and design history, especially art nouveau styles. She frequently includes animals and floral elements in her work. And has recently received an honorable mention for her piece “Nouveau Ballet” in the Three Cities Art Club’s Juried Exhibition at Westland City Hall.