About this course
Perfect for absolute beginners or those reconnecting with art, this seven-week course with Rose Montgomery-Whicher builds your skills and confidence step-by-step in a supportive environment. You’ll learn to see the world with an “artist’s eye,” understanding subjects in terms of line, shape, proportions, light, and shadow.
Through engaging exercises, you’ll explore a variety of drawing techniques and materials, developing the skills to draw everything from still life to landscapes. By working from observation, memory, and artists’ drawings, you will discover the joy of drawing and the renewed sense of wonder that this foundational art form can bring.
What you'll learn
- Learn and apply fundamental principles of observational drawing.
- Cultivate the ability to perceive and translate line, shape, and tonal values.
- Explore and utilise a variety of drawing techniques and media.
- Develop skills to represent any subject matter.
- Learn proportional measuring.
Your instructor
Rose Montgomery-Whicher
Ph.D. Art Education (Alberta) · Routledge Author, 2022 · Taught at University of London, Kettle's Yard & Royal Winnipeg Ballet School · Observation Drawing
Rose Montgomery-Whicher is a distinguished artist, educator, and author whose practice is centered on the meditative art of observation drawing. With a PhD in Art Education from the University of Alberta and an MA from Concordia, her teaching is deeply informed by a philosophical and historical research background. She has shared her expertise across prestigious international institutions, including the University of London, Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge, and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. Through her work, she helps students of all ages find confidence and innovation while discovering the joys of the creative process. Rose is also the author of a 2022 Routledge publication exploring the phenomenology of drawing as a way of preserving fleeting, specific experiences. Based in Toronto, she balances her academic pursuits with her family and a dog with the excellent name of Tapioca.