Animal Drawing II: Exploring Materials: Online

Elody Gyekis | Fall II | Tuesdays: Oct 28 - Dec 2

Class Description:

Join Elody Gyekis for an exploration of drawing methods and materials using animals as subject matter.

In Animal Drawing II, students will explore white and black charcoal on toned paper, ink, watercolor, and mixed-media layering. The class will build upon the gesture drawing and drawing strategies learned in Animal Drawing I, focusing primarily on techniques for other drawing media and exploring the various surface textures and expressions found in the animal kingdom. We will also look at various artists' approaches to depicting animals throughout art history, focusing on pre-modern, modern, and contemporary artists. (Animal Drawing I is not required to take Animal Drawing II)

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Fall II Session Dates:

Scheduled occurrences for the next session of this class are as follows:

Week	Date	Time
Week 1:	10/28/2025	2 - 5 pm ET
Week 2:	11/04/2025	2 - 5 pm ET
Week 3:	11/11/2025	2 - 5 pm ET
Week 4:	11/18/2025	2 - 5 pm ET
Week 5:	11/25/2025	2 - 5 pm ET
Week 6:	12/02/2025	2 - 5 pm ET

Before Class - Welcome & How to Prepare for Class
Week 1 - Introduction – Class Overview and Toned Paper + Accessing your Dashboard & your Community
Week 2 - Drawing on a Toned Surface 2
Week 3 - Ink Painting 1
Week 4 - Ink Painting 2
Week 5 - Watercolor Painting
Week 6 - Mixed-Media
After Class - Wrap Up

$320.00
Online
6 Weeks
Beginner to Advanced

Meet Your Instructor

Elody Gyekis

Instructor

Elody Gyekis is a painter, animator, and sculptor who uses visual storytelling to reinvent traditional gender roles. Elody earned her MFA in Painting at the New York Academy of Art in 2019 and her BFA in Painting and Ceramics from Penn State University in 2009. Her paintings have been exhibited in many solo and group shows in Pennsylvania and New York, and also across the USA, Central America, and Europe. She completed artist residencies in Sibiu, Romania in 2014, and Giverny, France in 2018. Elody has taught painting workshops in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Honduras, and Costa Rica. In addition to her fine art, she has been a community arts organizer of murals and other public art projects in Pennsylvania and beyond. Elody splits her time between living in Pennsylvania, Central America, and Brooklyn.