Teen Program

Drawing for Beginners

Free admission

Join YCBA educator James Vanderberg to learn the basics of drawing! 

About this program 

Using charcoal, oil pastel, and pencil, students will learn about gesture, line, perspective, and value. We will work from a variety of subjects including still life, landscape, and drawing from our imaginations. Classes are taught by James Vanderberg, Educator, High School, College, University, and Community Engagement, YCBA.

Free and open to ages 12–18. No registration needed; all materials provided.

About the series

This program will take place in the Teen Center on the lower level of Ives Main Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven. These drop-in drawing sessions will occur on October 9, November 6, November 13, and November 20. 

Top image
Samuel Palmer, A Page from a Cornish Sketchbook: Cornwall 30, undated (nineteenth century), black chalk and graphite on paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection