This is a great introductory course for students who are interested in learning to draw and paint.  Students will explore using pencil, charcoal, ink, conte, pastel, colored pencils, watercolor, and tempera paints. Various themes will be studied such as the still life, portrait and figure. There will be an emphasis on the elements of and principles of art and on drawing from observation. Students will be able to explore their own creativity and strive to develop their own personal style of drawing and painting while discovering the many different types of paintings including realistic and abstract.