Sketching with Charcoal and Watercolour Pencils (ages 18 and up) – Thursdays, October 15 – November 19, 2026 – Valley Gardens Middle School

Valley Gardens Middle School Library

220 Antrim Road

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Thursdays, October 15 – November 19, 2026

Instructor: Wayne Elliott

Learn from professional artist and art educator, Wayne Elliott, how to enhance your sketching abilities using charcoal and watercolour pencils as your medium of choice! You’ll have fun as you learn to draw with more skill, confidence and enjoyment as you experiment with new techniques to bring your drawings to life.

All supplies provided!

Learn what others have to say about Wayne’s classes:

“Wayne’s drawing class is just what the beginning artist needs to take. He starts by having us focus on things we may daily ignore.  Select a common object and look at it’s shape. Does it have curved or straight edges and dark or highlighted areas? After learning to see he teaches you how to draw. How do you hold a pencil ?  We practiced the use or line, dark and light ones, thin and wide ones, which led to hatching creating depth and volume. Best of all Wayne dispelled the obsession of needing to be perfect and allowing  us to enjoy being learners while learning the craft. I encourage you to go and play again and be surprised by what you.create. Thanks Wayne for your patience and your joy!” 

“I was so happy to be part of Wayne’s art course! Wayne was a fantastic teacher! He was very kind and helpful. He went out of his way to help each of us individually and answer any questions we had. It was a lot of fun learning new techniques as a group. It didn’t matter if we had any experience with drawing/painting or not. I would definitely recommend it!”

“Weekly drawing classes with Wayne was inspiring. His guidance and passion for art helped me grow more confident in my own unique creativity as well as develop techniques I never would have learned on my own. He made the class really enjoyable.”