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Drawing for Beginners

Drawing for Beginners

Sunday 16 March
Downtown Charleston - 10am - 2 Hours
Grace Marshall
In this class, we will explore the basics of drawing and equip you with the skills needed to create beautiful and expressive artwork.Our experienced instructor will guide you through the fundamentals of drawing, including perspective, proportion, shading, and composition.We will also be practicing various forms of Mark Making techniques and hopefully will make an empty page less daunting to fill up. Perfect for complete beginners.
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$47      
Drawing for Beginners

Drawing for Beginners

Sunday 30 March
Downtown Charleston - 10am - 2 Hours
Grace Marshall
In this class, we will explore the basics of drawing and equip you with the skills needed to create beautiful and expressive artwork.Our experienced instructor will guide you through the fundamentals of drawing, including perspective, proportion, shading, and composition.We will also be practicing various forms of Mark Making techniques and hopefully will make an empty page less daunting to fill up. Perfect for complete beginners.
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$47      
Still Life Drawing

Still Life Drawing

Sunday 13 April
Meeting St, Charleston, SC - 10am - 2 Hours
Grace Marshall
Unlock your creative potential at this incredibly immersive event where you can master the art of still life drawing. This hands-on experience guides you thoroughly through the crux of still life - proportions. This fundamental lesson will empower your ability to capture life's grandeur, reflecting anatomical accuracy. Experience the joy of drawing with us and be prepared to broaden your artistic horizons.
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$47      

Drawing Portraits

Drawing Portraits

Sunday 20 April
Meeting St, Charleston, SC - 10am - 2 Hours
Grace Marshall
Join us for a hands-on portrait drawing session where you'll learn techniques for capturing likeness and expression. Perfect for all skill levels, this event will help you refine your artistic skills in a fun and creative environment!
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$47      

Other Nearby Groups

Beginner's Photography Class

Beginner's Photography Class

Saturday 29 March
Anson St - 10am - 3 Hours
Charleston Photography Group
Dave Gray
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance!

Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure.

We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
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$92       5 places left
Long Exposure Photography

Long Exposure Photography

Saturday 19 April
N Market St., Charleston - 8pm - 2 Hours
Charleston Photography Group
Dave Gray
Learn the basics of long exposure to capture light trails along with tripod photography.

Long exposure refers to a technique where you keep the shutter open for an unusually long period of time. This results to interesting effects in your photographs.
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$47      
Portraiture With Natural Light

Portraiture With Natural Light

Saturday 10 May
N Market St., Charleston - 5pm - 2 Hours
Charleston Photography Group
Dave Gray
This class is your time to learn and gain a proper understanding of Composition and the importance of light to help boost your photography skills.

We, as a class, will be photographing a model without any on-camera flash or strobe photography. Just the available light, we will walk through, troubleshoot, make adjustments and capture a portrait successfully.

We will also learn how to use light modifiers like a reflector to help capture appropriately exposed shots in not-so-great lighting
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$47      

Beginner's Photography Class

Beginner's Photography Class

Saturday 31 May
N Market St., Charleston - 10am - 3 Hours
Charleston Photography Group
Dave Gray
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance!

Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure.

We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
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$92       5 places left
Motion Blur - Using Blur in Photography

Motion Blur - Using Blur in Photography

Saturday 21 June
N Market St., Charleston - 10am - 2 Hours
Charleston Photography Group
Dave Gray
Learn to use intentional motion blur to enhance your photography. We will cover a range of blurring techniques including long exposures, panning and intentional camera movement for artistic purposes. Not all blurry photos are accidents!

Knowing how to control the blur can help lead you to new creative opportunities, expanding your photographic possibilities.
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$47      
Street Photography

Street Photography

Saturday 05 July
Anson St - 10am - 2 Hours
Charleston Photography Group
Dave Gray
People, cafes, vendors, street merchants, buskers, historic buildings, art installations and much more. The power of observation underpins the art of great street photography. Learning to "see" interesting detail is a practised skill and we introduce you to easy methods that will open your photographer's eye and expose you to a world that is alive with detail. The most rewarding part of the class is learning how to approach interesting people and have them willingly pose for you.

We will also go over settings, focusing techniques and lens choices common to street photography to help us capture those random chance encounters.
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$47      

ABOUT CHARLESTON
ART
GROUP
Come along to our meetups to improve your art in a relaxed and social atmosphere, and under the guidance of a professional instructor. Complete beginners to experienced artists all welcome.

Our 2 hour meetups are held in a different location each time, usually outdoors.

Bring your own materials which can be anything from pencils or pastels, to watercolour or oils.

If you are a complete beginner all you need to start are a couple of good drawing pencils, a rubber, and a drawing pad.

Who can attend? Open to all skill levels, from beginners to experienced artists. The instructor is there to help everyone.

The meeting point and full details for the day are sent in the booking confirmation email to the email address you provide at time of booking.

Join the Facebook Group here to share your art and enjoy the art of other locals.

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Our meetups and classes are limited to a max of 12 people
REVIEWS
It was very nice. We learned a lot and met great people.
5/5
Deborah
2025-02-23
Grace was a wonderful teacher! You could instantly see her passion and enthusiasm.
5/5
Sandy
2025-02-23
Excellent refresher on drawing basics. Instructor was affirming and offered good feedback while we were in the process of drawing
5/5
Rebecca
2025-02-23

ARTISTS
Grace Marshall
Grace is a graphic designer and self-taught illustrator based in Charleston. She has been illustrating digitally for ten years and is proficient in traditional sketching, coloring, fundamental art techniques, and more. She graduated from Charleston Southern University in 2021 with a degree in graphic design, and she is very enthusiastic to share her love of art with others!
PHOTOS
Exeter Art Group
2025-03-11
Charleston Art Group
2024-03-11
Title or Location: Lowcountry Wonder
Surgery is an amalgamation of art and science, and with that definition I have been an artist for 30 years. I had to stop operating last year due to physical disabilities, and needed a new medium for artistic expression. I have been so inspired by the amazing artist in Charleston and so moved by many of the marsh paintings in the local galleries. I started oil painting and waking up early to photograph sunrises last year. The reference photo for this painting was taken at oyster point in Mt.
Credit: Nancy DeMore
Instagram: Nancy.demore
Honolulu Art Group
2025-03-03

Charleston Art Group
2024-03-11
Title or Location: Middle School Student
An old friend of mine who I graduated high school with over 20 years ago had reached out to me. Her sons best friend Dylan had passed away in a tragic accident several weeks ago. They were inseparable. My friend would always comment how talented I was until one day she had reached out and asked if I would be willing to draw a portrait of Dylan for his mother. I was honored she would consider me worthy for something like this. Dylan attended a private school and was a heart felt warm loving child
Credit: Krystle Pellicone
Melbourne Art Group
2025-02-03
Charleston Art Group
2024-03-01
Title or Location: Eyes of the world
I saw this little boy on TV on the news. The news told about the consequences of great destruction due to the war in one of the eastern countries. They pulled him out from under the rubble of his house, he was dirty and scared. And I saw his eyes, which reflected fear with all the pain in the world. This boy seemed to me a symbol of children who suffered from various troubles on earth, such as war, earthquakes and other disasters. At that moment, I was sitting at home in Ukraine, in Odessa,
Credit: Irysha

Huntsville Art Group
2025-01-27
Charleston Art Group
2024-03-01
Title or Location: Angus the Heelan Coo
This colored pencil drawing was completed on Pastelmat as part of a weekly live draw program ?Artclub? provided by The Bonny Snowdon Academy. She is a world renowned colored pencil artist, teaching hyper realism. It?s amazing to create art from the same reference photo as multiple artists but have a unique drawing with each person?s style and perspective. I lived in the highlands of Scotland for 3 years so learning to draw this big fella was a 360 life moment for me. I am constantly growing by i
Credit: Angel Stewart
Knoxville Art Group
2024-11-18

Memphis Art Group
2025-03-12
Title or Location: Mama?s Robin
I decided to try my hand at acrylic painting a little over two years ago as a hobby when I retired, and I haven?t been able to stop! This painting was a gift for my mother?s 90th birthday. I named it ?Mama?s Robin? in appreciation for the name she gave me at birth.
Credit: Robin Franks
Knoxville Art Group
2024-11-18
Glasgow Art Group
2025-03-11
Title or Location: Winters day

Credit: Marie Markey

Knoxville Art Group
2024-11-05
Buffalo Art Group
2025-03-11
Title or Location: The Watchful Giant
"The Watchful Giant." Growing up in Vermont, we?ve seen our fair share of moose, and that?s exactly what inspired this piece.
Credit: Stacy Gertis
Facebook: Artworkbystacyg
Instagram: Stacygertis
Brisbane Art Group
2024-11-04

Leeds Art Group
2025-03-10
Title or Location: London Rain
The subject excites and challenges the charcoal pencil....and allows the paper to be part of the drawing... loved the sense of space.. this drawing was an absolute pleasure to work on... like reading a good book... you wish would last longer ...
Credit: John Teal
Orlando Art Group
2024-11-04
Aberdeen Art Group
2025-03-08
Title or Location: Sacred Healing Landscape
My amazing energy healing friend commissioned me to paint a picture of her sacred healing landscape where she takes pets and people on Shamanic journeys to receive life-changing energy healing. She verbalised her sacred space to me, and I painted this as a gift for her birthday.
Credit: Heather Ogilvie
Facebook: HeathersArtHappy
Instagram: heathers_art_happy

Orlando Art Group
2024-11-04
Minneapolis Art Group
2025-03-08
Title or Location: Marvin
Meet Marvin! He?s my neighbor pup. His mom shared a photo with me that I used as a basis to practice painting. I?m not very good at drawing, so I used the photo to map out with a ruler and pencil on the canvas panel where specific features exist and then I connect the dots to ?draw? him, then I finish by painting. I?m finding that this method helps me to keep the dimensions correct across the entire panel.
Credit: Michelle Clements
Jacksonville Art Group
2024-10-07

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