I have a passion for creating art and inspiring new artists. Regardless of your artistic aspirations, having the ability to draw is essential. This is why, a year ago, we at Old Guy Studios LLC decided to open The Studio to bring these resources to our Cookeville community.
It’s important to meet students where they are artistically and give them the foundation they need to excel. This is why we only accept 5 to 6 students per class to allow for more personalized instruction.
In addition to our quaterley workshops we’ve expanded our studies to include 2 "Artistic Learning Tracks".
1. “The Animation Studio” for the 13+ year old students
2. “The Art Studio” for the 8-12 year old students.
Workshops (Ages 13+)
Begining Portrait Drawing
$60* Saturday workshop (3 1/2 hours)
This workshop will be taught by renowned artist Suzanne Lavonne Smith. She’ll cover fundamental techniques of realistic form, structure, light and shadow as well as how to use weighted lines for graphic illustrations.
About Suzanne Lavonne Smith
Suzanne Lavone Smith has been a commissioned artist for over 50 years. Having studied Commercial Art and Fine Art/Visual Art in college, Smith has continued her personal studies with dozens of renowned master artists in the field of portraiture. Smith’s work has been recognized with numerous juried competition awards from Atlanta to New York including being selected as one of the “Top Ten in Tennessee” for two years by the Portrait Society of America. Her commissioned portraits are displayed in universities, hospitals and banks as well as private collections throughout the country.
All art supplies will be provided for class. Paper, pencils, erasers, drawing boards etc.
Schedule:
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Saturday, February 22 - 9:30am to 1:00pm
*Tech and Vol State students get a %10 discount
The Animation Studio (Ages 13+)
$125* per month
The first 6 months we will learn drawing construction and perspective. Then move into environments and props. We’ll spend some time learning to draw the figure and how it relates to character design. This is when we will start developing the look and feel of our animated show. We’ll design our characters in different styles, from complex and hyper realistic all the way to very stylized and simplistic. Moving into color theory we’ll study various color pallets and designs. We’ll finish our development phase with layouts and color keys. At the end of the six months, if we have time, I’d like to jump into the basics of animation.
The next 3 months we will dive fully into animation. Studying squash and stretch, overlapping action, follow through, and clear posing. We’ll then finish it off with some character animation
The last 3 months of the year will be spent doing character animation from the show we’ve developed. It’s going to be an amazing journey!
The schedule - We accept new students the first Thursday of each month
Once a week we’ll meet for 1 hour. Thursdays 6:00pm to 7:00pm or 7:30pm to 8:30pm
(48 total classes for the year)
Once a month each student gets 1 half hour private lesson. (12 total for the year)
Once a quarter there will be a 1 hour free draw period. (4 total for the year) This will be open to anyone who wants to come into the studio, work on their project, get some extra help, or just do some drawing.
Once a quarter we’ll have a 3 hour Saturday workshop. (4 total for the year)
All art supplies will be provided for class. Paper, pencils, colored pencils, erasers, drawing boards etc.
We will also be working in Procreate and Procreate Dreams**. So you will need to bring a drawing tablet with those programs installed.
*Tech and Vol State students get a %10 discount
**If you don’t have access to a tablet, the first 5 to 6 months of curriculum can be done with the provided, non digital, materials.
The Art Studio (Ages 8-12)
$120 per month
The first 6 months we will be working in black and gray studying shapes, shadows, highlights, and tones. All of our projects will be centered around acquiring those skills and reinforcing them. We’ll spend time drawing animals, people, and various objects. All with the goal of helping them see the world around them from the perspective of an artist. We will then dive fully into color. Using the knowledge we gained studying in black and gray the students will learn to translate their shapes, shadows, highlights and tones into colorful works of art. At the end of the six months we’ll have our first art exhibition! Students can show off the artwork they are most proud of.
The next 3 months we will be all about drawing perspectives and backgrounds. They’ll learn about one and two point perspectives. Learning to draw everything from buildings and landscapes to space stations and castles.
The last 3 months of the year we’ll design our own worlds. Drawing landscapes, buildings and bringing our characters to life in their own environments. Pulling all their work together, students can show the progress they’ve made and present their work to the community at our December 2024 art exhibition!
The schedule - We accept new students the first Tuesday of each month
Once a week we’ll meet for 1 hour. Tuesdays 5:30pm to 6:30pm or 7:00pm to 8:00pm
(48 total classes for the year)
Once a month each student gets 1 half hour private lesson. (12 total for the year)
Once a quarter there will be a 1 hour free draw period. (4 total for the year) This will be open to anyone who wants to come into the studio, work on their project, get some extra help, or just do some drawing.
Once a quarter we’ll have an hour and a half Saturday workshop. (4 total for the year)
All art supplies will be provided for class. Paper, pencils, colored pencils, paint, pastels erasers, drawing boards etc.
For the students interested in digital art, some of the projects can be done on a tablet. So you will need to bring a drawing tablet with Procreate installed.