The purpose of this drawing course is to teach students how to "see as an artist." (They are not required to know anything about art or be "gifted" in the area of drawing to take this course.)

They will learn how to SEE and OBSERVE shapes and lines with the benefit of knowing how to draw anything they SEE!

Ages 15+

Shanel Romain is a self taught portrait artist from the Chicagoland area where she currently resides.

She's been commissioned to create portraits for government entities, won a first place award for her business from The ARISE Entrepreneur Program, and, is an award winning photojournalist from the Illinois Press Association.

She specializes in urban Christian wall art to encourage believers and to remind them of the hope that they have in Christ Jesus.

Click the image to enter the David Ruggles Prize, a new national book collecting prize to support and encourage young book collectors of color.

The prize honors the legacy of David Ruggles, an early American abolitionist, publisher, and Underground Railroad conductor. The New York grocery store he opened in 1828 soon became the country’s first Black-owned bookstore.

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