In Person Classes!

Currently serving:

Heartland Charter School for students ages 12-18.

Select sign up and complete the form.
Send in your Service Request through Heartland's Procurify system by searching "Anthony Bribiesca (BribiArt)" in the catalogue!
Do this the month prior before taking classes (i.e. register in September for October classes).
For new students: Once registered, materials list will be given out the 20th of every month along with location.

Any questions, please reach out to Anthony Bribiesca Email: Anthonybribiart@gmail.com

How it works

These classes are designed to teach the four fundamentals of drawing, with each fundamental covered over two classes per month. While light homework will be assigned, students are strongly encouraged to draw as much as possible outside of class. The full cycle repeats every four months, with new examples introduced to keep learning fresh and to challenge artists further. All skill levels are welcome—there’s no need to wait for a new "semester." Just jump into the next available fundamental and start creating!

Shapes

Learning to draw shapes is one of the most essential fundamentals in art. Almost everything you see and draw—whether it's a face, a landscape, or a complex design—can be broken down into basic shapes like circles, squares, triangles, and cylinders.This fundamental teaches artists to observe and simplify the world into these building blocks, making it easier to understand form, proportion, and structure. Mastering shapes builds confidence and accuracy, setting a strong foundation for more advanced skills like shading, perspective, and anatomy.Whether you're sketching from imagination or life, the ability to see and draw shapes is the key to unlocking everything else.

Volume and Form

Drawing form is the next step after mastering basic shapes—it’s what gives your drawings depth and dimension. While shapes are flat and two-dimensional, forms are shapes brought to life with volume: think cubes instead of squares, spheres instead of circles, and cylinders instead of rectangles. This fundamental teaches artists how to make objects look three-dimensional on a two-dimensional surface. It involves understanding how light interacts with form, how perspective affects appearance, and how to create the illusion of space and mass. Mastering form helps you draw more realistically and believably, making your artwork feel solid and grounded—whether you’re working from life or imagination.

Perspective

Perspective is the fundamental that helps artists create the illusion of depth and distance on a flat page. It’s how we make a road look like it’s stretching into the horizon, or how buildings appear smaller the farther away they are. By learning perspective, artists understand how to place objects in space, how to maintain proportions at different angles, and how to guide the viewer’s eye through a scene. Whether it’s one-point, two-point, or even more complex perspectives, this skill is crucial for landscapes, architecture, and dynamic compositions. Mastering perspective brings your drawings to life—it turns flat sketches into believable environments with a real sense of place.

Observational Drawing

Observational drawing is all about learning to draw what you see—not what you think you see. This fundamental sharpens your ability to notice proportion, angles, light, shadow, and subtle details by studying real-life subjects directly. Whether you're drawing a still life, a figure, or a scene from your surroundings, this practice strengthens your hand-eye coordination and deepens your understanding of how things actually appear. It’s less about perfection and more about seeing with intention. With regular practice, observational drawing improves your overall accuracy, boosts your confidence, and connects all the other drawing fundamentals together. Great artists never stop observing—and this skill becomes a powerful foundation for any style or medium you choose to explore.