Easy-to-Draw Dictators

Check your calendar and maybe read up on a bit of this world’s malevolent histories in preparation for Easy-to-Draw Dictators:

Saturdays, July 24 & July 31, 4 P.M. – 5 P.M.

The teachers present pertinent facts and dubious factoids about current and recent dictators and instruct participants in how to draw simplified portraits of each tyrant. Students practice drawing the dictators following the teacher’s instructions. Class also features gesture drawing, questions-and-answers, critiques of the students’ drawings, and a big sing-along. Dictators may include: Kim Jong-il (South Korea), Omar al-Bashir (Sudan), Augusto Pinochet (Chile), King Abdullah (Saudi Arabia), George W. Bush (USA), Saparmurat Niyazov (Turkmenistan), + much, much more!