Build observational drawing skills through a contemporary lens. What does it mean to observe the present moment? How does our place in history affect the way we see it? How do our perspectives shift reality? We will address drawing as a process of thought between the real and the imaginary. Each session will include a prompt based on current events, personal experience, and drawing exercises derived from 20th and 21st-century art history: surrealist automatism, situationist walks, mapmaking, performative drawing, rules and restraints, and drawing real and virtual space. Students will gain insight into their individualized way of seeing and begin a drawing practice unique to their vision.