Claire Watson Garcia offers some tips and suggestions during her first class of "Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner," on Oct. 2, 2018, at Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan, Connecticut.

In 2003, Clare Watson Garcia, a Silvermine School art professor, wanted to reach out to others with the desire to learn about art, so she wrote "Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner." The ...