Open Print Lab is designed to be a creative exploration space! Open Print Lab is where our intergenerational printmakers, with an established practice, meet with others, share work, tips, and life's journeys! Enjoy access to 3 manual roll-top etching/relief presses for your self-directed projects! This studio session is not a regular instructional class, so we recommend beginners start with one of our various printmaking classes.

Folks are welcome to bring in anything that they wish, just so long as it goes back home with you! A Studio Monitor is available to answer questions and orient you on materials. Some materials are available at cost, so bring cash for additional supplies.

Friday Print Lab is where our intergenerational printmakers, with an established practice, meet with others, share work, tips, and life's journeys! Enjoy access to 3 manual roll-top etching/relief presses for your self-directed projects! This studio session is not a regular instructional class, so we recommend beginners start with one of our various printmaking classes.

Membership with The Drawing Studio is required for Print Lab participation. Membership dues allow us to keep cost low. 

Folks are welcome to bring in anything that they wish, just so long as it goes back home with you! A Studio Monitor is available to answer questions and orient you on materials. Some materials are available at cost, so bring cash for additional supplies.

No Class On 11/27

Develop a personal vision, hone your unique artistic path, and gain fluency in the language of drawing.  In this 5- week Drawing Fundamentals III, we will focus on using ink and wash media in particular, to depict landscape subject matter. Explore new landscape compositions using the fluidity of ink and wash values each session!

Drawing Fundamentals I and II required. 

Supplies are not included. Please bring the following materials:

- Soft vine and compressed charcoal

- Paper and magazine scraps, glue sticks, and scissors

- Watercolor paper and watercolor ballpoint, and other ink pens

Give your gestural figure drawing skills a whirl with Just Draw It! We will attend a rehearsal at Ballet Tucson where students can practice drawing as the dancers rehearse. All skill levels welcome.

Please bring your own supplies - drawing board, newsprint, paper, pencils, charcoal, pastels (no paints please). 

This stand-alone class features a live nude model and will cover how to immediately begin to capture shape using a limited color palette of oil paints. The alla prima technique is a wonderful way at a first attempt at this medium and subject matter. You'll get instruction on using value to convey directions of movement and tensions in the pose.

Materials provided by The Drawing Studio. 

Welcome to “Beyond 27 Seconds, the How, What, and Why of Looking at Art”.  our NEW and FREE monthly Community Forum where we look at, talk about, and create art!  Do you know that the average time a person views an art piece is a mere 27 seconds?  In that time one may decide “I like it” ,“I don’t get it” “It’s good.” or maybe “My 6-year-old could do that.” But what does one really comprehend in such a short amount of time? In this fun and lively forum, we will learn how to better engage with, enjoy more deeply, and truly appreciate art – and the artist!  Each session, we will focus on such topics as: process, genre, medium, or group of artists, movement, or time period, with the goal of understanding how and why artists create and how we can view art in new ways to better interpret, connect with, and appreciate what we see! Each month one of our teaching artists will share curated works of art to lead the forum, with the first hour exploring concepts like   “What makes a piece of art effective?”  “Do I need to know “what” I am looking at to appreciate it?” “How did they do that?”  Once inspired, we will create a simple, yet exciting art piece relating to the topic of the month.  Join us each month, August through November at The Drawing Studio.  In December, we will have a field trip to a local museum to view real art “in the wild” and practice our new skills of seeing and engaging!

No Class On 11/29

Build layers to add depth, information, and insight to a work of art. We will start with a blank canvas and add washes, writings, rice paper, collage papers, photographs, and hand drawn images to create a more interesting composition. In the process, explore how colors work in layering, and learn from other artists to incorporate new techniques into several finished pieces. 

Materials not provided. Please bring the following supplies:

-  3 pieces of 11 inch x 15 inch watercolor paper

- Personal writings

- Photographs

- Magazine photos

- Old pieces of artwork to upcycle/recycle 

- Personal collage papers (The instructor will also be bringing plenty of collage papers to share)

Sunday afternoon live figure drawing with one (long) pose. Each one-day session is for independent study, with no instruction, for ages 18+. You are welcome to paint or draw using whichever medium you prefer. Bring your own supplies. There are easels, chairs, horses and stools available for you to borrow.

Please arrive to Figure Drawing Studio 10-15 minutes early to get set up. Doors close promptly at 1 PM. If you arrive after the doors close, please wait until the first break when the doors open again.