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Friday Print Lab (8/7)
with Tom Lindell
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.
Try It! Figure Drawing for Complete Beginners
with Derys Lyttle
This stand-alone class features a live model and is geared toward beginners who have never drawn from a nude, live model before.
We will use converging shapes to “build” the figure, triangles, ovals, circles , etc, that can give us our first understanding of how to think of three- dimensional form as we learn to draw it on a two-dimensional surface. Beginning this way, without relying on only our outside lines, will help our understanding of what it means to enjoy figure drawing!
Materials provided by The Drawing Studio.
Workshop! Paint Your HeArt Open! (August)
with Desiree Maultsby
A monthly process painting session, open to all — no experience, no agenda, no product to produce. Each session is a 3-hour held space where participants paint freely, guided by the principle that the creative process matters more than the outcome. Participants leave feeling more connected to themselves, their body, and a community of people who showed up for the same thing.
Materials provided by The Drawing Studio.
Beginning Watercolor
with Julian "Blizo" Argote
During this class, you will learn basic drawing and watercolor techniques and styles from abstract to landscape, and more! This class is designed for folks that want to start their watercolor journey!
Materials not provided. Please bring the following:
-Watercolor paper
-Watercolors of your choice
-White printer paper
-Pencil
-Sharpies
-Masking tape
-Watercolor brushes of your choice
Long Pose Figure Drawing Studio (8/9)
with Patrick O'Dell
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.
Figure Drawing Studio (8/10)
with Peggy Sanders
Each stand-alone session is for independent study, with no instruction, for ages 18+. 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 9 AM. If you arrive after the doors close, please wait until the first break when the doors open again.
The last Monday of every month features a clothed model.
ZOOM: Acrylic Painting and the Painted Figure
with Cynthia Miller
View and discuss images by artists using the figure as their subject.Paint together in class from a seen image. Create homework in the theme to share in next class session.
Materials not provided. Please bring the following:
acrylic or other paint
paintable paper
pencil for notes and sketch
water
palette
apron
ZOOM: Painterpretations (August)
with Randiesia Fletcher
Painterpretations, founded in 2019 by Randiesia Fletcher, MEd.,is an intergenerational social and cultural arts class that has gained international attention for its innovative approach to dialogue and creative expression. The program engages participants across generations in critical conversations sparked by culturally relevant topics, guiding them to write and create visual responses—“Painterpretations”—that reflect personal and collective narratives. Through the integration of sound clips, video, poetry, mapping, and the study of artists and techniques from the African Diaspora, Painterpretations creates a dynamic space where storytelling, history, and art converge.