In this two-day intensive workshop, we’ll emphasize the looseness and the expression rather than the realism or the anatomical accuracy, with the objective of helping the students to find their own voice. Working exclusively with short poses (30 seconds to 5 minutes), students will practice various techniques and exercises, in order to develop hand-eye coordination, improve the quality of their lines and bring liveliness and emotion in their drawings of the human figure. The class addresses things such as where to start and in which order to execute a drawing, what to look for to create a dynamic gesture, what to draw and not to draw, how to connect the figure to the page/space, etc... Demonstrations and hands-on critiques are an important part of the class.

Location: Pacific Art League

Saturday
8:30am to 9:00am: Students arrive and get ready.
9am to 9:30am: Introduction to the class. Initial instruction.
9:30am to 12pm: Working with the model. Demonstrations, practice, and feedback.
12:00pm to 12:30pm: Q&A,
12:30pm to 1:00pm: Lunch break
1:00pm to 1:30pm: More instruction, and getting ready for the model
1:30pm to 4pm: Working with the model. Demonstrations, practice, and feedback.

*Please note the class on Saturday ends at 4pm.

Sunday
8:30am to 9:00am: Student arrive and get ready.
9am to 9:30am: Q&A and instruction.
9:30am to 12pm: Working with the model. Demonstrations, practice, and feedback.
12:00pm to 12:30pm: Q&A,
12:30pm to 1:00pm: Lunch break
1:00pm to 1:30pm: More instruction, and getting ready for the model
1:30pm to 4pm: Working with the model.
4:00pm to 5:00pm: Q&A. Wrap up.

Students are expected to arrive early, 8:30am, 8:45am at the latest. It takes some time to get
ready.

Easels, and boards are provided. Student should bring their own supplies. Recommended
paper size is 18” x 24” for all the practice (smaller formats are discouraged).
Students, if interested, will have the option to work with watercolor on Sunday.

More information and registration here.