3-Day Figure Drawing & Painting Workshop with Artist Michelle Dunaway
Friday, March 19 – Sunday, March 21, 2027
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Over three days Michelle will guide students with demos and one-on-one instruction into drawing and painting the nude model. Day one: figure sketch in charcoal, progressing from short poses which hone your hand eye coordination, moving into a longer pose at the end of the day to complete a more finished figure drawing. Even if you are new to figure drawing, there is nothing that trains your eye better for portraits than quick gesture drawing, there is nothing that trains your eye better for portraits than quick gesture drawing from life. Day 2: figure quick sketch in oil. We will move into a full color palette creating expressive figure paintings focused on gesture, movement, and capturing the essence of the pose. Figurative gesture paintings are like emotive movements of music… we will discuss how to implement this energy and emotion into longer paintings (both figure and portrait). Day 3: long pose figure painting. Taking everything we have practiced and building upon the days before, we will incorporate these themes into a long pose figure painting for the duration of the third day. Previous figure drawing experience is not necessary, but a general understanding of oils and basic color mixing is recommended. Students may choose whether to work entirely with drawing material or a limited or full color palette. Models do allow photography so bring your camera. One afternoon immediately following class Michelle will instruct a bonus session on how to photograph models for painting. Michelle is volunteering her time for this but there will be an extra fee of $50 paid directly to the model by each artist wanting to participate. Each artist will have the opportunity to pose the model themselves to gather unique reference under Michelle’s guidance.
Minimum of 10 students, maximum of 20 students
FEE: $650.00 for Booth Museum Members, $725.00 for not-yet-members
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