Benefits:
– Watch instructor demo
– See what other students are creating in class
– Ask questions & receive instructor critiques in real time

“Drawing Made Easy” is like an appetizer before the full course, which is the Essential Drawing Course for Beginners. In this live one-hour online session, you’ll learn the anatomy of shadows, the importance of form, and definitions of important terms that artists use. Familiarize yourself and practice the fundamentals of drawing in a quick, hands-on exercise. The instructor will lead you every step of the way, and if you have any questions, you will get answers during class.

We believe everyone is an artist, and this class will open your eyes to what you’re capable of when you know a few drawing techniques! Everyone is capable of drawing because drawing is a learned skill. No art experience is needed!

The human body as a subject is among the art’s most challenging. New artists strive to master it because drawing people is in high demand: when you can do it, it is very satisfying, more opportunities are open to you, and everyone admires your abilities. Art students and developing artists are judged by how well they can draw a person. Art colleges want to see observational figure drawings before all other pieces, to evaluate the true level of the student’s preparedness. This is what makes drawing people so delightful – you will be introduced to various aspects of drawing figures from observation. It will help you understand how the body is built, what creative shortcuts exist, learn how to draw according to the Academic tradition, including anatomy, measurements, proportions, perspective that depends on the artist’s point of view, and the step-by-step process of depicting a figure effortlessly. That combination of theory and practice, as well as the “tools” for creating portraiture, will help expand your approaches to portraiture.

Anyone is welcome to join these classes. To have the best experience in this class, we recommend having drawing experience. This is because Figure Drawing classes are about using techniques to express the human form, it is not a class where drawing for beginners is taught. If you’d like to learn how to draw, join our Essential Drawing Course for Beginners. Purchasing the drawing course will give you a free pass to Figure Drawing so you can practice your newly learned techniques!

The poses range from sitting, standing, and reclining.

Academic Figure Drawing
4 weeks: June 18, 25, July 2, 9
10am – 11:30am Pacific Time

Follow your Checklist for live drawing, step by step, to create an accurate realistic rendering of the figure, drawn from observation, minding every aspect of the process, where composition, anatomy, proportions, form, perspective, light direction, 3 types of shadows, tonality, texture, and 40+ other issues will be discussed throughout the four weeks of the project. Achieve perfect, portfolio-level doneness.

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Expressive Distortion
2 weeks: July 16, 23
10am – 11:30am Pacific Time

Searching for more expressive, stylized, abstracted forms in figurative art, inspired by Francis Bacon.

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Shading With an Edge
One week: July 30
10am – 11:30am Pacific Time

Searching for more expressive, stylized, abstracted forms in figurative art, inspired by Francis Bacon.

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Advanced Coaching is led by Olya Losina, the co-founder of Prima Materia and the creator of the school’s curriculum. These classes are offered for those who want to take their art to the next level in terms of skill and ideas. Dive into each project and spend an extended amount of time developing and refining your body of work. If you’re an artist that is interested in committing to your art, Advanced Coaching is for you!

This class is for advanced students. In order to qualify and make the most out of these sessions, you must be familiar with drawing and painting. If you’d like to join Advanced Coaching but don’t have art experience, start here!

Collage & Mixed Media
Thursdays & Fridays, December 2nd, 2021 – Ongoing