This workshop will be a process and preliminary work focused class that will take place over the course of two weekends. The objective of the workshop will be the creation of preliminary work needed to execute a finished outdoor composition involving a clothed figure. Two Saturday afternoons will be spent out “in the field” working from a live model to create sketches, develop color studies, and gather reference images (photographs). Two Sunday afternoons will be spent working in-studio from the created reference materials to develop a well thought out, smaller scale, full-color composition. The goal by the end of the workshop will be for students to have on-hand the necessary preliminary work and knowledge to create a finished outdoor figurative composition back in their own studios.

Andy will contact the students closer to the time of the workshop to briefly go over the supply list and location for the outdoor portion of the workshop.

Dates: Saturday–Sunday, April 27–28 and Saturday–Sunday, May 4–5
Length: 4 days
Time: 1:00pm–5:00pm

In conjunction with the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association's Art-A-Whirl® weekend, The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Arts is holding its annual Full-Time Student Show. In addition to celebrating student accomplishments, we will also be holding these events:

• Fundraising raffle: purchase tickets for a chance to win an original painting by Mary Pettis.
• Artists for The Atelier: Atelier instructor art show and fundraising sale

In conjunction with the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association's Art-A-Whirl® weekend, The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Arts is holding its annual Full-Time Student Show. In addition to celebrating student accomplishments, we will also be holding these events:

• Fundraising raffle: purchase tickets for a chance to win an original painting by Mary Pettis.
• Artists for The Atelier: Atelier instructor art show and fundraising sale

In conjunction with the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association's Art-A-Whirl® weekend, The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Arts is holding its annual Full-Time Student Show. In addition to celebrating student accomplishments, we will also be holding these events:

• Fundraising raffle: purchase tickets for a chance to win an original painting by Mary Pettis.
• Artists for The Atelier: Atelier instructor art show and fundraising sale

Life drawing is at the core of any serious program of fine arts. In these classes, students draw from the figure in pencil, charcoal, including an option of painting. Each drawing or painting is created over a period of sessions, developing the student’s eye for accurate gesture, proportions, and anatomy. With a single sustained pose, students will have the option of either taking one drawing/painting to a high degree of finish or completing several drawings from different positions around the model.

Students begin by drawing a plaster cast or still life in charcoal, developing their ability to render accurate proportions and value relationships. As students progress, they are introduced to the fundamentals of oil and/or pastel techniques, composition and color.

Breathe life into your figure drawings by building a deeper understanding of gesture. This class blends The Atelier and Studio Arts figure study methods. Christine coaches students through a variety of exercises to explore different ways to see, understand, and capture gesture. By understanding gesture we can incorporate a sense of life into our drawings, tell a story through body language, or exaggerate it for effect. We will be studying gesture from the nude figure. Throughout the 10 weeks, there will be a variety of models and duration of poses. Experimentation of materials will be discussed and encouraged.

Students begin by drawing a plaster cast or still life in charcoal, developing their ability to render accurate proportions and value relationships. As students progress, they are introduced to the fundamentals of oil and/or pastel techniques, composition and color.