Meeting Dates and Times: Sundays 9:30AM-12:30PM
A live model will be present for approximately 2.5 hours followed by 30 minutes of discussion time.
In this course, students explore the expressive and structural possibilities of ink as a medium for drawing the human figure. Through a series of discussions, demonstrations, and guided prompts, we will study figure-ground relationship, scale and proportion, gesture, and plasticity while embracing the fluid and sometimes unpredictable nature of ink. Working with brushes, pens, and washes, participants will learn to balance precision and improvisation—transforming observation into lyrical mark-making.
Over the course of four sessions, participants will be challenged to see beneath the scaffolding of nameable subjects and distill their perceptual experience into pictorial forms that hold tension and relief. Students will strengthen their sense of movement, composition, and tone, while developing confidence in handling a medium that rewards both decisiveness and sensitivity.
Open to all levels. Ideal for those who wish to deepen their perceptual drawing practice, gain fluency in working from life, and cultivate expressive clarity through ink.
“The product of movement and counter-movement is tension. When tension — working strength — is expressed, it endows the work of art with the living effect of coordinated, though opposing, forces.” — Hans Hofmann
Meeting Dates and Times: Sundays 9:30AM-12:30PM
A live model will be present for approximately 2.5 hours followed by 30 minutes of discussion time.
In this course, students explore the expressive and structural possibilities of ink as a medium for drawing the human figure. Through a series of discussions, demonstrations, and guided prompts, we will study figure-ground relationship, scale and proportion, gesture, and plasticity while embracing the fluid and sometimes unpredictable nature of ink. Working with brushes, pens, and washes, participants will learn to balance precision and improvisation—transforming observation into lyrical mark-making.
Over the course of four sessions, participants will be challenged to see beneath the scaffolding of nameable subjects and distill their perceptual experience into pictorial forms that hold tension and relief. Students will strengthen their sense of movement, composition, and tone, while developing confidence in handling a medium that rewards both decisiveness and sensitivity.
Open to all levels. Ideal for those who wish to deepen their perceptual drawing practice, gain fluency in working from life, and cultivate expressive clarity through ink.
“The product of movement and counter-movement is tension. When tension — working strength — is expressed, it endows the work of art with the living effect of coordinated, though opposing, forces.” — Hans Hofmann
