AOM Figurative Studio Schedule
Our in-house figurative art making opportunities are held at the NoBo Art Center, 4929 Broadway Unit E
UNINSTRUCTED CLASSES
Short Poses
Every Monday from 1-3pm & every Tuesday from 6:30-8:30pm
Long Poses
Offered select Sundays from 5-8pm & select Wednesdays from 1-4pm
Facilitated, uninstructed drop-in short pose figure drawing with a nude fine art model every Monday from 1-3pm and Tuesday from 6:30-8:30pm. We supply 8 workhorses, 5 easels or table and chairs. We have 8 clip boards to share, first come-first-serve. Bring your own art supplies. Posing schedule: five 1 min gestures, five 2 min gestures, one 5 min, two 10 minute and three 20 minute poses.
All skill levels and mediums are welcome. $25
Facilitated, uninstructed long pose figure drawing/painting/sculpting with nude fine art model Pre-registration is required because we need five artists to ensure running. ​If you sign up & we don't meet our minimum number of artists needed, you will be offered the option to be issued a refund or to use the credit toward a future long or short pose (just let us know what date you'd like to apply credit to).​ Bring your own easel, OR we have 8 workhorses, 5 easels, & 8 boards to share. Bring your own art supplies. NO toxic paint cleaners! All skill levels and mediums are welcome. $30
Monday, 1-3pm November Models
Nov 3-Becca
Nov 10- Sierra
Nov 17- Alex
Nov 24- Mike
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Tuesday, 6:30-8:30pm November Model​s
Nov 4-Mickey
Nov 11- Leslie
Nov 18- C
Nov 25- Lee
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Sunday, 5-8pm Models
​​​November 9-Jen
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Wednesday, 1-4pm Models
​​​November 5-Will
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All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges unless we cancel.
*Ages 18+ or with parent consent; link to parent signature form
INSTRUCTED CLASSES
Life Drawing with Pastel: 3 Part Workshop, 9 hours​
Instructed by Cliff Austin
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exchanges unless we cancel.
Life Drawing with Pastel
For beginner to advanced artists. Students with some figure drawing experience will benefit the most. Various techniques for approaching drawing will be explored throughout this two-day workshop, drawing
with a live model.
Material List:
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Soft Pastel (Sennelier, Unison, Terry Ludwig)
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Soft willow charcoal
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18x24 newsprint or 12x16 Uart (400)
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Canson colored paper is good also.
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Paper towels
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Backing boards
About the Instructor:
Instructor Cliff Austin is a graduate of Denver Institute of Technology and the Rocky Mountain School of Art. His studio is in Aurora Colorado. Cliff has been painting and illustrating professionally for 45 years and has affiliations with many Colorado art organizations such as the Pastel Society of Colorado, the Plein Air Artists of Colorado, the Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionists Society. His work can be
seen at Mary Williams Fine Art, in Boulder, Colorado. The core of Cliff’s art is the relationship of light on shape using line and tone and color as it wraps and flows around the landscape and cityscape and figures. His work is colorful, impressionistic, and sometimes very abstract . He is an award winning Colorado artist.
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Instructed by William Yu
Drawing the Figure: 3 Part Workshop, 9 hours​
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exchanges unless we cancel.
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Drawing the Figure
For beginner to advanced artists.
Oct 12: Part 1: Gesture and Line Drawing. Discover the dynamic qualities of the figure in any pose. Learn the basis of every figure drawing - the gesture. Using the simplest of tools , we will learn how to capture the essential movement inherent in a model's pose. This class will focus on observation and its connection to the artist's hand. The goal will be to gain the confidence to create gesture drawings full of dynamic energy which will be the basis for finished drawings.
Oct 19: Part 2: Proportion, Sight-Sizing, and Measurement. We will practice methods for accurately rendering the figure from life using methods of measurement to create proper proportions in our drawings. Students will use plumb lines, measuring lines, and sight-sizing to depict the figure in two dimensions.
Oct 26: Blocking-in, Describing Form, and Simplifying the Figure. Using charcoal to block in the figure and leveraging our knowledge and skills gain from the previous two workshops, we will take a drawing from gesture to block-in to a finished state.
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Material List:
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18"x24" drawing paper: 60lb or greater
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Charcoal: Vine (soft), Willow (soft), or Compressed (Soft)
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Eraser: Kneaded
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Charcoal pencils in soft, medium
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Pencils 4B, 6B, HB
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Blending stumps
About the Instructor:
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William Yu never stopped drawing even when he had to get an engineering degree and go on to work as a network engineer. Trained briefly at Boston University’s School of Fine Arts where he was a painting major for two years, William went on to spend the remaining 30 years doing figure drawing, landscape painting, and generally filling sketchbooks. He draws his influence from pop culture, nature, and the work of the European masters but doesn’t believe in setting boundaries or rules for art. He does believe that all art stems from a solid foundation of drawing regardless of the media that an artist chooses. From this belief, William spends his free time studying, practicing, and exploring the craft of painting and drawing. And sometimes he teaches.
William continues regular figure drawing and painting in Boulder, Colorado honing his skills in pencil, charcoal, pastel, watercolor, and oil paint. He works primarily from direct observation. William has participated in Open Studios tours since 2018. His work has been exhibited and collected in Boulder, Longmont, and Golden. His home and studio are in Boulder, Colorado.
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