BARBARA FUGATE Drawings And Paintings

2014 Workshop Offerings January through May!

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JAN 25-26: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Fee:  $235 / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
Abstract the Figure 1: Make it Flat & Simplified

Take one or both workshops in January & February which explore ways to make abstract figure paintings inspired by drawings made from life.  First you draw from a live figure model and then paint from your drawings.  Abstract the Figure 1 is inspired by painters such as Matisse, Miro, and Leger who simplified the form of the figure, distilling it to large, flat shapes of brilliant color.  This workshop includes issues of composition, texture, brushwork, and line.  Previous painting and drawing experience is recommended.  Oil or Acrylic paints are welcomed.

(Image: Matisse)

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Feb 22-23: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Fee:  $235 / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
Abstract the Figure 2: Show Action & Multiple Dimensions

Take one or both workshops in January & February which explore ways to make abstract figure paintings inspired by drawings made from life.  Abstract the Figure 2 is inspired by Picasso, DeKooning, Francis Bacon and Susan Rothenberg.  These artists made figurative abstract paintings that include action, varied textures and multiple layers.   You will first draw from a live model and then make paintings based on your drawings.  Fast action, expressive brushwork, heavy use of line, and building up and breaking down through several painted layers are the goals of this workshop.  Previous painting and drawing experience is recommended.  Oil or Acrylic paints are welcomed.

(Image: De Kooning)

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April 26 & 27: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Fee:  $115 both days; $65 one day / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
April ART Marathon! (no instruction)

This is a great way to spend a weekend!  MAKE ART from figure
models for one or both days with a group of other artists in a focused and enthusiastic atmosphere.  Pose lengths will vary from one-minute gestures to two hour poses.  You can paint, draw, sculpt, make collages—your choice!  I’ll be there working and timing the model.  No Instruction.

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May 24-25: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Fee:  $235 / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
Portrait Painting in the Manner of Max Beckmann

Explore the work and portrait painting techniques of Max Beckmann in this two-day workshop.  Beckmann was a 20th century German painter, printmaker and a teacher who rejected perspective and classical proportion in favor of more expressive and objective art.  His portraits are colorful, with textural brushstrokes and strong black lines that defined the form of the figure.  His concerns for surface texture were inspired by Cezanne and Rembrandt.  You will paint from a live model in the manner of Beckmann, making some short painting sketches and one extended study on canvas.  Some painting experience recommended.  Oil or Acrylic paints.

(Image: Beckmann, Quappi in Blue, 1926)

Oct, Nov, Dec 2013 WORKSHOPS

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OCT 12 & 13:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Class Fee:  $235 /  Time: 10am - 5 pm  Sat/Sun
Self Portrait Painting the Unusual Way:  In the manner of FRIDA KAHLO 

Study self-portraits by Frida Kahlo in this weekend workshop while painting your own self-portrait in a similar manner.  Kahlo’s self-portraits are biographies, as she surrounds herself with symbolic images representing her life and emotions.  Full of vibrant color and emotional intensity, Kahlo’s paintings resonate with passion for art and life.  Working from mirrors, you will produce one self-portrait along with several painting sketches.  Oil or Acrylic paints. Some painting experience recommended.

(photo:  Frida Kahlo, Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940)

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NOV 9 & 10: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Fee:  $235 / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
Exploring the Language of Line: Figure Drawing
Drawing is a visual language.  Every drawing is a construction of lines that have a unique and empathetic voice made in response to each pose.  Fugate will lead you through specific exercises with defined goals focused on using a variety of line, texture, and shapes that “speak” differently.  You will work on short, gesture poses as well as longer more developed studies.  Media include charcoal and ink on paper no smaller than 24X36”.  This workshop aims to explore and expand your visual vocabulary—how it is you make marks, move the figure in space, and respond empathetically to the model and your materials while making lines and shapes.  Some drawing experience recommended.

(Image:  Barbara Fugate Gesture Drawing, 36x24", charcoal).

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DEC 7 & 8: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Fee:  $115 both days; $65 one day / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
December ART Marathon! (no instruction)
MAKE ART from figure models for one or both days with a group of other artists in a focused and enthusiastic atmosphere.  Pose lengths will vary from one-minute gestures to two hour poses.  You can paint, draw, sculpt, make collages—your choice!  I’ll be there working and timing the model.  No Instruction.

(Photo:  ART Marathon!  2013)

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NOV 5-Dec10: all sessions at Woodland Pk. Zoo
6 Consecutive Tuesdays > Class fee:  $195 / TIME:  1-4 pm
6 SESSIONS Sketchbook Drawing at the ZOO
Draw in sketchbooks from fascinating animals while exploring issues of color, texture, space, line, form, and composition.  It’s a joy to be outside of the traditional studio investigating drawing concepts inspired by “models” at the zoo.  A selection of drawing media will be used including color, both wet and dry media.  Each lesson begins with a lecture at the zoo café before drawing together from a variety of animals according to the topic discussed.  All classes are held at Woodland Park Zoo.  There are plenty of covered (warm and dry) locations at the zoo in case of damp winter weather.   All levels are welcomed.  Zoo entrance fee is not included.

 

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2013 Spring Workshop and Marathon Offerings!

TO REGISTER, EMAIL ME.  I look forward to hearing from you--and working with you too. 

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MAY 25 - 26: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Fee:  $110 both days; $60 one day / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
MAY Art Marathon! (no instruction)

April showers...brings a MAY MARATHON! Sign up for two days of making art from live models with a group of other artists in a focused and enthusiastic atmosphere.  This art marathon offers four poses in all, each for three hours.  There will be 20 minutes of gestures before each long pose to energize and inspire your work.  You can paint, draw, sculpt, create collage—your choice!  I’ll be there drawing and timing the model.  No Instruction.
(photo: December 2012 Double Model Marathon).

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MAY 14-JUNE 18: all sessions at Woodland Pk. Zoo
Six Consecutive Tuesdays > Class fee:  $195 / TIME:  1-4 pm
6 Sessions SKETCHBOOK

Draw in sketchbooks from fascinating animals while exploring issues of color, texture, space, line, form, and composition.  It’s a joy to be outside of the traditional studio investigating drawing concepts inspired by “models” at the zoo.  A selection of drawing media will be used including color, both wet and dry media.  Each lesson begins with a lecture in the zoo café before heading out to draw from a variety of animals according to the topic discussed.  All classes are held at Woodland Park Zoo.  All levels are welcomed.  Zoo entrance fee is not included.
(photo: dwarf crocodile at WPZ by Barbara Fugate, conte on papers).

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JUNE 15-16:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Class Fee:  $235 /  Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
Painting in the manner of  MODIGLIANI

Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) painted his most notable portraits and nudes in Paris, characterized by elongated bodies, textured surfaces, stylized shapes and pure color.  His influences ranged from the classical nude genre, primitive art, and modern artists of his time. This workshop explores the technique, composition and influences of Modigliani.  You will produce one painting made from the life model and several painting sketches.  Oil or Acrylic. Some painting experience recommended.
(photo: Modigliani, Portrait of Jeanne Sitting, 1918)

 

EMAIL ME TO REGISTER. I look forward to hearing and working with you.

 

MAY 25 - 26: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle

Fee:  $110 both days; $60 one day / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun

 

MAY Art Marathon! (no instruction)

April showers...brings a MAY MARATHON! Sign up for two days of making art from live models with a group of other artists in a focused and enthusiastic atmosphere.  This art marathon offers four poses in all, each for three hours.  There will be 20 minutes of gestures before each long pose to energize and

inspire your work.  You can paint, draw, sculpt, create

Collage—your choice!  I’ll be there drawing and timing the model.  No Instruction.

 

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MAY 14-JUNE 18: all sessions at Woodland Pk. Zoo

Six Consecutive Tuesdays > Class fee:  $195 / TIME:  1-4 pm

 

6 Sessions SKETCHBOOK

 

Draw in sketchbooks from fascinating animals while exploring issues of color, texture, space, line, form, and composition.  It’s a joy to be outside of the traditional studio investigating drawing concepts inspired by “models” at the zoo.  A selection of

drawing media will be used including color, both wet and dry media.  Each lesson begins with a lecture in the zoo café

before heading out to draw from a variety of animals according to the topic discussed.  All classes are held at Woodland Park Zoo.  All levels are welcomed. 

Zoo entrance fee is not included.

 

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JUNE 15-16:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle

Class Fee:  $235 /  Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun

 

Painting in the manner of 

MODIGLIANI

Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) painted his most notable

portraits and nudes in Paris, characterized by elongated

bodies, textured surfaces, stylized shapes and pure color.  His influences ranged from the classical nude genre, primitive art, and modern artists of his time. This workshop explores the technique, composition and influences of Modigliani.  You will produce one painting made from the life model and several painting sketches.  Oil or Acrylic. Some painting experience recommended.

 

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You may pay the full class fee or make a $50.00 class deposit (check or money order) made payable to "Barbara Fugate" and send to: 

Barbara Fugate, 4408 Delridge Way SW #408, Seattle WA  98106.  Visit www.FromLife.Blogs.com & www.BarbaraFugate.com for more information.   Email:  [email protected]

 

Seattle Weekend Workshops are held at the Youngstown Arts

Cultural Arts Center  (West Seattle)  in the historic Cooper School at 4408 Delridge Way SW, located just off of the West Seattle Bridge. There is a dedicated parking lot for the building’s Arts Center. 

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FEB/MAR 2013 New Art Workshop Offerings

FEB 9 –10: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Class Fee:  $235 /  Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun

Still Life Painting in the Manner of CEZANNE

What is Form?  How is it perceived in space?  This question of Form and how it is perceived was one Paul Cezanne asked over and over again as he painted many still life arrangements using ordinary objects and fruit on a table--such a worthy and complex question using simple everyday objects.  Cezanne’s developments of form, color, and space, led painting from Impressionism into Cubism and his works continue to inspire and challenge us today.  This weekend still life painting workshop investigates “in the manner of Cezanne” how form is perceived by way of color, textural brushwork, and line.  Several short painting studies will be made over the weekend while developing one canvas over both days.  Oil or Acrylic paints.  Some painting experience is recommended.

Painting Images:  Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Apples, 1878 & Still Life with Cherub, 1895
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MAR 16-17:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Class Fee:  $235 /  Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun

DRAW LOOSELY with ACCURACY: Proportion & Dynamic Lines

Have you found your gesture drawings to be exciting, loose, and alive while your longer figure studies turn rigid and deliberate?  This weekend workshop is designed to bring your expressive mark-making into long studied figure drawings that also have accurate proportions and structure.  You will use charcoal, colored ink wash and some soft pastel in extended poses and some gestures on 24”x 36” paper.  Issues covered include sight measuring (proportion), line, contour, light and shadow, and depth of space.  All levels welcomed.  Previous drawing experience is recommended.
(Drawing image: Barbara Fugate, 2012, 36"x24" mixed media on paper)

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NEXT ART WORKSHOPS I am teaching

NOV. 10-11:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Class Fee:  $235 / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
GESTURE DRAWING: Be Bold, Brave & Quick 
 
Gesture drawing is naturally raw, direct, bold, and exciting!  It is a way of participating fully in the experience—the act—of drawing while you capture a sense of “how the model is,” not what they look like.   You are guided through a plethora of gesture drawings in charcoal and color, aiming to make you a more compassionate observer and enthusiastic participant in your drawings.  The weekend begins in charcoal on Saturday with colored pastel and ink washes added on Sunday.  All levels are welcomed. Some previous experience in figure drawing is recommended but not required.  Drawings are made on 24”x36” paper. 
(Gesture Drawing by Barbara Fugate)
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— NEW! —
DEC. 1-2:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Two day fee:  $150; One day fee: $75 / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
DOUBLE MODEL Art Marathon Weekend!  -No Instruction-
 
This is a special opportunity to work from TWO MODELS posing together for an entire weekend! There’s no instruction—I will be there drawing/painting and timing the models.  Pose lengths vary from short gesture poses up to extended ones (1-2 hrs) .  Both models are fantastic gesture models, collaborators and experienced dancers, making their poses exceedingly inspired and inspiring!  You choose your media.  The models will be surrounded by a colorful  tableau, and a table of snacks will be available to keep all happily fueled for a dynamic weekend of double model compositions.

(Drawing by Barbara Fugate)

 

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Make Art this weekend in Seattle!

This coming weekend, Sept 29 & 30, I am hosting an ART MARATHON--and there's room to register!

Here are the details.  It's a great value--and loads of fun.  EMAIL me to register.

SEPT. 29 & 30:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Two day fee:  $110; One day fee: $65 / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun

ART MARATHON—Draw/Paint/Sculpt—It’s your choice!  THIS WEEKEND
(No Instruction)        ~Register today~

Get back into the swing of the studio making art all weekend long from a figure model.  There is no instruction.  Work at your own pace with your choice of media. 

Figure poses will progress from gesture poses up to a three hour pose each day.  The long pose on Saturday afternoon will be repeated on Sunday allowing those who wish to further develop a longer study to do so.  Colorful backdrops will inspire and ignite your figure creations!  Fugate will be present timing the model poses as well as providing some snacks to keep everyone fueled and energized to make your best efforts ever.  All levels are welcomed. 

Mixed Media Drawing by Barbara Fugate

SEPT. 29 & 30:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle

Two day fee:  $110; One day fee: $65 / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun

 

ART MARATHON—Draw/Paint/Sculpt—It’s your choice!  THIS WEEKEND

(No Instruction)        ~Register today~

 

Get back into the swing of the studio making art all weekend long from a figure model.  There is no instruction.  Work at your own pace with your choice of media.  Figure poses will progress from

gesture poses up to a three hour pose each day.  The long pose on Saturday afternoon will be r

epeated on Sunday allowing those who wish to further develop a longer study to do so.  Colorful

backdrops will inspire and ignite your figure creations!  Fugate will be present timing the model poses as well as providing some snacks to keep everyone fueled and energized to make your best efforts ever.  All levels are welcomed. 

 

FALL WORKSHOPS and SKETCHBOOK --sign up today!

Barbara Fugate Gesture Drawing, 2012

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SEPT. 29 & 30:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Two day fee:  $110; One day fee: $65 / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
ART MARATHON—Draw/Paint/Sculpt—It’s your choice! (no instruction)

Get back into the swing of the studio making art all weekend long from a figure model.  There is no instruction.  Work at your own pace with your choice of media.  Figure poses will progress from gesture poses up to a three hour pose each day.  The long pose on Saturday afternoon will be repeated on Sunday allowing those who wish to further develop a longer study to do so.  Colorful backdrops will inspire and ignite your figure creations!  Fugate will be present timing the model poses as well as providing some snacks to keep everyone fueled and energized to make your best efforts ever.  All levels are welcomed. 
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SEPT. 25–OCT 30:  Woodland Pk. Zoo & Volunteer Pk. Conservatory
Class fee: $195:  1-4 PM, Six Consecutive Tuesday Afternoons
SKETCHBOOK DRAWING with Mixed Media

Draw in sketchbooks from ever fascinating animals and plants exploring issues including color, texture, space, line, form, and composition.  It’s a joy to be outside of the traditional studio setting, investigating drawing concepts inspired by our models at the zoo and conservatory.  A variety of drawing media will be used beginning with conte crayons and then adding color media including colored pencils, water-soluble crayons, and watercolors.  Classes are held at Woodland Park Zoo and Volunteer Park’s Conservatory.  All levels are welcomed.  Zoo entrance fee not included.
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OCT. 20-21:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Class Fee:  $235 /  Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
In the manner of VAN GOGH:  Still Life & Self-Portrait Painting 

Practice the genres of Still Life and Self Portrait painting in the manner of Van Gogh.  Van Gogh’s innovations in painting using expressive color, shallow space, and texture greatly influenced painters of his time and continues today.  In this weekend workshop you will investigate these elements of painting and compositional choices painting from a still life on Saturday and Self Portrait painting (using a mirror) on Sunday.  Emotive color, engagement of the psyche, and a celebration of nature are also aspects of Van Gogh’s art that will be discussed and sought after through the weekend of painting.  Some painting experience recommended.  Oil or Acrylic.
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NOV. 10-11:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Class Fee:  $235 / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
GESTURE DRAWING: Be Bold, Brave & Quick 

Gesture drawing is naturally raw, direct, bold, and exciting!  It is a way of participating fully in the experience—the act—of drawing while you capture a sense of “how the model is,” not what they look like. 
You are guided through a plethora of gesture drawings in charcoal and color, aiming to make you a more compassionate observer and enthusiastic participant in your drawings.  The weekend begins in charcoal on Saturday with colored pastel and ink washes added on Sunday. All levels are welcomed. Some previous experience in figure drawing is recommended but not required.  Drawings are made on 24”x36” paper. 
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DEC. 1-2:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
(TBA)  SAVE THE DATE!
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NEW Spring-Summer Art Class Offerings

TO REGISTER FOR ANY CLASS OR ART MARATHON, please EMAIL ME.  Thank you!

 

APRIL 21 & 22:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Two day fee:  $150; One day fee: $75 / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
DOUBLE MODEL Art Marathon Weekend!  (no instruction)

This is a special opportunity to work from TWO MODELS posing together for an entire weekend!  There is no instruction (I’m there drawing/painting and timing the models, too).  There will be a variety of pose lengths from one minute gestures to longer extended poses.  Both models are fantastic gesture models who are experienced collaborators and dancers, so their poses are destined to be incredibly inspired and inspiring!  You paint, draw, sculpt, make collages...your choice.  The models will be surrounded by a colorful  tableau, and a table of snacks will be available to keep everyone happily fueled to keep up with a dynamic weekend of double model compositions.  (Photo: Student Drawing, P. Klamser)
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. 10th Annual Painting Retreat on Guemes Island, near Anacortes
JULY 26-29:  Workshop held on GUEMES ISLAND, WA 
(Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun 9:30AM – 4:30PM) Class Fee: $375 (does not include lodging or food)
PAINTING THE FIGURE in the LANDSCAPE
 
For four days you will paint from a model among trees, by the water, and in a garden—what a great way to spend an extended summer weekend!  It is also a very special opportunity that’s as fun as it is challenging for all levels of painters. 

Each morning you paint in a different location with the model in a new environment, from the Puget Sound to the NW forest.  In the afternoons you build a painting “from the ground up” over the course of four days.  Practicing the Direct Painting approach, specific compositional and color issues are explored that Barbara presents each morning and afternoon. 

>NEW!  In celebration (and commemoration of) this Ten Year Anniversary for this workshop, Saturday will be a “free paint day” from the model—with no instruction.  The model will be posed in the positions of two canvases already underway giving you time to work out the goals of the painting.  Barbara will be available for questions and/or suggestions that day.  Regular instruction resumes on Sunday.  All Levels Welcomed.  Oil or Acrylic Paint can be used. 
Please email me regarding lodging options on Guemes Island. Home prepared delicious lunches & dinners provided to the group by Patty Klamser for a separate fee. (photos: Students at Work, Painting the Figure in the Landscape, on Guemes Island 2011)

Take a Spring Sketchbook Drawing Class, email me for more info

March 20-May 1 (no meeting April 3)
Drawing at Woodland Pk. Zoo & Volunteer Park Conservatory
Six Tuesdays.  Class fee:  $195 / TIME:  1-4 pm

SIX SESSIONS SKETCHBOOK: Mixed Media Drawing

Draw in sketchbooks from fascinating animals and plants while exploring issues of color, texture, space, line, form, and composition.  It’s a joy to be outside of the traditional studio investigating drawing concepts inspired by “models” at the zoo and conservatory.  A variety of colored drawing supplies will be used, both wet and dry media.  Classes are held at Woodland Park Zoo and the Volunteer Park Conservatory. 
All levels are welcomed.  Zoo entrance fee is not included.

Photos: Students at Work at the zoo during 2011 Spring Sketchbook Drawing

Email Me for instructions TO REGISTER. 

Next ART MARATHON WEEKEND & one date change

I am currently offering a few art weekend workshops and another ART MARATHON in March.  Below are the descriptions.

Note:  There is still room, and time, to sign up for "PORTRAIT PAINTING in the Manner of ALICE NEEL", February 11 & 12 (Sat/Sun). 

TO REGISTER, please email me. Thanks and hope to see you at a workshop or marathon!

FEB 11-12:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Class fee:  $235 / TIME: 10-5 pm, SAT/SUN
PORTRAIT PAINTING in the Manner of ALICE NEEL
Alice Neel painted portraits of friends, fellow artists, art collectors and more, with expressive lines and
colors that translated their personalities in an intimate and direct way.  This Portrait workshop explores painting in the manner of Alice Neel’s “brushstrokes and color” to learn more about the use of such expressive and bold lines with vivid color shapes, and thick to thin texture.  Some painting or drawing experience recommended.  Oil or Acrylic paint.  (Image: Alice Neel)
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MARCH 24-25:  Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, West Seattle
Fee:  $110 both days; $60 one day / Time: 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
(PAINTING) ART MARATHON —Paint, Draw, Sculpt—it’s your choice.
This is a great opportunity to study from live figure models in extended poses (NO INSTRUCTION).  There will be two poses by two different models.  Both models will pose for three hours each day, repeating their pose from Saturday to Sunday surrounded by a colorful backdrop. And there will be a table full of yummy snacks to keep you happily fueled while making art throughout the weekend.  I will be there painting and timing the models.  Take both days or one.  Come join in an inspiring weekend of art making—painting, drawing, sculpting...it’s your choice. (Images:  Keven, Jon & Oskar; Joanne, Liv & Jon during January 2012 drawing marathon)

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!!!  NOTICE:  DATE CHANGE !!!
MARCH 9,10,11:  Friday night, all day Sat & Sun—All Levels
Time: one hour yoga on Friday evening & 10am - 5 pm Sat/Sun
Workshop held on GUEMES ISLAND, WA
Mixed Media FIGURE DRAWING & YOGA
Fee: $300 (includes yoga & drawing instruction, 2 buffet breakfasts) 
Barbara Fugate, Drawing Instructor; Tammie Winter, Yoga Instructor

Held on the beautiful Guemes Island (near Anacortes WA), this retreat combines yoga and drawing to strengthen our physical and mental connection within ourselves and our art.  Barbara teaches drawing with yoga instructor Tammie Winter from San Francisco, CA.   

Tammie leads a yoga practice before and after the drawing sessions to energize, balance, and stretch out any tensions.  Barbara guides you through drawing exercises that explore gesture, line, shadow shapes, and movement from a live model.  Charcoal, ink wash and limited soft pastel colors will be used.  On Friday night Tammie begins our retreat with one hour calming and centering yoga.  Saturday morning begins again with one hour of yoga followed by a breakfast buffet.  5 hours of drawing follows afterwards with Barbara.  Yoga ends the day with more stretching, balance and breathing practice for an hour.  A similar schedule follows on Sunday.  There is a one hour lunch break each day and a buffet breakfast both days.  All levels in yoga and drawing are welcomed and accommodated.    Email Barbara soon for assistance with lodging on Guemes Island. (Images: Class Photo, Drawing/Yoga class on Guemes 2010)