Figure Drawing
Workshops, Open Studios,
and Continuing Education Classes
in Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington
This is a directory of places
where artists can draw, paint, or sculpt the human form from live
art models. The list includes instructed and uninstructed sessions.
Drawing groups come and go, and schedules change, so it is wise
to confirm with the organizer before attending—website, email
and/or telephone is listed for each group.
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Alaska
Anchorage
Museum at Rasmuson Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Instructed
jjenkinsanchoragemuseum.org
 907-929-9268
Instructed and Uninstructed
Figure Drawing. 10-week class. Instruction for the first 5 weeks
by University of Alaska art professor and
contemporary artist Hugh McPeck, followed by 5 weeks of uninstructed
studio time. Easels, large drawing boards and charcoal available.
Provide your own supplies. $20 drop in. See website for dates.
Bunnell
Street Arts Center
106 W. Bunnell Street, Suite A
Homer, AK 99603
infobunnellstreetgallery.org
907-235-2662
Uninstructed
Anyone can join Homer's Life Drawing Group! Draw from a live model
in the quiet atmosphere of Bunnell's main exhibit gallery. Life
Drawing meets Tuesdays 6:30-9pm throughout the winter. Bring your
own drawing supplies - no instruction is provided. Drawing horses
and tables and chairs are provided. A $7 fee helps to pay for the
live model. Participants must be current members of the gallery.
For more information about Life Drawing or to sign up to be a paid
model (models are needed!) please call Gaye Wolfe at
907-235-7696.
The
Canvas
223 Seward Street
Juneau, AK 99801
infocanvasarts.org
907-586-1750
Uninstructed
Figure Drawing Studio. 6:00-8:30 pm. $15. Please bring your own
supplies.
Hawaii
Hui
No'eau Visual Arts Center
2841 Baldwin Avenue
Makawao, HI 96768
infohuinoeau.com 808-572-6560
Instructed and Uninstructed
Instructed classes include Figure Drawing Intensive.
Uninstructed -- Practice the fundamental art of figure drawing in
the Hui's new Figure Drawing Open Studio program. All Sessions will
be held on the last Saturday of each month, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm in
the children's studio. Bring any materials you wish to use and complete
sketches using a live model as inspiration. Pre-registration is
REQUIRED. Fee: $15 ($19 nonmember).
Honolulu
Academy of Arts
900 South Beretania,
Honolulu, HI 96814
artschoolhonoluluacademy.org
808-532-8741
Instructed
Classes include Life Drawing.
Oregon
- sorted by Zip Code
Saturday Drawing
Group
Linfield College Art Department, Miller Fine Arts Building A off
Keck Drive
McMinnville, OR 97128
Contact: Sue at suejlonlinenw.com
Uninstructed
We meet on Saturday from 9:30-1:30. Our models are nude, male and
female. We start with gesture drawings from 1 to 1 1/2 minutes,
then go to longer poses of 10 minutes up to 45 minutes. Once a month
we have one pose that lasts the full 3 hours. Bring drawing materials
of newsprint and heavier drawing paper for the longer poses. Also
bring charcoal, pencils, pen and ink. Some people like to work in
watercolor or oil or acrylic. Wooden benches (horses) are provided.
Also easels are provided most of the time. The group has been in
existence since 2000.
The
Drawing Studio
3614 SE Division
Portland, OR 97202
503-232-9749
Instructed
Classes inlcude Introduction to Drawing and Intermediate Drawing.
Most sessions in the Intermediate course will have live models.
In the Intro course, students work from photos, reproductions of
other artworks, the mirror, and the human figure, using graphite,
charcoal, and pen. Classes meet evenings and weekends and are designed
for anyone from true beginners to experienced artists who want to
get their work rolling again.
Pacific
Northwest College of Art
1241 NW Johnson St.
Portland, OR 97209
cepnca.edu 503-821-8903
Instructed
Classes include Beginning + Intermediate Figure Drawing and Figure
Painting Intensive.
Hipbone
Studio
1847 E. Burnside #104
Portland, OR 97214
503-358-0898
Uninstructed
Drop-in life drawing sessions -- on-going, Saturdays 10:00 AM -
1:00 PM, Wednesdays 1:00 - 4:00 PM, and Wednesdays 6:30 - 9:30 PM.
Beginners are welcome. Drawing benches and boards, easels and tables
are provided. Typically, we start with gestures and work toward
poses of 30-45 minutes $10 / session or $45 / 5 sessions. LONG TERM
POSES Thursdays 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Ideal opportunity to work from
an extended pose (3 Thursday evenings) each month. You’ll
have more time to develop a drawing or series of drawings or complete
a pastel or painting. Model and pose changes monthly. $12 / single
session or $30 / commit to 3 session (same pose).
The
Bamboo Grove
134 SE Taylor St.
Portland, OR 97214
bamboogrovesalongmail.com
971-207-8476
Uninstructed
The Bamboo Grove will be offering weekly open figure drawing sessions
Sundays 1 - 3 pm. $5, cash or check. Held in the event room, with
plenty of space and lots of natural light. Poses will be clothed
and unclothed. All levels of experience welcome, just bring your
own art supplies. The Bamboo Grove (aka Zhu lin) is a mixed use
art, performance, and practice space dedicated to the connection
between Asian and American arts.
Multnomah
Arts Center
7688 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219
503-823-ARTS (2787)
Instructed
The Multnomah Arts Center offers courses and workshops in drawing,
sculpting and painting the figure. Courses are offered year round
and are scheduled daytime and evenings. Go to our website for a
complete listing of offerings. The Multnomah Arts Center has been
offering courses in the arts for over 28 years. Join our community!
Oregon
College of Art and Craft
Drawing Studio at OCAC
8245 SW Barnes Road
Portland, OR 97225
studioschoolocac.edu 503.297.5544 / 800-390-0632
Uninstructed
Saturdays 10:00AM-1:00PM - Open Life Drawing participants sign in
and pay their fees at the Front Desk in the Centrum upon arriving
– no need to pre-register. Please consult the semester calendar
in the Drawing Studio or at the Front Desk for other scheduling
conflicts that may preempt Life Drawing. No prerequisite. $7/SESSION
OCAC STUDENTS & MEMBERS / $10/SESSION ALL OTHERS
Silverton
Arts Association
303 Coolidge
Silverton, OR 97381
infoSilvertonArts.org
503-873-2480
Uninstructed
Life Studio with model. Thursdays 6:00–8:30pm. See website
for schedule. There is a long tradition of artists drawing and painting
from the live model. It is considered a fundamental in the training
for all the visual arts. Whether you work realistically or abstractly,
this figure drawing group is a great chance to improve your skills
and meet other artists. Debbie Unger, facilitator, 503-845-9277.
Arts
Central Station
313 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr.
Bend, OR 97702
541-617-1317
Instructed
Classes include Figure Drawing. An introduction to drawing from
a live, clothed model. Students
will practice and experiment with a variety of techniques, poses,
and materials, including gesture drawings and short/long poses.
Class is suitable for beginning to advanced students.
Washington
- sorted by Zip Code - (Click here if you are looking for Washington
DC)
Arts
Umbrella
Country Village
23732 Bothell Everett Hwy
Bothell, WA 98021
tlchang1hotmail.com
Uninstructed
Open studio drawing with live model on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Friday
of each month. 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. We will be working with nudes
the first and third Fridays, and with draped or costumed models
the second Friday. Sign up on our Meetup
page.
Kirkland
Arts Center
620 Market Street
Kirkland, WA 98033-5421
mkahakirklandartscenter.org
425-822-7161
Instructed and Uninstructed
Instructed classes include Drawing the Figure for Beginners and
Life Drawing for Teens.
Uninstructed Sunday Life Sessions, Sundays, 1:00–4:00 PM.
Work from a live model during this drop-in drawing, painting or
sculpting session in the third floor Skylight Room. Long poses are
featured on the first and last Sunday of the month. Open to the
community — registration is not required. $8 model fee per
session. *To access the Skylight Room when Gallery is closed (Sundays
and evenings), please use entrance at rear of building.
DigiPen
Institute of Technology
8273 154th Ave. N.E.
Redmond, WA 98052
425-558-0299
Uninstructed
Free Open Figure Drawing Lab for local videogame industry professionals
and DigiPen students. Limited to 25 seats and is on a first come,
first serve basis. Participants wishing to attend are asked to e-mail
the moderator, Rob Kmiec (rkmiecdigipen.edu)
in order to help DigiPen keep track of how many people will be attending
each week. Participants will also be required to show their business
card or student ID at the door.
Daniel
Smith
15112 N.E. 24th Street
Redmond, WA 98052
customer.servicedanielsmith.com
425-643-1781
Uninstructed
Figure drawing. Tuesdays 4:00-7:00pm. $10.
Gage
Academy of Art
1501 10th Ave. East, #101
Seattle, WA 98102
infogageacademy.org 206 323-GAGE
Instructed
Classses include: Introduction to Figure Drawing; Expressive Figure
Drawing; Intermediate Figure Drawing; Painting the Figure; Beginning
Figure Sculpture; Figure Sculpting Studio - Gesture.
North
Seattle Community College
9600 College Way North
Seattle, WA 98103
contedsccd.ctc.edu
206-527-3705
Instructed
Classes include Life Drawing.
La
Familia Gallery
117 Prefontaine Place S
Seattle, WA 98104
888-907-9119
Uninstructed
Figure drawing sessions are held at La Familia Gallery every 3rd
Tuesday of the month from 7-10pm. Model fee is $10.
Art/Not
Terminal Gallery
2045 Westlake Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
artnot.gallerygmail.com
206-233-0680
Uninstructed
Figure drawing Mondays 6:30-9:30pm ($8), Saturdays 9:30am-12:30pm
($8), Sundays 10:00am-1:00pm ($6). Mondays are long pose nights
continued two sessions. (When there are five Mondays in month there
will be a 2-session pose and a 3-session pose). First Saturday of
the month is 1 to 5 minute gesture poses. Second Saturday is 5 to
25 minute poses. Third Saturday is 6 25-minute poses. Fourth and
fifth Saturday is a 3-hour pose. Sundays start with 15 2-minute
gestures followed by 20-minute poses. Models wanted—see link
for details.
Capitol
Hill Studio
1520 11th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121
Uninstructed
Drop in life drawing session on Tuesday nights, 7:30 to 10:30pm.
$7 model fee. We're a bit rowdy and loud, but the focus is on drawing.
We do not reserve seating. Usually there's room to squeeze everyone
in, but sometimes it is a squeeze, so please bear with us. We're
located above the Purr Lounge on Capitol Hill. Just dial "#15"
on the intercom, and we'll buzz you in. Thank you for coming, drawing
and participating.
Photographic
Center Northwest
900 Twelfth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
pcnwpcnw.org
206-720-7222
Instructed
Photography workshops include The Art of the Nude: Capturing the
human form has been a primary interest of photographers since the
very beginnings of the medium. Explore some of the rewards and challenges
of photographing the human figure and learn how to find, pose, and
communicate effectively with models while developing new approaches
to creative lighting.
Dr.
Sketchy's Seattle
The Academy of Burlesque at West Hall, Oddfellows Building
915 E. Pine St
Seattle, WA 98122
Uninstructed
Cabaret drawing events. Every 3rd Sunday 6pm-9pm. This is the Seattle
affiliate of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, founded in New York
City.
Harem
Figure Drawing
Roebling Building
900 1st Ave South
Seattle, WA 98134
Uninstructed
Wednesdays 7:00-10:00 pm. $10. This open session starts with 2-minute
gestures followed by some 20-minute poses, and ending with a 40-minute
pose. Benches and easels provided.
Daniel
Smith
4150 First Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98134
customer.servicedanielsmith.com
206-223-9599
Instructed
Instructed & Drop-in Life Drawing with Jamie Bollenbach. $15
per day cash payment to instructor.
Pratt
Fine Arts Center
1902 South Main St.
Seattle, WA 98144
tfugamipratt.org 206-328-2200
Instructed
Classes include Conceptualizing the Figure, Continuing Drawing -
Figuring Out Figure Drawing, Continuing Drawing - The Figure, Continuing
Painting - The Figure in Context, and Figurative Sculpture.
Wonder
School of the Arts
Location varies, most often at
University of Washington campus
Seattle WA 98195
Instructed
Courses inlclude: Figure drawing, Step-by-Step. In this class students
will learn how to draw the human figure, using an easy step-by-step
method, whether working from a model, from photos, or from memory
and knowledge. We'll start by sketching some figures based on simple,
underlying shapes, then add in the details. Students will learn
about proportions and foreshortening, motion and action, basic surface
muscles, and how to use shading to make the figure look real and
three-dimensional.
Blue
Horse Gallery
301 W Holly St
Bellingham, WA 98225
Contact Ruthie V. ruthieruthiev.com
360-DAY-ARTS
Uninstructed
Life Drawing Thursdays 6:30-9:00pm: You are invited to attend Figure
Drawing with a nude model. No instruction is given. This is your
opportunity to practice drawing the human form and share the company
of other artists. Each session begins with gesture exercises. Poses
then gradually increase up to 30 minutes. No pre-registration is
required, but contact Ruthie for reduced rate pre-paid sessions
starting April 14th. Grab your art supplies and join us! $14 per
person.
Dakota
Art Store
1415 Cornwall Avenue
Bellingham, WA 98225
Contact Ruthie V. ruthieruthiev.com
360-DAY-ARTS
Uninstructed
Life Drawing Wednesdays 1:30-4:00pm: You are invited to attend Figure
Drawing with a nude model. No instruction is given. This is your
opportunity to practice drawing the human form and share the company
of other artists. Each session begins with gesture exercises. Poses
then gradually increase up to 30 minutes. No pre-registration is
required, but contact Ruthie for reduced rate pre-paid sessions
starting April 14th. Grab your art supplies and join us! $14 per
person.
Trish
Harding School of Art at Studio UFO
301 W. Holly Street
Room M4, Bay Street Village Building
Bellingham, WA 98225
trish.hardingstudioufo.net
360-671-8682
Uninstructed
Clothed and nude figure drawing sessions twice a month. See website
for schedule. These are not drop-in sessions. Pre-registration is
required. $12 prepaid for clothed session. $15 prepaid for nude
session. Each session will begin with several one-minute warm-up
gesture exercises and continue with four 20-minute poses. If we
have two models posing together we will have two 40-minute poses.
 UNCLAD
2010 Fine Art Show
March 13-28, 2010
Gallery by the Bay
Stanwood, WA |
24-Hour
Life Drawing Marathon
Noon Saturday, March 6 until noon Sunday, March 7th
Wine Tasting
Saturday, March 27th, 6 pm to 9 pm
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Gallery
by the Bay
8700 271st NW
Stanwood, WA 98292
gaylegallerybythebay.com
360-629-4297
Uninstructed
Weekly life drawing sessions on Sundays from 11 am to 2 pm. Featuring
nude models, mixed poses. We have some benches, chairs, easels,
but feel free to bring your own if you like. $10 drop in fee. Stanwood
is about an hour north of Seattle. The model
schedule is posted on our website.
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