Visual Arts Practice
Laura Ross Paul instructional mini workshop
Life Drawing Skills June 24 | 5:00-6:00pm
Tuition $20
Life Drawing June 24 | 6:00-8:00pm
Tuition $20
Hoffman Center for the Arts | 594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita
Life Drawing at the Hoffman Center
Photos by Trav Williams, Broken Banjo Photography
Charcoal life drawings by Judy Sorrel
Life drawing is a practice opportunity for those interested in the creative possibilities when working with the human form.
The sessions will be scheduled every other Tuesday from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the classroom at the Hoffman Center for the Arts. Bring your preferred drawing materials (no oil-based media or solvents please) and an easel if you have one. The Hoffman Center has a limited supply of easels; first come, first served. The Hoffman Center will provide drawing boards.
Generally, sessions will start with several short poses (gestures) of one-to-five minutes in length, then evolve into longer poses, ending with one or two 30-minute poses. All life drawing sessions will be guided by an experienced facilitator.
The tuition is $20 per two-hour session, which includes the fee for the model. We encourage pre-registration, though drop-in participation is welcome. Please contact [email protected] with questions about the Life Drawing sessions.
Life Drawing Skills
Join Artist Laura Ross-Paul for a summer series of instructional sessions covering foundational skills for life drawing. The basics of gesture drawing, presented early on, will build later toward value integration, layers of finish, and composition. With a focus on faces, hands and feet in the middle. The most successful tools and mediums, plus tool handling skills, will be included throughout.
During the Month of June we will focus on:
- An overview of skeletal and muscular blocks in addition to proportion.
- How to use gestural blocks for quick accuracy and scale
- How to use the paper as a tool for compositional layout
- How to use visual plumb lines for layout corrections
- How to overlay “value gestures” (Plus tricks for using light and shadow)
Suggested Materials
- Soft vine charcoal
- Soft compressed charcoal
- A good eraser (Like Mars white plastic or a Pink Pearl eraser)
- A pad of newsprint paper with a bit of tooth
- A pad of sketch paper with a bit of tooth
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June 24, 2025
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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June 24, 2025
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
June 24–Life Drawing and Instructional Mini-Workshop with Laura Ross-Paul
Address:
594 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita, Oregon, 97130, United States
Description:
Situated on the main street in Manzanita just a few blocks west of Highway 101, the Hoffman Center is located across the street from the North Tillamook Library.
