Saturdays, starting September 7, 1 – 3 pm
Delavan Studios, room 413
enter through 501 W Fayette St
Syracuse
Price: $15 (or 1 punch when paying in-person) per session.
Iver’s 2021 manuscript, Awaken: A Guide to Drawing forms the basis of this 10 week series of classes.
Iver will guide participants though the figure drawing process. Each session will have a focus, and together they form a foundation from which to build your figure drawing practice.
The first 5 week set:
| September 7, 1 – 3 pm | Line & Shape |
| September 14, 1 – 3 pm | Measurement (AKA Proportion and placement) |
| September 21, 1 – 3 pm | Tonality (light and shadow) |
| Septemer 28, 1 – 3 pm | Framework of the pose (Ranking Structure) |
| October 5, 1 – 3 pm | Surface Anatomy details |
The second 5 week set (dates TBA):
- Dynamic Details (Gravity)
- Foreshortening (Perspective)
- Structure of Images (Composition) frameworks
- Evolving the Image in Stages
- Balance, Direction and Unity.
Each class can be taken individually, without the need to take previous classes in the series.
Materials: All necessary materials will be provided.
This class is part of in Open Figure Drawing’s 2024 Education Project – Today’s Studio Artists
All events, times, locations, etc, are subject to change.
Register
$15 (or 1 punch when paying in-person)
You must pay to complete your registration.
Register online using the form below
or
by mail or in person during any OFD session by printing and completing this form.
There are scholarships available to help anyone who would like to attend. Call Iver Johnson 315-475-3400.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CNY Arts.
Clothed: Sunday Sept 8, 2024, 1 – 3 pm
Nude: Sunday Sept 15, 2024, 1 – 3 pm
Delavan Studios, room 413
enter through 501 W Fayette St, Syracuse
Long Pose drawing sessions consist of 1 pose, with breaks for the model, for the entire 2 hr session.
Long pose clothed sessions are on the 2nd Sunday of most months.
Long pose nude sessions are on the 3rd Sunday of most months.
We may cancel the session(s) in December. Check our calendar for the exact date each month.
Regular prices apply.
More information about Long Pose sessions and Sunday sessions in general.
Thursday, September 19, 2024, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Everson Museum, 401 Harrison Street, Syracuse, NY
Open Figure Drawing is traveling to the Everson Museum on Third Thursdays, September 19, October 17, and November 21, for 3 figure drawing events with a nude model.
This is a FREE event! Entrance to the Everson is free on the 3rd Thursday of each month.
The Everson will be supplying easels, drawing boards, & chairs.
Our plan is to hold these 3 sessions in the Sculpture Court.
Please use dry, non-dust-creating materials, such as pens and pencil. Charcoal, pastels & paints, are not allowed in the Sculpture Court.
We would like to thank Cathrine Walsh for helping us organize these figure drawing events at the Everson Museum.
Bring New Artwork on October 6, 1 – 3 pm
Reception: 4 pm, October 6
Open Figure Drawing will rotate the artwork on our room in Delavan Studios every 3 months, with the change of seasons. This 1st rotation is Sunday, October 6, after the Themed Drawing session.
You can bring any artwork made by you. It does not have to be figurative.
If you have artwork in our studio from the 35th Anniversary show, bring it home by Wednesday, October 2, during OFD (7 – 10 pm) or any time before then.
Please read the rules below.
Rules:
- Anyone who has joined us for a drawing session in Delavan Studios can submit 2D artwork.
Artwork must not have been shown in a previous Group Show with OFD. - Deliver artwork to Delavan Studios on Sunday, October 6, 1 – 3 pm, during the Themed Drawing session. You can submit as much artwork as will fit on 2 cables using our hanging system. If you have smaller arrtwork, you will be able to fit more pieces.
- Identify your artwork. Artwork must have identification and contact information on the back. We will have labels that you can post next to your artwork to identify it.
- Artwork must be framed and ready to hang from our hanging system.
- Work can be for sale, but does not have to be. Open Figure Drawing takes a 10% commission on all sales.
Our 35th Anniversary Catalog contains over 50 submissions by 36 artists, the most artists we’ve ever had contribute artwork to a single show!
The catalog includes OFD participants’ contributions to The (R)Evolution Spring 2024 show.
Available at any Open Figure Drawing session at Delavan Studios for $15 each. Buy one at your next visit to OFD.
Many other catalogs from previous OFD group shows are available for $10 each.
Delavan Studios, room 413
Every Sunday, starting at 1 pm
We plan to hold a session every Sunday. We have a schedule, but we are still interested in your input. If you haven’t done so already, please fill out our survey.
Our current schedule, based on weeks of the month:
- 1st Sunday, 1 – 3 pm Themed Drawing
- 2nd Sunday, 1 – 3 pm, Long Pose (clothed)
- 3nd Sunday, 1 – 3 pm, Long Pose (nude)
- 4th Sunday, 1 – 4 pm, Wednesday on Sunday
- 5th Sunday, 1 – 4 pm, Wednesday on Sunday
Notice weeks 1 – 3 end at 3 pm, and weeks 4 & 5 end at 4 pm.
We have a 12.9″ iPad Pro with Procreate and a 16″ Wacom MobileStudio Pro with Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, and Corel Painter available for your use at any WCC session at no additional cost. Just ask the host.
If you’d like some instruction, ask Dan Shanahan. Contact us to find out when Dan will be at Open Figure Drawing.
