Saturday, July 27, 2024, 1 – 3:30 pm
Delavan Studios, room 413
enter through 501 W Fayette St
Syracuse
Price: $15 (or 1 punch when paying in-person)
Direct over the shoulder instruction for drawing from the model.
Covering
- Gesture Drawing
- Contour Drawing
- Measuring and proportion,
- What to do and not to do!
- How to set up your drawing board.
- How to hold your charcoal
- Cheap paper for warm ups,
- Better charcoal paper for longer drawings.
- Soft vine charcoal
- Medium compressed charcoal or charcoal pencils
- Erasers
John Fitzsimmons is a painter, drawer and printmaker who maintains a studio in the Delavan Studio Building in Syracuse NY. He primarily uses the figure as raw material in looking for the “non-verbal narrative” that is the heart of his work. He has exhibited widely in the US and internationally both in group and solo exhibitions and is in many collections both private and public as well as being an alumni of the Arts In Embassies program.
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.
Limit: 12 participants
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.
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) (same schedule as Long Pose)
- 3nd Sunday, 1 – 3 pm, Long Pose (nude)
- 4th Sunday, 1 – 4 pm, Wednesday on Sunday (same schedule of poses as Wednesday)
- 5th Sunday, 1 – 4 pm, Wednesday on Sunday (same schedule of poses as Wednesday)
Notice weeks 1 – 3 end at 3 pm, and weeks 4 & 5 end at 4 pm.
This upcoming Sunday, July 28, we will have a Wednesday on Sunday session.
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.
He will focus on teaching foundations for 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.
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.
Sunday, August 11, 2024, 2 – 5 pm
Pompey
Call or text 315-800-7211 for address
Our drawing site is a private wooded spot with gardens and fields.
Bring a folding chair, hat, sunglasses, insect repellent and your favorite materials. We’ll provide easels and drawing boards. We’ll picnic with the usual snacks provided at OFD Wednesday night sessions. As with the Wednesday sessions at the Westcott Community Center, participants under 18 need to provide parental permission.
Potluck Dinner: Bring a dish and family or friend for a Pot Luck held immediately after drawing! BYOB.
Rules and prices for Delavan drawing sessions apply.
It can be about 10 degrees colder, so dress appropriately. Bring a jacket if you are staying for the potluck.
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd, Syracuse
Friday, June 28, 2024 – Friday, August 9, 2024 pm
Thank you to everyone who contributed artwork to our 35th Anniversary Show, and thank you to all who have participated in Open Figure Drawing during the past 35 years!
Join us for the reception on Friday, June 28, 6 – 8 pm.
Food & Drinks!
Gallery hours:
Tuesday – Friday: 9:30 am – 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 2 pm
Sunday & Monday: closed
At the end of the show, please pick up your artwork directly from the Edgewood Gallery, on Saturday, August 10, 10 am – 2 pm. If you’re not able to pick up your artwork at this time, contact us and we will find an alternate solution.
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 air conditioning installation has been completed! This Sunday room 413 was cooler than it has ever been.
We hope people who have been avoiding the heat in our studio will join us again and see for themselves!
We have an 11″ iPad Pro and 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, Tim Oliver-Grow can demo using Procreate on the iPad. Dan Shanahan can demo using PhotoShop on the MobileStudio Pro. Contact us to find out when Tim or Dan will be at Open Figure Drawing.
