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Figure Drawing Sessions

Figure Drawing Sessions

Figure Drawing Sessions is a no-instructor workshop.
Figure Drawing meets on Wednesdays in 2025, as listed below:
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
 
January 8 & 22
February 5 & 12
March 5 & 19
April 2 & 16
May 7 & 21
June 4 & 18
July 2 & 16
August 6 & 20
September 3 & 17
October 1 & 15
November 5 & 19

December 3 & 17

Non-members: 4 sessions for $120.00.

Members: 4 sessions for $100.00.
Location: Arts Benicia, 1 Commandant’s Lane, Drawing Classroom (upstairs)
Levels: All levels
Age minimum: 18

Pose lengths: An Arts Benicia Figure Drawing session is a classical academic nude atelier normally starting with 10 two-minute poses, then five, then 2 tens, and finishing with a succession of twenty-minute poses. Models take a break after every 20 minutes of posing. The posing routine can change if agreed upon by all attendees.
Models: No photos of models are allowed. Cell phones are not to be answered or brandished in the drawing studio.
Art Materials: All dry media are acceptable as well as ink and acrylic; odorless solvents only with oil paints.
Clean Up: Artists should put away their furniture and pack up all their personal art materials.
Registration: Please use the arrow in the box below to select the appropriate rate.

Image: MWShaw Model: Russell

Figure Drawing — Four Sessions



UPCOMING ADULT CLASSES/WORKSHOPS

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  • Bold Abstraction and Play
  • Coaster Madness
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  • Encaustic Painting Workshop
  • Experimental Fiber Sculptures
  • Figure Drawing Sessions
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  • Indigo with Shibori
  • Introduction to Pastel Painting
  • Introduction to Wood Engraving
  • Marbling For Everyone
  • Paste Papers
  • Printmaker’s Workshop
  • Printmaking Playground is Back!
  • R&F Pigment Stick Gelli Prints
  • Small Works: Abstract Collage & Mixed Media Workshop
  • Small Works: Abstract Collage & Mixed Media Workshop
  • Solarplate Printmaking: Focus on Intaglio Printing
  • Solarplate Printmaking: Focus on Relief Printing
  • Suminagashi: Floating Ink Prints
  • Surrealism and Translucency in Collage
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Arts Benicia
Commanding Officer’s Quarters
1 Commandant’s Lane
Benicia, CA 94510

The Arts Benicia Annex (for printmaking classes) is located at
991 Tyler Street, Ste. 116
Benicia, CA 94510

Directions to Arts Benicia at the Commanding Officer’s Quarters

Mailing address:

Arts Benicia, Inc.
P.O. Box 545
290 East L Street  Benicia, CA 94510-0545

CALL US: 707 747-0131
EMAIL: info@artsbenicia.org

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open during exhibitions
Thursday through Sunday, 1-5 pm

Arts Benicia is a 501(c)(3) organization with Tax ID 68-0157927

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