Costa Vavagiakis’ workshop

In early June, Costa Vavagiakis had a wonderful workshop on portrait drawing.  He lectured, brought in supplemental materials, and did mini-demos to cover everything from materials and handling to composition and theoretical principles of drawing.  The model Connie was terrific and the group is looking forward to doing this again!

Janus Collaborative | Costa Vavagiakis workshop

Janus Collaborative | Costa Vavagiakis workshop

Kate Lehman’s workshop

Fox Shaw Painters

If you’re in the west coast this summer, check out this exhibit featuring the work of, 2nd-year student, Feather Hilger.

The Fox Shaw Painters

The Kimball Gallery
6950 Kimball Dr.
Gig Harbor

June 8 – July 5, 2010

See you in the fall!

With an exciting summer project and all the exhibitions in and around the city, we may be taking a break from our regular studio schedule but the training and learning never stops.

We’d like to thank everyone who attended our end-of-year celebration last week, as well as those who came and joined us during our evening talks and lectures during the regular school year. We’ll be blogging about exhibits, workshops, and summer sketching until we resume in the fall.

For those interested, Dennis Cheaney’s class will continue running this the summer. However, Open Studio sessions will be on break until September. Stay tuned for more news regarding our lecture series during the 2010-2011 school year.

See you in September!

End of the Year Party



Dan Thompson and Color/Light

3 hour studies and seeing Truth in Color

Dan Thompson and Color/Light

Utilizing a full-color palette

Ecorche Class

Steve’s Ecorche

Steve's Ecorche Class

Arm Study with Steven Perkins

At the end of our ecorche class with Perkins, he was able to focus on certain muscles and parts of the body on a larger scale. Here’s Steve lecturing about the arm, sculpted at life size.

Arm study in 3D with Steve Perkins