Ever since March of 2010, when Steve Huston was last in Los Angeles to teach his annual workshop, I was eagerly anticipating his return to Southern California. The time finally came last April when Steve returned to Pasadena for a one night drawing workshop hosted by 3 Kicks Studio.
This was a short but intense workshop. Steve packed in a lot of information in 3 hours. Here are my thoughts on the evening.
Part 1 – Lecture
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This summer, Zhaoming Wu will be teaching an exclusive, 2-day head and portrait drawing workshop. The date is Saturday, June 4th – Sunday, June 5th, 2011. The time is 10 am – 4pm both days. The workshop will be held at theCommunity School of Music and Arts (CSMA) in beautiful Mountain View, California (just 20 minutes south of San Francisco).
This is a limited, one of a kind engagement. Take advantage of a unique opportunity to study with a living, modern master. Enrollment has begun and class size is limited. See below for complete details. To enroll please visit the CSMA website:
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Concept Design Academy (CDA) is hosting a new figure drawing workshop every Sunday in Pasadena, CA. CDA is one of the top entertainment art schools and many great artists, industry professionals and talented students have come to draw on Sunday night. Including the school’s founder Kevin Chen.
For those in the Los Angeles area who follow my tutorials and videos, stop by say hi and come draw with us sometime. I would love to meet all of you and thank you for your support. I am currently enrolled in Kevin Chen’s drawing class this term and will be attending CDA until April 10th.
For info on CDA, faculty and class schedule visit their blog: www.conceptdesignacad.blogspot.com
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A page from Nathan Fowke’s sketchbook. www.nathanfowkes.blogspot.com
Nathan Fowkes is a renowned Los Angeles artist and teacher. Among many things he is known for being a masterful color stylist. All you have to do is see hislandscape sketches to know he is a master of color and his craft. Being a fan of his work I was eagerly awaiting his one day Color Concepts Workshop @ Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art (LAAFA).
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New long pose figure painting and drawing session comes to Silicon Valley. Every Wednesday night from 7pm – 10pm at the Community School of Music and Art in beautiful Mountain View, California.

2 hour figure drawing by Chris Legaspi. Taken from the Wednesday, Sep. 22nd session in Mountain View. 2 1/2 hour pose, charcoal on paper.
This new figure painting and drawing session starts out with 20 minutes of gesture poses for warm up, then 1 continuous, long pose for the remainder of the evening (approx. 2 1/2 hours). Perfect for fine art charcoal drawings and painters of all mediums. Students, professionals and artists of all levels and all mediums are welcome. Read more…