Figure Drawing & Oil Painting for Artists

This class will focus on refining your technical skill with drawing and painting, exploring light in terms of both value (light and dark) and color. 

Figure Drawing & Painting in Oils
6-Week Course | Adults

Elevate your artistic skills in this immersive six-week course with artist Joanna Bigelow, where you'll explore the art of capturing the human figure in oils. Designed for those with basic drawing experience, this class will guide you through the fundamentals of figure drawing and painting, focusing on proportion, anatomy, gesture, and expressive brushwork.

🎨 Develop and refine your figure drawing techniques, from gesture to structure
🎨 Master proportions, anatomy, and the dynamic movement of the human form
🎨 Explore lighting, shadow, and color to create depth and mood
🎨 Mix rich, nuanced colors for lifelike skin tones and natural shading
🎨 Work from a live model to enhance observation and painting skills

📷 Anyone with basic drawing experience (from ArtFarm or elsewhere)
📷 Some painting experience is required

Join us in our inspiring ArtFarm studio and take your figure drawing and painting skills to the next level!

About the instructor: Joanna Bigelow

Joanna Bigelow is a painter located in Annapolis, Maryland.

In creating a portrait, her first goal is to capture the spirit and personality of the subject. Joanna searches for the underlying structure and rhythm of the face to accomplish this.

In 2015 she left conventional college to become a painting apprentice. She studied with Cedric and Joanette Egeli to learn portraiture. She also learned from Rick Casali and John Ebersberger.  In her training, form and impressionistic color lead the way to creating lifelike drawings and paintings.

In addition to commission work, Joanna teaches and explores other forms of art. It is her belief that this knowledge should be handed down and takes great joy in helping others succeed.  She is intent on learning new and different ways to innovate and express life as we know it.