SANTA FE BLUE STUDIO LIFE DRAWING

Hello everyone,

Remember in that bygone era before Covid we used to do life drawing here at Santa Fe Blue Studio? I’m bringing it back Tuesday July 11th starting at 12:00 and going to 3:00. You can come for one hour or the full 3 hours. After drawing we might order food from Jambos Bite or Café Fina and sit around a table and talk about making art.

This time during the summer/fall I thought it might be fun to do it outside if weather permits. I have built a large portal (shade and protection) that we could sit under. It has a 220-degree view and wonderful to be in. (If it doesn't work, we will go into the studio). There are good sitting areas plus at least 15 chairs. I have tables but if you want an easel, please bring a portable one. In this first tryout please only use dry media - I can put down tarps. Maybe over time we can do acrylic paint.

In addition, I can offer instruction on how to use your Ipad via a great program called Procreate to do life drawing. The best way to learn is by doing and having a patient enthusiastic facilitator by your side. If you are interested in learning Procreate, or how to apply your Procreate skills to life drawing, or just have access to me as a Procreate resource, let me know. I have taught Life Drawing, Drawing, and Digital Media at Santa Fe Community College, IAIA, and Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
You can work with natural media, digital media or a combination of both.

Also, I have two printers available for people. Even if you are not working digitally, we can bring your drawing into the digital world and print it. Then with the long poses you could explore variations on multiple pieces of paper of your drawing. It is a great way to learn. If you would like to go home with an archival print of your drawing, I have a gallery level printer where you can print your piece out.

And then, Jambos Bite and Café Fina are right down the street. After drawing we can, in a very civilized way gather around the table and discuss art over great food.

I'm thinking that I might do this twice a month at first and if it works out increase it to every week.

$15 an hour to use dry media for life drawing
$20 an hour for instruction in Procreate for life drawing
$3/ per 13 x 19 inch Epson Workforce Print
$15/ per print on gallery level Epson SC-P900

You can order from cafe fina or jambos bite which are 1/2 mile away and we can get it. Those costs are yours.

If there are a lot of people interested in taking lessons from me in digital techniques and how to integrate them with your natural media, I will consider adding a teaching hour before the 3-hour freeform life drawing session.

Reply here or email me at **bmehlman@yahoo.com** with any questions or suggestions. Let me know if you are interested in the teaching options.

Take care,

Barbara