Long Pose Life Drawing with Frank Valdez 4/23

Class #2700.480
Saturday 4/23, 2-5pm
Cost: $12
Register by clicking the link below or call 310.458.2239.

http://apm.activecommunities.com/santamonicarecreation/Activity_Search/50261

Designed for intermediate to advanced artists, this uninstructed life drawing session features a model in one long pose. This workshop is designed to provide artists with an opportunity to render the living form. Draw or paint from a clothed model. Please bring your own materials.

Francisco Valdez was raised in Texas. He is a graduate of UCLA, and has attended both Art College Center of Design in Pasadena, CA and Grand Central Atelier in New York, New York. Recent awards include Audience Choice Award at the Los Angeles Plein Aire Festival and Best in Show- Portrait at the Crossland Gallery's Con.FIGURE.ati...on 2 show. He has also been awarded the Hudson River Fellowship and begins the Camera Obscura Studio Residency in April. He currently splits his time between El Paso and Los Angeles.
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