From: "Willey, Lorin" Lorin.Willey@harley-davidson.
Hi Folks,
Please share this information with anyone that you think might want to attend the WPS Open Figure Drawing sessions on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month.
The stage is in the middle of the studio.
Light can be controlled from two sides from the fluorescent banks in the ceiling.
I sometimes use a spot, but it isn’t necessary. The light in the studio is good.
The model being cold is a problem because the studio is large and airy.
I will turn up the heat in the room to 73 degrees to help so don’t dress warm.
Bring your own drawing board or easel, and your own materials.
There are enough chairs. The way the stage is set you can move all around the model to get the vantage point you prefer.
The WPS studio is optimum for this.
The poses are typically timed as follows:
6pm start
45 minutes = (10) 1 minute poses / (2) 10 minute poses / (1) 15 minute pose
Break 15 minutes
7pm (back to it)
45 minutes = (2) 22 minute poses
Break 15 minutes
8pm (back to it)
- 30 minute pose
8:30pm end of session.
I am the studio
“coach” so I will be calling the times and the breaks and there will be
moments that I will sense the mood of the group and change up the
lengths or types of poses. There may be an occasional 1 hour pose, or
one that may
go all night. I may also do portraits at some point that would go the
whole session. I’m leaving this open. The times I gave above would be
typical in a “normal” session. I will be running these as I do in the
WPS teaching sessions, but without the “teaching”.
I am renting the room and paying the models so the fees will be
collected by Debra, just as in a class.
I expect the
artists to pay in cash. I do not want to cash checks to pay the model.
If there are not 5 artists (figure), or 4 artists (portrait) the overage
will be split evenly by the artists attending. I pay figure models $50,
and portrait
models $40. The base fee for each night is $10 cash per artist. This is
pay as you go, just as in my classes.
Photography is
typically allowed unless the model indicates otherwise. Obviously these
photos are for class use only and are not to be published or put on the
internet. (I was asked by the models to specify this)
Because these
are open sessions any medium is allowed. I am not instructing, of
course, so I will be drawing or painting, just like everyone else. I
will not be doing any critiquing or commenting on anyone’s work unless
it comes up in normal
conversation as in any other open studio session.
I hope this response answers most of your questions.
Cheers,
