Nick of Time

Our model Monday night arrived just in the nick of time. She had to travel some distance and was clearly in need of a moment to collect herself. With artists anxious to get to work it was decided to incorporate her quiet cup of coffee into a short first pose with warmups to follow. 

Fredericksburg Figure Drawing 2017 sessions will start Monday, January 9th at 7:00. There will be a female model. Happy new year to all!

Ed King

Anita Holle

Carolyn Cameron

Amanda Carter

Chris O'Kelley

Raymie Chapman

Anita Holle

Body art detail, Chris O'Kelley

Twice the Fun

Working from the live figure is always a challenge. Add a second model and things get very interesting very quickly. A packed house had the distinct honor of working from two terrific models Monday night. Judging from the mood in the room and the drawings produced everyone rose to the challenge.

Fredericksburg Figure Drawing will meet just once in December. Monday the 12th at 7:00pm we will host a female model. There will be cupcakes.

Suzanne Scherr

Carolyn Cameron

Chris O'Kelley

Ed King

  

Raymie Chapman

Bruce Day

Safe Place

In the wake of our national election the evenings conversation only briefly touched on politics. The focus quickly shifted to the task at hand - figure drawing. A group of artists with diverse backgrounds and opinions finding common ground in the human form.

Thanks to a wonderful new model Deirdre for her gracious poses and kudos to a group of dedicated artists who came out on a rainy night.

Our next session will be Monday, November 28th at 7:00pm. We will have the rare opportunity to work from both a male and female model at the same time. The session will include a one hour pose.

Shannon

Carolyn Cameron

Ed King

Bruce Day

Susan Ishii

Raymie Chapman

Workout

Drawing from the live figure is a workout. It is both physically and mentally challenging. The rewards are many with the most immediate being a burst of endorphins that can linger for days.

Our next session will be Monday, November 14th at 7:00 pm. It coincides with the full moon and will feature a new female model.

Susan Ishii

Bruce Day

What's Cooking?

Take the first chilly night of the year, combine nine artists with a batch of dynamic poses from our model and presto! Some delectable drawings.

Our next meeting will be Monday, October 24th at 7:00. There will be a female model.

Anita Holle

Jayme Bauguess

Bruce Day

New Faces

Our opening session back from summer break attracted a good number of new artists including two first timers to the live figure. Right out of the starting gate a favorite model offered up some tough inventive poses. It is exciting to see live figure drawing generating such a high level of interest and energy in our community.

Our next session will be Monday, October 10th at 7:00pm. There will be a male model.

Katie Ludlum

Jared Elton

Jayme Bauguess

Bruce Day

Starting Up

Fredericksburg Figure Drawing starts the new season Monday, September 26th. Time and location are the same - 7:00pm at 923 1/2 Caroline Street. There will be a female model for this first session followed by a male model October 10th.

Mark your calendars!

Summer Break

A big turnout for our last session of the season. We couldn't have asked for a better night. It was a bit on the warm side but the expected sauna like conditions didn't materialize. A terrific new model provided us with some of the best poses of the year. 

Fredericksburg Figure Drawing is an evolving entity. The common thread we all share is a passion for working from the live nude. Somehow the challenges the figure presents are more than compensated for by the rewards. All aspects of ones art benefit from the effort.

We will start up again in the cooler days of September.

Jayme Bauguess

Bruce Day 

Raymie Chapman

Susan Ishii

Jeremy Gann

Jenna Anderson

Focused

As we near our summer break the artists participating in Fredericksburg figure drawing have become very focused. Exquisite poses by a favorite model resulted in some terrific drawings.

Our last session before we go on break will be Monday, June 13th at 7:00. We will be hosting a new female model.

Raymie Chapman

Jeremy Gann

Jenna Anderson

Ed King

Bruce Day

Drunken, Naked Cowboy

Except for the naked part this is probably not a title one would expect to see on a blog devoted to the figure. Our model came with some whimsy in his prop bag and presented us with a drunken, naked cowboy pose. Everyone seemed to enjoy the novelty and produced some excellent drawings from that pose and the others.

We will return to our regular fourth Monday of the month session next week May 23rd at 7:00pm. There will be a female model.

Jayme Bauguess

Raymie Chapman

Jenna Anderson

Bruce Day

Fumblefingers

The group had a collective case of fumblefingers Monday night. Easels, pencils, drawing pads, water bottles pretty much everything was hitting the floor. In contrast the mood in the room was light and some great drawings resulted.  

Due to a scheduling conflict our next session will take place the third Monday of the month May 16th at 7:00pm. We will have a male model.

Madison Seaver

Bruce Day

Mixing It Up

We worked from a wonderful new model at our Monday session. In place of the usual two minute warm ups we did a series five minute poses. Each one was exquisite. Mixing up time durations keeps you on your toes.

Our next meeting will be Monday, April 25th at 7:00. We will have a female model.

Susan Ishii

Bruce Day

Bruce Day

Out Like a Lion

A solid group of artists and a great new model made for a focused night of figure drawing.

We will host a new female model at our next session Monday, April 11th at 7:00.

Susan Ishii

Bruce Day

Jayme Bauguess