Figure Drawing: the art of the long pose
Adult Course | Registration opens 11/4/2025 10:00 AM MDT
This course is a continuation and culmination of all prior classes in the fall semester. With the skills of basic figure drawing, structure, and anatomy under their belts, students put all these skills to the test by doing 2 long pose drawings of the model, 4 weeks each.
Students will learn how to create a strong likeness of the model with descriptive and expressive form.
It is NOT required to have taken my prior classes to sign up for this course, but it is recommended to have taken at least 2 figure drawing classes in the past as this is an intermediate to advanced course.
Alexander Soukas
Alexander Soukas' serious training in the fine arts began upon attending the Walnut Hill School for the arts, one of five high schools in the United States dedicated to rigorous training in music, ballet, theatre, writing, and visual arts. Unsatisfied with his studies, and desiring to pursue a career as an artist, he began homeschooling as a way of earning his diploma while undertaking an apprenticeship with realist figure painter Jason Polins. Soukas studied traditional painting and drawing in Boston with Polins for 4 years, where he now visits as a guest instructor at Polins' atelier, The Boston School of Painting. Years later, Soukas studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in a coordinated program with the University of Pennsylvania for a year before leaving to seek a more rigorous classical training at Studio Incamminati. While there, he worked for and studied under Nelson Shanks as one of his last apprentices. https://www.alexandersoukas.com/