Monthly Archives: June 2012

New life drawings from Faultline’s life drawing group sessions in Oakland

We’ve had 5 life drawing group sessions at our art studio in Oakland. The models have all been great, and we are getting used to our new Drawing Room, I’ve posted the resulting life drawings on my life drawing page. The light is angelic during sunset and it comes through one window all orange and bright, and icy blue through the other window. It’s a great contrast and it is helpful to know which light is coming from where when defining the forms of the figure. I think natural light is great to draw in, and really helps give the model a sense of life, which is the point, isn’t it? I also added a handful of earlier life drawings.

Figure drawing group in Oakland

Charcoal and Conte Crayon life drawing on Stonehenge drawing paper

Check out Faultline’s Life Drawing Page on Facebook if you are interested in group life drawing sessions in Oakland. Faultline also has a schedule of models on the life drawing page – www.faultlineartspace.com/life-drawing

Life Drawing Oakland

Done at Faultline's life drawing group in Oakland

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My art studio in Oakland

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My art studio at Faultline

I moved out of my sprawling 850 sq ft art studio into one a few feet away and a little more manageable. It is more central so I can keep an eye on the art gallery during business hours and still work in my studio. I’m converting the old art studio in a screen printing studio that will double as exhibition space and backup figure drawing so we can have big figure drawing events with models in multiple rooms. The new studio is nice, great light, and a beautiful 5 x 8 ft hardwood drawing table, and plenty of wall space to hang up my drawings and prints. I’ve installed a few wire lines on one of the walls so I can hang drawings with bulldog clips quickly and without leaving holes in the wall or paper.

There are still a few art studio spaces available for rent at Faultline, check out the art studio rental page- Faultlineartspace.com/studio-rentals/

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Ryan's art studio in Oakland

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Butterfly Installation at Faultline

I installed some butterflies for our grand opening at Faultline on May 12th. It was the first time I pinned them to a wall in any significant amount. I’ve been buying really big pins by the pound, and they make a big difference over the little sewing pins and the super thin insect pins which bend too easy. We are having a closing party July 7th in case you missed the opening.

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Butterflies Ready for the Rare Bird in Piedmont

Got my show for the Rare Bird ready to go the other day. Got a big stack of shadow box frames and have been experimenting with different ways to display them. The Reception for the June Art Walk at the Rare Bird is June 21 6-9pm. Here is a link to the Rare Bird’s June Art Walk page.

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