Master Class with Teresa Oaxaca: Drawing the Portrait in Charcoal

Join celebrated classical artist Teresa Oaxaca for a 2-day intensive charcoal portrait class in our north light, CityView Studios at the historic Bok building in South Philadelphia. This class will be in-person for those in the Philadelphia area, and online worldwide utilizing Zoom and our Squint software model feed.

The charm of charcoal drawing lies in both its simplicity and its very forgiving nature.  Come delve into the psychology of the draftsman, the linework, and the strategy towards “letting go” and giving your hand the permission to execute what the brain wants without any fumbling.  Here we leave behind the stomp and work with a variety of brushes, charcoal points and white chalk.

In this two-day workshop Teresa will talk about and demonstrate her approach to drawing the human portrait in charcoal. A limited supply list will be used, the list and more instructions will become available after registration.  Simple paper and vine charcoal will mostly do the trick.  You likely will already have all the materials at home already.  However, if you would like to explore further with inks and line widths, she will be encouraging you to try a variety of charcoals and chalks.  Tools that she will be demonstrating with will be vine charcoal, white chalk, compressed charcoal pencil and clean brushes dedicated to smudging and manipulating charcoal.  Rives BFK will be the kind of the paper that she will be using.