Mirror, Mirror: A Drawing Class with Lindsay Stripling
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 6:30 - 8:30pm PT
This is an in-person workshop at CfM Art Room:
4035 Judah St, San Francisco, next door to our shop!
Drawing and painting people can feel impossibly hard and intimidating- let alone finding a way to do it that feels like your own! It can be easy to get caught up in needing to do it correctly, having to get other people to pose in ways that we need them to and seeking things outside of ourselves to help us navigate drawing bodies.
The wild thing is that we have been having bodies since we were born! In this class we will explore the many ways you can use yourself as a starting point for reference in drawing bodies. We will go over very basic anatomy and drawing and how to utilize what you see and feel in your own body through multiples. We will use our phones to record ourselves in a few different ways and then discuss how to utilize these images as information.
The point of this class is to leave with a better understanding for how to use what you know about your own body as a launching off point for exaggerating and playing with depicting bodies.
MATERIALS NEEDED
These are the supplies you'll need to bring for class—feel free to supplement this list with other options you love or have on hand!
- A camera phone or mirror! or both!
- A light! A lamp or a candle! Not required but will help with light and shadow studies on ourselves
- Sketchbook! Whatever sketchbook you prefer, I use a Moleskine or Midori sketchbook
- Pencils! A blackwing pencil or any soft pencil would work great
- Eraser
- Sharpener
- Tracing paper
If you'd like to purchase supplies from our shop, you can order online and select in-store pickup, or shop in person before class. Shop hours are 11am-6pm daily; please plan ahead if you're picking up supplies! Instructors will not have access to the shop when we're closed.
ABOUT INSTRUCTOR
Lindsay Stripling is a San Francisco–based artist and illustrator. She studied black-and-white photography at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and obtained a post-baccalaureate in painting at the San Francisco Art Institute. Currently, she works as an adjunct professor of illustration at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
lindsaystripling.com / @lindsayvictorialee
THINGS TO KNOW
If you need to cancel, please let us know as soon as possible so we can open up your spot! We are only able to refund if we’re notified at least 48 hours prior to the workshop.
Workshop doors open 15 minutes early for all to arrive and get settled. Class will start promptly so everyone has plenty of time to create!
For public transit, both the #18 bus and the N-Judah muni lines stop just at the corner of our block. If you're driving, there is 1-hour parking along Judah St., and unmetered street parking in the surrounding neighborhood. We recommend building in extra time to park for evening and weekend classes!
If you are planning to teach in the future using anything you’ve learned from us, we kindly ask that you credit Case for Making + the individual instructor where applicable.
Thank you so much for taking our workshops!!
