Fleisher Art Memorial | Figure Drawing

Figure Drawing

Adult Summer Class | Registration opens Monday, May 4, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

Level: All levels welcome, recommended for beginners.

Date: 6/18/2026-7/23/2026

Time: 6:00 PM-9:00 PM EDT on Th

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Tuition $225.00

Member Tuition $205.00

Model Fee: $62.00

Studio Fee: $20.00

Figure Drawing

Adult Summer Class | Registration opens Monday, May 4, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

Program Description

Learn the fundamentals of figure drawing through exploring the body's structure, proportion, and gesture. Discussion of basic anatomical structures combined with drawing exercises from the model will round out this highly energetic course.

What you will learn:
1. Fitting the whole figure on the page
2. Comfort with the drawing medium at hand
3. A basic grasp of proportions and knowledge of bodily landmarks

Special Notes

This is an in-person class. Please review our Safety Policies and Community Guidelines.

To make our classes and workshops accessible to everyone, Fleisher offers tuition assistance every term so that everyone can join our creative community. Tuition assistance applications can be completed once registration is open by clicking here.

Required Supplies

For the first class bring these supplies:
• 18" x 24" Newsprint paper
• Charcoal
• Pink Pearl or white eraser
• Artist's chamois

You are free to use any drawing materials you choose. The supply list is composed of suggested materials that reflect the instructor’s demonstrated techniques.

Instructor

Rowan Briggs

K. Briggs is an award winning graphic novelist and arts educator. She began her comic-making career while pursuing her Masters at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art with a feminist re-imagining of the archetypal Hero Story, “Story(cycle)”. Their adaptation of “Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 1” won the inaugural Elsinore Award for Graphic Shakespeare in 2016.

A fixture of the Scottish Independent Comic scene, Briggs founded and ran the Ex Libris Book Fair, Dundee’s only independent book fair. Her work has been exhibited in both art galleries and colleges in Sweden, Scotland, Japan, and the United States. An experienced art educator, Briggs lectured at their alma mater, Glasgow School of Art, The McManus Museum, Dundee Contemporary Arts, and presented a paper she co-authored at the 2016 Graphic Medicine conference in Dundee. They are currently a teaching artist for Fleisher Art Memorial and Spiral Q in Philadelphia and ARTFusion 19464 in Pottstown.

https://k-briggs.com/