Figure Drawing Workshop with Joseph Pearson (event)
Figure Drawing Workshop with Joseph Pearson
In this 5 hour workshop with Asheville-based artist Joseph Pearson, participants will be introduced and practice the 5 basic steps in making a drawing: gesture, proportion, block-in, refinement, and detail. The workshop will employ photo references and a live model.
There will be a 30-minute break for lunch. Participants can bring their own lunch or purchase from the NCMA Cafe.
This workshop is offered twice. Participants choose to register for the Saturday or Sunday session.
FREE for North Carolina K-12 educators
Email Kristin Smith for more information about how to receive free registration as a teacher.
Sunday, February 16
About the instructor
Joseph Pearson’s lifetime of creativity began in Mississippi and expanded to New York, Louisiana, and now North Carolina. He studied at the Art Students League of New York with Hughie Lee-Smith and earned a master of education degree from William Carey University. Pearson has participated in numerous museum shows and regional, national, and international competitions. Some of his awards include a Ucross Foundation residency, Vermont Studio Center residency, two Pollock-Krasner Foundation grants, and an Artists’ Fellowship Inc. grant.
In North Carolina, Pearson has taught figure drawing workshops at the Asheville Museum of Art and the John C. Campbell Folk School. He has painted murals for Benne on Eagle in downtown Asheville, the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, and Cathedral of All Souls in Biltmore Village. His latest mural is a six-banner project in downtown Asheville representing the formerly Black community of Southside. He has been a resident artist at Pink Dog Creative in Asheville since 2015.
Image: Courtesy of Joseph Pearson