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Doodle Like a DaVinci taught by Suzann Beck
January 12, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
IN PERSON Class will break for an hour midway, you may bring a lunch or eat at one of the many cafes within 2 blocks of Wet Paint.
Art teachers tell you to sketch every day to improve your drawing, but what if your daily sketches and even doodling can help you improve your understanding of 3-D form and spatial perspective? Take this workshop and find out how! You’ll learn freehand drafting the Old Masters like Leonardo DaVinci used to create his inventions, and then apply your skills drawing everyday objects or constructions from your imagination.
Skills you’ll learn include: • How to turn a square into a perfect circle and a 3D cube into a sphere• How to draw an accurate ellipse • 3D analysis and cross sections• Linear perspective and shadow projection• Freehand architectural drawing.
Ages 14 and up. Drawing experience suggested but not required. This workshop is appropriate for beginning to intermediate artists.
Ticket Instruction: You must choose a quantity to activate “get tickets”. To pay for a class registration with a Wet Paint gift card, please call 651-698-6431
About the artist: Whether painting a commissioned portrait, a figurative piece, or a “portrait” of a single rose, Suzann has the unique ability to capture the essence and spirit of a subject and combine it with masterful likeness. Her inspiration and passion comes from the classical old masters, and she is particularly influenced by the Russian painters of the 19th century. Intrigued and motivated by the depth and craft of masterworks hundreds of years old, Suzann works diligently to understand the methods and disciplines of masters old and new.
Suzann Beck holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Moorhead State University, Moorhead MN, studied portraiture with Jeffery Hurinenko, St. Paul, MN and has been studying figure since 2017 with nationally-known draughtsman Michael Mentler, Dallas, Texas, who is viewed by many as a living embodiment of Leonardo DaVinci. Suzann serves as the Minnesota Ambassador for the Portrait Society of America, and teaches portrait painting and drawing classes in her Northeast Minneapolis studio as well as multiple area art centers in the Minneapolis area and St. Cloud, MN. https://suzannbeck.com
