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Focus on Features taught by Suzann Beck
February 20, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
IN PERSON 1 Hour break for lunch.
This workshop focuses on accurately drawing each individual feature of the face—the eye, nose, ear, and lips. The morning session includes a short lecture and structural demonstration of each feature, as well as hands-on student work from sculptor’s casts. In the afternoon session students apply the principles they’ve learned to drawing features from a live model.
Ages 14 and up. Painting and drawing experience suggested but not required. Class will break for an hour at midway, please bring a lunch.
Materials list will be emailed to registrants.
Classes have a limited space available and some fill quickly. Decisions about whether to cancel a class or add another session are typically made one week prior to the start of a class. If a class you are interested in is full we will have a waiting list and will contact you if a space opens up. If a class is cancelled due to low enrollment (fewer than 4 registrations) all registrations will be promptly refunded.
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
