Join us for the second season of a popular and fun evening series of figure sketching in Bard Graduate Center Gallery! Clothed models will pose for both short and long drawing opportunities in Fashioning the Body: An Intimate History of the Silhouette. Draw independently or work with a teaching artist to translate figure drawing theory into practice.


This program is open to students of all ages from beginner to expert.

Art materials are not provided.

Materials Allowed:
Paper not exceeding 12 x 18 inches
Portable Drawing Boards
Pencil and Colored pencil

If individuals need to sharpen their pencils, they must use sharpeners that hold shavings.

The use of pens, oil paints, easels, or watercolors is not allowed.

Joan Chiverton is an Illustrator, art director, and an instructor at FIT, and serves as a board member for the Society of Illustrators.