Details
Duration:
Four-Week Course
Date:
Saturdays
Oct. 25-Nov. 15, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Instructor:
Raul Perdomo
Level:
All Levels
Capacity:
8
Age:
15+
Languages:
Taught in English and Spanish
Cost:
$195
(Model Fee Included, Materials not included)
Location:
Oolite Arts
924 Lincoln Road, Studio 100, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Register:
On Website
Contact:
Melissa Gabriel
[email protected]
Information
This Human Figure Drawing course will provide students with hands-on experiences in specific drawing media to develop basic perceptual skills in drawing from the human figure. Students will alternate gesture drawings with long methodical studies.
There will be demos and exercises to practice and review the basic elements of art: line, value, shape/volume, texture, and color, leading to their deliberate manipulation for different types of spatial illusion, compositions, and expressive meaning. Drawing will be done spontaneously, energetically, and accurately from life.
The human body is marvelously complex and expressive. Excellent figure drawings can be either highly detailed or simple, yet always convey a sense that the represented form is alive. A nude model will be present.
The instructor will work with each student, giving constructive criticism and doing individual demonstrations. Class will collectively discuss and critique at the end of each session.
This course is designed to provide students with a structured approach to drawing the human figure, which will serve as a foundation for their personal interpretive style.
Class meets on Saturdays for four consecutive weeks. Materials are not included; you’ll receive the materials list upon registration.
Open to teens with written parental permission, download the form HERE, and submit it signed to Melissa Gabriel [email protected]
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Born in NOLA and raised in the Dominican Republic, Raul Perdomo has been an exhibiting artist working in Miami since 1990. He holds a BFA degree in painting and drawing from Florida State University with minors in printmaking and art history. His work has been included in multiple group and solo exhibitions and is a part of many national and international art collections.
Raul has been a South Florida Art Center/now Oolite Arts resident artist between 1990-1993. His experiences as an exhibiting artist in the contemporary art world evolved into the art education field, where he worked for M-DCPS between 2006-2008. Between 2008-2012 taught advanced painting, drawing, and portfolio development workshops both private and at Oolite Arts. Perdomo served as visual arts program director and has worked as an instructor at Miami Arts Charter School Wynwood campus since 2011.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Oolite Arts, 924 Lincoln Road, Studio #100, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Parking: Metered parking is available behind the building between Jefferson Avenue and Michigan Avenue.
Refund and Cancellation Policy: Attendees can request refunds up to 24 hours prior to the class start time. Missed classes don’t carry over to the next session, please make up your classes before the current session ends. Classes must meet a minimum enrollment number to run.
Materials
Materials list:
- Charcoal – (hard, soft, medium)
- Graphite pencils – 4B, 6B
- Kneaded eraser (large)
- Gum eraser
- 18” x 24” newsprint pad
- 18”x 24” drawing paper pad
(Optional)
- X-acto knife
- Pencil sharpener
- Conté crayons – black and white
- An assortment of markers, fine to medium point, permanent and water soluble
- Spray fixative
- Portfolio, cardboard
- Art box.
Art Supplies Stores:
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ID Art Supply, 471 NE 81st St., Miami, FL 33138 or https://fineart.idartsupply.com/ There’s a 20% discount for art students.
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Dick Blick: https://www.dickblick.com/ or in store.
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Artist & Craftsman: https://artistcraftsman.com/
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Michael’s: https://www.michaels.com/ or in store.
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Jerry’s Miami: https://www.jerryswholesalestores.com/miami-fl/
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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/
