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Award winning portrait artist, J instructor, and illustrator Ned - Bittinger will conduct a nine-week % Portrait and Figure Drawing Class at

Shimmering Meadows Farm Studio

(an affiliate of The Art League

| School of* Alexandria) on | Wednesdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Shimmering Meadows Studio is

located in Slate Mills between § Culpeper and Sperryville. The spring

session will run from April 2 through

I; May 28, > The format of this popular class it. has been expanded to include por( trait drawing in addition to figure ; ‘ drawing. This is an outstanding 1 opportunity to learn from this | accomplished portrait artist.

Included in the portrait drawing § segment will be techniques for

achieving a likeness through correct

placement and detailed studies of the 0 facial features. The figure drawing

instruction will stress methods for ? determining proportion, angles of

pose, and value. Weekly demonstraj tions will be presented.

' A variety of media, papers, and 1 approaches including: compressed * charcoal, conte crayon, graphite, tuid | white chalk on gray paper, will be

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