How to Draw with Intention: Discovering Voice through Experimentation
3 day Workshop
March 6-8 2026
10:00 am - 5:00 PM
WITH Francis vallejo
all levels welcome
PRICE - $360
workshop summary
This 3-day course with Francis Vallejo focuses on personal voice development and creative problem solving through extensive live figure drawing along with a healthy dose of inspiration from throughout art history. Each day will focus on specific mediums designed to push specific design theories (line, shape, value grouping). The final day will end with a group critique on the work created over the workshop.
Students will be challenged as to why they draw, render, and compose in a certain way. They will then develop confidence in making purposeful choices based on their visual interests and personal goals.
During the course, participants will utilize a wide range of tools designed to push mark making and visual vocabulary. Trainees will leave with a vision for the mediums, approaches, and theories to guide their work towards their unique personal styles and a confidence to push their creativity and playfulness like never before!
MATERIALS
Ink
Any waterproof India Ink
Cut Paper
Paper and glue will be provided
Bring the Bristol Paper from the Ink Session
Any additional media to draw/paint on top of the cut paper. Bring what you have. I suggest pastels, markers, crayons, and colored pencils.
Scissors
Exacto (optional)
Charcoal
18x14 pad of paper (it can be any smooth paper, newsprint or otherwise)
Compressed charcoal sticks
Vine charcoal sticks
(2) 4B Charcoal pencils
(2) 2B Charcoal Pencils
Kneaded Eraser
Pen Style Eraser
Schedule
March 6: INK | LINE
10am-1pm: Brief intro to Francis’s work + Lecture on discovering your voice + Demonstration of ink techniques we will use
2pm-5pm: Drawing from model using ink materials. We will begin with quicker poses just focusing on the nude model, but evolve into full (simple) scenes with 3 values using a costumed model
March 7: CUT PAPER | SHAPE
10am-1pm: Lecture and demonstration on shape and cut paper technique + Working from the costumed model using short poses
2pm-5pm: Working from the costumed model over 2 long poses in a full scene
March 8: CHARCOAL DESIGN
10am-1pm: Lecture and demonstration on value grouping and charcoal technique + Work from costumed model on medium length pose
2pm-5pm: 1 long pose from the costumed model + Final group critique of work created during workshop
REFUNDS
Please contact us at least 14 days before the workshop for a full refund. From then until 7 days before the start date refunds are 50%. Due to our limited workshop sizes we cannot process refunds within a week of the workshop starting
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