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Life Drawing: Lori McAdams

Class Description: Are you interested in figure drawing? The Charlotte Art League offers sessions for members and non-members alike!

Our classroom atmosphere is relaxed with no instruction. Most classes feature a live nude figure model, with costumed models on occasion.

The class usually warms up with a set of 5-minute and 10-minute poses before beginning the 20-minute poses. The 20 minute poses are extended if the students are interested.

Where: 1517 Camden Road, in the Art League Gallery

When: Every Saturday, 8:00-10:00 a.m.

Class fees: $10 (this goes toward the model fee and facilities costs). Pre-registration is not necessary — simply register at your first session and sign in at every session thereafter. Sign-in will include name, e-mail, and phone number.

Contact Lori: (704) 996-2757 and lmcadams@carolina.rr.com

About the Instructor: Lori McAdams is a local artist / illustrator who joined the Charlotte Art League (CAL) after attending our Saturday morning life drawing classes. She feels that the traditional discipline of figure drawing has greatly improved her art and is excited to keep this venue available for fellow artists.

Lori has a BFA from Parson School of Design, and an MA from UNC Charlotte. Her illustration work has included book covers and illustration, advertising and event promotions. Her fine art has been exhibited in the Charlotte Art League Gallery, Kings Mountain Art Center in Kings Mountain, NC, Arts on Main in Gastonia, and the Jeanne Rauch Gallery at Gaston College in Dallas, NC.

Class fees: See Laurie’s website, www.personalartist.com, for fees.

Contact Laurie: E-mail her at LB@personalartist.com.

About the Instructor: Hey, art lovers! I’m very happy to make a new home for myself at Charlotte Art League! Painting and teaching are my bliss! As a young child, I began sketching and painting faces and started selling them in middle school. Now I ship portraits all over the world! Always wanting to be an educator, I graduated from Appalachian State University as a N.C. teaching fellow in 1994 and have taught for many years in a variety of settings. Teaching privately, according to my own philosophy, has brought me the greatest joy. I believe there is an artist in everyone. What I do is to help people see in new ways. Once you learn to see as an artist sees, the world becomes a wonderfully interesting place in ways you never imagined! Getting there should be a fun, relaxing, enlightening, even therapeutic journey. Come along with me!

Acrylic Painting: Ráed Al Rawi

Class Description: Easy small class for beginners to intermediate students

Where: 1517 Camden Road, in the Art League Gallery

When: Evening class: Mondays 6:00-8:30 p.m.

Class Fees: $140 for four sessions (max six students).

Contact Ráed: (704) 567-1207, or e-mail him at artistraed@gmail.com. Website: www.raedalrawi.com.