NEW! Carlos Castrejon: Creating the Figure with Mixed Media (Live Nude Model)

Instructor: Carlos Castrejon

Workshop: Creating the Figure with Mixed Media (Live Nude Model)

Dates: August 6-8, 2026

Hours: 9am - 4pm

Level: All

Class Size: 12

Tuition: $500

Includes: Complimentary lunches and drinks served daily in studio

Description 

Are you ready to stop second-guessing every mark?

Working from the live nude model, you'll discover a spontaneous mixed media approach that transforms the way you see, draw, and paint the human form. Through expressive mark making and hands-on experimentation with charcoal, soft pastel, gesso, acrylic, ink, and more, you'll gain the confidence to create with greater freedom and intention.

The hardest part of figure drawing isn't the human body. It's getting out of your own way. This workshop helps you do both.

Carlos's dynamic demonstrations, contagious energy, and personalized guidance help artists at every level make real breakthroughs.

Explore:

• composition

• color integration

• surface preparation

• fresh ways of seeing the figure

Over three immersive days, you'll loosen up, break free from old habits, and discover multiple ways to see and interpret the figure. Through live demonstrations, personalized one-on-one feedback, and expressive mixed media exercises, you'll build confidence with every session while making meaningful progress, no matter your experience level.

This isn't about drawing the perfect figure.

It's about learning to trust your eye, embrace your own mark making, and leave with the confidence to keep creating long after the workshop ends.

Five-Star Reviews

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"Excellent instruction and practice with the human form. The instructor detailed various approaches the artists could take in approaching form as a quick study and in great detail working with negative space." - Nancy P

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"Aside from being a skilled and creative artists, Carlos is a very good teacher. He gives clear demonstrations of the techniques that he's asking us to use. He walks around the room while we're drawing and gives us useful feedback. Finally, he makes the class fun and engaging." - Carol D

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"Carlos has more exuberance and energy than any other teacher to date. It is contagious and which make the workshop fun and alive." -Karen H

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"Carlos gave an excellent workshop, giving a demonstration before we began most exercises. He has a wealth of information and artistic talent, and his individual critiques were spot on. There were various levels of experience in the group and I saw improvements at each level as the weeks went on." -Howie R

Supply List

Drawing board with bulldog clips

Paper Sizes 24’’x 36’’ maximum

Stretched canvas max. 20” x 30”

Newsprint paper

Canson papers (Dark Blue)

Drawing papers (White, any other color)

Butcher paper

Paint brushes (all sizes)

White Gesso

Acrylic paints

Gouache

Soft pastel set

Compress and Willow charcoal sticks (black)

White charcoal

Red conte sticks

White eraser

Prismacolor (indigo blue or tuscan red)

Scissors

Water base paper glue