Jeff Burke’s FIELD GUIDE to the FIGURE INTENSIVE WORKSHOP SERIES
A change in format from the Tuesday night 12 week course. This is essentially my brand of Anatomy for Artists. These monthly, all-day Sunday Intensives will focus on how to see the Figure better: more coherently and comprehensively, in terms of visual structure, landmarks, volumes, masses, muscular form flow, and gestural expression. We will pay particular attention to common perceptual mistakes and ways to establish and proportion the subject on the page.
Each session will include:
• Lecture-Demos
• Guided drawing time with male and female models (at least half the workshop time)
• Exemplary slideshows of masterworks
• Summary handouts
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The Portrait Intensive Workshop will be the only Field Guide workshop scheduled this Summer.
There will be a new Fall Field Guide to the Figure workshop schedule and format listed soon. Please stay tuned.
All Workshops are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (hour lunch)
COST: $65 Each Workshop or $350 For All Six.
Prepaid registration is required. Please make checks payable to Jeff Burke. Full refund with at least 1 week notice, no refund otherwise. The last two workshops were overflow so register early!
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To Register or for More Information Call 503-231-3994, or email hipbonejeff@hotmail.com
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About Instructor Jeff Burke 
Jeff Burke has taught Field Guide to the Figure and Figure Sculpture for 20 years at Hipbone Studio. He has been a frequent guest lecturer at Portland Community College at Sylvania and Rock Creek campuses, and at Portland State. He has conducted all-day weekend workshops at the Puget Sound Art League in Bellevue, WA. and at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.
Jeff’s unique experience and understanding of the human figure was gleaned from years (1980-86) working as a full-time model and demonstrator of anatomy at New York City’s best art schools. Most notably, he was an assistant to Professors Salvatore Montano and Alfonse Solimene at Pratt Institute and Eliot Goldfinger at the New York Academy of Art. Mr. Goldfinger published his definitive volume, Human Anatomy for Artists-the Elements of Form, in 1991.
Burke’s theatrical presentations enliven and enrich the otherwise cold, hard facts that typify the usual Anatomy for Artist class. Founder of Hipbone Studio in 1987, his mission is to “bare witness” to the human figure as a potent symbol of our spirited being.
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WHAT FORMER CLASS PARTICIPANTS SAY:
“My understanding and appreciation of the complexities, rhythm and beauty of the human form have grown immeasurably thanks to Jeff’s classes.”– James Torson, Freelance Graphic Designer and Illustrator.
“Jeff brings enthusiasm and complete knowledge to this complex subject. His unique methods for conveying this information have enabled me to see more clearly when drawing the figure and helped me in making my personal expression.” – William Park, Painter-Printmaker
“Mr. Burke understands, being a sculptor himself, the ways in which the artist uses anatomy and he discusses it in a relaxed, non-threatening, yet thorough and accurate way.” – Craig Cheshire, Former Professor of Painting and Drawing, Portland State University.
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