• 2026
  • June
  • 20
  • 2-4PM
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Out on a Limb: Drawing the Human Figure

Mi Ok Song

OUT ON A LIMB :  Drawing the Human Figure: Face, Hands & Feet
 
The human figure is one of art’s greatest challenges — and its greatest rewards. In this focused drawing workshop, instructor Mi Ok guides students through the expressive power of the body’s most demanding details: the face, the hands, and the feet.
 
 
Working from a live clothed model in dynamic 20-minute poses, Mi Ok will demonstrate her process from first mark to finished drawing — building each pose through careful attention to line quality, proportion, perspective, composition, negative space, and detail. You’ll watch how a drawing comes together in real time, and practice applying those same principles yourself.
 
 
Whether you’re working to sharpen your observational skills or deepen your understanding of figure drawing fundamentals, Out on a Limb offers a rare chance to slow down, look closely, and go out on a limb.
 
 
All skill levels welcome.
  • LOCATION: Portsmouth Arts Guild
  • TUITON: $58
  • MEMBER DISCOUNT: Use code PAGMEM for $8 OFF

Mi Ok Song, Out on A Limb Drawing, Portsmouth Arts Guild

Mi Ok Song

Post-pandemic, I continue to participate in figure drawing, always seeking new approaches to drawing the human figure, particularly hands & feet.  I believe that drawing the human figure is the most difficult subject matter & challenge myself with drawing only in pens—colored, black, white, gray & wash.  I frequently draw on gray paper, white Bristol Board & white watercolor paper.

Within the last few years, I have been incorporating my Korean cultural identity & adoption-related imagery into my drawings.

I am encouraged by seeing more diversity of artists in RI.  I am grateful that Angell Street Galleries represents more multicultural inclusivity.

For me, drawing is the adventure, the journey & the destination.  Joan Miro says, “Drawing is like taking a line out for a walk.”

With each drawing, I take the line out for a walk & see where it leads me.

I hope that you, the viewer will experience the adventure, the journey & the destination in my drawings.

Thank you,

Mi Ok Song

Artist

Registration

This workshop runs on Saturday, June 20, from 2:00pm to 4pm.

PAG Members use discount code PAGMEM to receive the member discount. Enter the code on the 2nd screen. Remember to click the APPLY button on the right.

Please note: we don’t accept checks as payment for workshops and classes. Questions? Contact workshops@portsmoutharts.org.