somatic workshops for Studio Programs
building studio authority through the body
DRAWING ROOTED IN SENSATION AND MOVEMENT
Most drawing instruction trains students through external observation. This workshop expands that foundation—teaching students to draw from internal awareness: how their body moves, how sensation shapes gesture, how effort translates to mark.
Students learn how movement creates visual structure—how weight determines pressure, how rhythm shapes composition, how their body's intelligence generates form. The framework is repeatable. The results are entirely their own.
This grounds formal training in movement theory, giving students another entry point into mark-making—one rooted in presence, not replication.
FOR PROGRAMS AT ANY LEVEL
Designed for foundations through advanced studio practice, this workshop provides a consistent method for mark-making grounded in the body.
Body, breath, movement, mark—a four-part sequence that trains responsive awareness and compositional intelligence. Students learn to create deliberate, structurally coherent work that bridges drawing, painting, and movement.
This workshop gives students a method for generating original work—essential for building independent studio practice and preparing for critique, exhibition, and thesis development.
The outcome isn't looser—it's more precise, more sustainable, more theirs.
DRAWING AS STRUCTURE, NOT IMAGE
The workshop follows a consistent format—steady in form, open in result. Students learn to translate physical sensation into visual form with stamina, clarity, and intent.
Each gesture becomes a decision. Each mark records awareness in motion. The framework doesn't restrict—it reveals what only each student's body can generate.
WHAT STUDENTS WILL PRACTICE
The workshop moves through seven phases—body, breath, movement, mark, structure, gesture, reciprocity. This sequence trains how the body generates marks and how those marks build into structurally coherent work.
Students explore:
Body as Vessel: Sensing weight, gravity, impulse—calibrating the body as drawing instrument
Breath as Vehicle: How breath determines mark duration, pressure, and rhythm
Movement as Impulse: Tracking eight effort qualities through the body in space
Mark as Evidence: Translating movement to surface—learning each effort as a mark
Structure as Relationship: How opposition and repetition create compositional coherence
Gesture as Feeling: Micro-textures and how they shape emotional resonance
Reciprocity: Understanding drawing as exchange between body and surface
The result: A repeatable framework that expands mark-making vocabulary and deepens structural intelligence—adaptable to any studio context.
Workshop format: 90 minutes of active practice — can be expanded to 2 hours with 30-minute critique/Q&A. Contact to discuss scheduling and program fit.
Clip from 90 minute workshop translating movement to mark
WORKSHOP INQUIRY
drawing as a movement language
Somatic Drawing Workshop
90-minute workshop, expandable to 120 minutes with Q&A or critiques.
Available live or online (Zoom/Google Meets).
