shift online series
Monthly live drawing where inquiry becomes practice

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WEEKLY ESSAYS. MONTHLY PRACTICE. ONGOING EXPLORATION.

SHIFT follows the Drawing Within essay series—a year-long exploration of drawing as method. Every month examines one theme through body, breath, movement, and mark. Four weekly essays, each with drawing prompts, guide your solo practice throughout the month.

Then gather live on the last Friday. One 90-minute session that brings the month's inquiry into collective practice. Guided somatic drawing. Real-time exploration. No critique, just marks.

The essays build your practice. The session deepens it together.

ONE THEME. FOUR WEEKS. ONE LIVE GATHERING.

Each month follows a single conceptual thread: How does sensation shape expression? How does gesture carry ethics? How does pace change what becomes possible?

The Drawing Within essays open these questions through writing and prompts. The SHIFT live session moves them through your body—translating ideas into marks, testing what inquiry looks like when it becomes physical.

Fifteen artists maximum. 90 minutes. One framework applied to shifting forces.

FOR ARTISTS BUILDING STUDIO AUTHORITY

You're training how you generate marks—building capacity rooted in your body's intelligence.

Each session follows the same sequence: body, breath, movement, mark. The structure stays constant. What shifts is the conceptual force you're working with—and what your marks learn to hold.

Monthly return. Expanding range. Marks that become unmistakably yours.

SHIFT: THE FOUNDATION ARC

  • November 2025

    EXPRESSION
    From Feeling to Articulation

    Drawing What You Feel
    Line as Voice
    Refuse to Shrink
    Expression Without Permission

  • December 2025

    RECONSTRUCTION
    Repair and Realignment

    Drawing as Retrieval
    The Page Holds
    Repair Through Gesture
    Aligned Expression

  • January 2026

    ETHICS
    Stance and Negotiation

    Work With Values
    Balance Isn’t Static
    Refusal as Gesture
    Integrity as Anchor

  • February 2026

    PACE
    Slowness, Pause, and Return

    Slow Drawing
    Rest as Practice
    Integrating Space
    Return through the Mark

JOIN THE LIVE SESSION

Last Friday of each month, 8 AM SGT (UTC+8) | Thursday, 7 PM EST (UTC–5)
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SHIFT live sessions bring the month's essays into embodied practice through the body, breath, movement, mark sequence.

LIVE SESSION: $65
1 drawing session (90 minutes)
Real-time guidance
Capped at 15 participants
Live attendance only (no recording included)

PAST RECORDINGS: $35 / session
Access to individual past session recordings
Available after each live month concludes

Essays release free every Sunday via Drawing Within newsletter.

DRAWING SHAPED BY THE BODY
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