Drawing Competition Awards Reception

Here are some photos from the reception on Friday night. I'm still waiting to receive photos of the drawings themselves, so keep checking back! I will post them as soon as possible. Meanwhile, American Painting Video Magazine posted a little video of the reception on their facebook page that briefly shows the winning drawings, so check it out.


The Judges: Michael Klein, Edward Minoff, and Scott Waddell


Edward Minoff shakes the hand of first place winner Darren Kingsley


the crowd goes wild!

The Drawing Competition Begins!

This week is the drawing competition, ten compeitors will draw from the live model 8 hours a day for 5 days. The judging will go down this Friday at 6 PM. The reception party (with refreshments served) will be from 7:30-9:30 PM, so come join us!

Here are some photos from the first day of the competition:

Judges Michael Klein & Edward Minoff laying down the rules of the competition (Scott Waddell is the 3rd judge)


competitors in the sparkling clean south studio


picking numbers from the lottery to choose easels


Setting up


the competition room


and they're off!








public viewings are from 1-2 PM while the competitors take a lunch break. Come check it out!

First Annual Drawing Competition

The First Annual Drawing Competition hopes to gather together the greatest draftsmen to work on a single figure drawing over the course of 5 days. Drawings will be done from one model and one pose. Competition hours will be from 9am - 6pm with a one hour break for lunch.

If you want to come see how the competition is going, viewings are each day at lunch time from 1:00-2:00pm. The awards ceremony is Friday, September 3 from 7:30-10:00pm. Please come join us!