Master Class: Figure Drawing with Anthony Ackrill

Led by visiting Florida artist Anthony Ackrill, learn the basics of figure drawing from life, using charcoal or pencil.

Learn the the steps of establishing a solid rendition of the model, and train your brain, eyes and hand to work together to see more and record more with greater accuracy.

This class meets on Saturdays from 1-4 p.m.

Class dates: November 4, 11 and 18

$210 for Appleton members; $245 for nonmembers.

About the artist: Anthony Ackrill trained as a student at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy for five years. He then became an instructor there, teaching anatomy, figure painting and figure drawing, before returning to the United States. In his own work, Ackrill’s figure paintings are realistic and literal. Painted from life, the models would be recognizable from the paintings. Ackrill’s painting, “Reaper,” is part of the Appleton’s permanent collection.