2026 SUMMER in PARIS | FIGURE DRAWING

“I am convinced that every time one gives artists their freedom and suppresses the spirit of routine, art will benefit. We, the young, will draw from our heart and find there motifs of originality, of personality, an emotion that can’t reach us through the constraining recipes of the teaching that we’ve been given up to now.”

[Je suis convaincu que toutes les fois que l’on laissera de la liberté aux artistes et que l’on étouffera l’esprit de routine, l’art y gagnera. Nous, jeunes, nous puiserons dans notre coeur et y trouverons des motifs d’originalité, de personnalité, une émotion que ne sauraient nous donner les recettes compassées de l’enseignement que l’on nous a donné jusqu’à présent.]

– Léon Bonnat, letter to the critic Ernest Chesneau, 23 December 1863

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LOCATION:	SUMMER in PARIS – FIGURE DRAWING will convene at our Montparnasse Studio (75006 Paris). Please see our Facilities page for details on the location.
CLASS DATES:	Monday, 17 AUGUST – Friday, 28 AUGUST 2026
CLASS SCHEDULE:	Drawing from life 20 hrs/week plus 5 hrs of drawing demonstration (daily schedule to be announced) for 2 weeks total.  Instruction will includes lecture-demonstration at the easel, daily one-on-one critique.
CLASS SIZE:	12 maximum + instructor(s)
WHO is ELIGIBLE?	Entry by application only. Anyone may apply – There are no academic or other pre-requisites. All students must enroll full-time, for the entire 3 weeks.
TUITION PRICE:	1750 EUR, for one 2-week program. (Cost of Paris housing is not included.)
APPLICATION DEADLINE:	30 JANUARY 2026
PAYMENT DEADLINE:	7 FEBRUARY 2026
HOW to APPLY:	Admissions for 2026 SUMMER in PARIS – FIGURE DRAWING will open soon. Before you apply, please review the ADMISSIONS page for general information about the application process.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION 

2026 Summer in Paris – Figure Drawing is a 2-week special program for art students and artists of every level.

Students will profit from critique and lectures by founding faculty Timothy STOTZ and Nicole Michelle TULLY, introducing and demonstrating essential concepts and skills in drawing the human figure from observation.

This course will offer students the opportunity to dive deep into a perceptually based figure drawing process. Specific strategies involving movement, shape, perspective, structural anatomy, & light will be introduced to the students as they work on a number of exercises and studies that will support a more thoroughly developed figure drawing.

20 hours of drawing from the live figure per week with individual critique at the easel, plus 5 hrs/week of drawing demonstration.

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