NEW ORLEANS DRAWING GROUP via Zoom

 

 

EVERY THURSDAY 4:45-7:45pm(C) weekly "Live Clothed Model" drawing on ZOOM Short poses (30 min), then 1 long (2.5 hr.) pose, 2 views; Monthly Guest Artists and Open Discussions following drawing session

FEE: $15/session VENMO: "@Sandra-Burshell"; PAYPAL: [email protected]. Zoom link sent upon receipt of your fee/email (all-inclusive) ...no instruction

INFO: FB: New Orleans Drawing Group on Facebook

INFO: [email protected] 

 

Q&A GUEST ARTIST CALENDAR 2026:  8-9pm (C) after drawing: Q&A Guests show and discuss their works in an interactive setting, demos occasionally (more guests in the works)

November 19: Corey Pitkin: https://www.coreypitkin.com

 

OPEN DISCUSSION CALENDAR 2026   8-9pm (C) after the 4:45-7:45 (C) drawing session with Darlene Bigus-Doheny

November 5: IN THE ARTIST’S STUDIO: Pastel Journeys from Mud to Masterpiece with NODG Artist Mary Beth Machenberg

December 3: IN THE STUDIO: Experimental Joys & Aha! Moments

 

MODELS 2026: (more in the works) 

 

EVOLVING HISTORY:  After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina (2005), I created a small informal local in-person figure drawing group in New Orleans, THE NEW ORLEANS DRAWING GROUP.... ongoing for 15 years. With COVID, I, like others, went into immediate lockdown. However, because I knew I needed something to keep me inspired and maintain some sense of normalcy, I immediately rebuilt this group into a Zoom format. Surprisingly, the group has grown tremendously, not only with participating artists, who can Zoom in from any location, but also with the availability of models. In addition, now the models are modeling in their own homes, each setting and individual unique.  Now on ZOOM!

We have begun two monthly programs, Q&A Guest Artists and Open Discussions, 8-9pmC, immediately after the figure drawing session. The Q&A Sessions have established artists of various mediums talk and show their work...Of the 68 artists, included are Jimmy Wright, Susan Lyon, Aaron Westerberg, Kerry Dunn, Carol Marine, Susan Gallagher O'Neill, Daud Ahriev, Aron Belka, Ellen Eagle, Carol Peebles, Wende Caporale-Greene, Rose Frantzen, Dawn Emerson, Pam Ingalls, Sally Strand, Margaret Dyer, Brian Bailey, Corey Pitkin, Nancie King Mertz, Alan Flattmann, Mark Ivan Cole, Truman Hosner, Pam Ingalls, Paul Schulenburg, Christine Swann, Elaine Despins, Aron Belka, Vianna Szabo, Alain Picard, Clarence Porter, Casey Klahn, Peggi Kroll Roberts, Ilene Gienger-Stanfield, Glen Maxion Jordan Xu, Joseph Pearson, Rita Kirkman, Luana Winner, Susan Kuznitsky, Doug Dawson, Diane Rappisi, Judy Leeds, Martha Klioze, Paul Schulenburg, Jeri Greenberg, Gail Sibley, Adrian Giuliani, Parag Borse, Hilary Couture, Parag Borse, David Lobenberg, Emre Karaoglu, Robert Lemler, Aline Ordman, Clayton Beck, Jonathan Hodge, Emily Christoff, Yuji Sakuma, Ellen Cornett, Judd Mercer, Vladimir Zlotskiy, Desmond O'Hagan, Augustus Hoffman, Tim Rees, Laura Mocnik, Juliette Aristides... Upcoming: Corey Pitkin

NODG/PSA COLLABORATION: https://www.youtube.com/@pastelsocietyofamerica6123/search       The Pastel Society of American and the New Orleans Drawing Group (NODG)  have had an amazing collaboration! since 2024! Some of our honored Q&A Guest Artists have been invited to have their monthly presentations posted on the Pastel Society of America's YouTube Channel: Witness: New Orleans Drawing Group:  .....Jimmy Wright, Brian Bailey, Sally Strand, Kerry Dunn, Susan Lyon, Hilarie Couture, Mark Ivan Cole, Truman Hosner, Parag Borse, Nancie King Mertz, Paul Schulenberg.... More to be posted!

OPEN DISCUSSIONS by Darlene Bigus-Doheny has had many topics of discussion valuable to all artists, including studio organization and lighting, social media and websites, the role of art societies/juried exhibitions/conventions, selling/pricing, models discussing their craft, and NODG members talking about their own work.