Sunday, April 19; 1pm to 4pm

Instructor: Alexandra Vaughan

In this course you will investigate contour drawing in two ways: with pen and with wire. You will explore how the contour line techniques can hone the eye, create focus, and foster presence in the artmaking process.

You will investigate how drawing can become a three-dimensional medium, by creating a free-standing wire sculpture. Using the contour technique, you will incorporate issues such as balance and gravity into your “drawing” practice.

By the end of the class you will have an understanding of the way a line can become synonymous with the eye and the hand, and the ways that lines can exist in space as sculptural objects.

Ali Vaughan is an artist based in Richmond, California. She was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, and received dual B.A. degrees in Art Practice with Honors and Art History from Stanford University in 2019. She regularly works between the mediums of oil painting, drawing, and sculpture. Through process-based abstraction, her work examines notions of place and identity. She has shown work at spaces including the de Young Museum, the Stanford Art Gallery, Coulter Art Gallery, and RAM Gallery.

Website: www.alivaughan.com

Fee: MarinMOCA Members: $105; Non-members $125

Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art; 1210 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael (at B Street)