Drawing the Dance:
Costa Vavagiakis

Art Students League of New York
August 9 & 10, 2019

This workshop brought back memories of the dance performances that I had the privilege to witness firsthand during the 80s and early 90s in NYC. Alvin Alley, Twyla Tharp, Merce Cunningham and the comeback of Martha Graham. I have always found  dance, poetry, and cinema to correspond with the art that I do. Cinematographers design, poets conjure words to become images, and dancers put the forms in action!

Costa Vavagiakis: Drawing Demonstration

Art Students League of New York
November 25, 2013

Costa Vavagiakis, Instructor Snapshot

Art Students League of New York
September 30, 2010

Drawing a Portrait from Life: Costa Vavagiakis

Artists Network
July 9, 2008

Drawing the Nude from Life: Costa Vavagiakis

Artists Network
July 9, 2008

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Drawing a Portrait from Life

Award-winning portrait and figure drawing artist Costa Vavagiakis takes portraiture beyond the basics in this drawing art workshop. Learn how to draw portraits with a thorough examination of anatomical features drawing from a live model. You'll get tips and tricks for capturing realistic facial features through shapes, line, plumb lines and other effective drawing techniques. Using graphite and white chalk on toned paper, Vavagiakis demonstrates how to capture the effects of light and shadow on a portrait in profile.| 67 min

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Drawing the Nude from Life

In this figure drawing lesson, you'll learn how to draw people from a live model. Costa Vavagiakis demonstrates where to place the figure on the paper how to use light and form to create the shapes that make up the nude figure. Moving his easel up and down, he teaches you to find the "forms that are fixed" and then build upon them and gradually become more fluid. You'll also learn how to draw using only a simple pencil, a white pastel pencil, and a kneaded eraser to create the breathtaking illusion of life. | 64 min

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