“Expressive Figure Drawing”
Instructor - Susan Hanssen
This is a two-day workshop.
Date: Saturday & Sunday - February 14th & 15th, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuition Fee with Credit Card: $63.00 Members; $73.00 Non-Members
Tuition Fee with Check or Cash: $60.00 Members; $70.00 Non-Members
If you prefer to pay by check, please notify the Art League by email in order for us to hold your spot, make check payable to Art League of Daytona Beach and mail to 433 S. Palmetto Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 along with a completed registration form or you may drop off at the Art League during our gallery hours. For registration form click HERE.
Payment in full is required before the workshop begins.
Cancellations must be made at least one week before the first day of class in order to receive a refund.
Workshop Description (Limited to 12 students)
This two-day figure drawing workshop (featuring a live model) will explore exciting means of “seeing” the figure. The focus will be on the fundamentals of drawing the figure, focusing on gesture, shape, line, and mass.
Each three-hour day will encompass various techniques to draw the figure with these fundamentals in mind.
The goal is to give each student the courage and confidence to make expressive, spirited work while improving individual drawing skills.
Materials needed for workshop:
Newsprint (preferably smooth) 18x24
A backing board for pad (gator board or styrafoam board)
Generals Charcoal Pencils two 4B, two 6B
Charcoal compressed sticks
I prefer Faber Castill compressed charcoal extra soft
Conte crayon (harder than compressed charcoal)
Sharpies Medium, Fine, Large
For questions please contact Susan Hanssen at susan@susanhanssen.com or you may contact the Art League at 386-947-7103.
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BIO Susan Hanssen has been an award-winning painter for several years and she is well known in South Florida for her unique and exciting work. She is primarily a figurative painter, using the figure as a conduit to make a narrative that is both a metaphor and a literal story. Her images can be haunting, and at the same time full of whimsy.
Most recently she has transitioned from paper to large canvas, giving her work more impact. Generally, she works in a series with several paintings centered around a particular theme. She had a solo show at the Coral Springs Museum of Art that celebrated her sheep series and a retrospect of her work in Fort Lauderdale. Susan has twice won medals at the American Watercolor Exhibitions in New York.
Susan is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, American Watercolor Society and the Florida Watercolor Society. She has taught numerous workshops across Florida and New Mexico and taught for twelve years at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. Her work can be viewed on her website at