A four-week wildlife drawing workshop
Learn to draw animals that look alive on the page. In this four-week workshop, artist Mark Mittlesteadt shares the approach behind his decades of work in wildlife art, portraiture, illustration, murals, and museum displays.
Choose any animal you love, from a backyard cardinal to a black bear, a house cat, or even an elephant. You’ll build your drawing from the inside out. The first class focuses on understanding anatomy and how the skeleton shapes posture, movement, and form. Over the following weeks, Mark will guide you as you develop your drawing with structure, proportion, texture, and detail.
The workshop welcomes artists of every experience level, from beginners to professionals. Class is limited to 10 students, so each artist gets individual attention.
Before the first class
Choose the animal you want to draw. Then research and bring images of its skeletal structure, along with reference photos of the animal itself, to the first session.
Instructor: Mark Mittlesteadt
Medium: Graphite drawing
Level: All levels, beginner to professional
Dates: Tuesdays, January 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2027
Time: 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Location: WMOCA
Tuition: $150 for the four-week series
Materials: Included: a full set of drawing pencils, erasers, and illustration board
Class size: Limited to 10
A four-week wildlife drawing workshop
Learn to draw animals that look alive on the page. In this four-week workshop, artist Mark Mittlesteadt shares the approach behind his decades of work in wildlife art, portraiture, illustration, murals, and museum displays.
Choose any animal you love, from a backyard cardinal to a black bear, a house cat, or even an elephant. You’ll build your drawing from the inside out. The first class focuses on understanding anatomy and how the skeleton shapes posture, movement, and form. Over the following weeks, Mark will guide you as you develop your drawing with structure, proportion, texture, and detail.
The workshop welcomes artists of every experience level, from beginners to professionals. Class is limited to 10 students, so each artist gets individual attention.
Before the first class
Choose the animal you want to draw. Then research and bring images of its skeletal structure, along with reference photos of the animal itself, to the first session.
Instructor: Mark Mittlesteadt
Medium: Graphite drawing
Level: All levels, beginner to professional
Dates: Tuesdays, January 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2027
Time: 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Location: WMOCA
Tuition: $150 for the four-week series
Materials: Included: a full set of drawing pencils, erasers, and illustration board
Class size: Limited to 10
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