Ongoing – contact instructor
restarting again on Tuesday evenings beginning Jan 23, ending around May. depending on participation
Time: 6-8:30pm
Studio location: B
$20/session (studio fee, model fee)
Join our informal group any time you want. Attend once, or attend all. You will receive an email with
info 3 days before the next session so you know what kind of model and poses to expect. 3x a month we will have a
nude model posing from 2 to 20 minutes, 1x a month we will have a clothed model, so you can do the figure and/or
portrait. Bring your drawing materials, or painting stuff! Most poses are just long enough for a drawing. Easels are
available. Payment due at beginning of session. Max 15 participants. You need to email Ruth at
krautgraphics@gmail.com to be added to the list to receive the information.
Ruth Squitieri
Ruth Squitieri was born and raised in a small town in Germany, before settling in Florida in her early 20s. She always had art in her life. While her family was very musical, she was the only one who always had a pencil or brush in her hand. After painting a lot in watercolor and acrylics, she discovered oils about 20 years ago. In 2008 she took her first plein air workshop and has been hooked to on-site painting ever since. Ruth currently includes quick pen and ink sketches in her repertoire, especially when traveling. She is now focusing on urban sketching with pen and ink washed over with fun splashes of watercolor.
Ruth loves to share her talent and knowledge and has been doing demos at artists’ groups as well as during paintout/plein air festivals in the Central Florida area for many years. She is a sought-after instructor at the Artists Workshop in New Smyrna Beach, teaching principles of Composition and Perspective along with an intensive immersion into art for beginners, head and figure drawing, and pen and ink sketching.
Statement
Ruth believes that working from life allows you to put the most truthful statement onto paper, and also the most interesting. “The camera doesn’t capture all the light and details in the shadows, but puts everything in focus. That is not how we see the world.” To this point she studies the scene that’s in front of her and puts down what nature presents her with, carefully repositioning certain elements, eliminating others, but always focusing on the quality of light (when painting in oils) or fun details (when doing urban sketching).
Ruth Squitieri
Port Orange, FL
386-451-6857