WORKSHOP
A Drawing Workshop by Sebastian Curi
Los Angeles, 2024
WHAT IT’S ABOUT
This workshop is about helping you understand and evolve your visual language—the unique set of marks, choices, and patterns that define how you make images. Over the course of an afternoon, we’ll explore how style is formed, how it communicates meaning, and how to recognize what you’re already doing (even unconsciously). It’s about learning how to see—how to recognize what we don’t yet know, and how that awareness can be directed toward constructing meaning.
You don’t need to know how to draw. Creating images isn’t limited to drawing, painting, or collage. It can be about organizing elements, arranging shapes, choosing colors, or even working with text. The medium doesn’t matter as much as the intent behind it. What we’re exploring here is visual thinking—how to make choices that communicate something meaningful.
WHO IT’S FOR
Illustrators, animators, designers, artists, students, and anyone curious about how images speak. You don’t need to be a “professional” drawer—just someone open to exploring.
WHAT WE’LL DO
– Start with a short talk about visual language: what it is, how it shows up, and how it evolves
– Identify key traits in your own work through quick drawing prompts
– Try working “against” your habits to understand them better
– Borrow from others: remix exercises based on different visual styles
– Group discussion: what do we notice? what patterns show up? what surprises us?
– Wrap up with a reflection and a takeaway exercise for your personal practice
WHAT’S PROVIDED
All materials, coffee, and snacks. You’re welcome to bring your own sketchbooks or favorite tools too.
WHERE
In person at my studio in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
ADDRESS
977 N. Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
ITINERARY
2:00-2:30 — Welcome and introduction
2:30–3:30 — Exercise
3:30–4:00 — Lecture + Coffee & Treats
4:00–5:00 — Exercise
5:00–6:00 — Group Discussion