Ginger Greenblatt's Watercolor Paintings

About the Malden Sketch Group

This is one of the longest-running life-drawing groups (Yes, that means nude models) in the Boston Area, having met weekly for the last 12 years. Artists of all levels of ability and experience are welcome. You may come on a regular or drop-in basis. We each pay $6 per week to cover the model's fee. There is no instruction but you can get plenty of friendly advice and feedback if you ask for it. You are invited to experience what artists have known for centuries: that it is a demanding and productive exercise to capture the human form from life...no matter what you usually paint!

Where It's Held

If you want to find directions on mapquest.com use the address 250 Washington Street, Malden, MA to get you to the correct intersection. The Oak Grove Community Building is the big brick building on the corner of Washington and Grove Streets across from the Oak Grove T Station. The true address is 6 Grove Street but this address is confusing to MapQuest!!. We find on-street parking on Washington Street and Grove Street.

Malden Maps

The Schedule

We meet every Monday evening 7-9:30 pm. On the 1st Monday of the month we ask the model to do a long pose. That means that the model stays in the same pose for the entire evening (with breaks, of course). On the other Mondays we ask the model to do short poses. This means that the model assumes many different poses throughout the evening, starting with 3-minute poses progressing to 15- or 20-minute poses at the end of the session. If the month contains a 5th Monday we vote informally on how to use it.

New Thursday Portrait Session

This May, 2007 we have been fortunate enough to begin an additional night of art. We are meeting every Thursday evening at the same time, same place, same cost. At this session a clothed model holds one pose for the whole evening for a portrait. Again, this is a classic exercise for artists of every genre. It's fascinating to see how many different ways a room full of artists will interpret the same face.

What to Bring

There is no art equipment provided but there are chairs in the room. You may show up with simply a pencil and a pad of paper or with your easel and paints. Many artists come prepared to do quick charcoal sketches on short-pose weeks but bring a more elaborate set-up for a long-pose. If you are interested in more information please contact me.