Join us every Wednesday, every Friday, and on the first Saturday of the month for a figure drawing session from live model in Carrollton, TX.
Learn human proportion and art materials at the Texas Hill Country Atelier in a 4-day hands-on figure drawing workshop with Michael Mentler in Kerrville, TX.
Are you ready to take your figure drawing to the next level? Learn the Mentler Methode figure structure approach online! No disks, no long flights, just press play and dive in at your own pace!
Current Schedule
July 3-4
Holiday Break
No figure drawing sessions on Friday and Saturday, July 3 and 4, 2026
Every Wednesday
Drawing from nude or costumed model, long pose
10:30am – 1:30pm
Every Friday
Drawing from nude model, short and/or long pose
10:30am – 1:30pm
Every First Saturday of the Month
Drawing from nude model, short and/or long pose
10:30am – 1:30pm
August 31 – September 3, 2026
Figure drawing workshop with Michael Mentler
Kerrville, Texas, USA
Upcoming Labs & Workshops
Physical Materials
Own a real physical disk or book that will last a lifetime instead of fleeting digital downloads.
PLAN – Figure Drawing Blu-ray
The Book of Bones
Heads, Faces, and Features DVD
Art by Michael Mentler
Visit studio owner’s art gallery. A number of original drawings and paintings by Michael Mentler are available for purchase and ready to be added to your collection.
Latest Posts
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The Shade School Painters – Coldstream, Uglow, and Others
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The Slade School in London has a rich tradition in the education of contemporary artisans and this excellent series fo articles highlights of few of the more prominent painters associated with The Slade. http://paintingperceptions.com/the-slade-school-of-art-part-one/
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Art Encyclopedia
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This is an outstanding resource to art things art. With thousands of images and links to almost anything one could image. www.visual-arts-cork.com
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Plato For Non Philosophers
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We know philosophy and philosophers may cause some confusion amoung artisans that don’t want to dwell to deeply into the web of aesthetics and theory. Basically, Plato taught an approach to ideal form based on abstract, universal concepts that lay beyond nature. His student, Aristotle, believed that nature could provide clues to the ideal. Raphael…
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Lessons From Diebenkorn
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http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/what-diebenkorn-and-matisse-taught-me-about-the-hard-work-of-making-art/
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Drawing In Tintoretto’s Venice
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https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2019/drawing-in-tintorettos-venice.html
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The Blind Leading The Blind
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The Natural Way to Draw Kimon Nicolaïdes book “The Natural Way to Draw” has long been a staple of lower school art instructors. The one exercise that seems to get the most abuse is the blind contour. Once again we have a piece of the puzzle taken out of context of the whole program. Sort…