Presented by Continuing Education

Online Winter Drawing Marathon 2023

Jan 12, 2023; 6:30 - 9:00pm
Peter Hristoff's hand with a snow heart pierced with a paint brush and red paint
Credit: Peter Hristoff

This complementary drawing marathon session offered by SVA Continuing Education and BFA Visual & Critical Studies encourages participants to work in a free and expressive manner.


Led by Visual Artist and SVA faculty member Peter Hristoff (BFA 1981 Fine Arts), the session combines aspects of the different types of courses that Hristoff teaches, including drawing from imagination (Inventory Drawing), life drawing (The Vigorous Figure) and drawing from art history (Drawing the Met Collection).


This is a fast-paced session of nonstop, one-minute drawings using prompts, figure models and museum images to inspire the participants to work loosely and fearlessly. The emphasis is on line and expressive drawing. This session requires an open mind and a willingness to let go. Open to all levels of drawing experience.


Required supplies:

  • loose sheets of various types of paper (approximately 100 sheets); a package of 8.5" x 11" or 11" x 17" heavy-weight, cotton photocopy or laser paper; a sketch pad (if working with dry mediums); or rice paper scrolls for those working in ink
  • any drawing media that creates a smooth, soft line. Recommended: 4, 5 or 6B pencils; soft Blackwing pencils; Ebony pencils; Lyra brand water-soluble graphite crayon in 6 or 9B; brush and ink.
An image of a man sitting in an art studio
Credit: Peter Hristoff

Peter Hristoff is a visual artist working in painting, printmaking, drawing and rug making. Recent exhibition venues have included CAM Gallery Istanbul, MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Duke House NYU, The Hammond Museum, Artists Equity Gallery and SVA Flatiron Project Space. Hristoff was selected as the first visual artist-in-residence at The Met in 2015 – 2016, with his tenure culminating in a collaborative project with the museum’s Education Department and weavers in Aegean Turkey.


Study with Peter Hristoff this spring in these SVA Continuing Education courses:

Drawing Boot Camp, beginning Wednesday, February 1

Drawing Art History With The Met’s Collection, beginning Thursday, February 16

Free and open to the public