Learn to create drawings that are unmistakably your own.
Through exercises designed to reveal your unique artistic voice, start uncovering what you truly want to express, and how to bring it to life in your artwork.
You pick up a pencil or paintbrush to be creative, to express yourself.
But … where do you begin? How do you tap into that creativity?
Does it mean you’re just “not creative” if you’re unsure what you want to express — or how to express it?
Not at all! Here’s the truth:
Your creativity simply needs to be cultivated and nurtured.
Don't just take my word for it!
Here's what students have said about the workshop:
❝ This is so much more than I hoped it would be.
So often you get so much technical information, and then some very superficial input on creativity that's almost meme quality.
But you're giving me a dialogue that I can internalize, look at my art and what I'm creating, at what other people are creating, and find myself in it all. I wasn't expecting that. I didn't realize that's what I was looking for.
I knew I wanted to study creativity and become inspired, but I didn't realize how excited I would get by it. ❞ -Sandra W.
❝ You're opening up different neural pathways and different ways of thinking for me.
It's way more than I thought, it's amazing. ❞
-Christine C.
Discover the exact processes I use to develop ideas for my own creative work!
In this workshop I’ll guide you through two powerful exercises. The first exercise, which we’ll do together, will help you uncover your unique creative voice and can be used each time you start a new artwork. (I use it every time!)
The second exercise is one that you can explore on your own throughout your creative journey. I use this practice continuously to stay inspired and to keep evolving as an artist.
*While this workshop is primarily focused on drawing, it absolutely relates to painting, too!
What we'll cover in Your Unique Creative Voice:
Creating Drawings That Are Uniquely Yours
How to be original by embracing your authentic self.
Defining 'Creativity' in Drawing
Explore what creativity truly means to you as an artist.
8 Ways to Bring Creativity into Realistic Drawing
Finally - clear, practical ways to unlock creativity in your realistic work!
4 Types of Drawing
Realistic drawing is just one approach — discover new ways to expand your creativity.
The 4 Phases of the Creative Process
Learn what each phase entails and how to get started with the first!
2 Discovery Exercises
Uncover your unique creative voice, clarify what you want to create, and explore who you are (or aspire to be) as an artist — using the exact processes I rely on!
Plus, discover new artists and inspiring artworks!
Find artists and artworks that resonate with you, sparking fresh ideas and inspiration.
Who you'll learn from:
Hi! I'm Marina.
I'm a professional visual artist, arts educator, former Tenure-Track college professor of visual arts, and Founder (or 'Drawing Source'ress') of TheDrawingSource.com
In my creative practice I make 'drawing installations': large-scale drawings that transform an entire space, such as the one below. (Yes, entirely hand-drawn using charcoal on white paper!)
About Marina
Marina Fridman (BFA, MFA) is a visual artist, arts educator, and founder (or Drawing Source'ress!) of The Drawing Source.
As an educator of visual arts, Marina held a Tenure-Track Instructor position at Northwestern Polytechnic in Alberta, Canada before leaving to build The Drawing Source. She enjoys distilling complex drawing concepts into steps that are easy to understand and put into practice, and considers herself successful when her students increase both their skills and their enjoyment of the drawing process.
Marina holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture and Dimensional Studies from Alfred University, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Drawing and Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
She is a three-time recipient of the prestigious Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, an Edmonton Arts Council Grant in, a Canada Council for the Arts Grant, the Manifest ONE Prize, and an Honorable Mention in the International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.
She has been awarded residencies at MacDowell, the I-Park Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center, the League Residency at Vyt, the Creative Practices Institute, the Manifest Gallery, the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) Residency in Estonia, and the invitational ArtBnB Jerusalem Residency.
Marina’s work has been published by Hi-Fructose Magazine (online), Booooooom, Art in America, ACS Magazine, Drawing Discourse, the Manifest International Drawing Annual, Foundations of Drawing (Random House), North Light Books' Art Journey, and Strokes of Genius, to name a few. Her works have been exhibited and collected in the US, Canada, and Israel.
My work has been featured in:
Enroll now to ...
✔ Learn 8 ways to bring creativity into your realistic work
✔ Explore 4 types of drawing (or painting)
✔ Discover the 4 Phases of the Creative Process
✔ Find out how to start Phase 1 of the Creative Process
✔ Use 2 exercises to uncover your unique creative voice
✔ Discover new artists and inspiring artworks
✔ Create drawings that are uniquely yours!
*Note: this workshop is included in the Creative Drawing Studio.