Artist Temperaments & Achievements with Marshall Vandruff

Nucleus Workshops / Lecture Series

Date & Time: February 5, 2006 (Sunday), 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Nucleus
Instructor: Marshall Vandruff
Materials to bring: This is not a drawing course, it is a lecture seminar. Bring a notebook or sketchpad if you'd like to take notes.
To Register: click here

"In over twenty years of teaching, I've seen students run into many
obstacles as they pursue artistic careers. Some lack talent. Some
lack training. Some face tough markets. But even in impossible
markets, a few continue to train and improve and prepare and produce.
The greatest battle often happens within an artist's own personality.
Our temperaments and feelings affect our art and our careers — for
better and worse.

In this course I'll show that there are many "artistic temperaments"
and explain some modern ways of matching your personality to your
artistic niche. You'll see profiles of great artists and how they
have included a great variety of types. Then I will give you what I
believe is the secret of "finding yourself" in relation to your work
(hint: it's a secret that has been well-known for thousands of years.)

This is not a drawing course, it is a lecture seminar. Bring a
notebook or sketchpad if you'd like to take notes."

I've done The Artist's Way and any number of seminars and classes on
the creative process and found most of them to be illuminating, but
not much help to my career as an artist. Marshall's seminar snatched
all those abstract concepts out of the air and put them into my
artist's toolbox. —Neal Romanek, Screenwriter


Just had to say thanks again for the insightful Temperaments class
last night. You really are a natural teacher. Very engaging &
informative. —Ed Eyth, Senior Character Designer, Henson Studios


...astonishingly on target with reference to what creative people
need to know to succeed. —Elizabeth Knox, Artist



The crazy thing with Marshall is that in a weekend you feel more
prepared and inspired for life as a creative professional than you do
after years in the "academy." —Eric Reimer


If you want to be a wiser, more knowledgeable and competent artist,
go see Marshall Vandruff. —Drew Struzan

Marshall Vandruff has taught drawing in the art departments of corporations and universities since 1984. His clients have included MAD Magazine, Dark Horse Comics, Hanna Barbera, Warner Bros. Entertainment, and over 40 advertising agencies. You can see his work at www.marshallart.com