• The Haggerty Museum of Art will offer the last in a three-part series of drawing classes Friday from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
• The workshop is part of "Student Fridays" and is taught by Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design student Jeff Sama.
• Students of all experience levels are welcome to join.

Whether drawing is what you spend your free time doing or if it only extends to the doodles laced across your notebook pages, the Friday drawing class at the Haggerty Museum of Art offers lessons to a wide range of artists.

The three-part "Student Fridays" drawing series began last month and concludes tomorrow from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Jeff Sama, a senior at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, is the class instructor. At the start of class last Friday, Sama used lithographs of Honoré Daumier from Haggerty Museum's permanent collection to inspire students.

Then students were given pictures of famous characters such as President Obama or even Ron Burgundy from the movie "Anchorman" to draw caricature-like representations in the same style as Daumier.

To help beginners, Sama suggested they turn the picture upside down and focus on the shapes in the image, rather than the fine details.

The "Student Fridays" workshops began at the museum in the 2007-'08 school year. The program did not run this fall semester. Because of that, a student came to Lynne Shumow, curator of education and community outreach at the museum, asking for the classes to be reinstated.

Shumow, who is also adviser of the Art Club at Marquette, calls the workshop "a nice collaboration" between the Haggerty Museum and MIAD.

Kara Buffardi, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, attended the drawing class last Friday. While having little experience with drawing, she said she enjoyed "seeing what I'm able to do with a little instruction."

Sama said the turnout at the classes has been great in the past two weeks.

"It's a learning experience for both me and the students in class," he said.

Sama was offered the instructor position after being recommended by a teacher at MIAD.

"I was excited because I've never taught people my own age," he said.

Sama said he has liked the ability to converse and teach at the same time.

Shumow said she has received positive feedback from students who have attended the classes, and she plans to continue to offer more workshops in the future. She said she hopes the program could become permanent.