ONSITE: Figure Drawing (I)
These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.
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ONSITE: Introduction to the Figure
Conducting figure studies can improve your representation of the human body, as well as the way it interacts with light. We’ll use various media, including graphite, charcoal, sanguine and conte chalk, as we work through a series of quick-gesture and long-pose drawings. Enjoy demonstrations and discussions about anatomy and drawing techniques.
read moreONSITE: Intermediate Pastel Drawing (only offered a few times a year)
Continue building skills in soft pastels through a series of dynamic exercises on value, composition, underpainting, creating grey without black and white, and more. At the end of the session, you'll be able to bring together all you've learned in a project of your own choosing. Soft pastel experience required.
read moreONSITE: Landscape in Oils
Create compelling landscapes in a series of paintings. Each week, we’ll focus on elements of the landscape including techniques for rendering sky, terrain, trees and water. We’ll also focus on palette development and color mixing. We'll cover seasonal themes and architecture while learning to use light and color to create depth. You'll practice layout and […]
read moreONSITE: Markers, Comics + Zines
Learn how to construct a story narrative and pick what kind of drawing style you want to use to tell your story! Students will explore color palette and how to use markers to create clean illustrations for inking thier own compelling stories. These illustrations will be used to make a comic book and a zine! […]
read moreONSITE: Drawing Fundamentals (C)
Learn the basic tenets of drawing and composition. We’ll cover line, shape, space and value. Hone your observation skills and use charcoal to translate what you see to paper.
read moreONSITE: Figure Drawing (G)
These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Acrylic Painting (A)
Get an introduction to acrylic painting including technical aspects, material handling, the pursuit of creative directions, and experimentation with expressive elements. The course is intended to help students develop control in painting from observation as well as invention.
read moreONSITE: Traditional Figure Drawing
If you are looking to master the fundamentals of figure drawing in a traditional manner, then this is the class for you. This class teaches realist techniques that were taught in the academies and ateliers in 19th Century Europe. We will explore charcoal on toned paper – a technique used by masters of this time-period. […]
read moreONSITE: Landscape + Cityscape Painting
Learn to create a well-composed cityscape or landscape, set it on canvas and create a wonderful painting in acrylic.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Acrylic Painting (B)
Get an introduction to acrylic painting including technical aspects, material handling, the pursuit of creative directions, and experimentation with expressive elements. The course is intended to help students develop control in painting from observation as well as invention.
read moreONSITE: Intermediate Drawing
If you've taken multiple beginner drawing classes or have experience with drawing in the recent past, this class may be a great opportunity for you to "get back in there!" This class will allow opportunities for you to experiment and recover your mark-making style and apply it to various subject areas with different dry media. […]
read moreONSITE: Abstract Painting
Do you want to introduce abstraction to your paintings? Learn new ways to approach composition, color and process while finding new modes of painterly expression. We’ll work on new paintings in acrylic in a self-directed manner, leaving plenty of time for one-on-one discussion and in-class critiques.
read moreONSITE: Figure Drawing (C)
These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.
read moreONSITE: Painting Abstract with Color
Starting with a basic color wheel we'll learn the elements of color and practice color mixing and color matching using the grid painting technique. Then we'll apply what we've learned to color experiments and free studies done as paper collages. By the end of class, we'll translate our paper collage "studies" into gouache paintings.
read moreONSITE: Figure Drawing (M)
These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.
read moreONSITE: Drawing Fundamentals (A)
Learn the basic tenets of drawing and composition. We’ll cover line, shape, space and value. Hone your observation skills and use charcoal to translate what you see to paper.
read moreONSITE: Figure Drawing (D)
These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.
read moreONSITE: Secrets of Classical Drawing: The Still Life
Learn skills taught in ateliers and academies in centuries past and put them to use to create your own fresh artwork. You'll learn tricks of the trade and classical drawing techniques like proportion, value and form-building in two dimensions. These skills can be used to capture traditional subjects like figures and nature scenes, or they […]
read moreONSITE: Experimental Comics
Study experimental comics of the past and present and explore different artistic mediums and methods of storytelling to make our own comics.
read moreONSITE: Figure Drawing (N)
These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.
read moreONSITE: Figure Drawing (L)
These drawing sessions are open to anyone interested in drawing from a live figure model. A studio monitor guides the model and overall experience, but drawing instruction is not provided.
read moreONSITE: Watercolor Skill-Building
Learn the basics of watercolor step by step, and use the media in creative ways to produce wonderful results. Through various guided projects, you'll learn to create form through value, use negative space painting, and glazing. In each class, we'll break down a different aspect of watercolor and learn about it through simple exercises which […]
read moreONSITE: Drawing with Colored Pencils
Learn colored pencil drawing techniques and explore the use of underpainting and solvents.
read moreONSITE: Acrylic Mediums + Methods
Stretch beyond the fundamentals of working with acrylic paint, color theory and brushwork. We’ll focus on new techniques and methods relevant to painting classical, contemporary or idiosyncratic styles. You will come away with a deeper understanding of the acrylic medium and its expressive potential.
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