DRAWING
PAINTING
SCULPTURE

EVENING CLASSES ARE ONGOING.
STUDENTS MAY ENROLL ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS AS THEY WISH.
ALL CLASSES ARE FROM 6:30 TO 9:30 PM.
PRICES ARE PER MONTH.

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The Painted Sketch • Richard Piloco
Monday • $115

In this course, painters will draw, make value and color choices , and compose all at once. While daunting at first, this direct approach underscores the harmony between these elements, and invites an intuitive understanding of how to make painting decisions. By managing all of these tasks simultaneously, artists will gain deeper understanding of the possibilities of oil painting -- and avoid over-thinking. Students will work from antique casts and with a limited color palette for the first two classes, and then from live models for the rest of the course. Download Course Description and Materials List

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Figure Drawing and Painting • Edward Minoff and Travis Schlaht
Monday - Friday • $200

The class will emphasize the fundamentals of drawing and painting; blocking in, working from the inside out, and modeling conceptualized form. This will offer a sort of training ground for the eye where students will learn how far they can push accuracy and resolve towards nature. Working from the figure, through a series of long poses, students will learn to manage relationships creating an analogous balance that describes the three dimensional experience on the flat page. As students gain a fluency with the pencil they will continue to utilize these principles in paint. Preliminary drawings will be transferred to the canvas where students will first work in grissaille. Finally, students showing a proficiency in pencil and grissaille will paint the figure using a color palette. The instructors, Travis Schlaht and Edward Minoff, will teach the class together giving students a very thorough treatment of this critical and vast subject, each offering a unique but complimentary vision. We will share the intensity of the core program, offering an introduction or supplement to the ideas explored there. Download Materials List

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Portrait and Figure Painting • Steven Polson
Tuesday • $115

Realistic interpretation of the model on canvas with oil is the goal of this class. Emphasis will be on accurate drawing and perception of value and color. Technique will be demonstrated on an individual and class basis using conventional tools and a limited palette. Download Course Description and Materials List

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Long Pose Portrait Painting • Scott Waddell
Thursday • $115

Students will paint a portrait from a single pose lasting several weeks. The first week will consist of drawing on the linen canvas with paint, creating and refining shapes in a linear way. The following weeks will progress in a rational way, applying paint incrementally through an understanding of the effect of light on form. This procedure will include lengthy discussions on the physical events that cause particular hue, value and chroma properties. This class can be taken by beginner as well as advanced painters. Download Materials List