Adult Classes (ages 16+)

Instructor: Jane McGraw-Teubner

Day & Time: 

Mondays 10:00am - 1:00pm 

Location: In-studio

Price: $260 / 4 week session

This class is ideal for anyone who has ever wanted to try the pastel medium or for more advanced pastel artists. Methods to capture mood, atmospheric perspectives, simultaneous contrast and mark making will be covered. Classes will include a short introduction about pastels and materials, followed by demonstrations of still life or landscape subject that includes doing an underpainting. Individual instruction at your easel.

All Levels Welcome!

*Materials not included

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Instructor: Fred Mendelsohn

Day & Time: 

Mondays 10:00am - 1:00pm

Location: In-studio

Price: $260 / 4 week session

Students will begin the class with the selection of a scene considering composition and aspect. A detailed discussion regarding paint mixtures and values leads the student into the painting process. In true atelier fashion, helpful suggestions follow the painting process to a successful conclusion.

All Levels Welcome!

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Instructor: Bill Graf

Day & Time: 

Mondays 10:00am - 1:00pm

Location: Online

Price: $260 / 4 week session

In this course, students will first design still life arrangements at home, and will then proceed on to painting.  Great attention is paid to accuracy of the drawing, relative values, and observing the light flowing over the form.  While great emphasis is placed upon observation, students are led to go beyond mere observation, and encouraged to design a rhythmic composition.

All Levels Welcome!

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Instructor: Liz Fusco

Day & Time: 

Mondays 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Location: In-Studio

Price: $260 / 4 week session

If you have always wanted to try watercolor but didn’t know how to start, this class will help you get over your fear of this tricky medium. I will teach you all the foundations, from which materials to use and basic techniques. You will learn how to mix colors, to apply wet into wet washes and apply the techniques so you can paint from a reference photo.  

All Levels Welcome!

*Materials not included

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Uninstructed (monitored)

Day & Time:  

Mondays 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: In-Studio

Price: $25 / class

OR

SEASON PASS PRICING: 

5 classes for $75 ($15/ class)

Our open figure class takes place twice a month on alternating Monday evenings. Here you will have the opportunity to expand your observation and life drawing skills, working with a nude model. Poses will range from short to long. This is an uninstructed class, but a monitor is available at every class session. This class is intended for artists 18+, students under 18 will need parental or guardian consent in order to participate.

All levels and all media welcome!

*Materials not included

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Instructor: See Below*

Day & Time: 

Tuesdays 10:00am - 1:00pm

with Tyler Hughes

Tuesdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm

with Randall DiGiuseppe

Saturdays 12:00pm - 3:00pm

with Randall DiGiuseppe

Location: In-Studio

Price: $260 / 4 week session

Oil painting is visual art’s most celebrated medium. To many artists, oil painting can seem complex and daunting. This course aims to demystify oil painting through a variety of time-tested exercises that explore the unique properties of oil paints, applied color theory, and independent painting projects via observation and/or imagination. Various classical and historic painting methods and approaches will be demonstrated. 

All Levels Welcome! 

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Instructor: Bill Graf

Day & Time: 

Tuesdays 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Location: In-Studio

Price: $260 / 4 week session

This class is structured to help the intermediate student to understand the medium of watercolor.  We will be exploring landscaping painting, still life and portrait painting in various styles, spontaneous and rendered. The instructor will demonstrate: masking, brush control techniques, wet into wet and dry brushing techniques.  Composition will be stressed in this class to focus the student on creating dynamic well thought out watercolor paintings!

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Instructor: See Below* 

Day & Time: 

Tuesdays 10:00am - 1:00pm

with Tyler Hughes

Tuesdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm

with Randall DiGiuseppe

Saturdays 12:00pm - 3:00pm

with Randall DiGiuseppe

Location: In-Studio

Price: $260 / 4 week session

This class introduces students to the basic concepts, materials and methods of painting. Students are guided through a series of foundational exercises that hone their observing and painting skills each week. Assignments focus on different topics  through a variety of  exercises that explore the unique properties of oil paints,( applied color theory, perspective, chiaroscuro, etc.) designed to develop the student's painting proficiency. This class is tailored to beginners, as well as seasoned artists, seeking a comfortable but challenging setting to elevate their skillset and to explore the beauty and endless possibilities 

of painting.

All Levels Welcome! Materials not included.

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Instructor: Bill Graf

Day & Time: 

Wednesdays 10:00am - 1:00pm

 Wednesdays 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Wednesdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: In-Studio

Price: $260 / 4 week session

The class will focus on painting in all mediums: oil, acrylic, graphite & charcoal. The students will have the opportunity to paint Still Life, Landscape,  portrait and cast drawing. From the application of rich impastos to the scraping down with a palette knife, from charcoal studies to color harmonies, this course is designed to welcome the beginner painter, and to engage the advanced painter.

Students may work from photographs or life and will explore different techniques of drawing and painting.

All Levels Welcome!

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Instructor: Bill Graf

Day & Time: 

Wednesdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: In-Studio

Price: $280 / 4 week session

Working from a live model students learn to draw and paint portraits in the academic tradition.  Building upon principles which were established in plaster cast drawing and painting, great emphasis is placed on accuracy of shapes, mixing flesh tones, and capturing the sitter's personality.

All Levels Welcome!

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Instructor: Tyler Hughes

Day & Time: 

Thursdays 10:00am - 1:00pm

Location: In-Studio

Price: $280 / 4 week session

This class is designed for the student new to portrait drawing and painting. They will be introduced to the same basic methods and techniques used by the Renaissance masters to draw from the live model. They will learn to observe, organize and apply sound drawing principles to create vibrant and accurate portraits. Instructor demos in facial anatomy, perspective and studying master portraits are included in the course. Ultimately, the student will shed their apprehension, gain confidence and build an effective skillset for taking on one of the most complex and beautiful exercises in classical art.

All Levels Welcome! Materials not included.

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Instructor: Randall DiGiuseppe

Day & Time: 

Thursdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: In-Studio

Price: $280 / 4 week session

This class is designed for the student new to figure drawing. They will be introduced to the same basic methods and techniques used by the Renaissance masters to draw from the live nude model (long pose). They will learn to observe, organize and apply sound drawing principles to create figure drawings from beginning to end.  Instructor demos, anatomy and exploring master figure drawings are included in the course. Ultimately, the student will shed their apprehension, gain confidence and build an effective skillset for taking on one of the most complex and beautiful exercises in classical art. 

All Levels Welcome!                          Materials not included.

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