In-Studio & Online Classes

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Instructor: Jane McGraw-Teubner

Day & Time: Mondays 10:00am - 1:00pm, 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!

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Instructor: Fred Mendelsohn

Day & Time: Mondays 10:00am - 1:00pm, 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: Liz Fusco

Day & Time: Mondays 10:00am - 1:00pm, 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. 

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Instructor: Randall DiGiuseppe 

Day & Time: Tuesdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm, In-studio;

Saturdays 12:30pm - 3:30pm, 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.

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Instructor: Randall DiGiuseppe

Day & Time: Tuesdays 10:00am - 1:00pm, 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. 

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Instructor: Bill Graf

Day & Time: Tuesdays 2:00pm - 5:00pm, 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: Bill Graf

Day & Time: Wednesdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm, In-studio

Price: $280 / 4 week session

Working from a live model (mirror or photographs for online students) 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.

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Instructor: Bill Graf

Day & Time: Wednesdays 10:00am - 1:00pm, In-studio;

 Wednesdays 2:00pm - 5:00pm, In-studio;

Wednesdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm, 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.

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Instructor: Randall DiGiuseppe

Day & Time: Thursdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm, 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 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. 

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Instructor: Anthony Davis

Day & Time: Fridays 10:00am - 1:00pm, In-studio

Price: $260 / 4 week session  

This class will take you through the steps of creating a successful plein air painting. The beginning stages, consisting of preliminary sketches and blocking in, will be discussed and practiced, as will elements further into the painting process: color harmony, value and atmospheric perspective. Teaching will be strongly one on one, as you paint your choice of scenery in various Long Island locations. Instructor demonstrations will be incorporated during classes, though emphasis will be on student painting time. On rainy days, class will be held indoors at the Atelier, using photos that you bring or those provided to you. A variety of ability levels are welcomed, as long as the materials list is given adequate attention.

All Levels Welcome!

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