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In-Studio & Online Classes

Upcoming Session: Winter I, January 5th - January 31st 2026 (4 Weeks)

Enrollment for our current Fall III Session has closed,

Our Winter I session runs January 5th - January 31st 2026

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR WINTER I


Can't make our Winter I dates? Winter II isn't far behind! 

Our Winter II session runs February 2nd - February 28th 2026

 CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR WINTER II


Members receive 10% off one course per session

SIGN UP FOR A MEMBERSHIP TODAY!


DISCLAIMER: All classes require a minimum of 3 students per class per session unless a higher minimum is required by an individual instructor. Any class that does not meet the 3 person minimum, 2 business days before the start of the new session will be canceled. Calls and emails are made to any enrolled students in classes that have not met registration minimums to ensure student satisfaction. The Atelier does NOT supply materials for our classes unless otherwise stated or previously arranged with staff or instructors. Please be sure to check the material list, available upon class registration or under your class description, for information on what to bring to class.


View our Classroom Policies here!

Weekly Class Schedule

All Classes

Painting with Pastels with Jane McGraw-Teubner

Still Life & Landscape Painting with Fred Mendelsohn

Still Life & Landscape Painting with Fred Mendelsohn

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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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MATERIALS LIST

Still Life & Landscape Painting with Fred Mendelsohn

Still Life & Landscape Painting with Fred Mendelsohn

Still Life & Landscape Painting with Fred Mendelsohn

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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!


*Materials not included


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MATERIALS LIST

Still Life Drawing & Painting Online with Bill Graf

Still Life & Landscape Painting with Fred Mendelsohn

Still Life Drawing & Painting Online with Bill Graf

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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!


*Materials not included


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MATERIALS LIST

Basic Watercolor with Liz Fusco

Oil Painting: Light, Color & Composition with Randall DiGiuseppe

Still Life Drawing & Painting Online with Bill Graf

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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MATERIALS LIST

Oil Painting: Light, Color & Composition with Randall DiGiuseppe

Oil Painting: Light, Color & Composition with Randall DiGiuseppe

Oil Painting: Light, Color & Composition with Randall DiGiuseppe

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Instructor: Randall DiGiuseppe


Day & Time: 

Tuesdays 10:00am - 1:00pm

Tuesdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Saturdays 12:00pm - 3:00pm


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!


*Materials not included


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Mastering Watercolor with Bill Graf

Oil Painting: Light, Color & Composition with Randall DiGiuseppe

Oil Painting: Light, Color & Composition with Randall DiGiuseppe

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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!


*Materials not included


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Foundational Drawing & Painting with Randall DiGiuseppe

Foundational Drawing & Painting with Randall DiGiuseppe

Foundational Drawing & Painting with Randall DiGiuseppe

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Instructor: Randall DiGiuseppe 


Day & Time: 

Tuesdays 10:00am - 1:00pm

Tuesdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Saturdays 12:00pm - 3:00pm


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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MATERIALS LIST

Drawing & Painting with Bill Graf

Foundational Drawing & Painting with Randall DiGiuseppe

Foundational Drawing & Painting with Randall DiGiuseppe

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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!


*Materials not included


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MATERIALS LIST

Portrait Drawing & Painting with Bill Graf

Foundational Drawing & Painting with Randall DiGiuseppe

Portrait Drawing & Painting with Randall DiGiuseppe

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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 (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.


All Levels Welcome!


*Materials not included


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MATERIALS LIST

Portrait Drawing & Painting with Randall DiGiuseppe

Portrait Drawing & Painting with Randall DiGiuseppe

Portrait Drawing & Painting with Randall DiGiuseppe

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Instructor: Randall DiGiuseppe


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. Finally, please consider replacing the existing portrait graphic with the attached alla prima portrait study. Or if there's a way to have both side by side, even better. Thank you and let's talk soon.

All Levels Welcome!


*Materials not included


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MATERIALS LIST

Life Drawing with Randall DiGiuseppe

Portrait Drawing & Painting with Randall DiGiuseppe

Landscape & Seascape Painting with Anthony Davis

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Instructor: Randall DiGiuseppe


Day & Time: 

Thursdays 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Fridays 10:00am - 1:00pm


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 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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MATERIALS LIST

Landscape & Seascape Painting with Anthony Davis

Portrait Drawing & Painting with Randall DiGiuseppe

Landscape & Seascape Painting with Anthony Davis

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Instructor: Anthony Davis


Day & Time: 

Fridays 10:00am - 1:00pm


Location: In-Studio


Price: $260 / 4 week session  


With plein air season coming to an end, Anthony Davis offers an alternative with in-studio Landscape and Seascape Painting. Learn the steps of creating a successful landscape (or) seascape painting in a class setting using pastel or oil. 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 from photos you bring to class. Instructor demonstrations may be incorporated during class, though emphasis will be on student painting time. A variety of ability levels are welcomed, as long as the materials list is given adequate attention.


All Levels Welcome!


*Materials not included


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MATERIALS LIST

Graphic Novel & Genre Illustration for Adults Online with James Beihl

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Instructor: James Beihl


Day & Time: 

Fridays 5:30pm - 8:30pm


Location: Online


Price: $260 / 4 week session


In this course students will work on creating graphic novel pages based off a story of their choice using the principles learned in class.

Through completing the assigned tasks students will gain a better understanding of what it takes to be a professional artist working on entertainment design and comics.

The lessons are designed to be fun, and aid and facilitate the acquisition of new skills. 


All Levels Welcome!


*Materials not included- students should bring a computer or tablet if they wish to draw digitally, or any other physical medium if they wish to draw traditionally.


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Introduction To Drawing with Zachary Jeffcoat

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Instructor: Zachary Jeffcoat


Day & Time: 

Fridays 6:00pm - 8:00pm


Location: In-studio


Price: $200 / 4 week session


Similar to our Foundational Drawing & Painting, in drawing foundations students are introduced to the basic concepts, materials, and methods of drawing. This class is tailored towards beginners. 


All Levels Welcome!


*Materials Included


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Exploring the Essentials of Watercolor with Carol D'Amato

Exploring the Essentials of Watercolor with Carol D'Amato

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Instructor: Carol D'Amato


Day & Time: 

Saturdays 1:00pm - 3:00pm


Location: In-studio


Price: $200 / 4 week session


This class is designed as a beginner level watercolor course for students 16 and older who have little to no experience with watercolor painting. Learn to set up your palette, the importance of proper tools and media, and the foundations of the art of watercolor with Miss Carol!


All Levels Welcome, BEGINNERS ENCOURAGED!


*Materials not  included


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MATERIALS LIST


Student Policy: Studying at The Atelier

2025 ATELIER CLASSROOM POLICIES

PAYMENTS

• Payment must be made in full before each session starts.

• Please call the office as soon as possible If you are enrolled in a session but cannot attend due to extenuating circumstances. Once the session has started, no credits or refunds will be provided. (See cancellations for more information.)


FINANCIAL AID

• The Atelier has a limited amount of financial aid if needed. Please call the office staff to make arrangements.


CANCELLATIONS

• If the Atelier cancels a class (due to inclement weather), a make-up class will be scheduled. If a student cannot attend the make-up class, a credit or refund will be issued.

• If an instructor cancels a class, credits will be given unless the instructor arranges for a substitute.

• There must be a minimum of three (3) students registered for a class two business days prior to the first session or the class will be cancelled. Any student enrolled will be notified.


STUDIO/CLASSROOM PROTOCOLS

• The studios are opened a half hour before each class so the students can set up.

• Unless permitted by the instructor or staff, students should finish working by the end of class, clean up and break down still-life set-ups within half an hour after class.

• Students are encouraged to take photographs of their set-ups so the work can be reassembled for the next class.

• Students are expected to bring home their work when finished/dry. The Atelier has limited storage space.


INSTRUCTORS

• It is the instructor’s responsibility to see to it that the studios are left in an orderly state after a class and ready for use by the next class.

• The instructor is responsible for ensuring all doors are locked and alarms are set after each class.

We offer Fellowships and Financial Aid!

Fellowship Program

Fellowship Program

Fellowship Program

A rigorous apprenticeship program designed for artists seeking professional level skills.

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Financial Aid

Fellowship Program

Fellowship Program

This program is an opportunity for students, regardless of age, who are in need of financial aid in order to continue pursuing their studies at The Atelier at Flowerfield. 

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The Atelier at Flowerfield Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation having 501(c)(3) tax exempt status.

Copyright © 2025 The Atelier at Flowerfield - All Rights Reserved.


Gallery Hours: Monday to Saturday from 10AM - 4PM


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Phone: 631-250-9009 Email: administrator@atelierflowerfield.org

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