Enjoy the benefit of learning through both the instructor and peers by registering for a group learning session. Ongoing open-enrollment courses and specialized workshops offer the opportunity to work both in the studio and outdoors — in Manhattan and abroad. Students of all levels are welcome.
In Studio
Painting from Life, Portraiture, Composition, Color
Oil painting remains the unique medium that combines dense, rich opacity with thin transparency to achieve an unmatched richness and luminosity. Methods and techniques of oil painting, from direct alla prima and scumbling to effects of layering and glazing, will be explored through demonstrations and individual instruction. Working from the models in a three-week pose, we will explore the science of optics, the effects of light, and color. Emphasis will be placed on the power of strong drawing, tonal structure, and composition. This solid foundation will enable students to express their personal creative vocabulary more clearly and effectively. Lectures, demonstrations, and discussions will be balanced with individual attention. Students of all levels are welcome.
Full- and part-time registration available, from 1:00 pm to 4:45 pm | Instructor present two sessions
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Copying the Masters: Enhance Your Drawing Skills (Online)
Studying the work of master artists is a time-honored way to refine your drawing skills and deepen your artistic understanding. By replicating their techniques, you’ll gain valuable insights into composition, line work, modeling, and creative problem-solving. This practice helps you understand how masters approach and solve fundamental drawing challenges, providing a deep and meaningful exploration of their artistic process from concept to completion. The next time you’re feeling stuck, you can draw inspiration from these masters and return to your own work with renewed perspective.
In this class, I will choose master drawings and sculptures for students to copy. Students will then share their work, and we'll use screen sharing to engage in ongoing critiques, demonstrations, and art history discussions to enrich the learning experience.
Online Tuesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | All skill levels are welcome!
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Drawing for All Levels (Online)
I strive to create a lively environment in my remote class with rich conversations with my students on materials, concepts, aesthetics, and history. We will be exploring the fundamental principles of perception — light, plane-structure, tonal value, perspective and proportion. I will be working along with the students using a split screen. We will start with a pre-recorded, nude, live model session with poses timed for 1, 2 and 5-minute periods. We then will draw together for the remaining session from one of the wonderful images selected. By working alongside your teacher, you will gain a more concrete and visual understanding of the artists’ process. Shared screens will be used for the next session to allow for an ongoing dialogue of critiques, demonstrations and art history lectures to inspire and enhance the students’ experience. All levels welcome.
Tuesdays & Wednesdays from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | instructor present two sessions
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Figure and Portrait Drawing
The practice of life drawing calls upon the entire spectrum of human response; it utilizes our visual and analytical skills in order to measure and compare parts, our emotional side in empathizing with the human being before us, and our spiritual sense as we confront the beauty and wonder of the body. In this class, you will work from both the nude and clothed model in a combination of short poses and longer, three-week poses. This format is structured to acquaint you with both the preliminary process of understanding the essentials of the figure in space, while also providing you with the opportunity to develop a more complete drawing. We will be exploring the fundamental principles of perception — light, plane-structure, tonal value, perspective, proportion — all while learning to construct images that realistically and accurately interpret the anatomical architecture and movement of the human form in space. This solid foundation will enable you to express your personal creative vocabulary more clearly and effectively. All levels welcome.
Monday–Friday from 1:00 pm to 4:45 pm | instructor present two sessions | full & part-time registration available
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Figure and Portrait Drawing
The practice of drawing the nude figure gives us an unparalleled encounter with the human body. We have never really looked at anything until we have tried to draw it.
In this class you will work from both the nude and clothed model in a combination of short poses and longer, four-week poses. This format is structured to acquaint you with both the preliminary process of understanding the essentials of the figure in space and while also providing you the opportunity to develop a more complete drawing. We will be exploring the fundamental principles of perception — light, plane-structure, tonal value, perspective, proportion — all while learning to construct images that realistically and accurately interpret the anatomical architecture and movement of the human form in space. This solid foundation will enable you to express your personal creative vocabulary more clearly and effectively. All levels welcome.
Monday–Friday from 4:50 pm to 6:50 pm | instructor present two sessions | full & part-time registration available
materials lists | register at the Art Students League | student gallery