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New York School of the Arts @ 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY
Explore the art of figure painting in various styles. Join instructors as they guide you through traditional and contemporary approaches, teaching you color mixing, brushstrokes, and value. With personalized instruction, this course is perfect for aspiring figure painters of all levels.
May 2nd
6–9pm EDT
Meets 4 Times
Jun 8th
10am–1pm EDT
Meets 4 Times
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Unlock your imagination and bring your creations to life in this inspiring art class. Learn how to compose, light, and paint scenes from your mind with guidance from experienced artist Josh Green. Take your drawing and painting skills to the next level with this intermediate/advanced course at 92nd Street Y.
Jun 3rd
7–9pm EDT
Meets 5 Times
Develop a strong foundation in painting and learn to capture light, form, and perspective in this beginner-friendly class at Drawing New York. Explore observational painting from a live model and gain confidence in oil painting techniques.
No matter where you’re at on your creative path, a strong foundation in painting will help you make your best work. In this beginner-friendly class, students will develop a strategy for observational painting from a live model. Students will learn to identify light, form, perspective, composition and color temperature as well as to develop confidence with the materials of oil painting.
Week One: Drawing – Every good painting starts with a drawing. The instructor will demonstrate best practices for capturing the contours of the figure.
Week Two: Transparent Underpainting – Building on the drawing foundations of the previous week, students will begin to block in the first layer of their paintings using a warm, transparent tone and the white of the canvas.
Week Three: Closed Grisaille – Week three starts with a discussion of value, the properties of light and shadow and a demonstration on how to “close the grisaille”. Students will paint from the model with the goal of solving any lingering drawing issues and developing a foundational underpainting ahead of our color units.
Week Four: Mixing Color – Color can stump any artist. In week four, students develop a reliable strategy for working with color. The instructor offers a demo on mixing the full color wheel using a limited palette. Students lay in their first pass of color.
Week Five: Finishing Touches – As our five-week pose draws to a close, the final class will be spent making finishing touches on each individual’s painting. Every artist moves at their own pace, and in week five we’ll take a tailored approach. One-on-one feedback will be developed with each student to help them move as far forward in their painting as possible.
You may store your painting on site for the duration of the course.
In order to keep costs down for students and to prevent any toxic solvents – we will provide odorless mineral spirits and a glass coil jar for cleaning – for all students. We will also provide a disposable grey paper palette for everyone. We have paper towels for you to us as well.
You will need to bring:
Canvas: 18×24 and a variety of bristle brushes. Drawing Supplies: HB pencil, kneaded eraser, sketchbook.
No refund unless the school cancels the class.
We do honor change-of-date requests for in-person sketch classes with at least 5 business days' notice and for workshops with 8 business days' notice.
In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.
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Gramercy, Manhattan
15 Gramercy Park South #302
Park Avenue South and Irving Place
New York, New York 10010 Gramercy, Manhattan
15 Gramercy Park South #302
Park Avenue South and Irving Place
New York, New York 10010
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