Turn You Drawing into a Papier-Mâché Sculpture

This class is designed for students who want to move from 2D form into 3D while maintaining the expressive possibilities of the paper surface. Using papier-mâché constructed with newspaper as the primary material, students will learn how to build three-dimensional forms that serve as a base for drawing or painting with water-based media.

The course will guide students through the process of constructing forms, covering surfaces with acrylic paint and developing drawings directly on sculptural structures. Materials will include newspaper, chicken wire (when structural support is needed), acrylic gesso, and pencils.

Through this process, students will explore the integration of drawing and sculpture, focusing on both form and surface rendering to create works that move fluidly between 2D and 3D, whether figurative or abstract.

Direct Portrait Painting: Simplifying with a Limited Palette

This class explores the fundamentals of alla prima portrait painting using a limited palette. Working from a live model, students will learn to simplify color relationships, control value, and develop form directly and efficiently. Emphasis will be placed on brushwork, edge control, and capturing the character of the sitter in one or two sessions. Ideal for painters looking to strengthen their observational skills and achieve a more confident, expressive approach.

Open to all Levels

Color Theory in Oil Painting

This course is an examination of color theory through the practical application of mixing paint on the artist palette. The structure of this course is designed to present the theory of color while helping artists build specific color relationships in the foundational stage of the painting process. Students will negotiate the contradictions between color as theory and its physical realities by working directly with the material of oil paint.

The course will help students to develop their comprehension and control of color wheel organization, made of the three primary subtractive color contrasts- Tone, Hue and Saturation. Study will also include complementary pairs as both opposites and gradients. Mixing scales of color transitions, harmonies and discords. Properties of oil paint; painting mediums, including variations in viscosity, extending or reducing drying time.

We will also study how palette organization translates into pictorial elements of painting through study and analysis of master paintings. How conditions of light, atmosphere, mood, location, time, content and meaning are all extensions of color relationships worked out in the mixing on the palette before the painter applies color to canvas.



Open to students of all skill levels, although prior painting experience is highly recommended.

Open to all Levels

Work from still life and the model. Emphasis will be on massing in layered, transparent washes initially with a gradual buildup of detail through color and tone. The particular qualities of various pigments will be examined and incorporated to build up areas of transparency and opacity, with emphasis on composition and rhythm.

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Maurizio Pellegrin Lecture Series

A series of lectures designed to provide a comprehensive survey across many artistic disciplines. These lectures consider a large and complex field that cover centuries. The scope is to offer a general idea of the major phenomena in Western art. Each lecture is supported by a large amount of visual aids.

Enjoy two hours, dream and capture ideas.

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The Elements of Sculpture

In this course we will explore the basic principles of making three-dimensional works. We will explore the aesthetic and conceptual possibilities of a variety of materials as well as address the fundamental elements of sculpture; mass, volume, line, color, value, shape, form, space, scale, texture, and balance, Historical practices, techniques and other artists working in the medium will be introduced through lectures, group critiques, and discussions. Artists will be encouraged to work from their choice of subjects, themes and concepts. Beginners to advanced students are welcomed.

Additional Information:
You do not need to bring any materials to class on the first day except for a notebook, sketch pad and pencil.
We will be discussing a variety of materials over the duration of the session. If there are particular materials that you have in mind to work with, you are most welcome to bring them and we can discuss.

Open to all Levels