Introduction to Abstract Painting
For experienced students. Prerequisite: “Introduction to Painting for Beginners”.
This course of 4 classes is a brief introduction to abstract art. This course will help students to understand the purpose of abstraction, and will expand their vision, creativity, and ability to think outside the box.
Class 1: Introduction to the history of abstract art - impressionism, fauvism, Monet, Cezanne, Kandinsky. Learn how to use tools like brush strokes, colors, value, saturation, and hue to express your ideas. We will be practicing with several small painting exercises.
Class 2: Learn how to think like an artist and how to brainstorm ideas for a painting. Learn about the three fundamental pillars of Kandinsky’s art: impression, improvisation, composition, and how to use these concepts to develop a painting.
Class 3 and 4 and 5: Work on completing a painting. Learn the stages of completing a piece of artwork, and how to balance colors and values.
Students will have the option to complete their artwork after each class is completed, and to send it to the instructor for feedback and critique at any point.
Age groups: 13-18, adults.
Supplies: mixed-media paper, brushes, gouache paint, or oil paint and a few small canvases. A more detailed supply list will be provided for students upon registration.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
This course of 4 classes is a brief introduction to abstract art. This course will help students to understand the purpose of abstraction, and will expand their vision, creativity, and ability to think outside the box.
Class 1: Introduction to the history of abstract art - impressionism, fauvism, Monet, Cezanne, Kandinsky. Learn how to use tools like brush strokes, colors, value, saturation, and hue to express your ideas. We will be practicing with several small painting exercises.
Class 2: Learn how to think like an artist and how to brainstorm ideas for a painting. Learn about the three fundamental pillars of Kandinsky’s art: impression, improvisation, composition, and how to use these concepts to develop a painting.
Class 3 and 4 and 5: Work on completing a painting. Learn the stages of completing a piece of artwork, and how to balance colors and values.
Students will have the option to complete their artwork after each class is completed, and to send it to the instructor for feedback and critique at any point.
Age groups: 13-18, adults.
Supplies: mixed-media paper, brushes, gouache paint, or oil paint and a few small canvases. A more detailed supply list will be provided for students upon registration.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Composition in Visual Arts
This course of 4 classes is designed to teach students the essential rules of composition and how to use them in practice. We will go through a series of exercises and finish with a project.
Class 1: Learn about composition in art and why it is important. Learn essential composition rules, such as focal point, structure, and balance. In this class we will concentrate on focal points and how they apply to your artwork.
Class 2: Concept of structure as the organization of elements, learning the rules.
Class 3: Concept of balance in composition. Begin working on a composition project with step- by-step guidelines.
Class 4 and 5: Continue to work on the project. Learn how to use rules and visual elements to make your work successful.
Students will have the option to complete their artwork after each class is completed, and to send it to the instructor for feedback and critique at any point.
A detailed supply list will be provided for students upon registration.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Class 1: Learn about composition in art and why it is important. Learn essential composition rules, such as focal point, structure, and balance. In this class we will concentrate on focal points and how they apply to your artwork.
Class 2: Concept of structure as the organization of elements, learning the rules.
Class 3: Concept of balance in composition. Begin working on a composition project with step- by-step guidelines.
Class 4 and 5: Continue to work on the project. Learn how to use rules and visual elements to make your work successful.
Students will have the option to complete their artwork after each class is completed, and to send it to the instructor for feedback and critique at any point.
A detailed supply list will be provided for students upon registration.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
The History and Art of the Still Life
In this course of 2 classes we will cover the important stages of the history of still life painting, rules of composition, and the steps of setting up a still life yourself.
Class 1: A brief history and most important steps in the evolution of still life .
From Dutch, Flemish, Italian, to the modern time . Most important revolutionary movements in still life history: Chardin, Cezanne, Matisse, Braque, Picasso, Petrov-Vodkin
Learning the compositional rules for building a still life. How to collect the objects necessary to create your own still life.
Class 2: Building a still life. Learn how to compose, find an idea, create the right balance, find the focal point, balance value.
Class 3, 4, 5: Paint the still life with step-by-step instruction.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Class 1: A brief history and most important steps in the evolution of still life .
From Dutch, Flemish, Italian, to the modern time . Most important revolutionary movements in still life history: Chardin, Cezanne, Matisse, Braque, Picasso, Petrov-Vodkin
Learning the compositional rules for building a still life. How to collect the objects necessary to create your own still life.
Class 2: Building a still life. Learn how to compose, find an idea, create the right balance, find the focal point, balance value.
Class 3, 4, 5: Paint the still life with step-by-step instruction.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Watercolor Landscape Painting
This course of 5 classes was built for people with some prior experience in drawing and painting. The goal of this class is to introduce students to this marvelous though extremely difficult technique, to learn the basic rules and laws, and to build a foundation for future exploration.
Class 1: Introduction to the watercolor technique. Setting up the "tool box”. Making a series of small exercises for creating different kinds of strokes and marks with your brushes, experimenting with complimentary tools.
Class 2: Exercise painting drills. We will do a number of different washes: flat wash on dry paper, flat wash on wet paper, graded wash on dry paper and wet-on-wet.
Class 3: Explanation of values and their importance. We will analyze value patterns in artworks. We will learn how to contrive the design, select and eliminate, simplify, compose. We will paint in values a simple monochromatic landscape, by applying all learnings from previous classes.
Class 4: Color drill. Making other colors from primary colors, examining them by hue, value, and intensity. Making grays, making greens, making purples. Consistency of paint and the ways of mixing.
Class 5: We will make small rough tonal value sketch before we paint. We will create a composition and paint a simple landscape in color.
Age groups: 12-18, adults
Supplies: watercolor pad, 3 brushes, watercolor paint set. A more detailed supply list will be provided for students upon registration.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Class 1: Introduction to the watercolor technique. Setting up the "tool box”. Making a series of small exercises for creating different kinds of strokes and marks with your brushes, experimenting with complimentary tools.
Class 2: Exercise painting drills. We will do a number of different washes: flat wash on dry paper, flat wash on wet paper, graded wash on dry paper and wet-on-wet.
Class 3: Explanation of values and their importance. We will analyze value patterns in artworks. We will learn how to contrive the design, select and eliminate, simplify, compose. We will paint in values a simple monochromatic landscape, by applying all learnings from previous classes.
Class 4: Color drill. Making other colors from primary colors, examining them by hue, value, and intensity. Making grays, making greens, making purples. Consistency of paint and the ways of mixing.
Class 5: We will make small rough tonal value sketch before we paint. We will create a composition and paint a simple landscape in color.
Age groups: 12-18, adults
Supplies: watercolor pad, 3 brushes, watercolor paint set. A more detailed supply list will be provided for students upon registration.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
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Introduction to Figure Drawing for Beginners
This course of 5 classes was built for advanced art students with some prior experience in drawing. This course will eliminate your fear when you are approaching a figure drawing. It will empower you with simple knowledge of drawing human bodies and show you the way you can just practice more and enjoy the process.
Class 1: Proportions of the human figure. Building a simplified figurette front and profile and learning what you can do with that. 2-D mannequin template. Learning how you can draw standing, walking, and running figures.
Class 2: Continuing with 2-D models. Learning flexibility between figure parts, the 8 “links". Diagrams from famous masters. Balance and poses.
Class 3: Turning 2-D into 3-D. Applying simple geometrical shapes to our figurette. Combining front and side view. Understanding overlaps and foreshortening.
Class 4: Introduction to basic anatomy. Inserting the minimum framework into 2-D and 3-D model. Learning about check-up points.
Class 5: Discern motion lines of the figure. Sweep and action lines assistance. Applying shading. Realizing the planes of the body that lead to shading and light distribution.
Students will have the option to complete their artwork after each class is completed, and to send it to the instructor for feedback and critique at any point.
Age groups: 14-18, adults
Supplies: paper pad, pencils, erasers.
Duration: 1 hour per class.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Class 1: Proportions of the human figure. Building a simplified figurette front and profile and learning what you can do with that. 2-D mannequin template. Learning how you can draw standing, walking, and running figures.
Class 2: Continuing with 2-D models. Learning flexibility between figure parts, the 8 “links". Diagrams from famous masters. Balance and poses.
Class 3: Turning 2-D into 3-D. Applying simple geometrical shapes to our figurette. Combining front and side view. Understanding overlaps and foreshortening.
Class 4: Introduction to basic anatomy. Inserting the minimum framework into 2-D and 3-D model. Learning about check-up points.
Class 5: Discern motion lines of the figure. Sweep and action lines assistance. Applying shading. Realizing the planes of the body that lead to shading and light distribution.
Students will have the option to complete their artwork after each class is completed, and to send it to the instructor for feedback and critique at any point.
Age groups: 14-18, adults
Supplies: paper pad, pencils, erasers.
Duration: 1 hour per class.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Drawing the Human Head
This course of 5 classes was built for advanced art students with some prior experience in drawing. This course is designed based on decades of drawing experience in order to help students to understand how to draw human heads in the most efficient way.
Class 1: Constructing well proportioned human face. Front view - locating the face features and finding relationships between them. Side view - locating the features and finding relationships between them. Calculating sizes of the elements. Connection between views.
Class 2: Drawing the front view of the human eye. Drawing the front view of the nose. Drawing the front view of mouth.
Class 3: Drawing the side view of the human eye. Drawing the side view of the nose. Drawing the side view of mouth. Drawing the ear.
Class 4: Approaching the construction of the head. Thinking 3 dimensionally. Applying the side and front view to 3 dimensional head drawing.
Class 5: Going from a simple form to a complex shape by applying the planes. Planes are also the basis for lighting. Shading, creating a 3-dimensional realistic appearance.
Students will have the option to complete their artwork after each class is completed, and to send it to the instructor for feedback and critique at any point.
Age groups: 14-18, adults
Supplies: paper pad, pencils, erasers.
Duration: 1 hour per class.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Class 1: Constructing well proportioned human face. Front view - locating the face features and finding relationships between them. Side view - locating the features and finding relationships between them. Calculating sizes of the elements. Connection between views.
Class 2: Drawing the front view of the human eye. Drawing the front view of the nose. Drawing the front view of mouth.
Class 3: Drawing the side view of the human eye. Drawing the side view of the nose. Drawing the side view of mouth. Drawing the ear.
Class 4: Approaching the construction of the head. Thinking 3 dimensionally. Applying the side and front view to 3 dimensional head drawing.
Class 5: Going from a simple form to a complex shape by applying the planes. Planes are also the basis for lighting. Shading, creating a 3-dimensional realistic appearance.
Students will have the option to complete their artwork after each class is completed, and to send it to the instructor for feedback and critique at any point.
Age groups: 14-18, adults
Supplies: paper pad, pencils, erasers.
Duration: 1 hour per class.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Landscape Sketching
This course of 5 classes is designed for children and adults who have some previous experience with drawing. We will walk you through the essential steps of how to produce lovely sketches of the surrounding world.
Class 1: Introduction to the art of sketching. Revealing 3 principles of successful sketching: making a choice, understanding composition, and what drawing styles and skills can be employed for this type of creativity.
Class 2: We will learn how to approach a reference or a real situation. Analyzing and simplifying. Learning how to draw symbols of objects included in your drawing: trees, houses, animals and people.
Class 3: Organizing the toolbox. Selecting the right tools and techniques. Learning how to create abstract compositions. Applying the principles and elements of design to your drawing.
Class 4: Working individually on creating a sketch based on your scene selection. Repeating the process on different setup.
Class 5: Working on a new project. Applying previously learned skills and extra tools and materials to increase the impact of your work.
Supplies: paper pad, pencils, erasers.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Class 1: Introduction to the art of sketching. Revealing 3 principles of successful sketching: making a choice, understanding composition, and what drawing styles and skills can be employed for this type of creativity.
Class 2: We will learn how to approach a reference or a real situation. Analyzing and simplifying. Learning how to draw symbols of objects included in your drawing: trees, houses, animals and people.
Class 3: Organizing the toolbox. Selecting the right tools and techniques. Learning how to create abstract compositions. Applying the principles and elements of design to your drawing.
Class 4: Working individually on creating a sketch based on your scene selection. Repeating the process on different setup.
Class 5: Working on a new project. Applying previously learned skills and extra tools and materials to increase the impact of your work.
Supplies: paper pad, pencils, erasers.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Understanding Perspective
This course of 5 classes is designed for students and adults with some previous experience with drawing. At the end of the course you will understand that following the rules of perspective is not rocket science. We will learn the major cornerstones of perspective and will apply those skills to our drawing process.
Class 1: Introduction. The two major things to convey as an artist: to show that the objects around us are dimensional and they appear closer or further away in a space. The understanding of horizon, and eye-level. Exercising and observing.
Class 2: High-water mark as an eye-level. Drawing from below or above. The appearance of parallel lines. Up or down lines. Vanishing points. Drawing visualized rules.
Class 3: Exploring the drawing of a box. 1 and 2 point perspective. Rotating the box, changing the eye level. Homework for finding horizon and vanishing points.
Class 4: Drawing an object with parallel lines in it. Practicing with household objects.
Class 5: Drawing your room!
Supplies: paper pad, pencils, erasers.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Class 1: Introduction. The two major things to convey as an artist: to show that the objects around us are dimensional and they appear closer or further away in a space. The understanding of horizon, and eye-level. Exercising and observing.
Class 2: High-water mark as an eye-level. Drawing from below or above. The appearance of parallel lines. Up or down lines. Vanishing points. Drawing visualized rules.
Class 3: Exploring the drawing of a box. 1 and 2 point perspective. Rotating the box, changing the eye level. Homework for finding horizon and vanishing points.
Class 4: Drawing an object with parallel lines in it. Practicing with household objects.
Class 5: Drawing your room!
Supplies: paper pad, pencils, erasers.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (5 classes): $450
Semi-private Course - 2 people (5 classes): $250 per person
Group Course (5 classes): $175 per person
Introduction to Animal Drawing
This course of 6 classes is designed for students and adults with prior experience in drawing. We will learn how to draw animals in a simple and fun way. You’ll be introduced to the efficient and quick method of building and finalizing an any animal drawing.
Class 1: How to see and simplify any complex object. Breaking into and calling out the geometrical shapes that we visually can identify in an animal body. Refreshing our memory how to develop those shapes to make them appear 3-dimentional. Quick practice and recording.
Class 2: Drawing a cat. Analyzing and identifying all necessary shapes to build a cat's body. Assembling them in a right order and proportions. Shading and finalizing.
Class 3: Drawing a bird. Analyzing and identifying all necessary shapes to build a bird's body. Assembling them in a right order and proportions. Shading and finalizing.
Class 4: Taking a look at the subject of anatomy. Comparing a human and animal skeleton. Understanding the movement of the limbs. Drawing diagrams to memorize information.
Class 5: Drawing a dog. Applying previously learned knowledge to add variety to a dog’s pose. Shading and finalizing.
Class 6: Taking a look at the subject of perspective. Putting an animal into a box to understand the application of perspective rules. Drawing a horse. Shading and finalizing.
Supplies: paper pad, pencils, erasers.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (6 classes): $540
Semi-private Course - 2 people (6 classes): $300 per person
Group Course (6 classes): $210 per person
Class 1: How to see and simplify any complex object. Breaking into and calling out the geometrical shapes that we visually can identify in an animal body. Refreshing our memory how to develop those shapes to make them appear 3-dimentional. Quick practice and recording.
Class 2: Drawing a cat. Analyzing and identifying all necessary shapes to build a cat's body. Assembling them in a right order and proportions. Shading and finalizing.
Class 3: Drawing a bird. Analyzing and identifying all necessary shapes to build a bird's body. Assembling them in a right order and proportions. Shading and finalizing.
Class 4: Taking a look at the subject of anatomy. Comparing a human and animal skeleton. Understanding the movement of the limbs. Drawing diagrams to memorize information.
Class 5: Drawing a dog. Applying previously learned knowledge to add variety to a dog’s pose. Shading and finalizing.
Class 6: Taking a look at the subject of perspective. Putting an animal into a box to understand the application of perspective rules. Drawing a horse. Shading and finalizing.
Supplies: paper pad, pencils, erasers.
Duration: 1 hour per class. Unlimited consultation and feedback between classes.
Private Course (6 classes): $540
Semi-private Course - 2 people (6 classes): $300 per person
Group Course (6 classes): $210 per person
Metamorphosis of Forms - Introduction to Industrial Design
If drawing is about seeing, then learning to draw is about HOW to see. In this course for advanced students, we are going to learn how to break down complex forms into simple shapes, reconstruct an object on the paper, and connect objects to develop an illusion of that complex form again.
We will practice blending and transforming arbitrary forms into one another: blending cubes, cylinders, spheres, cones, and pyramids. Then, we will draw household items that fall under that description: bottle, glass, hair dryer, cloth iron, etc. We are going to complete the course with your own interpretation and your understanding of metamorphosis by designing a new look for a traditional object.
Supplies: paper pad, pencils, erasers.
Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes per class. This is an ongoing course.
$340 per person for 10 classes
We will practice blending and transforming arbitrary forms into one another: blending cubes, cylinders, spheres, cones, and pyramids. Then, we will draw household items that fall under that description: bottle, glass, hair dryer, cloth iron, etc. We are going to complete the course with your own interpretation and your understanding of metamorphosis by designing a new look for a traditional object.
Supplies: paper pad, pencils, erasers.
Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes per class. This is an ongoing course.
$340 per person for 10 classes
