Drawing from observation, learn the traditional and contemporary methods of depicting three-dimensional space, textures, patterns, and hyper realistic details. Using the rules of linear and atmospheric perspective, create still lifes, landscapes, and figure drawings. Composition, light, tonal value, spatial relationships, perspective, and design principles are explored. A model will be present for the last two sessions.

The cleanest and easiest medium to put creative ideas to paper, colored pencil drawing involves techniques of layering, blending, and glazing in a direct format to create beautiful images that often belie the medium. Achieve impressionist, traditional, or expressive effects as you find your own voice through exploration of color and design. No class 1/8/20.

Further develop your artistic skills and explore different drawing tools and styles. Identify your own personal drawing style as you draw from setups and a live model. Class demonstrations and individual guidance in traditional or contemporary approaches are provided. Work in any drawing media.

Finding inspiration by masterpieces hanging in a museum is a time-honored tradition. Degas, Ingres, Delacroix, and Picasso all copied masterworks at the Louvre. Learn the fundamentals of drawing while finding inspiration at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. Meet with the Chief Registrar to learn about the Museum collection of drawings from the 19th and 20th centuries. Class meets at the Museum. No class 10/1/19

Using ink pens on paper and/or sketchbooks learn to create a wide variety of expressive lines and textures, crosshatching, washes, and values. We will apply these techniques to nature and urban settings. Study basic proportions, perspective, and methods. We will begin working in the classroom and, weather permitting, we may meet at various locations outside. Urban sketching with various techniques will be explored. A previous drawing class is recommended.

Using skills learned from Into to Drawing class, students will use sighting skills to capture likeness in portraits, hands, feet, folds and the form of the body while observing a live clothed model. Techniques using pencil, charcoal or ink will enhance observational skills. Students apply the six divisions of light to create a three-dimensional perception in accurate proportions. Personal styles of drawing will be explored and encouraged as well as various medium. A previous Drawing class is required. No class 10/3/19.

Learn to draw proportionately and realistic using basic ?sighting? methods including perspective. Apply the six divisions of light and composition through the power of direct observation. Advanced students will explore techniques using line and innovative medium. Lessons emphasize how to translate focused observations into visual expression using a variety of drawing material. Discover the splendor of this time-honored discipline of drawing. No class 10/1/19.

Drawing from the nude model, learn the traditional method of depicting the human figure based on observation. Gain an understanding of human anatomy from simple geometric forms to complex structures of the body. Proportion, light, value, spatial relationships, perspective, and design principles are explored.

Using the human figure as a source of inspiration, learn proportion and foreshortening as you develop confidence in drawing from a live model. Define mass and shape using light and shading, and explore ways to integrate the background. Working from short gestural sketches to longer studies, students may choose to work in pencil, charcoal, ink, watercolor, or gouache.

The foundation of all visual arts, drawing is essential to developing artistic skill. It can be a fun and rewarding experience to begin to draw realistically from observation through exercises that focus on line, shape, mark making, shading, perspective, and composition. Discover how to create the illusion of three-dimensional form and space on paper. Each teacher takes a different approach to this fundamental class though demonstrations and individual attention. Course 2.20 has no class 10/1/19.

Learn to draw representationally from plaster casts and still-life subjects. Explore traditional approaches of monochromatic studies as well as contemporary approaches to formulate your own artistic interest in studies and finished pieces. Work in any drawing medium from charcoal to ebony to silverpoint graphite.

Explore painting techniques, composition, color, and creative expression in an upbeat and encouraging atmosphere. Learn brushwork, layering, and color mixing techniques and apply them to express yourself in paint. Projects are suggested to those seeking guidance. Benefit from individual attention, demonstrations, and supportive critiques. Direction is tailored to student abilities and artistic goals. No class 11/30/19, 12/17/19, 12/21/19, 5/23/20.

Continue learning advanced methods and techniques while focusing on an individual approach and style. Working in either representational or non-representational styles, use techniques such as glazing, direct paint, and impasto. Course emphasizes the interaction of color and form, the rules of composition, developing a personal palette, and individual expression.

Discover the excitement of creativity as you learn the art of combining a variety of materials and art processes such as painting, printmaking, and collage to create unique works of art. Create your own authentic materials to use in your art, whether realistic or abstract, whimsical or serious, personal or universal. In an atmosphere of experimentation and guided instruction, new discoveries will inspire you to express yourself as you develop your own unique style.

Take your brush for a walk? This course is perfect for flushing out and consolidating aspects of your artwork that are in need of deeper study - from Realism to Abstract. Find creative solutions to those seemingly complicated and intractable issues ? those creative doodles/conundrums with fresh looks at materials, mediums, color theory, and perspective, among other tools. Explore, exploit, and interpret combinations of artwork by dialing through and contemporizing techniques, insights, and energy from Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism, and Mixed-Media.

The class focuses on various foundation skills for painting in a creative atmosphere. Learn how to get started, set up a palette, and mix color, brushwork, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, glazing, layering, texture, and how to use gels and mediums. The class will work from both a set up and instructor photographs until you develop your own ideas as your painting skills improve. No class 11/27/19.

Learn hyper realistic techniques in the process of creating your unique painting from high resolution photographic references, based on the old masters? methods. Achieve maximum precision of detail and texture through processes such as glazing, blending, and layering. Explore composition, space, color theory, light, tonal value, linear and atmospheric perspective, and design principles.

Painting skills, creating effective composition, and learning to ?see? and understand what makes engaging art is the core of this class. Study art that defines and interprets the intricacies of form in a realistic, traditional manner, or create work that allows form to find itself through more immediate, experimental abstraction. Essential studies include accurate color mixing and appropriate color palettes with materials to support your ideas. Explore painting and glazing techniques, traditional brushwork, palette knife, and alternative painting methods. You may also choose to explore the integration of textures, found materials, and unusual objects. Studio experience is supported with personal attention and critiques.