Oct - Nov Long Pose
Sundays, Oct 5 - Nov 23, 4:00-8:00pm

8-week costumed pose with Sierra

For beginning students, Elizabeth will walk you through the foundations of the academic process of drawing and painting the figure from life. Due to small class size, you will be able to develop and target level-appropriate goals for your current artistic development. Drawing is strongly recommended for students seeking to gain control over this crucial stage of the process.

For long-term and advanced painting students, emphasis will be placed on pushing your painting further through aesthetic and technical choices to create a successful final impression of our sitter.

Each evening will feature a 3-hour sitting in the same pose for 8 weeks. Class includes 30 mins of setup and discussion time at beginning and end of session.

Elizabeth will develop a painting alongside the class in order to better demonstrate key concepts and techniques involved in a multi-session painting.

Our model will be Sierra!

• Sunday Evenings 4:00pm – 8:00pm

• Beginner - Advanced, Drawing OK too

Alla Prima Techniques - Portrait

August 10 - September 21, 4pm - 8pm
(no class Labor Day Weekend, August 31)

6-week series on single session painting with a live model. Each week will have a different emphasis for skill building different aspects of representational painting and drawing, designed to strengthen your approach in a typical 3-hour art model session. As always, there is flexibility available for specifically personal goals.

Week 1 Longer Drawing, Limited Palette
Week 2 Two-colors: High-Value + Low-value color.
Week 3 Underdrawing + Overpainting
Week 4 Big Shapes: Limited brushstroke count
Week 5 High chroma surfaces
Week 6 Transparency + Opacity

Class will begin at 4pm with a presentation on the evening’s objective. Followed by 3 hours of model time with additional time for feedback on the night’s work. From 4:30pm-7:30pm there will be a single portrait pose for the entire 3 hours, with a new model each week. Elizabeth will demo during a few sessions and provide ample feedback to guide you through a single 3-hour model sitting. When the pose ends at 8:30pm, we spend time discussing the results of our session’s work.

• Sunday Evenings 4:00pm – 8:00pm

• Beginner - Advanced, Drawing or Painting