A 6-session drawing course designed to inform and improve drawings of the human form. The class covers the construction of a skeleton, proportion control, short-hand measuring techniques, simplifying complex forms, value application, and guides for handling difficult areas like hands, knees, feet, etc. The course culminates in a 3-session figure drawing of a live model...
We are looking for someone hard working, skilled, and confident to lead children and adult art parties and events! These events happen mostly on weekends and week nights, and are lead mostly in acrylic paint, with some fun crafts thrown in! We would love someone who has previous teaching experience, whether it is art-realted or...
Hair has always been one of the most psychologically loaded subjects in figurative painting — and one of the most technically misunderstood. In this six-week course, you'll learn to approach hair not as individual strands to render, but as form, light, and mass — studying braids, curls, and coils the way the Old Masters did....
Price $90.00 SATURDAY, October 10, 2026 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM These organic leaf earrings are a perfect addition to your fall wardrobe. --- And you can have the amazing experience of making them yourself! Students will transform a flat sheets of copper into dimensional and textural leaves using a metalsmithing technique called fold forming....
This is an open figure drawing session with a nude model where we focus on the anatomy and gesture of the human form. The model will start with quick poses (1 minute, 5 minutes, 20 minutes) and end with a long pose. All levels welcome. This class is held on the fourth Monday of the...
Indirect painting teaches patience. Alla prima teaches decisiveness. In this four-session course, we explore direct painting - working wet into wet, mixing color in real time, and finishing a piece in a single sitting. It's a different kind of discipline: less about correction, more about commitment to the first true mark. We'll begin with a...
Make vibrant paintings with or without a brush in this two-day workshop with Jane Todd Butcher. Artists of all skill levels will dye and stain art tissue and rice papers to make one-of-a-kind papers. They will then incorporate these papers into a design or image, sometimes adding painting. The focus is on experimentation, Color and...
Price $90.00 This is a very popular class during a very busy time of year. If you would like to schedule a private version of this class for a small family group (4-5 people max), please reach out to schedule a date. SATURDAY, November 14, 2026 10:00am - 2:00 pm Ring in the holiday season...
This workshop offers an approachable introduction to figure painting from a live model. Working from a single, sustained pose, students will have the time to slow down, observe carefully, and build their painting step by step. We’ll use the limited Zorn palette—titanium white, ivory black, yellow ochre, and cadmium red—to simplify color mixing and help...
Price $90.00 This is a very popular class during a very busy time of year. If you would like to schedule a private version of this class for a small family group (4-5 people max), please reach out to schedule a date. THURSDAY, December 3, 2026 5:00 - 9:00 pm Ring in the holiday season...