Workshops at the Atelier

Learn how a master artist painted the portrait by reproducing a master art work, step by step using indirect painting methods.

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CE credit and discount is offered for teachers.​​​ This workshop is open to all artists. Some oil painting experience is recommended.

A great opportunity to learn to use dramatic lighting with the angle of the sun and the color of the landscape.

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Hone your artistic vision to arrange light and dark values for a dynamic composition.

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Create a work of art much better than a photo reference!

Introducing our new teen program! In this intensive two week program, Matthew Fielder, Assistant teacher for the Core Atelier, will teach the fundamentals of excellent drawing with special focus on the portrait. Students will work from a live costumed model in the second week.

The Botanical Drawing Workshop will bring us into the inner world of plants, flowers and seeds. All living plants share characteristic growth patterns and have exquisite designs underlying their forms. We will use a sketchbook to do botanical studies and complete 1-2 drawings of a dynamic floral arrangement. 

 Learn how to use graphite and charcoal together to get rich darks and delicate lights, with a full range of values in between. Work from the model for two consecutive mornings with time and guidance to develop a full dynamic range of values in a large drawing. Learn drawing lessons of the Atelier Tradition, which are not taught in colleges and universities.​​

There is no better way to understand pigments than to make your own paints! Get hands-on experience with this historic technique. Egg Tempera paintings are more durable and luminous than oil paintings, and are sometimes described as a "mosaic of semi-precious gemstones." ​