Time : 10:0AM - 12:30PM CDT on Sun --- In this class, students will work from a live model and complete a 1/3 life size sculpture using water-based clay. Special focus will be given to bone and muscle structure as well as expression conveyed through the model’s pose. Special Notes There’s a shared model and […]

Time : 10:00AM - 1:00PM CDT on Tue --- Copying master paintings has long been considered one of the best ways to learn drawing and painting. Throughout history, this practice has helped artists to build their visual memory, gain insight about the painter's intention and understand the work within a historical context. Rubens, Degas, and […]

Time : 6:30PM - 9:30PM CDT on Tue --- Open to all levels, this class will introduce various oil painting materials and analyze great paintings from the past and present. With an emphasis on chiaroscuro painting (the dramatic distribution of light and shadow in a picture), students will learn the essentials for creating dimensional, life-like […]

Time : 10:00AM - 1:00PM CDT on Wed --- This is a class designed to help with painting the portrait in Oil and Pastel, although other media are welcome. Different techniques and procedures will be demonstrated throughout the class and close, hands on instruction will be given. Drawing is an important component of painting as […]

Time : 6:30PM - 9:30PM CDT on Wed --- The purpose of this class will be to develop your confidence and a way of seeing the figure as a whole, utilizing basic anatomical landmarks and a sense of comparative proportion. Together, we will examine the physical landmark relationships inherent in the human subjects we choose […]

Time : 9:00AM - 12:00PM CDT on Sat --- This course focuses on the essentials of rendering 3D volume, weight-bearing, and balance, when drawing the figure. In long poses, students will construct convincing and expressive form in life drawings. Each session begins with the instructor's demo. Students will work with various media, including pencil, charcoal, […]

Time : 1:30PM - 4:30PM CDT on Sun --- Individual instruction aimed at improving the draftsmanship of the experienced and beginning artist. Line, gesture, proportion, construction, light and shade are explored as we attempt to represent the human form. Any drawing or water-based media is welcome in this class. Special Notes The class will meet […]

Time : 5:30PM - 7:30PM CDT on Mon --- This 8-week drawing class will focus on individual features of the face: the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and hair. We'll meet once a week and spend 1-2 sessions per feature. We will work on toned paper with pencil and chalk and explore their anatomy, form, simplification, […]

Time : 6:30PM - 9:30PM CDT on Mon --- Individual instruction aimed at improving the draftsmanship of the experienced and beginning artist. Line, gesture, proportion, construction, light and shade are explored as we attempt to represent the human form. Any drawing or water-based media is welcome in this class. Special Notes $60 non-refundable model fee […]

Time : 2:00PM - 5:00PM CDT on Tue --- For millennia, artists have delighted in drawing the human face and head. It is infinitely challenging and compelling to capture the unique combination of large and small, fixed and mobile forms that combine to produce the sitter’s likeness. This drawing course introduces the essentials of proportion, […]

Time : 5:00PM - 7:00PM CDT on Tue --- This 8-week Zoom class is for beginner students who want to learn a structural and form-based approach to drawing portraits. We will meet once a week and work from photos and masterworks and discuss how to set up a linear block-in and how to render the […]