In depth study of value, handling the pencil, paper surfaces, pencil preparation, gradating, and much more!

Basic-Advanced Oil Painting

Oil painting 101 to lessoned students who wish to further their skills, this class covers basic color mixing, limited to full palette, handling the brush, basics on different brush hairs, when to use mediums and glazing, and more.

Learn how to animate and bring to life the story that is being told. Graphite, Pen and Ink, watercolor, charcoal are all recommended for this class.

Portraiture in Drawing and Painting Intermediate/Advanced

This class will cover the basics of drawing or painting a face, to the more intricate layers of characteristics, expression, and features.

Using graphite, charcoal, red chalk, or pen and ink, our focus will be on how to best describe your idea. We will use and understand movement and gesture, facial expression, and lines to discover what works best.

Color Study

Basic understanding of limited palette and full palette with use of either for exercises. These exercises will comprise of one hour sessions painting color blocks to expand your vision of color to apply in your own paintings.

Learn more descriptive language in lines or strokes to use to best tell the story. The colors, line movement, what key the work is in all play a part in the vison of the story.