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Sadie Jernigan Valeri
Felicia Forte's Portrait Painting Workshop
Sadie Valeri: Intro Series in 8 Flexible Sessions
Attend any of these weekly sessions:
Tuesdays, Thursdays: 1:30-4:30pm
Saturdays, Sundays: 10am-1pm
$440 for 8 sessions within 2 months
September 2014 Registration NOW OPEN
A complete introduction to the fundamental building blocks of Classical drawing and Sadie’s painting techniques, offered in a manageable series of lessons with plenty of individual instruction at the easel.
Sadie Valeri: Still Life Drawing and Painting
8 Intro Flex Sessions
$440
1 to 2 Days a Week Studio Access
$330 /month
September 2014 Registration NOW OPEN
Sadie teaches the painting technique she uses for her own still lifes: The layered, Indirect method of oil painting developed by the Dutch Masters of 17th century. This method of applying many thin layers of oil paint on a smooth wood panel gives the artist incredible control for achieving effects of stunning realism.
Sadie Valeri: Cast Drawing
8 Intro Flex Sessions
$440
1 to 2 Days a Week Studio Access
$330 /month
September 2014 Registration NOW OPEN
“Casts” are plaster reproductions of historic sculptures, and studying them was the standard for art education in the 19th century French Academic tradition.
James Edmonds: Introduction to Classical Figure Drawing
Saturdays 1:30 - 4:30
8 weeks
Sept 6 - Oct 25
$440
Tuesdays and Thursday evenings 6pm-9pm
8 sessions in 4 weeks
Sept 2 - 25
$440
Registration Now Open for Fall 2014
Students work from a long multi-session pose to create a realistic figure drawing in the classical academic tradition.
Approaching figure drawing with traditional academic methods will strengthen your drawing ability whether you are an absolute beginner or an experienced artist.
The Foundations of Linear Perspective
10 Sundays, 6pm - 9pm
September 7 to November 9, 2014
$550
Instructors: Christina Davis and Vicky Sio
Senior Full Time Students and Assistant Teachers
This 10-evening course covers the basics of one-point and two-point perspective. Students learn how to create the illusion of three dimensional space on a two dimensional surface.
Felicia Forte: Portrait Drawing: Monthly Ongoing
Monday Evenings, 6:30 - 9:30pm
$220/month, based on a four week month
Registration now open for new students Sept./Oct.
Students in this class will draw from the model in a progression of poses that will start with quick sketch using charcoal on newsprint and end in a nine hour drawing using graphite on archival paper. This progression will repeat twice a year, once January-May and next September-December. Some of the quicksketch sessions will include figure as well as portrait. Felicia teaches a tonal style of drawing that lend’s itself to learning representational painting. In this class you will discuss and practice different strategies for accomplishing your goals. Felicia will challenge you to correctly observe and record the fundamentals: shapes, values, and edges.
Felicia Forte: Alla Prima Portrait Painting: Ongoing Monthly
Wednesday Evenings, 6:30 - 9:30pm
$220/month, based on a four week month
Registration now open for new students, Sept./Oct.
In Direct Painting, also known as Alla Prima, a work is completed in a single session while the paint is still wet. Direct Painting is a stimulating method which teaches you to be present in every brush stroke, focusing on only the essentials, ultimately teaching you great dexterity and control. In this class you will discuss and practice different strategies for accomplishing your goals. Felicia will challenge you to correctly observe and record the fundamentals: shapes (drawing) values, edges and color, while at the same time encourage you to develop your own language of abstraction. Felicia may give you special exercises and drills based on the needs of the class and the individual.
Youth Classes
Classical fine art training is as fun and beneficial to a young person as studying a classical instrument.
Young people who are exposed to the art training methods of the 19th century European atelier have the potential to develop the skills that could rival the Old Masters.
Sadie accepts mature teenagers to her Still Life and Cast classes.
For more info please email in...@sadievaleri.com to find out if this program is right for your child.
WORKSHOP: Felicia Forte: The Big Picture: Figurative painting with a focus on abstraction.
5 days, 10am - 5pm
$650
$25 model fee
August 16-20, 2014
In my classes the focus is always on good drawing and learning to recognize the big relationships of value and color first.
One of my own instructors once asked me:
“When you see a friend walking down the street, how can you recognize them while still a few blocks away? Is it that mole on thier cheek? Their long eyelashes? NO! Its the the big relationships of light and dark created by their form, the average coloring of hair or skin, but it’s surely not the details!”
WORKSHOP: Katie Whipple: Long Pose Figure Drawing
5 days 10am - 5pm
August 25 - 29, 2014
$625
We are thrilled to host the 2013 winner of the Protogenes award at New York’s Grand Central Academy Drawing Competition to share her considerable knowledge of figure drawing.
In this workshop students will learn to tackle the infinitely complex task of drawing the human figure by breaking it down through a thoughtful step-by-step process. We will focus first on creating a well conceived linear block-in, learning to work with correct proportion and sound structure.
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