Core Program
Our regular program starts in September and runs through the end of May. New students may join us at the beginning of each month.
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CORE PROGRAM
September-May
On site in Atelier
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Pre-Teens ages 7-12
$165 Monthly
Sundays 2:15-4:15 PM
Teens ages 13 to 18
$225 Monthly
Sundays 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Open enrollment. New students may join the atelier the first Sunday each month.
$100 Enrollment Fee ( All supplies included in this one time fee). Check or cash will be accepted the first day of class. Our atelier maintains a store where students can replenish their supplies in house.
Policy
Students pay a monthly flat rate due the first day each month. Illness or travel does not affect this monthly rate. After the first month you will be invoiced via email prior to the first day of the month. The atelier price includes yearly student exhibition in our atelier and gallery. Master instruction and special events that relate to our atelier program. Students work from the Charles Barque drawing program under the guidance of the instructor. Students work in the classical tradition to learn to draw the human head & figure, still life and from casts.
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Summer Workshops 2025
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SUMMER WORKSHOPS 2025
PORTRAIT PAINTING
Adults and Mature Teens ages 12 & up
$495 per week (Model fee included)
June 2-6, 2025
June 9-13, 2025
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM 45 minutes for lunch
Both Weeks are recommended
Supply list upon registration
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Portrait Painting Week 1
June 2-6, 2025
This workshop will focus on a practical approach to painting the head from all sides. Anatomy will be covered and will includes the skull, neck and shoulders. First, students will familiarize themselves with the skull by painting from casts in the grisaille technique. Next, students will examine Old Master drawings to understand how they applied this basic anatomical knowledge to describe the masses of the human figure clearly and effectively. After learning these simplified forms, students will paint from the live model. Kerry will demonstrate each stage of the portrait daily.
Portrait Paintings Week 2
June 9-13, 2025
This second workshop will focus on a practical approach to painting the head, neck and shoulders with the additional study of the major muscles in these areas. Students will again familiarize themselves with the skull by painting plaster casts. Students will then examine Old Master drawings to understand how they applied this basic anatomical knowledge to describe the masses of the head, neck and shoulders clearly and effectively. This will be followed by drawing from observation, with the live model. Study from the cast will help students better understand the orientation of the forms of the head in three-dimensional space. Finally, life drawing with the model will offer the students the opportunity to put these lessons into practice. Kerry will demonstrate how to layer color beyond the grisaille block in.
Students may enroll in one or both workshops. Students will receive a more detailed schedule of events one week prior to workshop.
Students will bring bag lunch from home. Water is provided.
Cancelation policy: $50 non-refundable within 10 days of workshop.
Illustrating a Story
A Classical Approach
June 24-27, 2025
Instructor: Elizabeth Jenness Burge
Ages 8-12
$195
Supplies included.
This course is for kids who can stay focused on projects and who love to draw.
We will start with drawing shapes , combining shapes, working with contour lines and placing shapes in perspective.
We'll continue with observational drawing and then we will work on characters thru drawing and 3D with clay.
We will compose with thumbnails and finally do some bigger drawings to illustrate a simple story.
Concepts will be introduced, discussed and implemented throughout the time we are together.
Group participation in ideas will be encouraged.
All art supplies will be provided.
In this workshop we will be working with line, shape, perspective and tone putting them to work to illustrate a story. Days one and two will be spent focused on developing the elements we will want to use on the days three and four. When we put it all together to draw the story.
Lunch 30 Minutes
