Winter–Spring 2023 Classes
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD)
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI
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SB806A: Painting Landscape Components
Focus on individual components to gain skill in painting naturalistic landscapes. With a split primary (warm/cool) palette, learn to use color temperature, simplification, and various forms of mark-making to create a naturalistic quality of light, illusion of depth, and sense of place. Each week focuses on a different element such as sky, water, land, trees, architecture, and placing figures in the landscape. Students receive individual feedback as they create sketch copies of master paintings from provided color prints, and later work from personal photo reference if desired. Skills learned in this class provide students with a richer knowledge base for the coming plein air season. Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. – Noon Feb. 18 – Mar. 25, 6 sessions Tuition: $215 |
SB805B: Animal and Figure Drawing
Making comparisons by studying human and animal anatomy, students learn different ways to conceptualize the figure through site visits to MKE Urban Stables and the Milwaukee County Zoo. Referencing master artists and drawing the unclothed figure from life provide further pathways of investigation. Students can expect to build a foundation of comparative anatomy knowledge, develop observation-based life drawing skills using various dry media on both large and small formats, and the ability to more confidently incorporate creatures of any type into their personal artwork or sketchbook practice. Saturdays, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Feb. 18 – Mar. 25, 6 sessions Tuition: $235 |
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
Brookfield, WI
Brookfield, WI
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Figure Drawing Fundamentals (18+)
Ground your figure drawing practice in the fundamentals through this course. Draw from the unclothed model and observe narrated demonstrations each week to learn different gestural approaches, useful basic anatomy and surface landmarks, classical measurement and proportion practices, and ways of conceptualizing the figure to best realize your artistic vision. The academic approach is complemented by looking at master artists each week. Helpful for both those new to the figure, and for those with some experience attending area open figure drawing sessions who wish to improve their drawings. Thursdays, 6:00-8:30pm February 16 – March 23 (6 sessions) Cost: $160 |
Teaching
I offer instruction in observation based, representational painting and drawing. My goal is to give students the tools to express their own individual artistic perception by structuring, simplifying, and ultimately representing on canvas or paper what they see. Please contact me with any questions about current classes, or to arrange private sessions.