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Unleash your artistic side and master the art of drawing with a wide range of classes available in NYC. Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your skills, these courses offer expert instruction, helping you tap into your creativity and create stunning visual masterpieces.
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Designing Repeat Patterns
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Examine and create repeat patterns through both analog and digital formats, and play with combining different elements, including geometric and botanical. Students develop elements through drawing for the first half of the workshop, which are then scanned and digitally composited using the Adobe Suite. No previous experience necessary! Create your own pattern and contribute one drawn element to be combined into a collaborative classroom repeat to...
$115
Figure and Composition: Complete Traditional Skills
New York School of the Arts @ 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY
This class will introduce historically based skills and concepts for figure drawing and oil painting. Each lesson will discuss principles such as proportion or gesture and clearly define and demonstrate a path to improvement. The instructor will start by showing how to simplify the subject into accurate shapes and values which are essential for achieving a likeness of the subject. Later, the discussion surrounding light, anatomy, and color...
Drawing and Watercolor (Beginner/Intermediate)
ArtWorks at West Side YMCA @ 5 W 63rd St, New York, NY
Introduction to the basic techniques of drawing and watercolor. Our subjects will be still-life, art reproductions and photos. Supplies will be provided for the first class. Enjoy developing your rendering skills in a supportive environment.
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Dynamic Core: Drawing the Figure from the Inside Out
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Using Michelangelo as our inspiration, explore how form and energy in a figure drawing springs from the "core" of the figure: the head, rib cage and pelvis. Learn the basic structures of these forms and how to relate them to one another to get exciting and original figure drawings. The class will work from a live model to identify anatomical landmarks and to see how surface muscle ties the core forms together.
Drawing, Painting & Mixed-Media (Intermediate/Advanced)
The Art Studio NY @ 145 W 96th St, New York, NY
Enjoy this passionate, inspiring art class that is guaranteed to bring your artwork to the next level. Perfect for those who are ready to push forward and explore your new artistic heights as you: Receive one-on-one tailor-made instruction based on your needs and interests Gain exposed to new techniques by our New York exhibited expert art instructor Enjoy a combination of structured art projects with the freedom to...
Technical Drawing I: Linking the Hand to the Mind
New York School of Interior Design @ 170 E 70th St, New York, NY
Words are good descriptors and Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) programs represent a revolutionary drafting tool, but drawing is the creative link between the imagination and the realization of an idea. Today, technical drawing takes on a different purp ose. This different purpose is in connection with spatial visualization and the ability to transfer that visualization between paper and computer, directly and fluently. Through structured in-class...
Art Workshop (Thursdays)
Chelsea Drawing & Painting Workshops @ 321 W 24th St , New York, NY
You may be interested in drawing and painting, as both an experienced artist or as some one just starting out on the artistic path. If you are a beginner, the artist -instructor will start you off on the fundamentals of drawing by creating your own still-life of objects to draw. For intermediate and advanced emerging artists, we work with what you are interested in creating, so that you can develop your own vision and style. Our workshops...
$40
Constructing the Figure
New York School of the Arts @ 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY
Learn to construct solid and anatomically correct figure and portrait drawings. Through lectures, demonstrations, and individual instruction, this course will cover the anatomical, structural, and surface forms of the head and figure. With a focus on the gesture as our starting point, we will identify the line of the body and develop the constitution of the figure through sequentially longer poses. There will be an emphasis on proportion, perspective,...
Drawing: Form & Movement
New York School of the Arts @ 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY
Unleash your creativity and master the art of expressing movement on a flat page. Join us at the renowned New York School of the Arts for an immersive drawing course that will teach you to observe and capture shapes, planes, and rhythm. Get ready to awaken your senses and make your drawings come alive.
From Figures to Abstraction
New York School of the Arts @ 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY
Explore the transition from reality to abstraction in this dynamic art course at the prestigious New York School of the Arts. Through a series of engaging exercises, you'll learn how to use color, composition, and various artistic mediums to create original and conceptually sound works of art. Discover the possibilities of drawing and painting, and unleash your artistic potential.
Drawing: The Figure
New York School of the Arts @ 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY
Unlock the secrets of drawing the human figure in this dynamic course at the prestigious New York School of the Arts. Discover various techniques and approaches to bring life to your artwork with the guidance of expert instructors. Open to all levels, this course is a must for anyone looking to enhance their drawing skills.
Drawing: Anatomy & Artistry
New York School of the Arts @ 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY
Unlock the secrets of figure drawing in this captivating art course. Learn the art of anatomy and explore the techniques used by old masters to create expressive figure drawings. Whether you prefer charcoal or pencil, this course will teach you the skills to bring your drawings to life.
4-Week Fashion Figure Drawing
Esaie Couture Design School @ 265 W 37th St, New York, NY
This class is an introduction to drawing the human body. Students will illustrate the human body, learn the fundamentals of the human figure, explore creativity and design. Students will utilize techniques to draw the human body including proportion, light, and shadows, and use different media: pencil, charcoal, and watercolor. Students are required to attend lab hours to enhance their work and work on projects. Homework is required as a part...
Mixed Level Watercolor and Illustration
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan @ 334 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY
With a different theme or inspiration each week, classes start with a demonstration of techniques for using liquid watercolors, including wet on wet, wet on dry, layering/glazing, and brush strokes. The class approaches watercolor using graphic illustration, with an emphasis on composition and cropping for undersea grasses, transparent pansies, avocado and peach with heart shadows, Sumi-e inspired paintings (cranes + flowers), veggies with...
Finding Puccini's Music Box
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Scholars have long sought the source for two major themes in Madama Butterfly. One is associated with Butterfly herself and the second with her patrimony. The assumption has been that Puccini, attempting to achieve exotic authenticity, based these themes on Japanese melodies. But Professor W. Anthony Sheppard has discovered a different theory: Puccini's source for these themes was a Swiss-made music box playing Chinese tunes. Evidence indicates...
Illustration: Word and Image
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Discover the relationship between words and images! Create drawings based on stories, novels, folklore, or your own favorite songs, using pencil, pen, ink, washes and more to unlock your own inspiration. In this class, we'll use a variety of drawing materials to create illustrated works based on the words of favorite songwriters,novelists, and poets---as well as our own written ideas, fantasies and dreams. In the adventurous pursuit of that "Eureka!"...
Drawing at the Cloisters
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Light-and-shade-dappled cloistered gardens, Romanesque windows, column capitals and a hammered-iron standing candelabra. These are just a few of the amazing settings and subjects found at the Cloisters. Drawing lessons pair techniques to themes. Explore a fascinating collection within a unique space and take your skills to the next level. Tuition includes museum admission. Pencils – Charcoal Pencils Note: The Met Museum allows...
Intro to Illustration
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
This course will focus on the ways that pictures can illuminate, explain, tell stories, and communicate ideas. Students will work from thumbnail to finish, engaging in creative problem solving with humor and emotion. Learn how to tell your story as effectively as possible! Supply List: Sketchbook any kind, at least 9”x12” Eraser, medium sized with some extra erasers as well in case you use it up. Pencils, a standard HB...
Portrait and People in Pastel
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. If we are able to offer an in-person version of this class in the coming months, we will contact you and make both options available to you. ____________________ Working from live models, you will learn how to use pastel to create warmth and character in portrait and figure drawings. Artists will sharpen their...
Travel Drawing
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Let loose the power of your sketchbook and get ready to draw anywhere, anytime! In this course you’ll develop a practice of quick, responsive drawings to react to the world around you while exploring your own voice and style. Whether you’re traveling across town or across the world, drawing in new places sparks creativity and helps us see beyond our everyday. We’ll use that excitement to breathe life into our ideas and drawings. This class...
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