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Explore a variety of painting techniques and styles, from watercolor to acrylic, in this immersive art class series located in the heart of NYC. Learn the fundamentals of color theory, composition, and brushwork, and unleash your creativity on the canvas.

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Foundation Drawing, Painting & Mixed Media

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

Foundation Drawing, Painting & Mixed Media If your longing to draw & paint, but don’t know where to start, this course will provide an essential introduction in to these valuable skills.  In the first weeks we will develop practical drawing skills & research methods into observation. Learn how to level lines to double check accuracy & ensure the lengths of your lines are accurate, how to use the midpoint establishment to...

(181) Beginner 18 and older
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Adult: Landscape + Cityscape Painting

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

In this relaxing evening class course, learn how to capture your favorite landscapes or cityscapes in fully realized canvases! In this class you can choose to work in watercolor on paper or acrylic paint on canvas to capture your settings. We will study representational, impressionistic and expressionistic or abstract techniques in picturesque, pastoral or sublime vistas, with results good enough to proudly hang in your own home or give as gifts!...

(181) Beginner 18 and older
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Landscape Art for Beginners

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

Learn how to capture natural vistas like the sea, mountains, trees, rivers, lakes, cliffs, waterfalls,valleys and forests in wide open compositions including backgrounds and skies or buildings. We welcome you to bring photos of places to work from, choosing a favorite place that has meaning to you will help give your work a more unique flavor. Choose an exoptic landscape like a desert or a cityscape and include architecture or bridges. In our course...

(181) Beginner 18 and older
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Painting Portraits with Mom or Dad: Connect through Art

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

Painting Portraits with Mom or Dad: Connect through Art 9-17 + Adult 18 + MUST SELECT QUANTITY OF 2 FOR CLASS Painting together is the perfect way to connect with a family member, making something together is bonding and rewarding! In our busy lives it's important to take time out for each other and what better way than painting each other's portrait! Or you can choose to paint your own self portrait if you prefer or a portrait of someone you...

(181) All levels 9 and older
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Watercolor Painting: Color Mixing Basics

92nd Street Y

In this class we will learn about color theory and color mixing thought the medium of watercolor. Using only four tubes of paint will be able to mix a full palate of colors and match any hue. We will also learn about the properties of color like value, intensity, and temperature and how to utilize them to create a sense of light and space. Click below for the supply list: Supply List

(1068) All levels 18 and older
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Abstract Acrylic on Canvas Paintings @ That Bar

Private Picassos Art Studio & Shop @ 47 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Students will learn basic acrylic painting techniques, including creating tints and shades, color mixing and underpainting.  After ample time to explore these techniques on canvas paper, we’ll then work on a finished painting on a canvas panel. Learn new techniques with our trained instructors and explore art materials on your own. Create your own masterpiece without the restrictions of "copying" the teacher.  All materials will be...

(26) All levels 16 and older
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Mandalas of Intention: Natural Paint Making

Sacred Arts Research Foundation @ 107 Green St, Brooklyn, NY

Within spiritual symbolism, a mandala is a geometric figure representing the universe. Modern psychology mandalas can represent the ego and self. Using repetitive patterns to create mandalas stimulates focus, relaxation, and access to transcendental states of mind and being.  In this workshop we create mandalas of intention to call in the aspects of our lives we want to empower through the process of painting and printing. To create our mandalas...

(9) All levels 8 and older
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Winter Landscape Paintings @ Winemak’her Bar

Private Picassos Art Studio & Shop @ 492 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Unlock your creativity and learn watercolor techniques in our Winter Landscape Paintings course. Immerse yourself in the world of art at Private Picassos Art Studio & Shop and let our trained instructors guide you through the process. Join us for a unique experience and enjoy a free drink at Winemak’her Bar.

(26) All levels 21 and older
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Watercolor Portraits

Classeteria @ 284 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY

We will cover the fundamentals of painting portraits in watercolor. This involves painting with line, balancing line with spots of color, and getting the most out of a limited palette. The workshop will combine demonstrations, one-on-one instruction, and discussion. Plus Materials fee up to $25 as needed.

(3) Beginner 7 and older
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Glass Painting for the Next Century

UrbanGlass

While painting onto glass dates back to medieval times, this intensive workshop offers modern techniques for applying imagery on the glass surface. Hand painting, airbrushing, inking with a pip pen, and silk-screening onto glass along with the basics of cutting, copper foiling, and soldering stained glass techniques will all be explored and practiced. A variety of silk-screens will be provided for students to use. The class will also use the sandblaster....

(55) All levels 18 and older
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Landscape/Cityscape

Ashcan Studio of Art

This course is an introduction to the theme of landscape drawing and painting. Students will learn concepts and techniques to depict natural and man made elements and spaces in perspective. *materials provided  Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one? A: Yes. students may make up any class within 4 weeks Q: Is a certificate of completion available to me after completing their class? A: Yes Q: Is a professional certificate...

(3) All levels 9 - 15 years old
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The Art of Getting Unstuck

New York Open Center

Remember the last time you felt frozen by indecision or were unable to let something go? Today’s stress-filled world demands we make optimal choices and avoid mistakes, but that kind of pressure often only paralyzes us and makes decisions even more difficult. “Painting Your Way Out of Corner” presents a new twist on journaling: it involves brushstrokes instead of words. By using a simple “no-fault” painting approach that relies on improvisation...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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Acrylic Painting

Educational Alliance Art School

Express your inner artist through acrylic paint by learning about color mixing, tone value, texture, and composition. From a reference picture or a still life setup, participants will learn fundamental techniques while cultivating a personal painting style rooted in perception, imagination, or abstraction. Small class sizes allow for plenty of one-on-one critique. Beginners and advanced students are welcome.

(29) All levels 19 and older
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Self Expression in Painting & Mixed Media

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

In a period of weeks, gain a non traditional perspective in making art & employ professional techniques in a more free form way. Explore the expressive nature of creating artwork through self expression and by incorporating a variety of wet/dry media & introducing fun techniques into your paintings. Explore the boundaries between painting & 3D styles. Experiment in ways that will depart from normal painting styles by adding un-traditional...

(181) All levels 18 and older
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Virtual Paint and Sip Event

The Paint Place @ Virtual Learning

Come paint with us! In this private, live event, your team or group will all paint a prechosen acrylic painting that they can then keep and cherish. All of our paintings are for beginners. The environment, is light and fun and its a great way to stay together while we are all staying apart. Our professional artists will guide everyone step by step how to recreate the painting over the course of about 1.5-2 hours (Exact time slot to be discussed...

(414) All levels 18 and older
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Figure Painting

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Concentrate on painting the human figure while developing the nuances in your style that make this genre so compelling.

(1068) Beginner 18 and older
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$285

5 sessions

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Landscapes in Pastel (In-person)

92nd Street Y

Get carried away by settings near and far! We’ll take inspiration from tranquil seascapes, soaring cityscapes, and autumnal locales to create drawings in pastel with a sense of depth, perspective, and character. You will learn strategies for approaching this subject through demonstrations, lectures, and real time individual feedback. For the Supply List, please CLICK HERE

(1068) All levels 18 and older
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Classical Studio Techniques

92nd Street Y

Join artist Eric Michelson for an in-depth introduction to the technical process of painting in a classical tradition. Each student will have the unique opportunity to grind and tube paint, make and apply true gesso to a panel, mix a medium, transfer their drawing to the panel and finally begin their own painting.  Tuition includes materials fee.

(1068) Intermediate 18 and older
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Understanding Color for Painters with James Sheehan

92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY

Do you know what is in those fancy mixed colors you buy at the art store like Pthalo Blue, Flesh Tone, Quinachrodone Magenta, Raw Sienna, Sap Green, Mars Black? James Sheehan walks you through the color wheel to discuss the mixing, use and application of color for painting. Explore color theory and the history of color, and have fun mixing and applying theory to practice. For the Supply List, please CLICK HERE An access link will be emailed to...

(1068) Intermediate 18 and older
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$240

5 sessions

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Acrylic Portrait, Landscape and Still Life Painting

Bronxville Adult School @ 177 Pondfield Rd, Bronxville, NY

Ron Ramsey has developed unique artistic techniques that will allow you to create a complete landscape, portrait or still life acrylic painting in each educational and enjoyable class session. Besides basic layering, his techniques (not all with the brush) will help beginners to quickly learn an impressionistic style, and experienced painters to incorporate these techniques into their own styles.  Each session will introduce at least one of...

(20) All levels 18 and older
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$175

6 sessions

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