Programs
Painting
Summer classes begin June 3, 2013
REGISTER BY May 21st TO GET $20 OFF!
Please visit us for an Open House on Tuesday, May 21st from 6:00 – 8:00pm at 331 East 12th Street (between 1st and 2nd Ave.) Visit our studios, meet teachers, and learn about classes. Bring family and friends!
BEGINNING OIL PAINTING
Discover the creative and technical advantages of oil painting. Learn the basics of painting from setting up the palette and mixing colors to techniques such as glazing, direct paint and impasto. The first project will be painting from a still-life; the final project can be of your own choice. Exercises are designed to develop your skills in observation and painting 'realistically.' You will learn to paint form, create depth and a sense of light. There is a material fee for all in-studio classes that provides supplies (paint, brushes, turpentine, medium and canvases) This is a substantial saving over purchasing the supplies yourself as well as for your convenience.
Wednesdays, 6:30-9:00pm 6/5 - 7/24 (FULL)
Location: 331 East 12th Street
8 sessions, $315
Thursdays, 6:30-9:00pm 6/6 - 8/1 (No Class 7/4)
Location: 331 East 12th Street
8 sessions, $315
Instructor: Caitlin Berndt
Saturdays, 2:00-4:30pm 6/8 - 7/20 (No Class 7/6)
Location: 331 East 12th Street
6 sessions, $235
Instructor: Chris Lopresti, Jr.
INTERMEDIATE OIL PAINTING
This course is for people who have taken at least one basic oil painting course (or have the basic knowledge of color mixing and experience with oil paint) and want to develop both their technical skills and the ideas behind their work. The instructor will work with students on an individual basis as well as present technique demonstrations and short discussions. Students will have the opportunity to engage one another through instructor-led group critiques. This course is open to both representational painters and those interested in exploring abstraction.
(includes open studio time on Sunday afternoons)
Tuesdays, 6:30–9:00pm 6/4 - 7/23
Location: 331 East 12th Street
8 sessions, $315
Instructor: Casey Inch
WATERCOLOR and DRAWING at The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens (New Class)
Open to all skill levels, this course meets exclusively at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens where students will have the opportunity to work from observation and capture the beauty of the gardens in full bloom. You may choose to work in any dry media (pencil, charcoal, pastel) or watercolor. The class will explore a different section of the gardens each week, and will focus both on landscape vistas and close up botanical studies. In case of rain, students will be able to work in the shelter of the amazing indoor atriums, from tropical rainforest to desert climates. The instructor will work alongside the students, providing demonstrations of techniques in all media.
Tuesdays, 2:00 - 4:30pm 6/5 – 7/10
6 sessions, $175
Instructor: Casey Inch
PAINT YOUR DREAMS: Abstract Painting for beginners
Beginning abstract art. Learn how to use color, composition, and brushstrokes to express emotions or a narrative. Utilize different sources to find your own voice and visual language in the tradition of Picasso or surrealism. Exercises include painting to music and poetry will provide and promote experimentation with oil sticks and paints.Paint the ideas and emotions you can’t express in words.
Saturdays, 10:30am–1:00pm 6/8 - 7/20 (No Class 7/6)
Location: 331 East 12th Street
6 sessions, $235
Instructor: Avron Soyer
PLEASE NOTE: There is a material fee for all in-studio classes. For off-site classes students need to check the material list page and bring their own supplies.
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"... The Educational Alliance on East Broadway has democratically provided instruction, studio space and exhibitions to artists. Important careers have emerged from it." -The New York Times
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
