Registration is now open for my spring teaching schedule beginning April 2 at ccae.org and April 10 at www.danforth.org. This post contains examples of student art from three classes I teach in painting and drawing. Below are descriptions of each class and the schools where the classes are offered. From Copies to Life at the Cambridge Center Studio School. This class alternates between copying … [Read more...]
Teaching Winter Session 2018
My winter teaching schedule begins January 8 & 9, 2018. Register at ccae.org and www.danforth.org. Copies Then and Now at the Cambridge Center Studio School. In this course European masterpieces of the 17th-20th centuries are used to develop both craft and personal expression. Each week we alternate between copying a masterpiece and painting from still-lifes inspired by the masterpiece. We … [Read more...]
Danforth Drawing Classes
Drawing classes begin on Tuesday, April 7 at Danforth Museum School in Framingham, Mass. Emphasis on seeing shapes of light and dark within a compositional frame is presented. Learn to observe the direction of light on objects in space. Warm-up with gestural thumbnail sketches from observation and from memory. Translate complex forms into two-dimensional compositions using line, value, edge and … [Read more...]
Drawing Class Demo
This week students worked on drawing heads in the observational drawing class I teach at Danforth Museum School in Framingham. We have progressed from drawing individual objects like the tea pot to complex forms such as the plaster bust of a man. The outlined features on the balloon help students see the difference between drawing flat, isolated features on a sphere in comparison to representing … [Read more...]
Danforth Enrollment
Class registration is currently open at Danforth Museum School where I am teaching two classes this fall, Independent Painting and Beginning Drawing, both on Tuesdays. Classes begin next week, September 23. More info here: Danforth Art Museum. I am also pleased to be a Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass for the fall semester, teaching Drawing 1. All … [Read more...]
Fall Teaching
Class registration is currently open at Danforth Museum School where I am teaching two classes this fall, Independent Painting and Beginning Drawing. Classes begin September 17. More info at Danforth Art Museum. I am also pleased to be hired as a part-time professor of art, teaching Drawing 1 at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. Classes begin next week. All magazine source images copyright … [Read more...]
Danforth Demo
The public was invited to meet artists who teach at the school during the Danforth Museum open house in June. I participated as a demonstration artist — to paint while greeting visitors and answering questions about the program for adult, high school, and children's classes. I will be teaching two adult classes in the fall: Beginning Drawing and Independent Painting. Descriptions will be online … [Read more...]
Teaching Summer Workshops
Enrollment is open to register for summer workshops I am teaching at Danforth Museum School in Framingham, Mass. Space is limited! Call the school office at 508-620-0937 or register online. Details are below and on the school website. Early registration ends June 1. Sign up now! • Intermediate Painting (U4AW22TA) 2 weeks: Tu 9:00 AM—12 PM, 6/24/14-7/1/14 • Intermediate Painting … [Read more...]