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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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Drawing Intensive Seminar
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Learn the fundamentals of drawing in this intensive course for beginner to intermediate students who are looking to build foundational drawing skills. Learn how to render light and shadow, create form, and develop compositions. Hone observational skills starting with simple objects, still lifes and then a live model. By the time you finish this course, you’ll be able to move into more advanced drawing techniques or be ready to start learning how...
Pastel for Painters
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
In this intro to pastel drawing/painting class, we will explore pastel as a transparent medium that can teach us about the complexities of color, the process of layering colors and the effect of using colored papers for image making. We will work from both reference imagery and life to explore color theory and how differently we see and depict color. One does not need to have painting experience to take this course. For those who have painted before,...
Drawing Cityscapes & Landscapes in Perspective
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Learn how to use perspective and careful observation to capture New York’s neighborhoods and parks in pencil and charcoal. Enjoy drawing outdoors in Central Park (weather permitting) and other locations in Manhattan. Gain all the tools you need to draw views that include trees, buildings, and other common elements of the urban environment. For the Supply List, Guidelines and Studio Rules please CLICK HERE
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Drawing with Ink
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
This class will teach students how to use ink to both learn and refine their brush work and mark making. It will show how ink is more than just a line-making tool, but also a way to make beautifully subtle and soft images through mastering washes. We will work from life and from reference images. Through a series of exercises and the development of their own paintings, students will explore a variety of subjects: landscape, people and things....
Structural Figure Drawing
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Learn the basic structures of the portrait and figure in order to create solid form and proportion in drawings from observation and imagination. The class will cover basic anatomy of the skeleton and musculature to give students the tools to depict the body in three dimensions. Students will draw from a live model and key concepts will be taught with short illustrated lectures and individual coaching. In this class you will be encouraged to work in pencil and/or charcoal. Please bring pencil drawing materials to ...
Drawing for Absolute Beginners
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
This class focuses on the basics of drawing with pencil, eraser, and paper. Expert teachers guide students through the elements of art, including line, shape, shadow, value, tone, form and perspective, demonstrating and offering critiques of work.
Getting Started with Drawing
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Discover the foundations of art with expert instruction at 92nd Street Y. Unleash your creativity as you embark on a journey through various mediums, including drawing, pastel, watercolor, and oil painting. All supplies are included, so you can focus on honing your skills and discovering your artistic passion.
Drawing: Pen, Ink and Beyond
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
An entry point into the world of pen, ink, brush and color washes. Examine the work of sepia masters like Da Vinci, the Expressionists and modernists like Raymond Pettibon, and develop a series of drawings (utilizing expressionistic contour, cross hatching, pointillism, color wash and dry brush) that utilizes the full potential of ink. Perfect for beginners or the more experienced student who wishes to attain a greater mastery of their...
Drawing for Illustration: Beyond Basics
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
This drawing class is designed for artists interested in broadening the fundamentals of their craft. Students will work explore observational drawing from still life, landscape, portraiture and figure drawing, as well as broad range of media including pastel, watercolor, ink, and graphite. This is a perfect course for anyone willing to bring out their natural potential as draftsmen as well as their own individualistic style. Realism, expressionism,...
Drawing at the Natural History Museum
92nd Street Y @ Central Park West, New York, NY
Learn to draw animals and more from the collections in this class at the American Museum of Natural History. Meeting Place: Drawing at the American Museum of Natural History will meet at 1:30 at the Museum. PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME. Assemble at the side entrance , at 81st street, close to Central Park West. You will see the planets above you. Once you have entered the Museum, take a left and wait. We will go as a group to where we...
Watercolor Illustration
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Get inspired by lush fruits, veggies, flowers and more to create graphic illustrations! Develop your own style while building technical drawing and painting skills with watercolor and inks, with an emphasis on composition and cropping. Explore, experiment, build confidence and skill! Supply List Brushes: Rounds only (no flats/filberts). Sizes: #4, #6 #8 #12/#18 . #1 or #0 for finest details. Current favorite brands of mine: Princeton Velvetouch,...
Drawing Texture at the Met
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Gather inspiration from master paintings at the Met. Use graphite and the eraser to draw artifacts and sculpture made of materials as metal, wood, burlap, stone, fur, and hair. Use graphite and colored pencil to depict Satin, glass, and metal. Supply List: One Sketchbook: 8.5 x 11 minimum - 16” x 20” Maximum Graphite Pencils: 4H, 2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B pencils Kneaded Eraser Triangular Maped Pure Eraser Tortillion (smooth tipped – not...
Teen Figure Drawing (13-17 Years)
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Learn about gesture, proportion, anatomy, and more while working with a live model via online conferencing. Develop your drawing skills and explore different mediums such as graphite, charcoal, and ink. We will hone our practice with a variety of timed poses ranging from quick sketches to fully realized drawings. Whether you are interested in developing realistic rendering skills, or looking to improve character anatomy, figure drawing will provide...
Drawing (Intermediate/Advanced)
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Elevate your drawing abilities to new heights in this advanced studio class at 92nd Street Y. Receive individualized instruction, explore a variety of subjects, and challenge yourself to develop your style. Open to artists of all levels.
Portrait Drawing
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Unlock the secrets of charcoal drawing as you explore the visceral and dynamic nature of this captivating medium. From landscapes to still life and portraiture, discover the depth and volume charcoal brings to your artwork in this immersive course at 92nd Street Y. Prerequisite: Drawing for Beginners. Materials required.
Drawing with Pastel for Absolute Beginners
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Start here! Learn how to draw with color using soft pastel. You’ll layer colors to create form, value, and shape and begin to discuss how color theory is applied in real life. Working from still lives you’ll create your own works of art.
Drawing Flowers & Other Natural Forms
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Full Course Name: Drawing Flowers & Other Natural Forms in Pencil & Silverpoint Learn concepts and techniques to guide your drawing of flowers, plants, and other natural objects. The class will start by working in pencil and then introduce students to the subtle, ethereal medium of silverpoint. Material List: Pencils: 4H, 2H, H, HB, 2B (1 of each: “H” pencils are harder, “B” pencils are softer.) Pencil sharpener or straight...
Figure Drawing with a Brush
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
The immediacy of mark making will be extended from dry media to the fluidity of ink washes, calligraphic lines and structured value studies. For the Supply List, please CLICK HERE. PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION IS REQUIRED
Drawing with Pastel
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Discover the beautiful medium of soft pastel! Learn the fundamentals of color theory and develop your drawing skills. Get inspired by classic still-lifes, the figure, or photographs. Classes include demonstrations, lectures, and real time individual feedback. For the Supply List, please CLICK HERE PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION IS REQUIRED for all adults and children ages 5+.
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Figure Drawing: Focus on Human Anatomy
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Learn to draw the human form in a more informed manner by developing an understanding of its anatomical and planar/muscular structure with artist Jeffrey Morabito. Emphasis will be placed on proportion, light/shade, weight, gesture, and the basic structural units of the human body. Class work will progress from quick poses to prolonged studies. Review of both old master and contemporary art will provide multiple...
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