Previous Workshops

15 hour workshop
Instructor: Noah Buchanan

This workshop was recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

This figure painting workshop focuses on the use of color in terms of temperature. The instructor, Noah Buchanan, demonstrates that the effective use of a limited palette divides the artist's conception of color into warms, cools, and neutrals. Buchanan lectures on the temperature zones of the nude figure (local temperatures), the temperature effects of light, and how to determine the correct value of each color.

Workshop artists paint from high-resolution photographs of the nude model, including detailed images of complex areas (head, torso, hands, feet). Workshop participants will create a preliminary drawing, which will be transferred to the canvas (or panel) prior to the beginning of the workshop.

This workshop uses the mode of Direct Painting, where the paint is simply mixed on the palette to the desired value/temperature/color and applied directly to the painting without changing the transparency or opacity of the paint, and without calculating effects from various layers/behaviors of paint.

The Instructor demonstrates these methods/techniques and viewers can follow along. In addition, they have the option for personal critiques for an additional fee.

A TWO-DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP
January 15 & 22, 2023
Time: 11:30am - 5:30pm EST
Instructor: Luis Colan

In this workshop, artists will use the work of the Masters as inspiration and starting point for a reinterpretation – not merely mimicking, but creating a new composition that reflects their own artistic vision in pen and ink. Traditionally, artists have looked to the Old Masters for inspiration and guidance. As a young artist in high school, instructor Luis Colan began a sketchbook dedicated to graphite copies of artists like Michelangelo, Raphael, and Rubens. His intent was never to be equal to them but rather to gather their knowledge. He hoped to unlock the secrets that would make him a better artist. Years later, Colan continues to look at the Old Masters with admiration and awe, using pen and ink in the search for clues left behind in their work. In this workshop, Colan will lead artists down the same path he himself followed many times.

This course is for anyone who is interested in learning to develop their drawing skills using pen and ink via landscape imagery.

A TWO DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP
November 13 & 20, 2022
Time: 11:30am - 5:30pm EST
Instructor: Luis Colan

This workshop was recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

In this workshop, artists will use the work of the Masters as inspiration and starting point for a reinterpretation – not merely mimicking, but creating a new composition which reflects their own artistic vision in pen and ink. Traditionally, artist have looked at the Old Masters for inspiration and guidance. As a young artist in high school, instructor Luis Colan began a sketchbook dedicated to graphite copies of artists like Michelangelo, Raphael, and Rubens. His intent was never to be equal to them but rather to gather their knowledge. He hoped to unlock the secrets that would make him a better artist. Years later, Colan continues to look at the Old Masters with admiration and awe, using pen and ink in the search for clues left behind in their work. In this workshop, Colan will lead artists down the same path he himself he followed many times.

This course is for anyone who is interested in learning to develop their drawing skills using pen and ink via landscape imagery.

Warm and Cool: Temperature in Portraiture
AN ONLINE WORKSHOP
Instructor: Noah Buchanan

This workshop is recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

This three-day online portrait painting workshop focuses on the use of color in terms of temperature. The instructor, Noah Buchanan, will demonstrate that the effective use of a limited palette divides the artist's conception of color into warms, cools and neutrals. Buchanan will lecture on the temperature zones of the face (local temperatures), the temperature effects of light, and how to determine the correct value of each color.

Workshop artists will paint from high-resolution photographs of the model, including detail images of each feature (eyes, nose, and mouth). Workshop participants will create a preliminary drawing, which will be transferred to the canvas (or panel) prior to the beginning of the workshop.

This workshop will occur in the mode of Direct Painting, where the paint is simply mixed on the palette to the desired value/temperature/color and applied directly to the painting without changing the transparency or opacity of the paint, and without calculating effects from various layers/behaviors of paint.

The Instructor will demonstrate the methods/techniques in real time, live on Zoom. Workshop participants will follow along and receive a personalized critique each day.

$50 off discount for purchasing two Buchanan workshops: NOAHBFOR2-50

A TWO DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP
August 7 & 14
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm, 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Instructor: Luis Colan

This workshop was recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

Sketchbooks have been an important tool for artists throughout the centuries. In them many ideas, stories, and experiences have been recorded by simple means such as pencil and pen drawings. In recent years sketchbooks have become desirable objects which can mesmerize audiences with every turn of the page. In this two-day workshop, you will explore and celebrate nature through sketchbook drawing by using three types of pens. You will learn to create inviting scenes full of light by utilizing pen techniques which will give you a variety of line weight and tone. At the end of the workshop, you will become familiar with different pen and ink types, and be able to use the techniques learned here on any subject you choose in the future.

This course is for anyone who is interested in learning to develop their drawing skills using pen and ink via landscape imagery.

Learn the Techniques of the Flemish and Italian Masters
ONLINE WORKSHOP
Instructor: Noah Buchanan

Originally held July 9, 10, 16 • 2022
This workshop was recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

This 3-day workshop, Figure Painting: The Historical Indirect Process, will focus on Indirect Painting techniques, applied to the subject matter of the nude figure. Students will learn a strategically layered oil painting technique using stages known as:

•Imprimatura (or Wipe-Out) •Velatura •Full Color Form Pass

These historical techniques are seen at use in paintings by Rubens and Caravaggio.

Students will paint from video footage and photographic references of a studio model. Students will also observe live demonstration from the instructor, as well as receive direct feedback and critique from the instructor at multiple points during the creation of their own painting. The skills developed in this workshop will enable students to make their own paintings from life or photographic reference.

The first two stages of this process, Imprimatura and Velatura, closely parallel the techniques taught in the previous Drawing workshop with Noah Buchanan, which serves as a prerequisite for this course.

This workshop is a highly recommended to take along with Buchanan’s June workshop, Figure Drawing with Charcoal and White Chalk. $50 off discount for purchasing two Buchanan workshops: NBTWO-#$%

AN ONLINE WORKSHOP
Instructor: Noah Buchanan

Originally held JUNE 18, 19, 25 • 2022
This workshop was recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

This 3-day online Figure Drawing in Charcoal and White Chalk workshop will focus on drawing with charcoal and white chalk on toned paper, applied to the subject matter of the nude figure. Students will learn subtractive methods of charcoal drawing: the illusion of volume and form will be initiated on the page through the reduction of a charcoal wash. Learning will also include how to model form with Charcoal and white chalk, as well as allowing the toned paper to create volume and form.

This workshop is a highly recommended to take along with Buchanan’s upcoming workshop, Figure Painting: The Historical Indirect Process , as the same figure and pose will be used in both, for drawing and then painting.

$50 off discount for purchasing two Buchanan workshops: NBTWO-#$%

An Online Workshop Held Over Two Days

Saturday & Sunday, June 11 & 12
Time: 12pm - 2pm, 3pm - 6pm EST
Instructor: Toby Hall

This workshop will be recorded.

In this two day online weekend painting workshop, we will explore the Poster Study (the global light effect). This foundational effect is what we see when we look at a painting from across the room: the big picture that all details are governed by. The course will begin with a demo on light theory for artists and progress into a series of perceptual studies after masterworks. These studies will help us question, understand and begin to represent the light effect on the subject abstractly via value, hue and chroma. As a byproduct of this study, we will gain a better strategic understanding of color mixing and composition. Each meeting will consist of demonstrations and constructive feedback for students.

Sunday, April 3, 2022
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm, 2:00pm - 5:00pm EST
Instructor: Daniel Maidman

​In Figure Drawing on Toned Paper, students will explore the luminous depiction of flesh on toned paper with Daniel Maidman. while working from a live model, who will be posing over Zoom. Students will use Maidman’s standard drawing toolkit of white and graphite pencils and tan printmaking paper, students will practice techniques and receive personalized critiques as well as discussion, demonstration about the fundamentals of life drawing.

Online workshop held over two Sundays.
DECEMBER 5TH & DECEMBER 12TH
12 - 2 pm, 3 - 6pm EST

Instructor: Tobias Hall

A workshop designed for artists of all levels of experience

In Figure Painting Techniques, an online workshop, participants will study after specific masterworks in order to gain a better grasp of light and form as it pertains to a strategically organized painting practice. Conceptual and technical demonstrations will provide insight, and artists will receive direct feedback on their work. The goal of the workshop is to help artists cultivate a skill set that will make for a more mindful, efficient, and enjoyable figure painting process.

AN ONLINE WORKSHOP OVER TWO SUNDAYS

Oct 10 & 17
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm, 2:00pm - 5:30pm
Instructor: Luis Colan

This workshop will be recorded and available for multiple viewings for a duration of one month.

Sketchbooks have been an important tool for artists throughout the centuries. In them many ideas, stories, and experiences have been recorded by simple means such as pencil and pen drawings. In recent years sketchbooks have become desirable objects which can mesmerize audiences with every turn of the page. In this two-day workshop, you will explore and celebrate nature through sketchbook drawing by using three types of pens. You will learn to create inviting scenes full of light by utilizing pen techniques which will give you a variety of line weight and tone. At the end of the workshop, you will become familiar with different pen and ink types, and be able to use the techniques learned here on any subject you choose in the future.

This course is for anyone who is interested in learning to develop their drawing skills using pen and ink via landscape imagery.

THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL
Look For New Dates in October

AN ONLINE WORKSHOP OVER TWO SUNDAYS

Sept 19 & 26
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm, 2:00pm - 5:30pm
Instructor: Luis Colan

This workshop was recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

Sketchbooks have been an important tool for artists throughout the centuries. In them many ideas, stories, and experiences have been recorded by simple means such as pencil and pen drawings. In recent years sketchbooks have become desirable objects which can mesmerize audiences with every turn of the page. In this two-day workshop, you will explore and celebrate nature through sketchbook drawing by using three types of pens. You will learn to create inviting scenes full of light by utilizing pen techniques which will give you a variety of line weight and tone. At the end of the workshop, you will become familiar with different pen and ink types, and be able to use the techniques learned here on any subject you choose in the future.

This course is for anyone who is interested in learning to develop their drawing skills using pen and ink via landscape imagery.

Saturday and Sunday, Sept 11th & 12th

Time:11:30am-1:30pm, 2:30-5:30pm

Instructor: Adam Miller

A 2 DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP
WITH A MODERN MASTER

Dynamic Figure Drawing begins with great movement and rhythmic design. 

In Dynamic Rhythm and Movement in Figure Drawing and Composition, contemporary master Adam Miller will help you learn to make figure drawings and compositions that are full of rhythm and life.
In order to give the figure a higher degree of believability, students should begin with considering major masses, anatomical surface form, and rhythm. By slight changes in emphasis in movements of muscles masses in the body- a complete movement of the entire figure from head to toe. As in the work of Michelangelo, Bernini, Giambologna and Peter Paul Rubens.
Often, when students begin to draw the figure from an academic perspective, they use the block-in method. This approach to the figure is rooted in abstraction, from a purely shape oriented perspective. The net result is that most academic figure drawings lack movement. Some think that this is because they’re too polished, too perfect. Rather, the lack of movement is due the fact that they contain too many decisions based on inaccurate observation.
This workshop will focus on the introduction of rhythm and movement to add “life” in your figure drawing and in compositions. Join us for a 10-hour intensive with one of the best figurative artists working today.

AN ONLINE WORKSHOP OVER TWO SATURDAYS

August 21 & 28
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm, 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Instructor: Toby Hall

This workshop will be recorded.

In Alla Prima Landscape Painting Techniques students will be introduced to several essential concepts that can contribute to a more efficient and successful direct landscape painting experience. After cultivating an awareness of the global light effect and by rehearsing the color block in, students will utilize those strategies in alla prima landscape paintings in this 2 Day workshop. The two days are spaced one week apart to give students time to work on their projects and apply the techniques taught by Toby Hall.

The workshop content will be demonstrated and practiced over two days by studying landscape sketches of several great landscape painters that have inspired Hall. This will allow for the exploration of various light conditions, terrain and perspectives. Ultimately, the tools and knowledge gained from this class can be applied to working en plein air., in natural light.

A TWO DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP
August 15 & 22
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm, 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Instructor: Luis Colan

This workshop will be recorded.

Sketchbooks have been an important tool for artists throughout the centuries. In them many ideas, stories, and experiences have been recorded by simple means such as pencil and pen drawings. In recent years sketchbooks have become desirable objects which can mesmerize audiences with every turn of the page. In this two-day workshop, you will explore and celebrate nature through sketchbook drawing by using three types of pens. You will learn to create inviting scenes full of light by utilizing pen techniques which will give you a variety of line weight and tone. At the end of the workshop, you will become familiar with different pen and ink types, and be able to use the techniques learned here on any subject you choose in the future.

This course is for anyone who is interested in learning to develop their drawing skills using pen and ink via landscape imagery.

Learn the Techniques of the Flemish and Italian Masters
AN ONLINE WORKSHOP
Instructor: Noah Buchanan

Originally held July 10, 11, 17 • 2021
This workshop was recorded and access to it can be purchased below.

This 3-Day workshop , Indirect Portrait Painting: Imprimatura and Velatura Techniques, will focus on Indirect Painting techniques, applied to the subject matter of the human head. Students will learn a strategically layered oil painting technique using stages known as:

•Imprimatura (or Wipe-Out) •Velatura •Full Color Form Pass

These historical techniques are seen at use in paintings by Rubens and Caravaggio.

Students will paint from video footage and photographic references of a studio model. Students will also observe live demonstrations from the instructor, as well as receive direct feedback and critique from the instructor at multiple points during the creation of their own paintings. The skills developed in this workshop will enable students to make their own paintings from life or photographic reference.

The first two stages of this process, Imprimatura and Velatura, closely parallel the techniques taught in the previous Drawing workshop with Noah Buchanan, which serves as a prerequisite for this course.

This workshop is a highly recommended to take subsequent to Buchanan’s June workshop, Portrait Drawing with Charcoal and White Chalk

$50 off discount for purchasing two Buchanan workshops: NBTWO-#$%