If you have said to yourself “One day I am going to take drawing or painting lessons!" Why not do it now?
Private
lessons - easels, taboret and still life objects provided.
You may leave your working canvas in the studio for
your next class.
Learn how to draw anything you see, learn how to define even the most complicated forms into
the 5
basic shapes...triangle, cylinder, square (cube) rectangle (box) or the ball. Start from the simple and move to the complex,
drawing is a teachable and learnable skill. Find the dynamic line, what is negative space and how it can
assist and
enliven your drawings, contour, shading, how the 3rd dimension is expressed in perspective and use of foreground,
midground and background, an inexpensive materials list for drawing will be provided.
Learn how to paint ...how
to set up and light a still life or an interior...what size stretched canvas to buy...how to design a
composition...how to stretch your own canvas...the usefulness of thumbnails... enlarging and transferring the thumbnail
to your
canvas...perspective...drawing on the canvas... the value of an imprimatura...light and shadow...
what is the under
painting versus the subsequent layers of oil paint...glazes, scumbles...and brush technique?
What paints to buy, the differences
between transparent and opaque colors, what kind and size brush to use, and how to
proceed step by step.
Two hour classes are ideal. If your budget prohibits 2 hours every week, come every other
week.
Start learning principles and techniques in a working artist's studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Lessons in the studio....$40 / hour. Two hour class $80.
If you sign up for a 10 lesson package - 10%
discount $720
Lessons in your home...$55 / hour. Two hour class $110.
If you sign up for a 10 lesson package - 10% discount $990
My studio is filled with sculptures and paintings and
is 2 1/2 blocks from the "L" subway - Graham Ave station
- 3 stops from Manhattan.
rachelwells@earthlink.net 718. 599. 0641
