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Unleash your inner artist with a wide range of painting classes in NYC. Whether you are a beginner or experienced artist, discover new techniques, explore different mediums, and create beautiful works of art that will inspire and delight.

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Figure Painting and Independent Projects

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Use the figure in its surrounding environment to investigate the potentials and challenges of light and shade, color theory, composition, anatomy and perspective.Work in the mediums of painting or drawing as you master the elements of structure, form and spatial atmosphere. In addition, students may work on their own projects if they wish with the guidance of the instructor.  The instructor is open to any style of approach or aesthetic sensibility,...

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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$209

4 sessions

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Body Strategies

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Learn about the bones, tendons and muscles that build the human form to give your drawings a real sense of proportion, movement and personality. This class will fundamentally change the way you depict human form. One or more sessions feature a figure model.

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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$249

6 sessions

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The Still-Life in Watercolor (Beginner/Intermediate)

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Hone your watercolor painting skills through classic and reinterpreted still-lifes. You will learn strategies for creating shapes in relation to one another and discover how to create depth, tone and color. Classes include demonstrations, lectures, and real time individual feedback. For Supply List CLICK HERE

(1060) Beginner 18 and older
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$215

4 sessions

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Mastering the Still-Life in Watercolor (Int/Adv)

92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. If we are able to offer an in-person version of this class in the coming months, we will contact you and make both options available to you. Take your observational watercolor painting skills to the next level in this intermediate/advanced course. You will be challenged to create representational paintings that show...

(1060) Intermediate 18 and older
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$190

4 sessions

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Color Workshop

92nd Street Y

Do you know what is in those fancy mixed colors you buy at the art store like Pthalo Blue, Flesh Tone, Quinachrodone Magenta, Raw Sienna, Sap Green, Mars Black? James Sheehan walks you through the color wheel to discuss the mixing, use and application of color for painting. This three-day workshop covers color theory and the history of color, as well as a chance to have fun mixing and applying theory to practice. Q&A Q: Can I make up...

(1060) Beginner 18 and older
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Beginner’s Guide to Painting for Teens: Acrylic, Watercolor + Oils

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

Discover the world of painting with this comprehensive course for teens. Explore acrylic, watercolor, and oil mediums as you learn different techniques and applications. Unleash your creativity and bring your own subject matter to life in vibrant colors.

(179) Beginner 9 - 14 years old
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$525

7 sessions

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Getting Started: Oil Painting Intensive

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Designed for beginners who want to get started fast! Our intro classes, taught by professional artists, invite you to sample drawing, painting or pastels in three-week sessions.  All supplies are included with registration.

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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$185

2 sessions

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Painting with Light: Chemigrams

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

A unique and rare alternative photo process, Chemigrams offer a way to create prints the way an alchemist might: by transforming simple everyday substances into images that are as singular as they are spectacular. More related in method and approach to painting and printmaking than to photography, Chemigrams use no camera or darkroom. We'll be drawing and painting in ambient light with darkroom chemicals onto black & white photo paper to create...

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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$160
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Drawing & Painting Compositional Approaches

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Join artist Anthony DiPaola for an intensive dive into art history and art-making to hone your abilities in creating balanced, interesting, and cohesive drawing and paintings. Each week will include a lecture on a composition concept based in historical examples from great masters. After you will be challenged through a series of hands-on exercises to create works inspired by the day’s lecture that utilize concepts like harmony, movement, proportion,...

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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$190

6 sessions

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Experimental Brushwork for Painters

92nd Street Y

Discover the myriad of ways that brushstrokes can fundamentally inform your painting. Spend two days with master teacher Michael Sherman exploring various approaches to applying brush to canvas, panel and paper. Gain experience and understanding of how different brush grips, speeds and directions create a variety of edge qualities. Explore modeling versus impasto, and many other techniques.  All skill levels are welcome.

(1060) Beginner 18 and older
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Introduction to the Arts: Intro to Watercolor

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

An Evening of Art for Beginners Special Promotion Classes Learn methods of paint application, color mixing and visual representation. 6:30 pm: Free Open House — meet our staff, tour our art gallery and studios, participate in a demonstration or food & wine tasting, and get help selecting the perfect class. 7:30 – 9:30 pm: Take one of our special $20 introductory classes in fine art & design, ceramics, jewelry, music, dance,...

(1060) Beginner 18 and older
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Mastering Spring Blossoms in Watercolor (Int/Adv)

92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY

Revel in spring colors as you explore varied approaches to composing and painting spring flowers in watercolor, from wet-on-wet techniques, to dry brush and layered methods. An access link will be emailed to you after purchase.

(1060) Intermediate 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$240

5 sessions

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2D Packing and Art Handling

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Whether you are walking paintings home from the studio or storing them long-term, learn how to apply the techniques and global standards galleries and auction houses use to pack and transport 2D works of art, to keep your creations safe. 

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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$125
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How to Stretch a Canvas

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Learn how to assemble, stretch, size and prime a cotton canvas. Get hands-on instruction and leave with your own canvas! Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss one?  A: No, make-up classes are not allowed since other classes may be full. Further, instructors are paid based on the number of students within their own classes, so attending a class outside your own is not allowed. Q: Are materials provided and included in cost...

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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$145
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Introduction to the Arts: Intro to Painting

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

An Evening of Art for Beginners Special Promotion Classes Learn the basics of line, shape, form, color, composition and perspective by painting from life. 6:30 pm: Free Open House — meet our staff, tour our art gallery and studios, participate in a demonstration or food & wine tasting, and get help selecting the perfect class. 7:30 – 9:30 pm: Take one of our special $20 introductory classes in fine art & design, ceramics,...

(1060) Beginner 18 and older
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Sketching & Planning Projects of Oil Painting

92nd Street Y

For these online Zoom courses, we will consider the home studio as a place to sketch and plan paintings to be executed later in the painting studio. Many of the sketches you create will be just that—sketches. Not every sketch is worthy of becoming a painting. But, the process of sketching will make you more adept at drawing, composition, value and evaluating the aspects for making a strong, successful painting. Class will begin at 10:00 am with...

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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Figure Painting

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Concentrate on painting the human figure while developing the nuances in your style that make this genre so compelling.

(1060) Beginner 18 and older
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$285

5 sessions

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Palette Knife and Color

92nd Street Y

Learn how to use a palette knife to make textural paintings. With an emphasis on understanding color, James Sheehan walks you through mixing your own earth, flesh and value-rich tones to apply your loaded knife with conviction and make great paintings. Supply List: Oil paints preferred - using these colors only Alizarin Crimson  Cadmium Red medium Cadmium Yellow medium Cadmium Yellow light Titanium White Viridian Green Permanent Green...

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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Painting with Gouache I

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

An introduction to gouache as fine art painting medium. Gouache is a water-based, opaque medium loved by artists for its high pigment load, portability and ability to layer light over dark. This course is a thorough introduction to materials, properties, basic color mixing and structuring simple, small still life and landscape paintings from start to finish. For the Supply List, please CLICK HERE

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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$215

4 sessions

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The Figure and Portrait in Watercolor (Int/Adv)

92nd Street Y

Hone your rendering skills in this intensive class focusing on the features of the human form. Working from live models via video conferencing software, you will be challenged to improve your sense of proportion and gesture to create painterly figure and portrait works. Online participants will be emailed an access link after purchase. Supply List

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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