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Category Archives: Teaching
Online Painting Classes: Realistic and Expressive Techniques
For Beginners and Intermediates | Acrylic & Oil Join this interactive online painting class, held live on Zoom, designed for newcomers wanting to learn the basics and for intermediate students seeking a refresher. Using photographs for reference, with acrylic or … Continue reading
Highly Recommended: Brushstrokes: Every Picture Tells A Story
A Terrific 4 part series for art history enthusiasts, hosted by the enthusiastic and compelling Waldemar Januszczak. Not what you’d expect an art historian to sound or look like, more Bob Hoskins than Colin Firth. Mr. Januszczak investigates a single … Continue reading
Classes Summer 2025
Once again, I am offering private and group summer classes in drawing and painting online, both privately and also through the New Art Center in Newtonville, and online. First, an online class for both newcomers to painting who want to learn … Continue reading
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For the Love of Painting
I get bored with going through the work on a painting if I’m not painting for the love of it. That sentence contains two motivations for creative work: boredom and love. Making art for the love of it is really … Continue reading
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Summer 2023 Painting Classes
I’m offering 2 summer painting classes this summer, beginning June 14 through August 4. Classes will meet from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Wednesdays classes will be at my studio in Waltham and Friday mornings will be on Zoom. … Continue reading
UPCOMING WORKSHOP
Painting Drapery and Fabrics Workshop Back by popular demand, I will be teaching a workshop on how to paint fabrics and drapery on consecutive Thursday, March 30 and April 6 at the New Art Center, Newtonville on March 30 and … Continue reading
Two New Workshops
“Sketch-Booking Out In The World” and “Learning To Draw; An Introduction to Drawing.” “Sketch-Booking Out In The World” will be 3 Tuesday mornings: 9/21, 9/27, and 10/4, 9:30 – 12:30.“Learning To Draw” will be 3 Wednesday mornings: 9/22, 9/28, and … Continue reading
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Online Classes
In keeping with the times and current state of affairs, I’m offering online classes in painting and drawing. The format will be that I provide a subject we’ll both paint from, usually either a still life I’ve photographed or a … Continue reading
Learning to paint plein air: materials
I been going outdoors to paint plein air again this summer, both as a teacher and just for fun. Therefore, I’m also a student, trying to improve. I thought I’d share what I take with me. Today I’ll show my … Continue reading
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Ghosts to fear…
I love this cartoon. So true. Nothing ruins a good joke like explaining it, but I love the contrast between the warm, cuddly scene of Mom and daughter with the dark and foreboding shadows on the wall and the … Continue reading
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