Designed for dedicated students seeking to advance their representational drawing and painting, the PAFA Atelier is now online! Each week, Peter Van Dyck, noted painter and founder of the PAFA Atelier, will present a live Zoom lecture/demonstration, and provide individual critiques during class and through the week. This combination instructed-class and open-studio allows students to advance their work on their own personal projects, including figure/portrait subjects, still lifes, landscapes, and interior spaces. Note: This an intermediate-level format for students with prior drawing/painting experience.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Peter Van Dyck
Cost: $450
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Explore the dynamic and aesthetic aspects of the figure in movement and in foreshortened poses. Starting with an understanding of the basic structural and anatomical aspects of the body, progress to analyzing the dynamic, gestural, narrative, and expressive qualities of a variety of short and long poses. Traditional drawing materials and methods will be demonstrated and practiced, including the use of toned paper, trois crayons, graphite, and charcoal, as well as measuring techniques. This course affords ample time to practice and develop your skills by drawing alongside the instructor in live Zoom demonstrations, and afterward by preparing assignments from provided iconographic material.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Roberto Osti
Cost: $450
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Explore image making as a means of communication. This is an intermediate class geared toward artists who wish to express narrative themes in their work as well as graphic designers interested in a pictorial approach to visual communication. Students will learn to analyze current news and opinion writing to create imagery with a message. Concept development methods including written brainstorming, thumbnails, and preliminary sketches will be introduced. Techniques combining traditional and digital media will be explored. This is an ideal opportunity for newcomers to digital media and will bridge the gap between the page and screen. Access to a scanner and Adobe Photoshop or other raster graphics software is required for the completion of assignments.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: James Heimer
Cost: $350
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Join PAFA faculty Charles Muldowney from his home studio and master the five fundamental building blocks of strong drawing: composition, line, light/value, space, and volume/mass. Each class will focus on one of these foundational concepts from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Demonstrations, projects, and critiques will fortify your understanding of each topic presented.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Charles Muldowney
Cost: $225
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

This 9-week live online class offered via Zoom aims to provide you with a solid notion of perspective drawing. A series of exercises will sharpen the visual perception of various drawing components: horizon line, vanishing points, proportions, the reality, the virtual, etc. At the end of the course, you will be able to immediately transfer ideas directly on paper from your imagination. The notion of depth will be more than accurate, making your art more lifelike. This class is essential for anyone intending to paint the landscape with confidence, getting ready for a plein air painting workshop, applying to an architectural or animation college program, or who simply enjoys drawing and the rationale behind the discipline.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Prof. Yves M. Larocque
Cost: US$250
Sponsor: Walk the Arts
Website, email, 800-611-4789

This 9-week live online class offered via Zoom aims to provide you with a solid notion of perspective drawing. A series of exercises will sharpen the visual perception of various drawing components: horizon line, vanishing points, proportions, the reality, the virtual, etc. At the end of the course, you will be able to immediately transfer ideas directly on paper from your imagination. The notion of depth will be more than accurate, making your art more lifelike. This class is essential for anyone intending to paint the landscape with confidence, getting ready for a plein air painting workshop, applying to an architectural or animation college program, or who simply enjoys drawing and the rationale behind the discipline.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Prof. Yves M. Larocque
Cost: US$250
Sponsor: Walk the Arts
Website, email, 800-611-4789

Learn how to compose a ?gure drawing using Old Master Drawings and other photo references with esteemed PAFA professor, John Horn. With demonstrations and critiques in real time via Zoom, learn the figure's geometric structure and anatomy, developing a vocabulary of form to make a convincing ?gure drawing. Simple ?gure compositions will also be discussed.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: John Horn
Cost: $450
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Explore the principles of animation through stop motion, pixelation (animating people), and drawings. These principles will be incorporated into a flipbook, which is the basis of movie magic. Through brainstorming, students will create unique story ideas, storyboard their vision, then animate their movies using a variety of materials. The course will utilize the online learning platform Canvas, and includes video demonstrations and viewing of animations to get inspired. On Saturday, group discussions and critiques will be conducted via Zoom.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Lindsay Kovnat
Cost: $400
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

In this two-day introduction to drawing, you will be taught to draw the way artists learn: through emulation and observation. By referencing master artists and nature, you will explore the basic principles of traditional sketching. This workshop will introduce you to numerous exercises and you can apply the lessons to freehand sketching from a variety of still life objects. You only need a pencil and a piece of paper to change the way you see the world. Using an elegant and inspiring workbook, master classical artist and best-selling author Juliette Aristides breaks down the drawing process into small, manageable lessons. Aristides uses the works of Old Masters and today's most respected realist artists to take students step-by-step through foundation drawing.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Juliette Aristides
Cost: $290
Sponsor: Terracotta
Website, email, 360-510-0994

Muse & Usability™ is an original method developed by the ArtisTTable to support creativity, inspiration and collaboration among artists and all creatives. We have presented it to hundreds of people in person and since COVID have adapted it to the Zoom format. You will connect with others from far flung places from the comfort and safety of your own home or studio. “The unexpected is refreshing. I loved that every drawing was dependent upon another person’s viewpoint. The reality was twisted into a new reality.” Contact us at info@artisttableonline.com to register.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Royce Deans and Tali Farchi
Cost: $55
Sponsor: ArtisTTable
Website, email, 231.883.1681

An in-depth approach to portrait painting from the Chair of PAFA’s Painting Department and noted author of Color for Painters: A Guide to Traditions and Practice. Investigate the structure of the human head through drawings and painted studies. Progress to finished paintings and address issues of likeness, composition, space and texture. Learn to better see and understand color to mix it more successfully – a useful skill for painting any subject matter. Includes weekly step-by-step painting demonstrations, assignments that target each important issue of painting a portrait, critiques and weekly Zoom meetings every Sunday, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. All levels welcome.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Al Gury
Cost: $350
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Perspective is at the heart of good drawing and painting, allowing us to translate the observable world into believable two-dimensional images and create invented spaces. Learn the fundamentals of linear perspective in clear, easy to-understand language, and apply these principles to still life, interiors and cityscape views. This course will utilize the online learning platform, Canvas, and include videos, lectures and assignments with regular instructor feedback, plus weekly live sessions via Zoom. Basic drawing experience recommended.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Frederic Kaplan
Cost: $350
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Under the positive guidance of illustrator Kate Samworth and children's author Molly B. Burnham, develop a mock-up book based on a familiar folk or fairy tale. Examine the role of voice, tone, audience, and plot while developing illustrations through guided experiments in mixed media. Classic and contemporary treasures written for adults and children will serve as examples and inspiration. This serious and yet playful class uses inquiry and investigation to build students' skills and confidence.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Kate Samworth & Molly B. Burnham
Cost: $350
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Copying master drawings is a traditional exercise stretching back to the Renaissance. Learn to analyze great drawings for lessons in proportion, gesture, anatomy, and form. Explore a variety of traditional materials, from chalks to charcoal, ink wash, toned paper, and more. By closely copying the masters, gain a greater appreciation, understanding, and connection with inspirational artists who came before us. All materials will be suitable for the home studio. Instruction will be conducted through video lectures, demonstrations, assignments and individiual Zoom critiques. All levels welcome!
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Morgan Dummitt
Cost: $195
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Design is the application of the formal elements of aesthetics to an artwork to enhance its strengths. The first seven classes of this ten-week course will explain the formal elements of design: composition, space, value, light, color, line, and texture/pattern. Course content will include art historical discussions using artists past and present to exemplify design, short video demonstrations of the applications of each principle, and time to experiment and apply what you learned to your own work. In the final three classes, students will apply these elements to their work, with formal critiques at the end of each class.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Shushana Rucker & Charles Muldowney
Cost: $350
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Take your drawing skills to the next level through a variety of illusionistic techniques to create greater sense of volume, space, and atmosphere in your work. Investigate lost and found edges, contrast and chiaroscuro, proportions, and basic principles of linear perspective in a range of dry drawing media as you progress from still life arrangements to complex interior and exterior settings. This combination of online video and illustrated lessons, supplemented by live Zoom sessions, is ideal for those seeking to increase the sense of realism and finish in their drawings.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Frederic Kaplan
Cost: $195
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

In this two-day introduction to drawing, you will be taught to draw the way artists learn: through emulation and observation. By referencing master artists and nature, you will explore the basic principles of traditional sketching. This workshop will introduce you to numerous exercises and you can apply the lessons to freehand sketching from a variety of still life objects. You only need a pencil and a piece of paper to change the way you see the world. Using an elegant and inspiring workbook, master classical artist and best-selling author Juliette Aristides breaks down the drawing process into small, manageable lessons. Aristides uses the works of Old Masters and today's most respected realist artists to take students step-by-step through foundation drawing.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Juliette Aristides
Cost: $290
Sponsor: Terracotta
Website, email, 360-510-0994

The Body Mind Art experience will provide an opportunity to relax through a moment of guided meditation and express your feelings with watercolor. This 1.5-hour meeting held via Zoom, is provided by ARTiClass by Agora Gallery, a contemporary art gallery located in Chelsea NY, since 1984. This unique and professional workshop will enable you to find calmness and embody a sense of stillness from the very talented and experienced instructor, Carisa Bledsoe, while interacting with other art lovers from all over the world! In addition to enjoying our professional standards and friendly easy-to-use website, our graduates can join our online community, be awarded with the gallery's representation benefits and may be elected for the 2021 ARTiClass competition.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Carisa Bledsoe
Cost: $25
Sponsor: ARTiClass by Agora Gallery
Website, email, 212-226-4151

The Body Mind Art experience will provide an opportunity to relax through a moment of guided meditation and express your feelings with watercolor. This 6-session workshop held via Zoom, is provided by ARTiClass by Agora Gallery, a contemporary art gallery located in Chelsea NY, since 1984. This unique and professional workshop will enable you to find calmness and embody a sense of stillness from the very talented and experienced instructor, Carisa Bledsoe, while interacting with art lovers from all over the world! In addition to enjoying our professional standards and friendly easy-to use-website, our graduates can join our online community, be awarded with the gallery's representation benefits and may be elected for the 2021 ARTiClass competition.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Carisa Bledsoe
Cost: $325
Sponsor: ARTiClass by Agora Gallery
Website, email, 212-226-4151

Short Introduction to Drawing workshop provides an opportunity to try different techniques for contour drawings and bringing them up to life with colors. This 3-session workshop held via Zoom, is provided by ARTiClass by Agora Gallery - a contemporary art gallery located in Chelsea NY since 1984. This unique and professional workshop will enable you to learn or improve your drawing skills from the extremely talented and experienced instructor, Kinga Brassay, while interacting with other art lovers from all over the world! In addition to enjoying our professional standards and friendly easy-to-use website, our graduates can join our online community, be awarded with the gallery's representation benefits and may be elected for the 2021 ARTiClass competition.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Kinga Brassay
Cost: $199
Sponsor: ARTiClass by Agora Gallery
Website, email, 212-226-4151

Drawing experience provides an opportunity to try different techniques for creating contour drawings and bringing them to life with colors. This 1.5-hour workshop, held via Zoom, is provided by ARTiClass by Agora Gallery, a contemporary art gallery located in the heart of Chelsea NY, since 1984. This unique and professional workshop will enable you to learn or improve your drawing skills from the extremely talented and experienced instructor, Kinga Brassay, while interacting with other art lovers from all over the world! In addition to enjoying our professional standards and friendly easy-to-use website, our graduates can join our online community, be awarded with the gallery's representation benefits and may be elected for the 2021 ARTiClass competition.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Kinga Brassay
Cost: $25
Sponsor: ARTiClass by Agora Gallery
Website, email, 212-226-4151

Throughout history both the serious and casual artist have used their own image as a model and as reference. Some artists work exclusively in self-portraits. The artist’s self-portrait can chronicle a life, imply a narrative, or serve as a study. Draw from direct observation to produce self-portraits ranging from heads to full-length figures. Learn fundamental drawing concepts such as using line, shape, and value to build form. Rendering techniques and costuming will be used to vary images, create special effects, or explore different identities. Study self-portraits throughout history to appreciate the diversity of the genre and to find personal connection in the tradition.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Phyllis Laver
Cost: $350
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Experience a fascinating survey of drawing techniques from Old Masters to artists of the 21st century from the viewpoint of master draughtsperson Patricia Traub. Lectures will examine the “meaning" of a finished drawing, as well as drawing from observation, working from photography, searching, and other approaches. Discover artists who combined imagination with reality, and technology with expression, in single works. Artists covered include Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, Sidney Goodman and more.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Patricia Traub
Cost: $150
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Explore the patchwork of shapes, colors, and textures found on common streets around the globe! Over the course of two days, our class will practice strategies for interpreting source photos, creating thumbnail compositions, establishing light, and making good color choices. There’s a little perspective drawing in there as well. Don’t panic! This course takes complex subject matter and makes it simple to grasp and execute. Students will leave with two completed compositions-one frontal street scene, and another in perspective. The class focuses on individual interpretation and the power of suggestion using drawing, watercolor, and a little mixed media. Since the class is interactive, you will be able to ask questions and show your work to get personal feedback.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Amy Dapice, artconspiracy.net
Cost: $178 for 2 sessions of 3 hours
Sponsor: French Escapade
Website, email, 510-483-5713

Artists and authors have been illustrating their correspondence for centuries. Beatrix Potter sprinkled her letters with bunnies in the garden, Saint Exupery drew stars, Picasso, Victor Hugo, Gaugin, Corot and Van Gogh all combined words and pictures when writing to friends - just to name a few. Join me as we explore this old idea and make it work for us in today’s high-tech world, with words and pictures of our own. All skill levels welcome! Supply list: 8x10 sketchbook with spiral binding works best but feel free to use one you have on hand. Any watercolor, brushes, markers, colored pencils or pens you have. 6 watercolor postcards (4x6), cut from heavy stock. Scissors. Glue stick.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Jane Barton, www.janebartonstudio.com
Cost: $125 (not including fees)
Sponsor: Scottsdale Artists' School
Website, email, (480) 990-1422 or (800) 333-5707

This course will examine the language of two-dimensional visual art in broad categories of materials & techniques, of light & color, of space, and of composition & design through examples of painting, drawing, and printmaking from the early Renaissance to the present. We will then look at several signal themes of Western art – conflict; loss & remembrance; the land; love & sex; the dream & the nightmare; the myth & story; the art of power and the art of protest, through selections that are both representative of the times, cultures, and beliefs that produced them and that have stood as the highest enduring expressions of human thought and feeling.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Brian D. Cohen
Cost: $190
Sponsor: Terracotta
Website, email, 360-510-0994

Enliven your portraits with realistic facial expression! In this live Zoom course with renowned artist, educator and author, Roberto Osti, students will practice rendering a variety of facial expressions from photographic references of artworks and real people. Each session will cover a different expression: happiness, surprise, sadness, anger and disgust-contempt. Students will practice various drawing techniques especially suited for portraiture and for improving the expressive qualities of portraits.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Roberto Osti
Cost: $225
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Explore flowers and other natural forms, beginning with line and value drawing and progressing to full-color rendering in watercolor and mixed media. Topics will include sighting techniques, line quality, tone and value, creation of depth, composition, texture, and basic color. All levels welcome.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Linda Gist
Cost: $225
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Learn to draw classical portraits using photographic references. This class will focus on expressing the structure of the head through the language of drawing. Topics covered will include measurement, proportion, tone, line quality, anatomy and gesture. Explore a variety of traditional materials, from chalks to charcoal, ink wash, and a variety of papers. All materials will be suitable for the home studio. Teaching will be conducted through video lectures, demonstrations, and assignments as well as regular critiques. All levels welcome!
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Morgan Dummitt
Cost: $195
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Learn more drawing essentials with PAFA faculty Charles Muldowney: perspective, color/mixed-media, abstraction/invention plus how-tos for drawing human figures, portraits, animals and more. Each class will focus on one of these foundational concepts from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Demonstrations, projects, and critiques will fortify your understanding of each topic presented.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Charles Muldowney
Cost: $225
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Do you struggle with drawing? Don’t feel alone, most do. You probably never learned this one trick that’ll have you instantly drawing better. In this class you’ll learn how to "see" which is the cornerstone of drawing. You’ll also learn the trick to drawing perspective, another critical skill essential to all artists. Mike Rooney is a popular national workshop instructor, who will have you drawing significantly better by the end of the class and having a blast doing it! Since this is an interactive class, you can ask questions directly to Mike, show him your work through your camera and receive personal feedback and critique along the way, just like in a plein air or studio workshop.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Mike Rooney
Cost: $178 for 2 sessions of 3 hours each
Sponsor: French Escapade
Website, email, 510-483-5713

In this 3-day workshop, Shana will instruct students on how to use photographs to create a finished portrait drawing that surpasses the look of the photograph, not simply imitates it. Emphasis will be placed on value control and edges. By focusing on deliberate pencil pressure and maintaining accurate mass relationships rather than rendering, the application of hatched directional marks creates form and energy. Students will use the method of relative sizing to transcribe their photograph to their paper. Class discussions will include the advantages and pitfalls of using photo references for drawing and how to accurately judge values, edges and forms within your photo. This course includes a pre-class zoom chat with the students and an hour of group critiques each day.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Shana Levenson
Cost: $400 (not including fees)
Sponsor: Scottsdale Artists' School
Website, email, (480) 990-1422 or (800) 333-5707

In this 3-day workshop, Shana will instruct students on how to use photographs to create a finished portrait drawing that surpasses the look of the photograph, not simply imitates it. Emphasis will be placed on value control and edges. By focusing on deliberate pencil pressure and maintaining accurate mass relationships rather than rendering, the application of hatched directional marks creates form and energy. Students will use the method of relative sizing to transcribe their photograph to their paper. Class discussions will include the advantages and pitfalls of using photo references for drawing and how to accurately judge values, edges and forms within your photo. This course is a view-only webinar and does not include critiques of the student work!
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Shana Levenson
Cost: $120 (not including fees)
Sponsor: Scottsdale Artists' School
Website, email, (480) 990-1422 or (800) 333-5707

Short Introduction to Drawing provides an opportunity to try different techniques for creating contour drawings and bringing them up to life with colors. This 3-session workshop, held via Zoom, is provided by ARTiClass by Agora Gallery - a contemporary art gallery located in Chelsea NY since 1984. Learn or improve your drawing skills from the extremely talented and experienced instructor, Kinga Brassay, while interacting & getting encouragement from other art lovers from all over the world! In addition to enjoying our professional standards and friendly easy to use website, our graduates can join our online community, be awarded with the gallery's representation benefits and may be elected for the 2021 ARTiClass competition.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Kinga Brassay
Cost: $199
Sponsor: ARTiClass by Agora Gallery
Website, email, 212-226-4151

The Online Art Mentorship is a long distance learning from the comfort of your home at the time that most suits your needs. You will be able to practice drawing, painting and/or mural painting at your own pace, getting systematic instructions and feedbacks on the art project you are working on. Note that, because of the nature of the one-to-one mentoring, each student will be taken great care and time in personalised critiques and lessons. This is a most affordable and time flexible learning practice which requires self-discipline and commitment. The students will need to be open to work under guidance and critique to be able to reach goals and experience art technique and creativity improvement.
 
Location: Web-delivered (Online)
Instructor: Valeria Latorre
Cost: £150 or £200 per month
Website, email, 00393664977501