Using inexpensive materials, this hands-on workshop will introduce the concepts and methods needed to create a strong sense of dimension and likeness in your portrait drawings. Explore the proportions and planes of the head, neck and shoulders. Learn how to create a structural foundation and how to easily manage anatomy by breaking down forms into simple geometric shapes. Instruction will address different strategies for creating a finished tonal portrait as well as tips and tricks that will help you draw like a pro!
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: RA Friedman
Cost: $195
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Led by master artist Michael Doyle, students consider the composition of a figure within an interior setting. Students may elect to draw or paint, using a variety of materials.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Michael Doyle
Cost: $625
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Working from both cast studies and life models, this class emphasizes the rhythm, form, and structure of the human figure. Some attention is given to introductory anatomy. Students may elect to draw or paint, using a variety of mediums. Open to all levels, from beginner to experienced.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Michael Doyle
Cost: $625
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This unique class offers a unique insight into portrait sculpture from an experienced professional sculptor. The instructor will demonstrate from start to finish how to create a structural likeness by thoroughly exploring the foundational methods of planes and an exploration of human anatomy. Working abstractly to first establish the “core” or planes of the skull and then developing the super-structure of the facial features, a life-size portrait will take shape. This session offers advanced students an in-depth understanding of form and design and promises to be a transformative experience to a better understanding of portraiture in three dimensions. Sculpting experience isn't necessarily a requirement as long as you have training in drawing and know the basic fundamentals in art.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Jennifer Frudakis-Petry
Cost: $635
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Imagine making a one-of-a-kind piece of sculpture for your home or garden. With guidance from professional sculptor, you can make a variety of sculptures from animals to a decorative relief sculpture or a figurative piece. Learn sculpting techniques while creating something special. Books and pictures will be supplied for inspiration or bring your own. Class tuition includes your first bag of stoneware clay as well as glazes and firing fees for coursework completed in class. Clay is available at Wayne Art Center. All skill levels welcome.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Jennifer Frudakis-Petry
Cost: $585
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

The purpose of this course is to promote an individual way of seeing and working from the human figure and develop personal vision. This includes approaching the figure either as an end in itself or as a point of departure, and exploring an individual use of materials and techniques. Instruction for this course will be directed to the individual along with some group criticism and group discussion.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Bruce Samuelson
Cost: $1,150
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Life Drawing will focus on developing skills and exploring the use of the figure with the following concepts: (1) structural and anatomical delineation of human form with line and tone. (2) The figure as an expressive end in itself. (3) Simple group compositions in interior as well as invented space. The class is open to various media & techniques.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Al Gury
Cost: $2,300
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Students will learn the structure of the portrait, the history of historic and contemporary portraiture, methods and materials of portraiture and will be encouraged to develop a personal point of view in portrait painting. Issues of form, spatial concepts, color, visual and critical thinking will be addressed. Individual and group critiques will be conducted.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Renee Foulks
Cost: $1,150
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Students will learn the structure of the portrait, the history of historic and contemporary portraiture, methods and materials of portraiture and will be encouraged to develop a personal point of view in portrait painting. Issues of form, spatial concepts, color, visual and critical thinking will be addressed. Individual and group critiques will be conducted.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Al Gury
Cost: $2,300
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Learn the art of classical figure and portrait drawing using toned paper, white chalk and charcoal. Skills in drawing are best learned by working from casts and living models. Class members will learn how to render the effects of light and shadow to create a sense of volume, producing the illusion of the figure in an environment. The goal is to encourage a sensitive approach to handling a wide range of values, in tandem with a variety of lines and edges to build a drawing vocabulary that communicates your visual ideas and ideals. The class will include demonstrations, discussions of masterworks, and thoughtful feedback on work. The drawing course will be a valuable resource for students of any age and ability level.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Ernie Norcia
Cost: $625
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Hands allow us to do…Feet connect us to the earth. They are extremely important but they can be difficult. This class will give the student ways to think about the drawing and painting of hands and feet. We will have a lesson at the beginning of each class and then the remainder of the class will be spent painting what you wish.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Bonnie Mettler
Cost: $560
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Students will work from personal family photographs to cultivate a deeper connection with one's family history, or simply to create a strong painting based on photographs that have been stashed away for years in family archives. We will address issues such as: proportion, simplification, and color mixing. Students will work from full color images or in sepia- this will be determined based on the references used. Students work at their own pace and will receive ample one-on-one instruction. Lessons will be supplemented by discussions of notable figurative painters. Week 1: bring several images to work from, roughly 16x16- 16x20 sized canvas or panel, and preferred painting materials. Any painting medium (instructor works in oil paint). Level: Intermediate to advanced.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Claudia Rilling
Cost: $560
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Working in oil or pastel from photographic reference, this class is about translating the photographic image onto either canvas or paper. Focusing on color, value and mark making as essential tools, students are encouraged to move a step beyond the restraints of a camera to create a successful and personal work. Discussion will include working with painting mediums and exploring different techniques. Oil and pastel. Additionally, there will be a still life set up for those who prefer.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Anne Graham
Cost: $560
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Students gain exposure to a number of media as they study composition, perspective and shading. Various use of materials will be utilized: graduated pencils, charcoal, pastels and acrylic paints. Drawing still lifes, painting in the garden 'plein air' style and self portraiture are just some of the techniques that will be introduced during this drawing and painting class. This is a 10-week, 1.5 hour, after school class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Ed Adlington
Cost: $260
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Students taking Open Studio this semester will have several choices of studio work to make as they see fit. The course is designed for half-day/morning-only or full-day attendance. The morning session will be dedicated to making an écorché. However, students not interested in making an écorché may sculpt in clay directly from the model. The afternoon session will be dedicated to applying the lessons from the écorché to the model. For contemporary artists this study has its roots in the Italian Renaissance. Artists in conjunction with the medical college in Bologna began to study anatomy in depth in order to further understand human proportions that Italian art theory demanded as essential to the creation of art.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: John Horn
Cost: $1,150
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

The goal of this course is to strengthen and hone a student’s foundational skills of drawing through a series of one and two-day drawing projects. The major topics of concern will be gesture, design, perspective, structure and space. Students will be encouraged to experiment with different media and to develop a personalized drawing practice. Subjects for this exploration will be the life model, anatomical models, the city and the observable environment in general. The course includes field trips to the Wagner Free Institute of Science, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Reading Terminal and the Observation Deck at Liberty One.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: John Horn
Cost: $1,150
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

This course is designed to help you develop the skills needed to paint a portrait and achieve a likeness of your subject, working either in a traditional or contemporary style. Focus will be on observation, composition, and color with an emphasis on skin tones as well as learning to translate the various planes of color and light that are so important in painting the figure. Work in Pastel or Oil.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Anne Graham
Cost: $330
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Working from cast studies and life models, this class emphasizes the rhythm, form and structure of the human figure, with attention placed on introductory anatomy. Students encouraged to explore a variety of mediums, including charcoal and graphite. All levels welcome, from beginner through experienced. High School students ages 16 and older are welcome. Model fee included.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Michael Doyle
Cost: $530
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This course will focus on issues of, composition, color, texture, measure, likeness, proportion, with special attention given to technical painting issues, like, how to translate skin’s complex surface characteristics in paint. Demonstrations of a layered painting technique to bring out the full depth and richness of color in the subjects we paint will be presented and discussed. Portraits often reveal a variety of qualities of the sitter, like social class, age, beauty, occupation, etc. This course is open to all skill levels, from beginners to advanced, encouraging all participants to deepen their knowledge of portraiture through the process of painting.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Ernie Norcia
Cost: $535
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Work independently in the drawing medium of your choice! This monitored studio is designed to give students the opportunity to work from live nude models without instruction, allowing you time to explore and experiment. Just as any life drawing session the poses will range from short gestures gradually building to longer poses at the end. This is an extraordinary opportunity for you to develop and extend your drawing skills.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Leslie Bowen
Cost: $335
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Looking for a more in-depth study of painting the facial features? In this workshop we will learn about the muscles and bony structures, how to create a “likeness”, and how to build the form of the facial features as defined by planes of light and shadow, color shifts, proportions, and detail. Students will do some profile and front view sketching of the model’s facial features as a quick study, and then work in paint from the live model. Drawing experience highly recommended. Some experience with oils is useful. Mediums other than oil are welcome, but please contact instructor about materials. Demos, handouts, discussions, and one-on-one feedback at your easel.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Ellen Cooper
Cost: $190
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

In this 3-day workshop we will explore the figure and the process of abstraction. During the morning sessions we will work directly from the figure, with an emphasis on proportion, physical structure, tonality, and gesture, in both drawing and painting. In the afternoons we will take our morning session works and use them as source material for an abstract painting of medium size, exploring experimentation, paint-handling, accident, composition, color, marking, and play! Improvisation and uncertainty! Always a blast.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Jordon Wolfson
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Learn how to draw figures, and how to make expressive drawings by participating in this 2-day intense workshop with Mashiul. Students will have the opportunity to learn from short dynamic gestural poses to long poses of a life model.
 
Location: Marietta, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Mashiul Chowdhury
Cost: $275
Sponsor: Susquehanna Art Workshops
Website, email, 717-314-9551