Each year, the League hosts several dozen weekend and weeklong workshops. League instructors and prominent visiting artists work with intimate groups of about a dozen students. Workshops focus on a particular aspect of art-making (such as landscapes) or specific mediums or techniques (such as egg tempera or color spot painting). Workshops are generally held at the 57th St. location in Studio 6, or at the Vytlacil Campus.  Although prices vary, workshops are generally priced as follows: weekend workshops are $265–$290; half-day weeklong workshops are $400–$425; and all-day weeklong workshops are $700–$800. A current schedule of upcoming workshops is available on the League website. Workshops are subject to change and may be cancelled on short notice.

Special Workshops
The League also offers workshops abroad each year. Join us this fall for Landscape Painting in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico with Gregg Kreutz. 

To register, please visit the League's main office or call 212-247-4510, x. 101.
If you are registering for the first time and wish to register by phone, first fill out the online Student Information Form.

For more information, please e-mail info@artstudentsleague.org. Please note: you may not register for a workshop via email.

The Art Students League of New York admits students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin.
Please note that photography and filming/taping of workshops is prohibited.

Please see below for refunds and withdrawal policies.

Workshops

*Free transportation to Vytlacil Campus Workshops is provided.
Please visit the Vytlacil Campus page for more information.

Frederick Brosen
Watercolor Painting along the Hudson in Riverside Park

June 24-28
Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Fee: $400
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 15 students

Please request supply list upon registration.
The first class will meet at 9:00 am at the Art Students League, Studio 6 on the 4th floor.

Come and enjoy the beautiful light of early summer along the Hudson River in Riverside Park. Ample tables and benches, as well as access to water fountains, bathrooms and refreshments, make this a comfortable and picturesque location for watercolor painting. Working on-site, each day will include both lectures and demonstrations on a variety of landscape elements, including sky techniques, tree anatomy and architectural rendering.

The subtle nuances and expressive flexibility of watercolor make it an ideal medium for landscape and cityscape subject matter. Working over an initial graphite drawing, students are taught to layer transparent washes of pure color, developing light, mass and texture within a painting. In case of inclement weather, alternatives will include enclosed park locations, local museum and gallery visits to selected watercolor exhibitions, or studio work at the League.

Frederick Brosen’s watercolors have been featured in numerous museum and gallery exhibitions across the country, and his works are in the permanent collection of many museums. In 2006 a book on his New York City paintings, Still New York, was published with an introduction by Ric Burns. In May 2012 he will have a solo show at the Museum of the City of New York’s new South Street Seaport location. He is represented by Hirschl & Adler Galleries and his most recent show there was in November 2012.
 

Barbara Yeterian
Expressionistic Figure Painting—
Unleashing Your Emotional Palette

June 24-28
Monday–Friday, 1:30–5:00 pm
Fee: $425     
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

Focus will be on painting the model in an expressionistic manner. In capturing the figure, the student will learn to go beyond the superficial representation of the model, and endeavor to express the inner state, mood and essence of the figure, incorporating the student’s feeling about the subject. This can be attained by exaggerating features and gestures with non-conventional colors and brushwork, which illuminate the emotional and expressive content of the painting. The students will also learn how to effectively connect the figure with an environment that enhances and further evokes its distinctive emotional quality.

Barbara Yeterian is a graduate of Parsons School of Design and NYU with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in art and art education. She also studied at the University of California, the San Francisco Art Institute and the Art Students League. Ms. Yeterian has had several solo exhibitions, including those at Jersey City University, Artsforum Gallery, the New Art Center and the Levitan Gallery. Her paintings have been widely exhibited in California, New York, New Jersey and Russia. In 1996, she was the winner of two national painting competitions. Her Genocide Paintings were chosen to be included in the Prestigious Legacy Project Website (www.legacy-project.org), sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation alongside world renowned artists such as Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall and Arshile Gorky. Besides teaching at the Art Students League, Yeterian has taught children, teenagers and adults privately in her studio for many years and has developed a large following in the Bergen County area.

Anthony Antonios
Basic Figure Drawing and Anatomy:
A Sculptor’s Perspective

This workshop is sold out.
Please see the registrar to join a waiting list.

June 24-28
Monday–Friday, 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Fee: $390
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration.

This workshop presents an in-depth exploration of human form through drawing. It will include anatomy, form concepts, proportion, structure, composition and design. It will also offer a conceptual approach to drawing. Individual attention will be given to each student, and there will be a daily talk and demonstration. The class will include a model. Students will get a basic foundation in figurative drawing that will give them the tools necessary for exploring personal expression and for further developing their drawing skills.

Anthony Antonios is a figurative sculptor and draftsman who works three-dimensionally and in relief. Throughout his career he’s been commissioned by many institutions, including the Bearden-Josey Center for Breast Health (SC), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY), and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (Wash. DC). His work has been shown nationally, and is in many collections, including Brookgreen Gardens, the British Museum and the Smithsonian. Antonios graduated from the High School of Art and Design and continued his education at Pratt Institute, the National Academy School of Fine Arts, and the Art Students League, where he studied with Robert Beverly Hale. He has taught sculpture and drawing at the League, the National Academy and the Lyme Academy. For more information, visit: www.anthonyantonios.com.

Mary Reilly
Drawing with Tone – An Introduction

This workshop is sold out.
Please see the registrar to join a waiting list.

July 1-3
Monday – Wednesday, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Fee: $240
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This course is intended to teach students the fundamentals of a tonal graphite technique, from the initial toning of the paper to laying in darks and lifting highlights. This technique teaches a tonal approach to drawing with graphite pencil, enabling students to achieve richness and volume in their drawings.  This course will cover basic materials and techniques such as layering, burnishing and erasure.

Mary Reilly studied at the Art Students League of New York and the National Academy. Her graphite pencil drawings have been the subject of numerous museum and gallery shows, most recently at the Garvey Simon Art Access in Chelsea and the Museum of the City of New York. Her work has been shown in magazine articles including American Artist Drawing Magazine and is in the collections of the New York Historical Society.

Jerry Weiss
Large Scale Figure Drawing

July 1-2
Monday–Tuesday, 1:30 pm–8:00 pm
Fee: $290             
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 10 students
Please request supply list upon registration
Recommended for intermediate and advanced students

In this workshop, students will draw the life-size figure on six-foot lengths of paper. Attention will be devoted to quality of line, observation of the rhythms of the standing figure, proportion, and modeling of sculptural forms through value. Topics of discussion and demonstration will include the initial blocking-in of the drawing, use of lines for comparison, attention to prominent anatomical landmarks, and shading and rendering of form through massing and linear hatching. While this practice is useful as preparation for large-scale painting, it also serves as a complete experience in and of itself. Poses range in length from one hour on Monday to a single pose on Tuesday, allowing students to build from a rapid gestural approach to a drawing of greater resolution. Each day will feature demonstrations by the instructor.

Jerry Weiss studied with Roberto Martinez in Florida, and with Harvey Dinnerstein, Robert Beverly Hale, Ted Seth Jacobs, Mary Beth McKenzie, and Jack Faragasso in New York. He has had one-man shows at the Boca Raton Museum of Art and the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, among others. His work is in the collections of the New Britain Museum of American Art; the State Capitol Building, CT; and the Harvard Club of New York City. His work and teaching methods have been featured in American Artist Workshop and American Artist Drawing, and he is Contributing Editor for The Artist’s Magazine. He is represented by The Cooley Gallery, CT; Portraits Inc.; and Ingram Fine Arts, SC. For more information, please visit www.jerrynweiss.com.

Sergey Voronin
Asian Landscape Painting

July 6, 13, 20, 27
4 Saturdays, 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Fee: $380
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

These four sessions will introduce students to old Far-Eastern painting traditions.  Students will learn to draw and paint mountains, trees, different plants, streams and waterfalls while working in ink and watercolor with calligraphic brushes. We will work on creating a peaceful atmosphere in the artwork with foggy perspectives and mountain skylines vanishing in the background. There will be class discussions and lectures on topics like format and composition and the unique difference between Eastern and Western classical landscape painting. The instructor will demonstrate different techniques.

Voronin is an art teacher and artist from Moscow. His drawing and watercolor painting skills were acquired from the classical methods he learned at the Academy of Architecture, where he worked as a visual arts instructor for eight years after completing his studies. Voronin has also worked as an interior designer and muralist. In his own work he has been focused on city views, landscapes and architectural fantasies using watercolor, ink, pencil and related mediums; constantly experimenting with different techniques, styles and materials.

Ephraim Rubenstein
Plein Air Landscape Painting

July 8-12
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–12:30 pm
Fee per section: $400
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 15 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This workshop provides training in direct plein air landscape painting, working on-location in various areas of Central Park. The workshop is open to beginning students, who have never worked outside before, and to more advanced students, who wish to refine their plein air handling. The course addresses issues including: direct versus indirect approaches to oil painting in the landscape, topographical versus atmospheric emphasis, and the notion of space composition. The class also offers practice in handling changing light and weather conditions. Students must have a folding French easel (or something similar).

Ephraim Rubenstein received his B.A. in Art History from Columbia University and his M.F.A. in Painting from Columbia University's School of the Arts.  Mr. Rubenstein has had ten one-person exhibitions in New York, at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Tatistcheff & Co. and most recently at George Billis Gallery in Chelsea. He has also exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Academy of Design, where he won the Emil Carlsen and Beatrice Laufman Awards.  His work is represented in numerous public and private collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Mr. Rubenstein is an active teacher and is currently on the faculty at Columbia University, the National Academy of Design, and the Art Students League of New York. For more information, please visit www.ephraimrubenstein.com.

Wendy Shalen
Portfolio Development - Landscape Drawing and Painting in Central Park

July 8-11
Monday–Thursday, 1:30 pm–5:00 pm
Fee: $320
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 14 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This workshop focuses on the development of a cohesive presentation of artwork and covers plein air drawing (using reed pen and ink, or charcoal) or painting (using full color pastel or watercolor). Emphasis is placed on the strengthening of drawing and painting skills. While working from the landscape, students will be guided to complete work to be used in their portfolios for high school, college and graduate school admission.

Wendy Shalen is a graduate of Brandeis University (B.A., magna cum laude) and studied at the Art Students League with Daniel Greene, Harvey Dinnerstein and Robert Beverly Hale, and privately with Burton Silverman. She has shown at Abbot & Holder, London; Allan Stone Gallery, New York; The Katonah Museum of Art, New York; The Housatonic Museum of Art, Connecticut; The Belskie Museum, New Jersey; and several galleries in Martha’s Vineyard (Gardner Colby, Hermine Merel-Smith and Carol Craven).  Her work hangs in numerous private collections. Additional information and images can be found at www.wendyshalen.com.

Recent portfolio students of Ms. Shalen have been admitted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Bard, Boston University, Cooper Union, Cornell, FIT, Duke, Georgetown, LaGuardia High School, Maine College of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, the Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), New Hampshire Institute
of Art, New Jersey College, Parsons, Pratt, RISD, Savannah College of Art and Design, School of Visual Arts, Skidmore, Syracuse Univ., Univ. of Michigan, Tulane Univ., University of the Arts (Philadelphia), Univ. of Rhode Island, Washington Univ. in St. Louis, and Univ. of Southern California.

Greg Follender
Dynamic Gestural Figure Drawing
Short Pose Intensive

July 8-12
Monday–Friday, 6:00 – 9:30 pm
Fee: $425
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

Through this workshop students will discover a unique set of tools and techniques designed to distill the nude figure into its purest, gestural state. Short, timed drawings will allow participants to quickly turn the figure within deep space and represent the human form in more dramatic and challenging poses. The exercises are designed to establish easy-to-follow anatomical formulas and increased recognition of important body landmarks.  The sketch sessions will build confidence exponentially until students find that they can document the human figure in dramatically less time than before, enabling them to concentrate more on the fluid expression of their marks on paper instead of the simple reportage of their subject.  Rendering the human figure in a gestural, vital way can not only enhance an already well-seasoned drawing technique, but also help beginning artists to confidently render the human forms they conjure up in their mind’s eye.

Greg Follender is an artist/illustrator that has been teaching both drawing and sculpting classes at the American Museum of Natural History for over a decade.  His passionate pursuit of rendering the human form has taken him from the illustrative world of comic books and graphic novels, to character design and costume fabrication in the industry of film and television. With this course, Greg returns to the roots of his work…the dynamic figure-drawing basics that inspire his personal narrative imagery.

Arslan
Sculpting the Figure

July 13 & 20
Saturdays, 10:00 am–4:30 pm
Fee: $290
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration.
Workshop held in sculpture studios in the basement.

This intensive workshop consists of a lecture, a demonstration and hands on sculpting. The course is designed to acquaint the beginner with the basics of figurative sculpture while helping more advanced students deepen their understanding of the figure. Anatomy, proportion, gesture and form will be addressed as well as capturing a likeness to the model. Each student will sculpt a figure from the live model. This course is open to all levels of experience.

Arslan received his M.F.A. from Moscow Stroganov College of Art and Design. He has had numerous solo shows both nationally and internationally. His works are in many public and private collections, and he has been honored to receive multiple awards, including the Alex J. Ettl Grant from the National Sculpture Society. He is represented by Galerie Claudine Legrand in Paris and Janus Avivson in London.  For more information please visit arslanart.com.

Wendy Shalen
Portfolio Development - Self-Portraiture in Line, Tone and Color

July 15-18,
Monday–Thursday, 1:30 pm–5:00 pm
Fee: $320
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 13 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This workshop focuses on the development of a cohesive presentation of artwork and covers self-portraiture using linear and tonal approaches to drawing. Emphasis is placed on the strengthening of drawing and painting skills. While working on self-portraiture students will be guided to complete work to be used in their portfolios for high school, college and graduate school admission. Students may work with black and white charcoal and sanguine conté, reed pen and ink, and silverpoint.  Pastel painters are welcome.  Thorough explanations of each technique will be given on an individual basis. (Image right: Work by Gina Hatch, student of Wendy Shalen)

Wendy Shalen is a graduate of Brandeis University (B.A., magna cum laude) and studied at the Art Students League with Daniel Greene, Harvey Dinnerstein and Robert Beverly Hale, and privately with Burton Silverman. She has shown at Abbot & Holder, London; Allan Stone Gallery, New York; The Katonah Museum of Art, New York; The Housatonic Museum of Art, Connecticut; The Belskie Museum, New Jersey; and several galleries in Martha’s Vineyard (Gardner Colby, Hermine Merel-Smith and Carol Craven).  Her work hangs in numerous private collections. Additional information and images can be found at www.wendyshalen.com.

Recent portfolio students of Ms. Shalen have been admitted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Bard, Boston University, Cooper Union, Cornell, FIT, Duke, Georgetown, LaGuardia High School, Maine College of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, the Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), New Hampshire Institute
of Art, New Jersey College, Parsons, Pratt, RISD, Savannah College of Art and Design, School of Visual Arts, Skidmore, Syracuse Univ., Univ. of Michigan, Tulane Univ., University of the Arts (Philadelphia), Univ. of Rhode Island, Washington Univ. in St. Louis, and Univ. of Southern California.

Lisa Dinhofer
The Magic of Color in Theory and Practice

July 15-19
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Fee: $400
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 14 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This workshop will focus on color—how it works and why it works—through practice rather than theory.  Experience is the only route to a working vocabulary of color ideas.  This one week workshop will begin with the classic study of the interaction of color using Josef Albers’ techniques, primarily with cut paper and collage. The students will then explore the density and transparency of light and color, through careful observation from life with color pencils.  Color creates magic in any work of art, and this workshop will teach each student how.  Students of all skill levels and disciplines are welcome.

Lisa Dinhofer—painter, draftswoman and printmaker—earned her BA with honors from Brandeis University.  For two years, she participated in the summer program at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, later receiving her MFA from the University of Pennsylvania.  Her work has been shown extensively both nationally and internationally.  Her most recent solo shows were at Purdue University (Indiana, 2010) and at Denise Bibro Fine Art (New York, 2013). Her paintings, drawings and prints are widely collected, and publicly represented at Brooklyn Museum of Art, City College (CUNY), IBM and other venues. In 2003, she completed a 90-foot glass mosaic mural, Losing My Marbles, which was commissioned by the MTA Arts for Transit program.  It is centrally located at the Times Square subway station. Currently, Ms. Dinhofer is represented by Denise Bibro Fine Art in New York.  For more information please visit www.lisadinhofer.com.

Edmond Rochat
Contrapposto: An Introduction

July 15–19
Monday–Friday, 6:00 – 9:30 pm
Fee: $425
Instructor present every day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

The movements of the body have been the fascination of artists for centuries. Drawing from the live model, the class will analyze the way in which the body organizes itself through a theme of counter positioning forms known as contrapposto. The body reacts to its specific circumstances, whether in repose or in a state of dynamic response, by composing its forms in a constant state of oscillation. By introducing students to various structural analogs and the potentials of human motion, students will start to become sensitized to the various ways in which the principle of contrapposto manifests itself.  Lectures and individual critiques will be supplemented by an introduction to concepts of human anatomy and the nature of gesture.

Edmond Rochat studied painting, drawing, and sculpture at duCret School of Art, The Art Students League of New York, and Janus Collaborative School of Art. He supplemented his studies as lab assistant for advanced artistic anatomy offered by Janus Collaborative School of Art and hosted by Drexel University School of Medicine. Rochat received the Dr. Furman Fink Award for portraiture, and the Chairman's Award from the Salmagundi Club's Junior/Scolarship members show.  He was also awarded a grant from the John F. and Anne Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund, which he used to study Greek and Renaissance sculpture at the Slater Memorial museum.  His works have appeared in the Persimmon Hill Journal and in The Visual Language of Drawing: Lessons on the Art of Seeing.  He currently teaches figure drawing and painting at the Janus Collaborative School of Art.

Max Ginsburg
Painting from Life - Traditional Realism, Alla Prima Painting

July 22-26
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am–4:30 pm
Fee: $800
Instructor present every day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This workshop will be concerned with the development of traditional realistic painting.  We will concentrate on seeing the relationship of shapes, values and colors as they appear on the model and the set up.  Careful observation of form will be stressed to achieve the unique character of the model.

During the five days of this workshop we will paint a single model and a two figure composition as follows:

• Day 1: Paint a portrait.
• Day 2: Paint a figure composition.
• Day 3. Paint studies for a two figure composition.
• Days 4 & 5:   Paint a two figure composition

Max Ginsburg has exhibited extensively.  He recently had a retrospective at The Butler  Institute of American Art (Sept. 15 - Nov. 13, 2011) and at The Salmagundi Club (Summer of 2011 and at other public venues.   He has won many awards, most recently the "Best in Show" in the Art Renewal Center online competition of 2011 for his War Pieta painting.  Several of his paintings are touring five museums in China with the World Art Museum and ACOPAL in 2012 - 2013.   From 1980 - 2004 he was one of America's foremost illustrators and for over forty years he taught art at The Art Students League, The School of Visual Art and the High School of Art and Design.  Ginsburg recently published a coffee table art book of his paintings (1956 - 2010), "Max Ginsburg - Retrospective", available at the ASL Store and online at www.ginsburgretro.com.  He has also recently completed a DVD which includes a three hour "Painting from Life" Demo, an Interview, his Exhibition at The Butler Institute and more.  To see trailer and order visit www.ginsburgvideo.com. For more information, please visit www.maxginsburg.com.

Fred Bendheim
Principles of Composition

July 29-31
Monday - Wednesday, 6:00 – 9:30 pm
Fee: $250
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This workshop is for art students of all levels who wish to learn the principles and history of composition in the visual arts, and to explore these ideas in their own work. We will work in a variety of media to explore the basics, the subtleties and the pure excitement of creative work in drawing, painting and other media. Students will learn about composing for figurative and for abstract work, about the “key points” of the picture plane, about rules to follow and rules to break. Students will learn that composition is crucial to visual design, but that it is not a static set of rules, but is a dynamic tool adaptable to the intentions of the artist. Students will be encouraged to find their own solutions in their art with practical help.

Fred Bendheim has exhibited at the Museum of Arts and Design, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Costa Rica, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venice, Italy, the Plotkin Museum, Jason McCoy Gallery, Denise Bibro Fine Art, the Arsenal Gallery, Bradley International Airport, McGrath Galleries, The Brooklyn Public Library, Mayo Center for Humanities and Simon Liu Gallery. Commissions include sculptures for Frank Lloyd Wright buildings and paintings for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. In addition to his paintings and sculptures, Mr. Bendheim is known for his drawings, public art, collages, and illustrations. He has written many articles about art for the British journal, The Lancet. He teaches art in New York City.

Edmond Rochat
Drawing Hands and Feet

July 29 - August 2
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–12:30 pm
Fee: $400
Instructor present every day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

The aim of this workshop is to gain a greater awareness of the structures and movements of the hands and feet. The hands and feet initiate and complete the body's response to intended action. Furthermore, hands and feet should not be neglected as carriers of emotion over the overt visual cues of the face: they contain expressive power in spite of what the face may convey. The hands and feet are elusive because of their complexity, but understanding their subtlety of action unlocks the depth of human expression. We will combine the anatomy of hands and feet and structural analogs to arrive at a three-dimensional understanding of form. In addition, we will apply other principles such as light, gesture, and perspective to create holistically organized drawings of hands and feet.

Edmond Rochat studied painting, drawing, and sculpture at duCret School of Art, The Art Students League of New York, and Janus Collaborative School of Art. He supplemented his studies as lab assistant for advanced artistic anatomy offered by Janus Collaborative School of Art and hosted by Drexel University School of Medicine. Rochat received the Dr. Furman Fink Award for portraiture, and the Chairman's Award from the Salmagundi Club's Junior/Scolarship members show.  He was also awarded a grant from the John F. and Anne Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund, which he used to study Greek and Renaissance sculpture at the Slater Memorial museum.  His works have appeared in the Persimmon Hill Journal and in The Visual Language of Drawing: Lessons on the Art of Seeing.  He currently teaches figure drawing and painting at the Janus Collaborative School of Art.

Jack Faragasso
Landscape Foundation Workshop

July 29 - August 2
Monday–Friday, 1:30 pm–5:00 pm
Fee: $400
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This workshop is a complete unique landscape painting program that will take place in the studio. It will enable the students to approach painting outdoors with confidence. The workshop is designed to reorient the student’s vision to see natures colors, values and moods more accurately as well as how we think and feel about them. There will be lectures, demonstrations and studio work to prepare you to paint—both in black and white, and in color—the ever-changing outdoor colors and values. Painting technique and the basic palette for painting skies, trees and foliage is explained, as well as the various steps in painting trees. Also discussed is the painting of clouds, mountains, streams, and stormy skies; dawn and dusk; sunrise and sunset; and autumn and winter. The workshop then covers the color note and value theory, the landscape sketch and finally a finished landscape. The last half hour of each session will be devoted to making an oil study of the topic discussed. Students may bring in their work for critique and advice.

Since 1968, Jack Faragasso has taught drawing and painting to students of all levels at the Art Students League of New York. Mr. Faragasso studied at the League, both in New York City and in Woodstock, NY.  He studied with instructor Frank J. Reilly at the Woodstock location during summers, learning to paint landscape and the figure in outdoor lighting. He has enjoyed a lengthy career as a fine artist, illustrator, art instructor and writer. He is the author of The Students Guide to Painting, Mastering Drawing the Human Figure from Life, Memory, Imagination and The Early Photographs of Bettie Page, an American Icon. His paintings are in numerous public and private collections.

Deborah Winiarski
Encaustic Monotype Printmaking

August 3 and 10
Saturdays,10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Fee: $330 (includes $30 materials fee)
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students

This workshop combines the directness and immediacy of the monotype with the richness and luminosity of encaustic painting.  This versatile process eliminates the multiple steps of encaustic painting, and the toxicity of inks and solvents of traditional printmaking on a press. Drawing with pigmented wax, students will create one-of-a-kind prints by ‘pulling’ their painted image directly from a heated plate—no printing press required!  Encaustic monotype lends itself to natural and spontaneous mark making, allowing for extensive creative exploration.  Additional techniques including stenciling, stamping and blocking will be explored the ‘encaustic’ way.  Demos and discussions will include paper possibilities, wax recipes, basic studio set-up, etc. Whether used as a primary body of work or combined with mixed-media, collage or book arts, encaustic monotype offers endless possibilities for today’s artist. Ample time for hands-on work will be provided.  No prior experience in encaustic painting or printmaking is necessary for this workshop.  Prior workshop registrants are welcome.

Deborah Winiarski has been teaching encaustic workshops at the Art Students League of New York since 2009.  Her encaustic work has been exhibited at venues in New York City and across the United States.  In 2012, her work was included in the National Encaustic Art Exhibition at The Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM; The Wax Book:  Altered, Repurposed, Remade at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA; and WAX:  Contemporary Encaustic Works at Pajaro Valley Arts Council in Watsonville, CA. Her work will also be included in the upcoming 3rd edition of Embracing Encaustic.  For more information about the instructor, please visit:  www.deborahwiniarski.com.

Costa Vavagiakis
Portrait Drawing: Approaches and Practices

August 5–9

This workshop is sold out.
Please see the registrar to join a waiting list.

Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Fee: $800
Instructor present each day
Enrollment is limited to 14 students
Please request supply list upon registration

Throughout the history of western art, portrait drawing has remained a vital artistic practice. Artists such as Michelangelo, Holbein, Van Dyck, and Ingres have explored this motif. These works speak to us because they are immediate, direct and honest. This workshop focuses on the methods and tools needed to draw a portrait with accuracy and feeling. Students learn to capture the likeness and unique personality of the sitter by carefully observing the subtleties of the human face. Composition, perspective, proportions and the effects of light and dark will be explored. Emphasis will be placed on an in-depth investigation of the underlying structure of the head, skull and facial features. There will be a weeklong pose and each day the class will be augmented by lectures and demonstrations.

Costa Vavagiakis currently teaches at the Art Students League of New York, The National Academy and the Gage Academy. He has been the recipient of many distinguished Awards, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and the Gregory Millard Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.  Mr. Vavagiakis works have appeared in exhibitions at Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY, The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., The Museum of the City of New York, NY, ACA Galleries, NY, and Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA.  He has recently been featured in the publications The Artist’s Magazine, American Artist Drawing and Curve: The Female Nude Now.  His work is held in numerous public and private collections throughout the United States. For more information, please visit: www.costavavagiakis.com.

Aydasara Ortega featuring Ruben Rivera
Papermaking

August 5-9
Monday–Friday, 6:00 – 9:30 pm
Fee: $440 (includes $40 materials fee)
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This workshop offers an introduction to the papermaking process, including how to pull sheets of paper, as well as various papermaking and artistic techniques. Each session includes a lecture, demonstration, viewing of works from the instructor’s portfolios, and hands-on experimentation:

• Making Paper/Sheet forming
• Embedded papers
• Embossed papers
• Dying pulps/Pulp painting
• Dry papers

Aydasara Ortega's interest in making paper stems from her longtime efforts to personalize her own artwork through distinctive textures and forms. Over the years, she has experimented with a wide variety of materials in a quest for papermaking techniques that provide the creator an enriching experience. With a Master of Arts, she teaches extensively. Aydasara's artworks have been exhibited nationally and internationally.

Ruben Rivera Matos is a visual artist originally from Puerto Rico and now residing in New York. While working with handmade paper, Ruben is constantly aware about the relationship of his design and the texture of the handmade paper selected as substrate for the artwork. The resultant images, always unexpected in this process, have completely different characters; as the dialogue with the medium of painting and with his drawings are different ones. For more information, please visit: www.rubenart.com.

Vytlacil Campus Workshop: John A. Varriano
Nude in the Landscape

August 10-11
Saturday - Sunday, 10:00 am–4:30 pm
Fee:
Both days $290
One day: $150
Instructor present each day 
Enrollment limited to 17 students
Please request supply list upon registration.

Free shuttle leaves the Art Students League at 9:00 am and leaves Vytlacil at 4:30 pm to return back to the Art Students League before 5:00 pm. You must have registered for the workshop to use the shuttle and you must have noted upon registration that you will take advantage of it. Please notify security in the ASL lobby that you wish to be on the shuttle and they will notify you when it arrives.

Bring your own lunch or bring $10/d cash for lunch ordering.

This two-day, plein air landscape workshop focuses on painting the figure in outdoor light. Using the backdrop of the beautifully pastoral Vytlacil campus, students will paint the model and explore the subtle tonal and color relationships on flesh as revealed by varying light conditions. Emphasis will be placed on understanding impressionist principles of using complementary colors and color temperature shifts to depict vivid light and atmospheric effects.  All media welcome.

John A. Varriano is a representational artist, who has exhibited extensively and who has won numerous awards for his paintings, including Best in Show at the UCJF's  Annual Fall for Art Show, 2010 and the National Art League's Annual Exhibit, 2011, the Sanford Grumbacher Gold Medal, the Alfred and Mary Crimi Award, and the Guilia Palermo Award at the Audubon Artists Exhibit, NY. In 2006 he was one of 20 artist invited to paint the landscape at the Forbes Trinchera Ranch in Colorado.  His most recent activities include being one of 20 artists chosen out of thousands to participate in the International Fine Art Exhibit in Chelsea, 2012, and being selected in 2012 and 2013 for the Hudson Valley Artists Association Annual Exhibition in Old Lyme, CT.  Varriano studied at the Art Students League with Frank Mason and Gustav Rehberger and regularly attended Mr. Mason's landscape workshops in Stowe, Vermont.  He currently teaches figurative and portrait painting in New Jersey and New York City, and teaches landscape workshops in the Hudson Valley region of New York.  He is represented by Mark Gruber Gallery in New Paltz, NY.

Sylvie Covey
Photoshop for Artists

August 12-16
Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Fee: $400
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students

This workshop is designed for painters, printmakers and visual artists who want to discover and develop their computer skills with Photoshop and apply them in various techniques of visual fine art. This workshop will cover: drawing and painting digitally; working with layers and masks; learning color modes and adjustments; transforming, editing and retouching images; sepia toning; and using infrared and Sabattier effects. The instructor will provide notes and images for exercises, and students will also be able to work from their own images and photographs.

Computer requirements: Students must bring their own laptops (Mac or PC) with Photoshop software installed (there is a free 30 day trial version).

Sylvie Covey is currently an instructor at the Art Students League, FIT, and the Art Center of Northern New Jersey. She studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and received a BA from Empire State College and an MFA from Hunter College. Ms. Covey has been represented by Denise Cadé Gallery and is currently represented by the Old Printshop Gallery in New York City. For more information about the artist, visit www.sylviecovey.net.

Ephraim Rubenstein
Plein Air Landscape Painting

August 12-16
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–12:30 pm
Fee: $400
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 15 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This workshop provides training in direct plein air landscape painting, working on-location in various areas of Central Park. The workshop is open to beginning students, who have never worked outside before, and to more advanced students, who wish to refine their plein air handling. The course addresses issues including: direct versus indirect approaches to oil painting in the landscape, topographical versus atmospheric emphasis, and the notion of space composition. The class also offers practice in handling changing light and weather conditions. Students must have a folding French easel (or something similar).

Ephraim Rubenstein received his B.A. in Art History from Columbia University and his M.F.A. in Painting from Columbia University's School of the Arts.  Mr. Rubenstein has had ten one-person exhibitions in New York, at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Tatistcheff & Co. and most recently at George Billis Gallery in Chelsea. He has also exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Academy of Design, where he won the Emil Carlsen and Beatrice Laufman Awards.  His work is represented in numerous public and private collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Mr. Rubenstein is an active teacher and is currently on the faculty at Columbia University, the National Academy of Design, and the Art Students League of New York. For more information, please visit www.ephraimrubenstein.com.

Mary Beth McKenzie
Monotypes

August 12–16
Monday–Friday, 1:30 pm–5:00 pm
Fee: $425
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

A monotype is a painting or drawing that has been printed on paper. Because monotypes must be done quickly, the application of paint is bold and loose and can be very expressive. The process of making a monotype is relatively simple:

The first method is similar to painting on canvas (light-field). Paint or ink is applied directly to a clean non-porous surface such as Plexiglas, plastic or glass. When paper is pressed to this surface, provided the paint or ink is still wet, the image transfers to the paper. When the paper is removed, the image will be reversed.

In the second method (dark-field), a fairly thick layer of ink or paint is spread or rolled evenly over a nonabsorbent surface, such as Plexiglas, plastic or glass, and the image is wiped away or extracted from this dark tone. The workshop focuses on these and other methods of doing monotypes with demonstrations and live models. Only a spoon is needed for printing.

Mary Beth McKenzie has 3 oil paintings as well as several monotypes in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her work has been on exhibit in the museum three times; most recently with the monotype Trapeze Artist, on display in a circus installation in Johnson Gallery for prints and drawings, Aug.-Nov., 2012. A Monotype was on display in 2009 and a self-portrait was on view Jan.-Sept., 2001 in the exhibit “Looking At You”. She is a painting instructor at the Art Students League of New York and at the National Academy, where she was elected a member in 1994. For more information, please visit www.marybethmckenzie.com.

Silya Kiese
Experimental Writing in Art

August 17
Saturday, 10:00 am–4:30 pm
Fee: $140
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Students may bring laptops

Free-Form writing combined with the poetic word is a living creative art. As you learn to enrich your words with magic, poetry and storytelling, your imagination to write free-form poetry unfolds. Ms. Kiese is well-known for empowering the hidden writing talent in people and she teaches how to use that power and magic of the word. Students will be encouraged to experiment with forms and styles of writing. Ms. Kiese will provide diverse visual presentations, including pieces by contemporary artists and writers who work with images and text in two and three dimensions, along with selected readings on art, aesthetics, and writings.

Silya Kiese is a leading practitioner in contemporary art. She combines geometric sculpture, object making, writing and performance art in her kinetic art, sculptural sound objects, and installations. She uses performative materials, such as light, sound, poetic words and the human voice, to demonstrate the diversity and magic in human gestures and socio-cultural performative movements. Ms. Kiese has introduced her performative installation art as a visiting artist at Rutgers University, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, and University of California, Berkeley. She has taught and lectured post- modern and contemporary art and writing & art making at Evergreen State College, Seattle Pacific University, and the School of Visual Arts. Ms. Kiese is known for creating inventive and inspiring environments in the classroom.

Max Ginsburg
Painting a Still Life

September 9-13
Monday - Friday, 1:30 – 5:00 pm
Fee: $425
Instructor present every day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration
Intermediate to Advanced students

Achieve the natural realistic feeling of varying textures in still life objects - fruit, metal trays, glass jars, milk containers, etc. with respect to light and shade and atmosphere.  Mr. Ginsburg will demonstrate and give individual critiques.  We will be inspired by the still lifes of Old Masters such as Abraham Ginsburg and Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin.
 
On the first two days we will paint studies of still life objects
On the next three days we will paint a still life composition
 
President's Gold Medal Award for Advancement of Traditional Fine Art 2013 California Art Club. Retrospective Exhibitions 2011 Butler Institute of American Art and Salmagundi Club.  "Best in Show" 2011 Art Renewal Center.  ACOPAL Group Show Six Museums in China - 2012-2013. Exhibition 2008 The Martin Luther King Labor Center. Philip Desind Award 2008 and Collectors Prize 2007 The Butler Institute. "Best In Show" 2007 Salmagundi Non Members. Purchase Prize 2005 Art Renewal Center. The Christopher's Award1991. Gold Medal 1984 Society of Illustrators.  Selected Group Shows - American Academy of Arts and Letters, Museum of The City of New York, New York Historical Society, National Academy of Design Biennials.  Museum Collections - Butler Institute, New Britain Museum, Society of Illustrators Museum.  Illustrator 1980 - 2004, Teacher - 1960 to Present (H.S. Art & Design, School Visual Arts, Art Students League). Book "Max Ginsburg-Retrospective" www.ginsburgretro.com.  DVD "Max Ginsburg-Legacy of an American Painter" www.ginsburgvideo.com. Websites: www.maxginsburg.com & www.ginsburgillustration.com.

Michael Massen
Easy-to-Remember Proportions for the Visual Artist

September 9-11
Monday–Wednesday, 6:00–9:30 pm
Fee: $260
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Instructor present each day
 
Through a combination of lecture, demonstration, and studies from the model, students will be introduced to a new system of drawing a figure of average proportions.  Forget about memorizing fractional head-lengths!  In this approach, all you need is a good imagination and your own body.
 
Michael Massen is the author of The Artist’s Guide to Drawing the Clothed Figure, published by Watson-Guptill. Mr. Massen holds an MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art and a BA from Wesleyan University. He was awarded the John Hovannes Memorial Scholarship and the Nessa Cohen Memorial Scholarship from the Art Students League of New York (1990). In addition to having exhibited his sculptures and paintings in local and national shows, he has worked for many years as a graphic designer and art director.

Mary Beth McKenzie
Starting a Canvas

September 9-13
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Fee: $425
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 13 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This workshop will begin with an oil portrait demonstration and will focus on Mary Beth McKenzie’s approach to painting. Students will be encouraged to begin their paintings in a broad abstract way, as well as to consider the entire canvas (not just parts of it!). The underlying abstract shapes created by color and forms are significant elements of a painting. Individual attention will be given to students of all levels.

Mary Beth McKenzie has 3 oil paintings as well as several monotypes in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her work has been on exhibit in the museum three times; most recently with the monotype Trapeze Artist, on display in a circus installation in Johnson Gallery for prints and drawings, Aug.-Nov., 2012. A Monotype was on display in 2009 and a self-portrait was on view Jan.-Sept., 2001 in the exhibit “Looking At You”. She is a painting instructor at the Art Students League of New York and at the National Academy, where she was elected a member in 1994. For more information, please visit www.marybethmckenzie.com.

Nicholas Raynolds
Figure Drawing in Pencil

September 16-20
Monday – Friday, 1:30 – 5:00pm
Fee: $425
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

Working from the life model, participants will explore the craft of representational figure drawing and will learn techniques by which to develop solid, naturalistic figure drawings. Through demonstrations and hands-on practice we will consider an approach aimed at increasing skills of perceptual observation and manual application while suggesting solutions to accurately depict what we see.  Recognizing stages in the drawing’s development will serve as the discussion point of various topics including gesture, proportion, the action of light and shadow, structure, anatomy, composition, value, line and mass, value progressions and artist's materials.    

This class is structured to be taken by itself or as a compliment to the morning workshop: "Painting the 'Big Picture' in Small Format".

Nicholas Raynolds' formal studies in art were conducted in Düsseldorf, Germany; Vancouver and Halifax, Canada; Seattle, WA and in New York at the Water Street Atelier and Studio 126. Raynolds has taught in New York at the National Academy School of Fine Arts, The Art Students League and the Long Island Academy of Art. He has also taught at the Gage Academy of Art (WA) and Studio Incamminati (PA). Mr. Raynolds has exhibited nationally and abroad and can be found in national and international collections, including The Forbes Collection (NY). He is represented by the Eleanor Ettinger Gallery (NY) and the John Pence Gallery (CA) and Haynes Galleries (TN). His work has been published in American Artist: Drawing Magazine; The Artist's Magazine; American Art Collector and on the cover of John Updike's novel, Seek My Face. For more information, please visitt: www.nicholasraynolds.com.

Nicholas Raynolds
Painting the 'Big Picture' in Small Format

September 16-20
Monday – Friday, 9:00 am–12:30pm
Fee: $425
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

Using Poster Studies, participants will explore compositional design and color relationships; the "Big Picture" of painting.  By limiting our investigations to the large shapes and masses, and subordinating details, we can more easily examine issues of color, light and design as distinct from other aspects of picture making; particularly those associated with drawing.  Practicing the Poster Study will provide the student with a practical, hands-on approach to understanding the essential elements of a subject.  Each day participants will develop a new piece while working from the Life Model.   Topics to be considered include composition, color analysis and theory, the tone and key of color relationships and paint handling. Various color palettes and technical issues regarding the painter’s materials will also be considered.

This class is designed to be taken by itself or in conjunction with the afternoon class "Figure Drawing in Pencil".

Nicholas Raynolds' formal studies in art were conducted in Düsseldorf, Germany; Vancouver and Halifax, Canada; Seattle, WA and in New York at the Water Street Atelier and Studio 126. Raynolds has taught in New York at the National Academy School of Fine Arts, The Art Students League and the Long Island Academy of Art. He has also taught at the Gage Academy of Art (WA) and Studio Incamminati (PA). Mr. Raynolds has exhibited nationally and abroad and can be found in national and international collections, including The Forbes Collection (NY). He is represented by the Eleanor Ettinger Gallery (NY) and the John Pence Gallery (CA) and Haynes Galleries (TN). His work has been published in American Artist: Drawing Magazine; The Artist's Magazine; American Art Collector and on the cover of John Updike's novel, Seek My Face. For more information, please visitt: www.nicholasraynolds.com.

Ingvild Waerhaug
Vedic Art – Free Your Creative Expression

September 16-20
Monday – Friday, 6:00-9:30 pm
Fee: $400
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

Vedic Art is a way – an organic step by step method to free your creative expression. Great for beginners as well as more advanced artists. This workshop can be combined with all other techniques and styles. You will learn fun, simple and powerful drawing and painting exercises on how to create freely beyond the demands of technique and result producing. The focus is on each individual´s possibility, without dependency or control, to create directly from the wellspring of one’s own source. The Vedic Principles of Art nurtures your artistic talent to flow through with more ease and joy.

Ingvild Waerhaug has studied at Oslo National Academy of the Arts and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She is known for her vibrant colorful paintings and installations. She has had numerous solo shows and been part of many group shows. She has exhibited in a number of galleries and have been commissioned to create several art works, such as the National Bank of Norway and to the family of former Norwegian Prime minister Gro H Brundtland. She is a certified Vedic Art teacher and teaches the Vedic Art method in USA, Norway and India. For more information please visit: www.ingvildwaerhaug.com.

Ephraim Rubenstein
Drawing for Beginners

September 21-22
Saturday–Sunday, 10:00 am–4:30pm
Fee: $225
Instructor present each day until 2:00 pm (the last part of class is studio time supervised by the monitor)
Enrollment limited to 14 students

This concentrated; two-day workshop offers the absolute basics for getting started in drawing. It will cover topics such as basic materials, proportion, lighting, and space. It is intended for people who have little or no experience drawing, and who want to get started in a relaxed, no-pressure setting.
 
Ephraim Rubenstein received his B.A. in Art History from Columbia University and his M.F.A. in Painting from Columbia University's School of the Arts.  Mr. Rubenstein has had ten one-person exhibitions in New York: at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Tatistcheff & Co., and most recently at George Billis Gallery in Chelsea. He has also exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Academy of Design, where he won the Emil Carlsen and Beatrice Laufman Awards.  His work is represented in numerous public and private collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Mr. Rubenstein is an active teacher and is currently on the faculty at Columbia University and the National Academy of Design, as well as at the Art Students League. For more information, please visit www.ephraimrubenstein.com.

Rob Silverman
New Tools and Techniques for Portraiture

September 23-27
Monday–Friday, 6:00–9:30 pm
Fee: $425
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Instructor present each day
Please request supply list upon registration

The distinctive features that make the sitter unique will be made apparent through the use of a custom-designed grid and other easy-to-use tools. Various keys to reproducing accurate proportions of the head will be presented to help the student gain insight into how to portray a likeness. The workshop includes demos, handouts and personalized critique that covers the following

    --The effect of light on the form and choosing an optimal lighting set-up to reveal the key features.
    Compositional guidelines to optimally position the head on the canvas.
    --A unique color strategy for producing realistic flesh tones and pleasing color harmony.

Rob Silverman’s innovative techniques have been the subject of featured articles in American Artist Workshop Magazine and The Art of the Portrait. Among numerous venues, he has exhibited at the National Arts Club, the Salmagundi Club and Edward Hopper House. His art has appeared in various publications, including the New York Times, Scientific American and the New York Observer. He is a member of the Portrait Society of America from whom he was awarded an Honorable Mention in their Members Competition. Mr. Silverman has a BA from the School of Visual Arts. He currently teaches at the National Art League.

Jordan Sokol and Amaya Gurpide
Mechanics of Perception: Drawing the Portrait in Pencil

September 23-27
Monday - Friday, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Fee: $425
Instructor present every day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This collaborative workshop is designed to provide a greater understanding of the visual and structural elements that compose the human portrait. Through a strategic approach to perceiving and translating visual phenomena, we can begin to create a blueprint for how we organize disparate visual elements to form a unified and holistic portrait. The class will focus on one long pose, giving students the opportunity to experience the various stages of the drawing process. Daily demonstrations and individualized guidance will coach students through concepts related to proportion, anatomy, physiognomy, structural form, and value arrangement. Particular emphasis will be placed on creating a balanced understanding of optical and conceptual approaches to seeing, providing students with the tools to construct an accurate and convincing portrait drawing. This workshop is designed to be taken independently or as a compliment to the afternoon workshop, 'The Mechanics of Perception: Painting the Portrait in Oil".
 
Jordan Sokol is a graduate of the Florence Academy of Art, where he served as a principal instructor and program director for the last 8 years. Amaya Gurpide studied at the Art Students League, the Grand Central Academy, the National Academy and is currently teaching drawing and anatomy in the core program at ESDIP in Madrid. They have taught workshops at the Gage Academy in Seattle, the Janus Collaborative in New York City, Atelier Canova in Rome, Circulo de Bellas Artes of Madrid and The Museum of Navarra, Spain. Their work has exhibited internationally and both have appeared in numerous publications including 'Lessons in Classical Drawing' by Juliette Aristides, Artists on Art, American Painting Video Magazine, and have both been recently named two of the '25 Artists of Tomorrow' in American Artist's 75th anniversary issue. Jordan is currently exhibiting with Arcadia Fine Arts in New York City. For more information, please visit www.jordansokol.com and www.amayagurpide.com.

Jordan Sokol and Amaya Gurpide
Mechanics of Perception: Painting the Portrait in Oil

September 23-27
Monday - Friday, 1:30 – 5:00 pm
Fee: $425
Instructor present every day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This collaborative workshop is designed to provide a greater understanding of the visual and structural elements that compose the human portrait. Through a strategic approach to perceiving and translating visual phenomena, we can begin to create a blueprint for how we organize disparate visual elements to form a unified and holistic portrait. The class will focus on one long pose, giving students the opportunity to experience the various stages of the painting process. Daily demonstrations and individualized guidance will coach students through concepts related to anatomy, structural form, the optical impression, color value arrangement, the use of a reduced palette, and paint handling. Particular emphasis will be placed on creating a balanced understanding of optical and conceptual approaches to seeing, providing students with the tools to construct an accurate and convincing portrait painting.

This workshop is designed to be taken independently or as a compliment to the morning workshop, 'The Mechanics of Perception: Drawing the Portrait in Pencil".

Jordan Sokol is a graduate of the Florence Academy of Art, where he served as a principal instructor and program director for the last 8 years. Amaya Gurpide studied at the Art Students League, the Grand Central Academy, the National Academy and is currently teaching drawing and anatomy in the core program at ESDIP in Madrid. They have taught workshops at the Gage Academy in Seattle, the Janus Collaborative in New York City, Atelier Canova in Rome, Circulo de Bellas Artes of Madrid and The Museum of Navarra, Spain. Their work has exhibited internationally and both have appeared in numerous publications including 'Lessons in Classical Drawing' by Juliette Aristides, Artists on Art, American Painting Video Magazine, and have both been recently named two of the '25 Artists of Tomorrow' in American Artist's 75th anniversary issue. Jordan is currently exhibiting with Arcadia Fine Arts in New York City. For more information, please visit www.jordansokol.com and www.amayagurpide.com.

John Carruthers
Drawing from Plaster Casts

September 28-29
Saturday – Sunday, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Fee: $275
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

As an essential element in traditional figure study, cast drawing is a fun and challenging way to capture the structures of the face with drama and personality. After careful study of the planes and proportions of the face, a classic bust is dramatically lit to help you draw the face in a dramatic chiaroscuro setting. This helps you “posterize” the light and dark shapes that accurately portray the head. You can use this knowledge to create powerful, old master drawings, to block in portrait paintings, or, to create dramatic, graphic illustrations.

With a master’s degree from the New York Academy of Art, John Carruthers has been teaching figure drawing as the Lead Teacher for the Artists Association of Nantucket for ten years as well as teaching art in public and private schools in New York. His work has been featured in galleries and on CD covers. He is currently teaching drawing and painting at The Storm King School in Cornwall, NY, and has been an adjunct faculty at Mercy College, teaching art history.

Leonid Gervits
Painting Florals

September 30-October 4
Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-12:30 pm
Fee: $400     
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

Flowers are one of the most difficult things to paint in art. But hard as it is, it is also an exciting challenge and pays off in many ways. Human cultures around the world, consider flowers synonymous with pure beauty. In painting history there are many wonderful examples of artists trying to capture this beauty (especially in west European art): Eduard Mane, Fantin la Tur, Crivelli, Van Gogh, etc. For the purpose of education, painting florals means much more than painting a still life (natura muerta): because flowers are not "dead nature", they are alive with light and movement, and even can be said to have personalities. Capturing the countless varieties of shapes, colors, tones and vibrations of the flower is exiting task for students at any level.

Leonid Gervits belongs to the European/Russian realist tradition of painting and drawing. In 1966, he graduated from the Odessa Art College; and in 1973, he received an MFA from Repin Academy, where he later worked as a professor for sixteen years. Mr. Gervits moved to the United States in 1991, working as an instructor at the New York Academy from 1992 to 2000. He has been an instructor at the Art Students League since 1997. An artist of the realist tradition and of serious academic training, Mr. Gervits is able to work in a broad spectrum of genres. For more information, visit www.gervits.com.

Juan Miguel Palacios
3D Layered Paintings

September 30-October 4
Monday – Friday, 1:30 – 5:00 pm
Fee: $425
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

Throughout the centuries, fine artists have sought to generate optical illusions that could bring more depth to their paintings. By using graphical perspective and by playing with the light and shade, the fine artist has pursued to create three-dimensional effect on a two-dimensional work.
Discover how to make this real with a new technique.

This workshop presents an innovative 3D technique consisting superimposing painted transparent layers to create a single composition. Working in different sheets of Plexiglas for one sole painting, the student will learn the necessary tools and techniques to generate a 3D painting work.

Juan Miguel Palacios is the founder of the School of Visual Arts Laocoön (Madrid, Spain), and carries 15 years of experience in art education. His work has been exhibited in galleries worldwide and has been published in major artistic media as well as on television. In NYC, he is represented by Opera Gallery, an internationally reputed group of art galleries in the world's major art capitals. For more info about the 3D technique: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=teDFehberTk. For more information about the artist please visit: http://www.juanmiguelpalacios.com.

Brandon Soloff
Everything You Need to Know About Oil Painting Materials:
Paints, Mediums, Surfaces, Grounds and More

September 30-October 4
Monday–Friday, 6:00-9:30 pm
Fee: $450 (includes $50 materials fee)
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 14 students
Please request a supply list upon registration

In this hands-on workshop, Brandon Soloff teaches how to create and use various art materials. Students learn step-by-step how to:

    --Stretch canvas (both raw and prepared)
    --Prepare panels
    --Create and use traditional glues and gessoes
    --Use different mediums
    --Employ traditional methods of oil painting, and other techniques

Making your own materials not only often results in higher quality materials, but is also usually less expensive than purchasing store bought materials. Understanding and controlling the quality of your materials allows for greater control, flexibility and freedom in personalized practice, as materials are adapted to individual needs. All levels from beginner to advanced are welcome.

Brandon Soloff is a classically trained painter and portraitist, whose work has been commissioned throughout the United States and Europe. He has exhibited his work at the Hirschl & Adler Gallery, Alan Stone Gallery, Hammer Galleries, the Royal Society Portrait Painters (London), Meredith Long & Company, the Copley Society of Art (Boston), Galerie Alexander Butman (Paris) and others. Institutions where his portrait work is found, or affiliated with, include Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Morgan Stanley, Westmont College, and KKR (Kohlberg, Kravitz, Roberts & Co.). He has also taught at the League, Studio 126, Mims Studios, Charles H. Cecil Studios, Martine Vaugel Sculpture Studio, the Washington Art Association, Atelier Brunelli, Studio415ny, and the National Academy of Design. To learn more about Brandon Soloff, visit www.brandonsoloff.com.

Karen O’Neil
Still Life – Color and Light

October 5-6
Saturday–Sunday, 10:00 am–4:30pm
Fee: $275
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 14 students

This workshop will explore the relationship between color and light. Beginning with a still life demonstration in oil, students will be encouraged to use larger brushes, simplify form, and sharpen value and color perception. Focus will be on constructing a painting using value and color planes. Still life set-ups will be provided, as will individual instruction for all levels.
 
Karen O’Neil has exhibited widely throughout the United States, and has led oil painting workshops throughout the Northeast for the past decade. Her work is included in many private and corporate collections.  After receiving a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, Ms. O’Neil studied with the late Henry Hensche in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Her work has been featured recently in The Artist’s Magazine. She is an instructor of painting and drawing at the Art Students League’s Vytlacil Campus, and is on the faculty of several art schools in the New York area. For more information and images, please visit www.karenoneilpaintings.us.vu.

Wendy Shalen
Portfolio Development:
Landscape Drawing and Painting in Central Park

October 6 & 13
Sundays, 10:00 am–4:30 pm
Fee: $275
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 15 students
Workshop will be held in studio 14, 1st fl.
Please request supply list upon registration.

This workshop covers plein air drawing (using reed pen and ink, or charcoal) or painting (using full color pastel). Both monochromatic and color thumbnail studies will precede longer studies. Individual work in a series is encouraged. In inclement weather we will draw in Studio 6 inspired by master drawings or still life using the demonstrated techniques.

Wendy Shalen is a graduate of Brandeis University (B.A., magna cum laude) and studied at the Art Students League with Daniel Greene, Harvey Dinnerstein and Robert Beverly Hale, and privately with Burton Silverman. She has shown at Abbot & Holder, London; Allan Stone Gallery, New York; The Katonah Museum of Art, New York; The Housatonic Museum of Art, Connecticut; The Belskie Museum, New Jersey; and several galleries in Martha’s Vineyard (Gardner Colby, Hermine Merel-Smith and Carol Craven).  Her work hangs in numerous private collections. Additional information and images can be found at www.wendyshalen.com.

Recent portfolio students of Ms. Shalen have been admitted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Bard, Cooper Union, Cornell, FIT, Duke, Georgetown, Maine College of Art, Mary- land Institute College of Art, the Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), New Hampshire Institute of Art, New Jersey College, Parsons, Pratt, RISD, Savannah College of Art and Design, School of Visual Arts, Skidmore, Syracuse Univ., Univ. of Michigan, Tulane Univ., University of the Arts (Philadelphia), Univ. of Rhode Island, Washington Univ. in St. Louis, and Univ. of Southern California.
 

Deborah Winiarski
Contemporary Uses of Wax and Encaustic--
Introduction to Encaustic Painting

October 7-8
Monday-Tuesday
10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Fee: $330 (includes $30 materials fee)
Instructor present both days
Enrollment limited to 12 students

In this hands-on workshop, students will explore the luminous beauty and versatility of encaustic—painting with molten, pigmented beeswax. This ancient art form has evolved into one of the most versatile mediums available to contemporary artists and offers many exciting, creative possibilities! The workshop will focus on encaustic painting basics, as well as how to easily and inexpensively incorporate encaustic into a regular studio practice.  Equipment and tools, encaustic paint recipes, painting supports and more will be discussed.  Students will learn how to create image, texture and line using a variety of techniques and how to embed collage elements, found objects and image transfers within translucent layers of wax.  No matter your current medium or genre, encaustic has much to offer.  Beginners are welcome, as are prior workshop registrants. Ample time for hands-on work will be provided.

Deborah Winiarski has been teaching encaustic workshops at the Art Students League of New York since 2009.  Her encaustic work has been exhibited at venues in New York City and across the United States.  In 2013, her work was included in RED at A Gallery, Provincetown, MA; and SEVEN at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA.  Her work will also be included in the upcoming 3rd edition of Embracing Encaustic.  For more information about the instructor, please visit:  www.deborahwiniarski.com.

Deborah Winiarski
Encaustic in Three Dimensions:  Plaster Cloth

October 9-11
Wednesday-Friday
10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Fee: $455 (includes $30 materials fee)
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students

This workshop will explore the sculptural possibilities of wax and encaustic.  Rigid and absorbent when dry, plaster cloth makes a wonderful support for dimensional encaustic work.  In this three-day workshop, participants will work with this versatile material to create 3D forms and reliefs that can stand alone or be incorporated into encaustic panel paintings.  When wet, plaster cloth is easily wrapped, folded, draped or molded over armatures, wire mesh or any solid surface.  Once dry, the forms will readily accept encaustic paint.  Participants will have ample opportunity to work and apply various encaustic painting techniques to their created plaster cloth forms.  Other dimensional techniques such as creating poured wax castings from simple molds and free-hand modeling of encaustic medium will be demonstrated.  Additional discussion and demonstrations will include fusing techniques for dimensional work, options for joining multiple forms, and advanced techniques for incorporating imagery.  Since beginning encaustic techniques will not be addressed in this workshop, prior work with encaustic is advised.

Deborah Winiarski has been teaching encaustic workshops at the Art Students League of New York since 2009.  Her encaustic work has been exhibited at venues in New York City and across the United States.  In 2013, her work was included in RED at A Gallery, Provincetown, MA; and SEVEN at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA.  Her work will also be included in the upcoming 3rd edition of Embracing Encaustic.  For more information about the instructor, please visit:  www.deborahwiniarski.com.

Ephraim Rubenstein
Oil Painting Fundamentals

October 12-13
Saturday–Sunday, 10:00 am–4:30pm
Fee: $225
Instructor present each day until 2:00pm (the last part of class is studio time supervised by the monitor)
Enrollment limited to 15 students
Please request supply list upon registration 

This focused two-day workshop offers an in-depth review of the absolute basics necessary for getting started in oil painting. It will cover such topics as materials, setting up the palette, basic color theory and color mixing, and the various approaches to starting a painting (direct vs. indirect painting). This workshop should give students all of the practical information they need in order to feel comfortable in a regular studio painting class.

Ephraim Rubenstein received his B.A. in Art History from Columbia University and his M.F.A. in Painting from Columbia University's School of the Arts.  Mr. Rubenstein has had ten one-person exhibitions in New York, at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Tatistcheff & Co. and most recently at George Billis Gallery in Chelsea. He has exhibited, as well, at the Butler Institute of American Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Academy of Design, where he won the Emil Carlsen and Beatrice Laufman Awards.    His work is represented in numerous public and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Mr. Rubenstein is an active teacher and is currently on the faculty at Columbia University and the National Academy of Design, as well as at the Art Students League. For more information visit www.ephraimrubenstein.com.

Seongmin Ahn
Asian Ink Painting: Abstract, Still Life and Orchid & Bamboo
 
October 14-18
Monday–Friday, 6:00-9:30 pm
Fee: $440 (includes $40 materials fee)
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request a supply list upon registration
 
This workshop will first teach basic techniques of sumie ink painting by focusing on how to utilize and expand concepts of lines, brush strokes and ink wash with new materials. Students will then apply these tools to create realistic and abstract painting based on the Four Gentlemen drawing (orchid, bamboo, plum and chrysanthemum). Materials and techniques include working with a variety of rice papers, sumi ink and Asian brush. Backing technique will be introduced (Asian traditional mounting with wheat glue - part of scroll making process). Students will also investigate cultural metaphors of materials and subjects.

Seongmin Ahn is a Korean born artist who is living and working in New York. She received her BFA and MFA in Asian traditional painting from Seoul National University and then the second MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. She is a recipient of a Pollock Krasner Foundation grant and the first prize from AHL foundation competition. Her works have been reviewed on Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, NY Arts magazine, Baltimore Sun, Plain Dealer and others. She had exhibited nationally and internationally including 12 solo shows and numerous group shows. She has taught and lead workshops at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Queens Museum of Art and Korean Cultural Service specializing in Asian art. For more information, please visit: www.seongminahn.com.

Max Ginsburg
Painting a Portrait

October 14-18
Monday - Friday, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Fee: $850
Instructor present every day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration
Intermediate to Advanced students

We will paint a traditional portrait of a model in a portrait pose.  Through careful observation we will be able to express the character and naturalism of the model and get a likeness too.  Design of depth, as well as two dimensional design, will be emphasized.  Cool and warm color relationships will be studied and painted to develop the unique form and texture of the model in a particular pose and light.  Our method of painting will be alla prima and we will study the great Old Master portrait painters such as Rembrandt, Velasquez and Sargent.
 
Day 1:  Head studies
Day 2:  Portrait Study
Day 3, 4 and 5: Painting a 3/4 length portrait
 
The instructor will give painting demonstrations and individual critiques to each student every day.
 
President's Gold Medal Award for Advancement of Traditional Fine Art 2013 California Art Club. Retrospective Exhibitions 2011 Butler Institute of American Art and Salmagundi Club.  "Best in Show" 2011 Art Renewal Center.  ACOPAL Group Show Six Museums in China - 2012-2013. Exhibition 2008 The Martin Luther King Labor Center. Philip Desind Award 2008 and Collectors Prize 2007 The Butler Institute. "Best In Show" 2007 Salmagundi Non Members. Purchase Prize 2005 Art Renewal Center. The Christopher's Award1991. Gold Medal 1984 Society of Illustrators.  Selected Group Shows - American Academy of Arts and Letters, Museum of The City of New York, New York Historical Society, National Academy of Design Biennials.  Museum Collections - Butler Institute, New Britain Museum, Society of Illustrators Museum. Illustrator 1980 - 2004, Teacher - 1960 to Present (H.S. Art & Design, School Visual Arts, Art Students League). Book "Max Ginsburg-Retrospective" www.ginsburgretro.com.  DVD "Max Ginsburg-Legacy of an American Painter" www.ginsburgvideo.com. Websites: www.maxginsburg.com & www.ginsburgillustration.com.

Wendy Shalen
Portfolio Development: Self-Portraits in Line, Tone & Color

October 20 & 27
Sundays, 10:00 am–4:30 pm
Fee: $275
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 15 students
Workshop will be held in studio 14, 1st fl.
Please request supply list upon registration.

This workshop covers self-portraiture using linear and tonal approaches to drawing. Students may work with black and white charcoal and sanguine conté, reed pen and ink, and silverpoint.  Pastel painters are welcome.  Thorough explanations of each technique will be given on an individual basis.

Wendy Shalen is a graduate of Brandeis University (B.A., magna cum laude) and studied at the Art Students League with Daniel Greene, Harvey Dinnerstein and Robert Beverly Hale, and privately with Burton Silverman. She has shown at Abbot & Holder, London; Allan Stone Gallery, New York; The Katonah Museum of Art, New York; The Housatonic Museum of Art, Connecticut; The Belskie Museum, New Jersey; and several galleries in Martha’s Vineyard (Gardner Colby, Hermine Merel-Smith and Carol Craven).  Her work hangs in numerous private collections. Additional information and images can be found at www.wendyshalen.com.



Image: Self-Portrait by Akiko Asanuma

Recent portfolio students of Ms. Shalen have been admitted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Bard, Cooper Union, Cornell, FIT, Duke, Georgetown, Maine College of Art, Mary- land Institute College of Art, the Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), New Hampshire Institute
of Art, New Jersey College, Parsons, Pratt, RISD, Savannah College of Art and Design, School of Visual Arts, Skidmore, Syracuse Univ., Univ. of Michigan, Tulane Univ., University of the Arts (Philadelphia), Univ. of Rhode Island, Washington Univ. in St. Louis, and Univ. of Southern California.

Billy X. Carmon
The Expanded Dynamics of Narrative

October 21-25
Monday–Friday, 1:30-5:00 pm
Fee: $400
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Instructor present each day

The Expanded Dynamics of Narrative is for artists and students at all levels. We will use the traditional materials of paint, pencil and pen to explore form, color and line and how the artist's work can tell a story or convey an idea without becoming too literal or heavy handed and how expanded arts techniques can continue this story both on and off the canvas, sketch book or pad and into the environment. We will investigate nonlinear approaches and ways of augmenting ideas with collaboration and interdisciplinary forms such as print, electronic media and performance. Participants may choose their own materials and themes. An environmental art collaboration focused on the changing climate will be offered as a practical exercise.

Billy X. Curmano is a former McKnight Foundation Interdisciplinary Art Fellow. He studied at the Art Students League, Hollywood Film Institute and received B.F.A. and M.S. degrees from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. He’s presented workshops for major universities in the U.S. and Europe. His exhibitions and collections include the Vienna Graphikbiennale, Franklin Furnace, New Orleans Contemporary, Museum of Modern Art Library and a recent compilation of his work published by Mark Pezinger Verlag, Vienna. He expands traditional objects with environmental performances that have led St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and New Orleans mayors to proclaim a Billy X. Curmano Day. Journalists have compared him to Andy Warhol, Marcel DuChamp and P.T. Barnum. For more information, please visit www.billyx.net.

Lisa Dinhofer
Painting Insects in the Dutch Tradition

October 21-25
Monday–Friday, 9:00 am–12:30 pm
Fee: $400             
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

Imbedded in every Dutch Still Life is a dragonfly, a beetle, an ant.  They interrupt the serenity of a vase of flowers or a loaf of bread.  The insects are the poetry of transience.  They live among us and with us.  This workshop will explore how to reproduce an exoskeleton of a beetle as well as the radiance of the wing of a dragonfly or cicada.  The student can chose their medium from oil, watercolor or color pencil.  All work will be done from life by careful observation of actual specimens. 

Lisa Dinhofer—painter, draftswoman and printmaker—earned her BA with honors from Brandeis University.  For two years, she participated in the summer program at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, later receiving her MFA from the University of Pennsylvania.  Her work has been shown extensively both nationally and internationally.  Her most recent solo shows were at Denise Bibro Fine Art (New York, 2012) and at Purdue University (Indiana, 2010). Her paintings, drawings and prints are widely collected, and publicly represented at Brooklyn Museum of Art, City College (CUNY), IBM and other venues. In 2003, she completed a 90-foot glass mosaic mural, Losing My Marbles, which was commissioned by the MTA Arts for Transit program.  It is centrally located at the Times Square subway station. Currently, Ms. Dinhofer is represented by Denise Bibro Fine Art in New York.  For more information please visit www.lisadinhofer.com.

Leonid Gervits
Copying Masterpieces at The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Theory and Technique

8 Fridays:
10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22,
(no 11/29 due to Thanksgiving)
12/6, 12/13, 12/20
11:30– 3:30 pm
Fee: $760 (includes fee for the Met)
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 11 students

This is an oil painting workshop that will teach old master techniques, through hands-on study and application next to each student’s selected masterpiece. Students are expected to research their selected work, including the artist and the technique of the time. The instructor will further introduce the topic, and suggest literature with concern to the selected art piece. (Image right: Study Head of a Young Woman, Anthony van Dyck, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Interested applicants must request an application form in person or by emailing anki@artstudentsleague.org. Registration deadline: October 1, 2013. Early applicants are given priority regarding work selection. Based on applicant’s prior experience, the instructor may make additional suggestions of work to copy.

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Leonid Gervits belongs to the European/Russian realist tradition of painting and drawing. In 1966, he graduated from the Odessa Art College; and in 1973, he received an MFA from Repin Academy, where he later worked as a professor for sixteen years. Mr. Gervits moved to the United States in 1991, working as an instructor at the New York Academy from 1992 to 2000. He has been an instructor at the Art Students League since 1997. An artist of the realist tradition and of serious academic training, Mr. Gervits is able to work in a broad spectrum of genres. For more information, visit www.gervits.com.

Frederick Brosen
Introduction to Transparent Watercolor

October 26-27
Saturday-Sunday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Fee: $275
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 15 students
Please request supply list upon registration

This workshop will introduce students to the classic transparent watercolor technique first perfected by the Early English Watercolorists; Turner, Girtin, Cotman and their contemporaries.  Applied over an initial pencil drawing, wet-in-wet, wet on dry, scumbling (or drybrush) and point of brush techniques will be demonstrated as well as basic approaches to elements of landscape painting; skies, trees and architecture.  The first day will be a demo and a lecture; the second day students will apply the demonstrated techniques under the teacher’s guidance. Although this course is oriented for the beginner, all levels are welcome, and can benefit from re-examining these foundation techniques. Material list available in the ASL office.
 
Frederick Brosen’s watercolors have been featured in over 30 solo museum and gallery exhibitions across the country, most recently at the South Street Seaport Museum and at Hirschl & Adler Modern in NYC, both in 2012. His work is in the permanent collection of over a dozen museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Historical Society. He is the recipient of the City College of New York Career Achievement Award in 2011, and of two Pollack-Krasner Foundation grants. In 2006 a major exhibition of his watercolors was featured at the Museum of the City of New York in conjunction with the publication of a monograph of his NYC watercolors, with an introduction by Ric Burns, ‘Still New York’. He is represented by Hirschl & Adler Modern in New York, and in 2015 his work will be featured in  ‘Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland’, premiering at the Wadsworth Atheneum and traveling to 3 additional museums, concluding at the Brooklyn Museum in 2016.

Sherry Camhy
Anatomy of a Portrait:
Smile, Smirk, Sneer, Surprise, Shock, Sorrow

October 28-November 1
Monday–Friday
9:00 am–12:30 pm
Fee: $425
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students

Go beyond likeness— capture character, express emotion! Study the skull for form, the features for likeness, and the muscles for facial expression. Work from the model in the medium of your choice in a series of short and long poses. Capture fleeting expressions and psychological insights.

Sherry Camhy, author of "The Art Of The Pencil", has had work exhibited in the Israel Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, Telfair Museum, Katonah Museum of Art, Parrish Museum, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, reviewed in ArtNews Magazine, American Artist, Drawing and FineArtConnoisseur magazines. She studied dissecting at NYU Medical School and teaches at ASL, NYU, SVA and NYAA and in her West Chelsea Studio. For more information, please visit www.sherrycamhy.com.

June Julian
Full STEAM Ahead with TreeSmART
A Professional Development Workshop for Artists & Teachers

October 15 at The American Museum of Natural History
Tuesday, 4:00-5:45 pm
October 28-29 at The Art Students League
Monday–Tuesday, 6:00-9:30 pm
Fee: $160
Instructor present each day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request a supply list upon registration

When Art is included in the recent STEM educational agenda that emphasizes Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, STEM + Art = STEAM.  The TreeSmART workshop will provide experiences for both artists and art teachers to incorporate these principles into their studios or classrooms using trees as a theme. After an orientation to tree ecology and on-site sketching at the American Museum of Natural History, participants will complete several hands-on STEAM projects at the League that they can take back and use in their practice. Participants may choose to display their work from the workshop on the TreeSmart Blog and at The Cerulean Gallery in Second Life.

June Julian is an exhibiting visual artist and former Associate Professor in graduate Art & Design Education at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Dr. Julian uses both traditional and electronic media to celebrate the world’s most extraordinary trees. An early adapter of the Web as a medium for a collaborative art making and doctoral research, she has presented her approaches to using aesthetic inquiry in Internet technologies at numerous professional conferences. Her work on art, ecology and the Internet has been published in Art Education Journal and in other titles from the National Art Education Association.  She is the Co-Director of The Cerulean Gallery in Second Life.

Kathie Miranda
Introduction to Botanical Art – Flowers

October 28 – November 1
Monday - Friday, 1:30 – 5:00 pm
Fee: $415 (includes $15 materials fee)
Instructor present every day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration

Students learn how to create a traditional botanical plate (painting) using live, seasonal flowers as inspiration. The instructor shares her entire approach to developing an idea from start to finish. The workshop begins with studies in graphite, and ends with a watercolor piece well underway. Learn the hallmark botanical painting technique of precise brushwork with controlled washes and dry brush. Demonstrations and simple exercises emphasize key botanical art conventions: close observation to achieve realism; dissecting flowers to understand their structure, form, and texture; accurate color matching; using values to suggest fleshy volume; and how to make predictable color mixtures.

Kathie Miranda is an award-winning artist and educator of natural science illustration with a specialty in botanical art. She studied at Lyme Academy of Art and at Paier College of Art, and holds a Certificate of Botanical Art and Illustration from The New York Botanical Garden, where she is a highly sought-after instructor in their adult education art program. She serves on the Board of the American Society of Botanical Artists; is Past President of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Greater New York Chapter; and maintains active memberships in the Connecticut Botanical Society and the Colored Pencil Society of America. She exhibits her work nationally, and is currently researching and illustrating flora of Connecticut for future exhibition and publication.

Rachael Wren
Moving Towards Abstraction

November 2-3
Saturday–Sunday, 10:00 am–4:30pm
Fee: $275
Instructor present every day
Enrollment limited to 12 students
Please request supply list upon registration
 
In this workshop, participants will explore and experience the process of abstracting from the world around them.  Working from observation of natural objects, students will be guided through a series of drawings in which they investigate notions of rhythm, mark, shape, texture, and speed.  On the first day of the workshop, the emphasis will be on working quickly, making many small drawings, while the second session will focus on creating one or two sustained large drawings.  We will address the concept of scale as well as discuss strategies for developing an effective composition. Experimentation with a variety of materials such as charcoal, ink, collage, and paint will be encouraged as we work towards the goal of creating images that capture the essence of the objects we are looking at without being representational depictions of them.

Rachael Wren received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA from the University of Washington.  Her work has been exhibited at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, the National Academy Museum, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Geoffrey Young Gallery, and The Painting Center, among others.  Rachael’s awards include the Julius Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy Museum and an Aljira Fellowship . She has attended residencies at the Saltonstall Foundation, the Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Vermont Studio Center, and the Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, and has been a Visiting Artist-in-Residence at the University of North Carolina and at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. For more information please visit: www.rachaelwren.com.

Max Ginsburg
Ginsburg Studio Atelier

November 3, 10, 17, 24
Sundays, 9:00 am-4:30 pm
Fee: $150
Enrollment limited to 20 students
Held in studio 14, 1st floor
Please request supply list upon registration

For advanced students
(Image right: "Unemployed On Line," Oil, 40" x 80", A multi-figure traditional alla prima realist painting from life)

A portfolio (about 4 or 5 paintings) and a personal interview is required in order to register for this Studio Atelier painting group.  Mr. Ginsburg will interview applicants and see their portfolio in June, any weekday evening (Mon. - Fri.), between 6:00 and 7:00 pm, Studio 7. Applicants will be notified about acceptance in this program on July1st.

Studio Atelier is a unique opportunity for advanced students to become more skilled in a realistic and traditional direction. Max Ginsburg will paint from life on his multi figure oil paintings Sundays in Studio 14.  The models will keep the same pose for a number of Sundays as requested by the instructor. Students will paint alongside Mr. Ginsburg, on their own paintings but from varying views of the model(s). Mr. Ginsburg will not give instruction, but the advantage to the artists registering is to see his approach and the development of his painting while developing their own painting at the same time and to paint alongside him as in the ateliers through the centuries where apprentices and assistant artists painted with and alongside the Old Masters.  

President's Gold Medal Award for Advancement of Traditional Fine Art 2013 California Art Club. Retrospective Exhibitions 2011 Butler Institute of American Art and Salmagundi Club.  "Best in Show" 2011 Art Renewal Center.  ACOPAL Group Show Six Museums in China - 2012-2013. Exhibition 2008 The Martin Luther King Labor Center. Philip Desind Award 2008 and Collectors Prize 2007 The Butler Institute. "Best In Show" 2007 Salmagundi Non Members. Purchase Prize 2005 Art Renewal Center. The Christopher's Award1991. Gold Medal 1984 Society of Illustrators.  Selected Group Shows - American Academy of Arts and Letters, Museum of The City of New York, New York Historical Society, National Academy of Design Biennials.  Museum Collections - Butler Institute, New Britain Museum, Society of Illustrators Museum.  Illustrator 1980 - 2004, Teacher - 1960 to Present (H.S. Art & Design, School Visual Arts, Art Students League). Book "Max Ginsburg-Retrospective" www.ginsburgretro.com.  DVD "Max Ginsburg-Legacy of an American Painter" www.ginsburgvideo.com. Websites: www.maxginsburg.com & www.ginsburgillustration.com.

Workshop Refund Policy
In the event a student chooses to withdraw after registering for a workshop, a 75% tuition refund will be granted when a student submits a “Request for Refund Form” (available in the office or online), by fax: (212) 541-7024, email: info@artstudentsleague.org or in person at least five (5) business days before the start date of the workshop. No refunds will be given within four (4) business days of a workshop. Materials fees are not refundable. Refunds are by check or ASL credit, only.

Workshop Cancellation Policy
Workshops are subject to cancellation. In the event of cancellation by the Art Students League, registered workshop students will receive a 100% tuition refund. Workshops may be cancelled on short notice. No refunds are given for travel expenses due to cancellations or schedule changes.

Admission to our workshop is on a first come, first serve basis. Admission will not be in excess of our studio capacity and therefore a waiting list will be generated. Tickets can not be reserved and are not guaranteed and are subject to change.