Academic Figure and Portrait Painting
(introductory - advanced)
Robert Armetta
Mondays and/or Wednesdays - Jan 14 - Apr 21
6:30 - 9:30pm
$500 (3hrs per week) (3 CEUs)
$500 = $450 (tuition) + $50 (model fee)

$950 (6hrs a week) (6 CEUs)
$950 = $850 (tuition) + $100 (model fee)

This class focuses on practical academic portrait- and figure-painting methods. Students are presented with a clear and organized system for mixing and applying accurate flesh tones by using a traditional structured palette. Simple methods for ascertaining proper proportions, drawing and shading will be thoroughly discussed. The class is designed to eliminate the guesswork and trial-and-error approach to painting, and it is suited to beginning, intermediate and advanced painters.

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Absolute Beginners Drawing and Painting - Your First Art Class
(introductory)
John Cichowski
Mondays Jan 14 - Apr 21
6:30 - 9:30pm
$530 (3hrs per week) (3 CEUs)
$530 = $450 (tuition) + $80 (all materials provided)

This is a beginning class in drawing and painting designed for those with little or no artistic training. A series of weekly exercises will train the student to master the foundation skills needed to continue to more advanced courses. The exercises include rendering the value scale, gradients, using a view finder, sighting, construction, various painting techniques (under-painting, glazing and impasto), composition and still-life. Each class begins with a demonstration of the exercise followed by one-on-one instruction. Students will also be given an optional "homework" assignments that will expand on the material presented in class.

Intermediate Drawing and Painting - Your Next Art Class
(intermediate)
Dennis Cheaney
Tuesdays - Jan 15 - Apr 8
6:30 - 9:30pm
$500 (3hrs per week) (3 CEUs)
$500 = $450 (tuition) + $50 (model fee)

This course is intended for those students who have taken foundation course and would like to develop their studio skills further. Each class will begin with a brief lecture and/or demonstration followed by one-on-one instruction. Sample topics will include: human anatomy and proportions, preparing a canvas, drawing materials & techniques, turning form, palette organization, painting mediums, health & safety issues and good studio practices. A model will be provided.

Throughout this 12-week course, students will create a number of drawings, color studies and finished pieces depending on their personal preference.

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Beginning Watercolor
(introductory)
Michiyo Fukushima
Thursdays - Jan 17 - Apr 10
6:30 - 9:30pm
$450.00 (3hrs per week) (3 CEUs)

This course is designed for beginning students wishing to learn the basic techniques of watercolor painting. A series of demonstrations will be conducted introducing the foundation skills needed for working in this lively medium; including layering colors, painting wet on wet, creating detail and texture, creating dramatic light and using frisket. Students will create several finished paintings utilizing the demonstrated techniques. One-on-one instruction will be provided in each class.

Additionally, Ms. Fukushima will bring in samples of her work and discuss the process she employs when creating her award-winning art including choosing subject matter, composition, initial drawing and final painting.

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Figure Drawing 101
(introductory)
Hal Brooks
Tuesdays - Jan 15 - Apr 8
6:30 - 9:30pm
$500 (3hrs per week) (3 CEUs)
$500 = $450 (tuition) + $50 (model fee)

This class is designed as an introduction to life drawing for the beginning art student. We will incorporate a variety of short gesture (action) poses and work towards longer sustained poses by the end of the semester. Working from the live model, students will develop an understanding of figure structure, proper proportion and the anatomical aspects of the human figure.

Basic principles of drawing will be discussed, from the proper observation of the model, to the use of light and shadow to express the volumetric forms of the figure. The use of line and rhythm will also be explored as a means of representing the expressive qualities of the human form.

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Direct and Indirect Painting
(introductory - advanced)
John Wellington
Wednesdays - Jan 16 - Apr 9
6:30 - 9:30pm
$500 (3hrs per week) (3 CEUs)
$500 = $450 (tuition) + $50 (model fee)

This class is designed to remove much of the mystery of the older and admired techniques of the Masters. Painting from the nude, students will learn both the faster techniques of painting in alla prima and dead color palates, and the slower more refined skills of starting with a grisille (monochromatic under-painting), then building up the surface with semi-opaque layers of color and transparent glazes.   Weekly demonstrations by John Wellington will include advanced blending techniques, applications of warm and cool layers of color to give depth to flesh, and how to balance both perceptive and conceptive skills when painting from life. Emphasis will also be placed on developing strong drawing and compositional skills.   There will also be a thorough review of brushes, paints, media, linens, wood, and copper prepared panels.

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Sculpting the Figure
(introductory - advanced)
Cynthia Eardley
Wednesdays - Jan 30 - Apr 23 - 6:30 - 930pm - Section A

Saturdays - Feb 9 - Apr 26 - 10:00am - 1:00pm - Section B

$565 (3hrs per week) (3 CEUs)
$565 = $450 (tuition) + $50 (model fee) + $65 (materials fee)

This course offers instruction to students modeling the human form. Working from the model, students will sculpt a 24" to 36" standing or seated figure or a portrait head (life-size or smaller). With the help of demonstrations by the instructor, illustrations from classic texts and frequent reference to casts concerning the underlying bone and musculature, students will learn about anatomy, proportions, planar relationships and the flow of volume in three dimensions. A variety of modeling tools and brushes will be described, as well as the uses of water-based vs. oil-based clays and methods for achieving desired surface textures. Visual references to the work of past and contemporary figurative sculptors will be provided and interpreted by the instructor at intervals throughout the course. Instruction will be individualized.

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Painting and Drawing the Figure from Life
(introductory - advanced)
Dan Thompson
$530 (3hrs per week) (3 CEUs)
$515 = $450 (tuition) + $50 (model fee) + $15 (material fee)

Class Postponed Until Summer, 2008 - Please call for waiting list

Organized into long and short pose sessions, this course will afford students the opportunity to work on a variety of technical issues. Students will begin by learning how to consistently recreate gestural vitality. Participants will then advance toward acquiring the ability to establish an effective proportional harmony for each drawing or painting. These short pose principles will support an exploration into seeing flatly and composing in patterns. In a value scale, the instructor will work individually with each student to systematically study and assemble tonal relationships. Paradigms of structure will be addressed primarily in the long pose, through the lens of form metaphor and the dynamics of light on surface form. Students who prefer to paint in a grisaille or in a limited palette will be guided in this effort by the instructor. For certain long poses, colored gels will also be employed, so that other students can develop their sensitivity to the principle of light key as a color context for the details of human form. The longest pose will be six sessions, and will be ideal for both figure and portrait painting.

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Copying the Masters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(intermediate to advanced)
Michael Smith
12:30 - 4:30pm
$350 (3hrs per week) (3 CEUs)

Class Postponed Until Summer, 2008 - Please call for waiting list

Copying works from the masters is a rare opportunity that can greatly affect the knowledge of the individual artist. Close examination of such master works results in the better understanding of the decision-making processes and many techniques of the master artist. This class is designed to offer the student the chance for intensive study of master paintings with palette in hand. Drawing, design, and color relationships will be emphasized. The class will copy works of interest selected by the individuals of the class. There will be short weekly lectures and demos on varying topics related to the master works as well as handouts pertaining to the individual artists chosen. The class is subject to the rules and regulations for copying that the Metropolitan has in place and students will be required to renew the permit to copy every four weeks. This class is for those with intermediate or advanced skill levels. Students may paint or draw.

Please contact the instructor prior to registering for special instructions. Phone: 212 966 0300 x969
or via email: michael@nyaa.edu

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The Bargue Method
(introductory - advanced)
Ard Berge
Thursdays - Jan 17 - Apr 10
6:30 - 9:30
$450 (3hrs per week) (3 CEUs)

"Drawing on the Past"- an academic approach to drawing. This course is designed to give students an introduction to classical methods of drawing through the study of Charles Bargue and Jean-Leon Geromes' "Cours de Dessin". The elegant lessons in this artists' manual will be used to train the eye to see accurately and provide a solid foundation for the development of a highly rendered drawing. Bargue's approach to studying drawing has proven particularly effective in giving students the skills necessary to develop their work in a clear, logical, and systematic way. It was eventually adopted by all major art curriculums throughout Europe at the end of the nineteenth century. Lectures and demonstrations will also acquaint students with the "sight-size" technique, which dates to the fifteenth century and is especially useful in solving problems with proportion and seeing the subject in the abstract.

The class will begin with students working in charcoal, copying reproductions from Charles Bargue's "Cours De Dessin" lithographs. We will then move on to developing a highly finished pencil drawing from a plaster cast. Finally, the class will conclude with the creation of a "trois couleur" chalk and charcoal drawing on toned paper of a statue from the New York Academy's impressive cast collection.

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Human Anatomy / Ecorche
David Klass
Thursdays - Jan 17 - Apr 24 - (15 week course)
6:30 -9:30
$565 (3hrs per week) (4 CEUs)
$565 = $500 (tuition) + $65 (materials fee)


This course offers in-depth analysis of human anatomy through the construction of an écorché (anatomical figure). Each student will construct a skeleton from plasteline (oil based clay), on a specially designed 24" armature, over which they sculpt the muscles one by one, which effect the surface form. This three- dimensional approach to the figure is the most successful method for understanding the complex relationships among the forms of the body. For anyone interested in sculpting the human figure, constructing an écorché provides an invaluable experience that will enhance modeling skills. Open to students at all levels.

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Figure Drawing: Construction to Surface Form
(introductory - advanced)
Patrizia Vignola
6:30 - 9:30
$500 (3hrs per week) (3 CEUs)
$500 = $450 (tuition) + $50 (model fee)

Class Postponed Until Summer, 2008 - Please call for waiting list

This class covers all aspects of drawing the figure from understanding and constructing the form to techniques used to model the surface form. Students will work from Master Drawings to reveal the thinking and processes used by the artists and to better understand the major masses and their movement. We will also analize Master techniques such as hatching, light on from, varying line quality,layering, subtractive hatching and turning the form. As the class progresses students will work from the live model to apply the techniques and skills thay have been presented to create their own original drawings.

Anatomy for Artists
(introductory - advanced)
Peter Cox
Saturdays - Jan 19 - Apr 5
9:00am - 12:00 noon
$500 per Semester (3 CEUs)
$500 = $450 (tuition) + $50 (model fee)

This course is designed to help artists of all levels draw from the human body while understanding its structure and anatomy. Through lectures, demonstrations and hands-on technical assistance, the human form will be turned into a simple "shapes" that combine to give proportion and depth to each drawing. In addition, "edges" (contour) and "volume" (tonality) will be addressed as the natural counterparts of this anatomical assimilation process.

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Beginning Painting
Chris Pugliese
(introductory - advanced)
Saturdays - Jan 19 - Apr 5
10:00 - 1:00 and/or 2:00 - 5:00
$500 (3 CEUs) half-day
$500 = $450 (tuition) + $50 (model fee)

$950 (6 CEUs) full-day
$950 = $850 (tuition) + $100 (model fee)


In this course, students will learn to construct portraits from the drawing stage through the under-painting process to the finished painting. They will develop a thorough understanding of the structure and proportions of the head as well as the principles of light and shade, thus acquiring the ability to capture likeness. Working from the live model, the instructor will demonstrate drawing and painting techniques and lecture on the history of portraiture.

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Forensic Sculpture: Head Reconstruction - Extended Workshop
(intermediate - advanced)
Larry Neil Mullins, Jr.
Dates May 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31
Saturdays - 11:00am - 6:00pm (1 hour lunch break)
$900 (3 CEUs)
$900 = $700 (tuition) + $200 (material fee)


This is a 5-week workshop. Each student will be given a resin cast of a specific skull. Students will learn the process of creating an accurate likeness using current forensic techniques currently employed by law enforcement and government organizations. All tools and materials needed to create a finished reconstruction will be provided.

Text needed to be purchased prior to the first class: Forensic Facial Reconstruction, Dr. Caroline Wilkinson, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521820030 - click here to purchase from Amazon.

Please Note: Unlike courses offered at other schools, you will be able to keep your finished sculpture and the photographs of the specific individual.

Cast Drawing
(introductory - advanced)
Robert Zeller
Jan 19 - Apr 5
Saturdays - 2:00 - 5:00pm
$450 (3hrs a week) (3 CEUs)
NEW CLASS

This class is not about "drawing statues." Cast drawing, when practiced academically, provides a means to improve radically one's drawing ability within a short period of time. Historically, great figurative draftsmen have utilized methods that combine both perceptual and conceptual approaches. The goals of this class are to develop a quick and fluid accuracy utilizing perceptual ability, and cultivate a conceptual sense of surface form.

Mr. Zeller will demonstrate concepts for the group as well as provide individual instruction. Students will work from a variety of casts for four weeks, focusing on the accuracy of shapes. This will be followed by four weeks of conceptual "turning of form," and four weeks of creating a "finished" drawing, utilizing the skills presented throughout the course.

Optional homework assignments will supplement the in-class exercises and explore a variety of drawing media.

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Long Pose Painting and Drawing
(introductory - advanced)
Sherry Camhy
Sundays - Feb 3 - Apr 20
Delayed Start Date

10:00 - 1:00 and/or 2:00 - 5:00
$500 (3 CEUs) half-day
$500 = $450 (tuition) + $50 (model fee)

$950 (6 CEUs) full-day
$950 = $850 (tuition) + $100 (model fee)
NEW CLASS

This course gives students an opportunity to strengthen their powers of observation by concentrating on more finished academic figure drawings and paintings. Emphasis will be on the methods of the Russian and French academies. The poses will extend over several sessions. A step by step plan will enable everyone to successfully execute well-balanced and proportionally accurate drawings. The topics include: " How to measure academic proportions relative to the plumb line and horizon line. " How to separate light and shadow and develop the various transitions between them. " Basic anatomical structure as a useful tool for creating good drawings.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

For registration and information contact John Cichowski at 212.966.0300 x968 or johnc@nyaa.edu

Registration
Students may register for Continuing Education courses in person, by e-mail (johnc@nyaa.edu), or phone (212.966.0300 x968). Unless otherwise noted, courses and workshops are limited to 18 students.   Only those who have paid in full their tuition and registration fees will be permitted to attend workshops and courses.   Prompt registration reduces the possibility that a course might be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment.

Location
The New York Academy of Art is located at 111 Franklin Street, between West Broadway and Church Street in the lower Manhattan landmark district of TriBeCa.   TriBeCa is close to SoHo, which is noted for its galleries, museums and large population of artists.   Nearby are New York's Chinatown and the cluster of municipal buildings that includes Federal Plaza and City Hall.

Transportation
Students and visitors can reach the Academy via the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local subway (Number 1), which stops at the Franklin Street station, half a block from the Academy.   Other subway lines have stops a short distance from the building at Canal Street (A, C or E express/local, Lexington Avenue Local number 6, Broadway Local N/R and Nassau Street Express and Local J/M/Z).

Tuition & Fees
Tuition for each course is indicated as part of the course description. A registration fee of $25.00 is required. (Students enrolling in more than one course/workshop will be charged a one-time fee of $25.00.) Students enrolled in the MFA program receive a twenty percent (20%) discount. Senior citizens and alumni receive a ten percent (10%) discount.

Cancellation/Refunds

Occasionally the New York Academy of Art may find it necessary to cancel a course or workshop due to low enrollment or scheduling changes with faculty. If this occurs the New York Academy of Art will attempt to contact those students who have registered for the canceled course or workshop.

It is the students responsibility to keep the Academy advised of current mailing addresses, phone numbers and/or e-mail addresses at which he or she may be contacted.

If a course or workshop is cancelled students may transfer to another course or workshop, or the New York Academy of Art will refund the student the full tuition and any course fees. However, the Academy is not responsible or liable for any other expenses that the student may have incurred, including but not limited to transportation, housing and/or the purchase of materials and supplies.

Courses : Students will receive a tuition refund if a request to withdraw from a course is received by John Cichowski prior to the first session.  

Workshops: Students will receive a full refund of tuition if a written request to withdraw from a workshop is received by the Academy no later than 3 days prior to the first session.   Students who withdraw at a later date will not be eligible for a tuition refund.

NOTE:  The New York Academy of Art reserves the right to accept or deny enrollment in any class, lecture or workshop by any applicant. Class sizes are limited; please enroll promptly.

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