Studio School

CCAE Studio School offers a group of coordinated classes that focuses on perceptual drawing and oil painting. We are interested in helping students develop skills that enable them to record and interpret, analyze and express. We are geared towards painting and drawing from life, stressing the importance of spatial relationships and careful observation. For more information, visit ccae.org/studio-school.

THE NATURE OF SPACE:

PAINTING IN HARVARD SQUARE

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com Through careful study of the landscape, we will seek to recreate our sense of space through perspective, saturation of color, and value contrast. We will apply our understanding while painting outdoors around Harvard Square, including along the Charles River, Harvard campus, and other scenic locations near the square.

COURSE CODE: DPCS Sec. 01: 5 Thursdays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins Sep. 22 | $340

DRAWING WITH THE FIGURE

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This course will explore figurative drawing as an artistic practice. We will begin with a study of construction and proportion and move into capturing a sense of gesture and light. All classes will be held with a live nude model. Appropriate for both the advanced artist or the beginner.

COURSE CODE: DRFH Sec. 01: 9 Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30pm. Begins Sep. 21 | $330

STUDIO SCHOOL DRAWING

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This drawing class will use the figure as a basis for understanding basic drawing elements such as line, form in space, spatial relationships, light and dark, gesture, and composition. Beginners will be welcomed and continuing students will also be challenged. Some classes might also include interior drawing, still life, and landscape.

COURSE CODE: IDRW Sec. 01: 10 Wednesdays, 2-5pm. Begins Sep. 21 | $660

PAINTING FOUNDATIONS: STILL LIFE AND LANDSCAPE

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com You will be guided through a series of foundational color experiments involving personal still life setups. These ideas will then be applied to simplifying landscapes while working from a photograph. Learn the fundamentals of oil painting in this intensive, structured developmental painting program. We’ll stress visual language elements such as composition, observational measurement, values, space, and mark-making. In addition, we’ll utilize a series of limited palettes to build strength and understanding of color theory and color mixing. Oil paint is the preferred medium, but students who are comfortable using acrylic or gouache are welcome to do so.

COURSE CODE: PFPH Sec. 01: 10 Tuesdays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins Sep. 20 | $600

PAINTING FROM LIFE: THE FIGURE & THE PORTRAIT

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This class will focus on accurate observation and structural understanding of both the portrait and the human figure. We will seek to translate these complex subjects to their simplest terms and methodically build our painting from a foundation of simple but essential color relationships. We will work with a nude live model from direct observation.

COURSE CODE: PLFP Sec. 01: 10 Tuesdays, 1-5pm. Begins Sep. 20 | $700 Sec. 02: 10 Wednesdays, 9am-1pm. Begins Sep. 21 | $700

PAINTING OUTDOORS ON THE NORTH SHORE

Brett Gamache | Artist & Art Instructor, brettgamache.com Join us for a plein air landscape painting class along the North Shore’s seacoast with locations including Gloucester, Rockport, and Ipswich. Topics covered include: setting up, beginning a painting, composition, mixing color, creating space, and capturing light. Students are asked to bring materials (paints, brushes, portable easel, canvas) as well as a mask. Oil painting is the preferred medium, some painting experience is required. This class will meet in-person outdoors.

COURSE CODE: PONS Sec. 01: 5 Fridays, 9am-1pm. Begins Sep. 23 | $320

PAINTING PLEIN AIR: DECONSTRUCTING THE LANDSCAPE

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This online course will deconstruct the elements of plein air painting to help students develop a versatile and methodic outdoor painting practice. Concepts covered will be: composition, choosing your subject, mechanics of working outdoors, structure of light in the landscape, and creating space with color. Students will work from photographs or master copies, and will be encouraged but not required to share work made outdoors. A great way to prepare for the plein air painting season, or to explore this rewarding subject for the first time. Class time will consist of demonstrations, slide shows, and critique. All demonstrations will be done in oil, but acrylic and gouache are also welcome.

COURSE CODE: PPDL Sec. 01: 5 Thursdays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins Oct. 27 | $320

INTENSIVE DRAWING BOOT CAMP

Brett Gamache | Artist & Art Instructor, brettgamache.com In this bootcamp, participants will experience six hours of intensive drawing. The instructor will guide you through drawing fundamentals and thorough observation. Beginning with rudimentary exercises of “seeing” and “recording,” you will move through carefully prescribed steps to the point where you can produce quality drawings with your newly acquired skills. We will work with live models most of the time.

COURSE CODE: BOOT Sec. 01: Sunday, 10am-4pm. Sep. 25 | $180 Sec. 02: Sunday, 10am-4pm. Nov. 6 | $180 Sec. 03: Sunday, 10am-4pm. Dec 11 | $180

FIGURE DRAWING AND PAINTING:

WEEKLONG INTENSIVE

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com With the use of models, we will do various exercises (both quick and longer-term) to analyze the figure and the bodies form. We will begin the week drawing the figure, using line and value in a variety of dry media. We will then progress to painting, discussing color as it relates to skin tones and begin to find out where "likeness" comes from. Drawing and painting experience is required.

COURSE CODE: FDPI Sec. 01: Monday-Friday, 9am-1pm. Begins Dec. 5 | $450

PORTRAIT DRAWING AND PAINTING:

WEEKLONG INTENSIVE

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com With the use of models, we will do various exercises (both quick and longer-term) to analyze the face and its relationship to the entire head. We will begin the week drawing the portrait, using line and value in a variety of dry media. We will then progress to painting, discussing color as it relates to skin tones and begin to find out where “likeness” comes from. Drawing and painting experience is required.

COURSE CODE: PDPI Sec. 01: Monday-Friday, 1-5pm. Begins Dec. 12 | $450

PORTRAIT DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN

Eric Bornstein | Artist, M.L.A., Harvard A portrait is more than a face. Based in part from the book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards, the curriculum systematically introduces vital perceptual drawing skills to help organize visual information and capture the essence of your subjects. Classes will focus on gaining a familiarity with useful drawing strategies, materials, issues of composition, and the attainment of the right ambiance to render effective works. Please bring medium/soft pure graphite pencil and vine charcoal and 18” x 24” white drawing pad to first class. There will be a live model in the class.

COURSE CODE: PDRB Sec. 01: 8 Thursdays, 7:45-9:45pm. Begins Sep. 22 | $320

OPEN STUDIO FOR LIFE DRAWING

The open studio provides time and space for artists to draw from a live model. Each week, the model will hold a series of short poses ranging from 1 to 15 minutes. This is a great opportunity to draw from live models in the medium of your choice. There is no instructor present, but there will be a studio monitor.

COURSE CODE: STUD Sec. 01: Thursday, 6-8pm. Sep. 22 | $25 Sec. 02: Thursday, 6-8pm. Oct. 13 | $25 Sec. 03: Thursday, 6-8pm. Oct. 27 | $25 Sec. 04: Thursday, 6-8pm. Nov. 10 | $25 Sec. 05: Thursday, 6-8pm. Dec. 8 | $25

BEGINNER OIL PAINTING

Jeremy Durling, Natalia Slattery & Bahareh Safarani | Artists Join us for an introduction to the materials and mechanics of oil painting as well as the fundamentals of visual language. You will learn about composition, drawing, values, and color while working from still-life and other projects. No experience is necessary.

COURSE CODE: PAPP Sec. 01: 9 Mondays, 6-9pm. Begins Sep. 19 | $540 | Jeremy Durling No Class Oct. 10 Sec. 02: 9 Thursdays, 1-4pm. Begins Sep. 22 | $540 | Natalia Slattery Sec. 03: 9 Saturdays, 10am-1pm. Begins Sep. 24 | $540 | Bahareh Safarani

BEGINNER ABSTRACT PAINTING

Rachel DeLuca | Painter Abstract art covers a vast amount of different art-making styles and strategies. This beginner-level class will help you focus on the wide world of abstract painting and allow you to practice examining, discussing, and creating your own abstract artworks. Each class will introduce you to a particular style and we will study famous historical or contemporary works as examples. Classes will also cover basic acrylic techniques. There are many different ways to think of and paint an abstract picture, so this class will begin with exercises based on shape, color, and composition.

COURSE CODE: ABSB Sec. 01: 10 Tuesdays, 6-9pm. Begins Sep. 20 | $360

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ABSTRACT ART:

PAINTING AND MIXED MEDIA

Rachel DeLuca | Painter In this workshop, students will learn to develop their own artistic voice through exercises in abstract thinking. Classes will introduce you to contemporary artists working all over the globe as well as artists throughout history. We will begin with a series of guided projects using acrylic paints and mixed media. Students will also be able to explore individual projects and develop skills to speak about their work. Students should have taken one of the following prerequisites prior to enrolling: Beginner Abstract Painting; Abstract Art: Contemporary Approaches; or Painting Abstract Art: All Levels Part One.

COURSE CODE: ABSI Sec. 01: 10 Thursdays, 6-9pm. Begins Sep. 22 | $360 No Class Nov. 24

PAINTING THE FIGURE WITH COLOR

David Andrus | Artist, davidandrus.weebly.com This class will focus on the use of vibrant color to create dynamic oil paintings from the live model that go beyond just copying. We will work with an increasing awareness of form and structure as well as looking at examples of past and present artists for inspiration. Please bring a canvas to the first class. Some figure drawing experience would be helpful.

COURSE CODE: PAIO Sec. 01: 10 Fridays, 6-9pm. Begins Sep. 23 | $540

PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE

Anthony Riccardi | Artist Every landscape includes many complex shapes and textures. In this class, learn to develop your perceptions of five different zones inside the landscape space: through, between, within, below, and above. Traveling through these zones, you will learn the fundamentals of landscape painting techniques. We’ll also discuss various artists and their works to explore the many ways the landscape may be interpreted. Acrylic and watercolor paint media will be used; no oils, please. Class meets indoors.

COURSE CODE: PLSC Sec. 01: 10 Wednesdays, 10am-12:30pm. Begins Sep. 21 | $355