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.

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. Apr. 10 | $185 Sec. 02: Sunday, 10am-4pm. Jun. 5 | $185

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 Apr. 13 | $345

STUDIO SCHOOL DRAWING

Jeremy Durling, Nicholas Mancini | Artists 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. 02: 9 Mondays, 10am-1pm. Begins Apr. 4 | $425 Nicholas Mancini Sec. 01: 9 Wednesdays, 2-5pm. Begins Apr. 13 | $425 Jeremy Durling No class Apr. 18 & May 30

PAINTING FOUNDATIONS: STILL LIFE AND LANDSCAPE (STUDIO SCHOOL)

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: 9 Tuesdays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins Apr. 12 | $430

PAINTING THE INTERIOR:

INTERIOR LIGHT (STUDIO SCHOOL)

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This class will explore the complex subject of painting an interior space. We will work one step at a time from a combination of direct observation, photo reference, and invention. We will begin with drawing and color studies and use these to inform a larger final painting. Our goal is to better understand how to capture light and perspective in this complicated environment. Can be paired with Painting through the Window for a 2-part course. Experience in drawing and painting in oil or acrylic is required. Oil paint is the preferred medium, but students who are comfortable using acrylic are welcome to do so.

COURSE CODE: PINT Sec. 01: 5 Thursdays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins Apr. 14 | $285

PAINTING FROM LIFE: THE FIGURE & THE PORTRAIT (STUDIO SCHOOL)

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: 9 Tuesdays, 1pm-5pm. Begins Apr. 12 | $600 Sec. 02: 9 Wednesdays, 9am-1pm. Begins Apr. 13 | $600

PAINTING THROUGH THE WINDOW:

THE LIGHT OUTSIDE (STUDIO SCHOOL)

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This class will study the beautiful and expansive space we see while gazing through a window. Students will work from home to find a subject anywhere from a familiar landscape to the light streaming into a beloved room. We will use drawing and color studies to experiment with ways of seeing this space, and these studies will inform a larger final painting. Can be taken independently or as a second part to Painting the Interior. Experience with drawing and painting in oil or acrylic is required. Oil paint is the preferred medium, but students who are comfortable using acrylic are welcome to do so.

COURSE CODE: PWLO Sec. 01: 5 Thursdays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins May 19 | $285

PAINTING OUTDOORS ON THE NORTH

SHORE (STUDIO SCHOOL)

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, 9:30am-1:30pm. Begins May 13 | $315

DRAWING IN BARS

Bryan Ramey | Artist, artbyramey.com Come sketch with us at a different Cambridge pub every week. Students will draw elements of the scene with portable mediums of their choice. Your charge is to draw from real life outside of the studio, and to capture the tone, gesture, and movement around you. The end goal is to improve your drawing ability and to become more comfortable drawing in public. All skill levels and drawing styles are welcome. Drinking is optional. Drawing is not. BYO materials.

COURSE CODE: DBAR Sec. 01: 6 Wednesdays, 7-9pm. Begins Apr. 6 | $180

DRAWING THE LANDSCAPE IN COLOR

Gillian Frazier | Artist, gillianfrazier.com This is an opportunity to improve your skills in order to draw the landscape. You will work from reference photos and from nature when drawing. You will be introduced to basic drawing concepts through different weekly assignments, including shape, line, atmospheric perspective, and color with assignments and instructor demonstrations. Various mediums will be explored such as pencils, colored pencils, oil pastels, pastels and mixed media.

COURSE CODE: DLAN Sec. 01: 7 Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30pm. Begins Apr. 5 | $200

METAMORPHIC DRAWING

YoAhn Han | Assistant Professor at MassArt, yoahnhan.com Move beyond the fundamentals and break out of your comfort zone by exploring observational and abstract concepts with non-traditional drawing methods. Experiment with wet and dry media on paper while challenging form, shape, composition, and special relationships. Demonstrations, critiques, and virtual gallery visits bring your work to a more intriguing level. This class is designed for students that want to continue to refine their skills in the medium and refresh their understanding of concepts. The first half of this class focuses on drawing and moves into wet mediums of the students’ choice.

COURSE CODE: MEMD Sec. 01: 8 Mondays, 6-8pm. Begins Apr. 4 | $220 No class Apr. 18 & May 30

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 Apr. 7 | $315