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 Participants experience six hours of intensive drawing . The instructor will deliberately guide you on 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 sound and satisfying drawings with newly acquired skills . We will work with live models most of the time .

COURSE CODE: BOOT Sec. 01: Saturday, 10am-4pm. Jun. 26 | $165

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 landscape 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 Jun. 22 | $390 No class Aug. 17

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 . Students are asked to wear a mask throughout the class and follow Massachusetts state guidelines regarding physical distancing .

COURSE CODE: PONS Sec. 01: 6 Fridays, 9am-1pm. Begins Jun. 18 | $360 Sec. 02: 6 Fridays, 9am-1pm. Begins Jul. 30 | $360

PAINTING THE INTERIOR: INTERIOR LIGHT

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 Jun. 24 | $270

PAINTING THROUGH THE WINDOW:

THE LIGHT OUTSIDE

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 Jul. 29 | $270 No class Aug. 19

PAINTING ON THE CHARLES

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com Join us for a (safe physically distanced) plein air landscape painting class along the Charles River in Cambridge, MA . This class is for the beginner as well as the more advanced painter . 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 .

COURSE CODE: LPCH Sec. 01: 5 Wednesdays, 9am-1pm. Begins Jun. 23 | $300