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Figure and Composition: Complete Traditional Skills

  • All levels
  • 18 and older
  • $830
  • Earn 8,300 reward points
  • 315 E 62nd St, New York, NY
  • 36 hours over 12 sessions

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  • $830
  • 36 hours over 12 sessions
  • Price includes $50 registration fee.
    The instructor will be present on Mondays and Wednesdays.
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Class Description

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What you'll learn in this figure drawing class:

This class will introduce historically based skills and concepts for figure drawing and oil painting. Each lesson will discuss principles such as proportion or gesture and clearly define and demonstrate a path to improvement. 

The instructor will start by showing how to simplify the subject into accurate shapes and values which are essential for achieving a likeness of the subject. Later, the discussion surrounding light, anatomy, and color will help bring refinement and resolution to the painting or drawing. Students unfamiliar with these concepts will begin by drawing in graphite pencil, and more advanced students may work in oils. The model will assume the same pose for multiple sessions so that each lesson can be thoroughly implemented and understood. 

The instructor will be present on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Registration fee included.

Material List:

Drawing supplies:
  • 2H, HB, 2B graphite pencils
  • Kneaded eraser
  • razor blade and a sanding block for sharpening pencils
  • Strathmore Series 400 18x24 inch drawing pad
Oil painting supplies:
  • Lead White, Yellow Ochre, Vermillion, Raw Umber, Ivory Black
  • An assortment of long handle brushes
  • Wooden pallet
  • 8x10 inch panel (larger painting surfaces will be discussed in class.)
  • a medium of your choice (I like Oleogel made by Rublev)
  • Brush cleaner with odorless mineral spirits.
  • Paper towels
  • Pallet knife
School Notes:

Please note, New York School of the Arts charges a $50 one-time registration fee for students who are new to their school. This is automatically added to the cost of your enrollment (and already included in the price listed on this course). If you are a returning student to NYSA, please let us know and we will refund you $50.

Refund Policy

Class Cancellation:

Classes and workshops are subject to cancellation if the minimum number of students required for a session is not met. Notification will be sent to registered students five days before the class is scheduled to begin.

Refunds:

To receive a refund, you must notify us in writing at [email protected]. There is a $20 administrative fee for each refund.

  • In order to receive a full refund, students must withdraw from a class or workshop fourteen (14) business days prior to the first day of classes.
  • Students withdrawing from a class and workshop during the week before the beginning of the quarter will receive a 70% refund as school credit if within fourteen (14) business days of the start of the class.
  • No refunds will be made after the second class without medical documentation and no refunds will be made after a workshop begins.
  • Ceasing to attend class without notifying the school does not constitute withdrawal from class.
  • Refunds are issued in the same form as payment. Refunds are issued within thirty days from request in the form of the same payment. Registration and service fees are non-refundable.

Transfers:

All transfers must occur before the second meeting of class. Transfers from one course into another may incur additional fees, depending on the transfer. Transferring from one workshop to another is not permitted. There is a $20 administrative fee for each transfer.

Holidays & Canceled Lessons:

We are closed for Thanksgiving, winter, and spring break. If we must close due to the weather, we will send out an email. If classes are canceled, the instructor will work with the school office to schedule a make-up date. We do not refund/prorate for weather closure, and our make-up policy still applies.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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