Brooklyn Location:
56 Bogart St, Third Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Phone: 917-597-2404
Oyster Bay Location:
115 Audrey Ave
Oyster Bay, NY 11771
Phone: 516-558-7367
Traditional Techniques - A Vibrant Community
Mission Statement
The Teaching Studios of Art's mission is to train artists in traditional techniques practiced for centuries before the advent of Modernism. We believe that creating a vibrant artistic environment enriches the aesthetic and cultural life of the surrounding community. We desire to equip students of all ages with the strengths of time-tested techniques. We offer a full spectrum of classical training: portraiture, anatomy, figure drawing and painting, as well as color theory, persective and much more.
2011 Workshops
The Art of Pastels a one day workshop with Jane McGraw-Tuebner
Saturday March 19
10am-5pm
1--2pm, lunch
Brooklyn Location
$100
If you have ever desired to study pastels, but were too intimidated by the medium to try, now is your chance to study with a consummate professional.
Basic and advanced techniques will be covered while working from still-life set-ups. This workshop will be divided into a morning and afternoon session. If you have ever desired to learn how to work in this medium, now is your chance to work with a consummate professional. No previous pastel experience is required.
The morning will be devoted to a lecture and demonstration that will focus on:
developing form using light and shadow the effect of light on color types of pastels pastel stroke techniques different types of paper correcting mistakes safety procedures The afternoon will be devoted to personal instruction at each easel. A variety of still life subjects will be set-up for the class to choose from, ranging from simple color studies to slightly more complicated subjects.
Class size is limited to 12 students, to ensure a high quality learning environment.
About the instructor:
Jane McGraw-Teubner has achieved the honored rank of Master Pastel Artist, awarded by the Pastel Society of America. She is also on the Board of Directors for the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club and a Resident Artist in the Salmagundi Art Club in Manhattan. She studied with pastel artists Jeff Webb, Frank Federico, Albert Handell, Anita Louise West, Larry Blovits, Richard McKinley and at the Art Students League with Richard Pionk. She exhibits in galleries in New York City and the metropolitan area.
The Grissaille Portrait a two day workshop with Chris Pugliese
Friday and Saturday
April 29 and 30, 2011
10am- 5pm
1 hour break for lunch
$250
This workshop will be taught by Chris Pugliese, a highly respected and sought-after portrait and figure artist, and will specifically cover the system of creating a monochromatic underpainting which can be later worked over with color. This is an ancient method of painting that can be tracked easily to both the Northern European and Italian Renaissance artists. It is advantageous to painters at all level for its clarity of procedure and ease of execution. The first session is devoted to executing the portrait in grissaille. The second session is devoted to painting in color over the grissaille.
Class size is limited to 12 students, to ensure a high quality learning environment.
Oyster Bay is accessible to NYC via the LIRR. We are right off the Oyster Bay Stop.
A Figure Intensive a five day workshop with Chris Pugliese
Monday- Friday
May 30- June 3
10am- 5pm
1 hour break for lunch everyday, 1-2pm
$600
This unique class, taught by Chris Pugliese, is designed to help artists of any level of skill and experience draw and paint the human figure.
The Figure Intensive consists of 5 full days of working from the live model with Chris Pugliese. This is a total of 30 hours of working on the same pose.
Learn to draw and paint the figure to a degree of quality that can only happen with prolonged, direct observation of the model, coupled with quality instruction from a master. Pugiese's working method reconciles two dominant and seemingly opposite schools of thought about the figure: the anatomical/ structural approach (taught by Walter and Martha Erlbacher), and the perceptual/observational approach (taught by Ted Seth Jacobs and Tony Ryder).
Class size limited to 12 students, to ensure a high quality experience.
About the instructor:
Chris Pugliese has exhibited at Eleanor Ettinger, John Pence, Capro Nason, Arcadia, Hirschl and Adler and Bellwether galleries. He is currently represented by Shooting Gallery in San Fransisco and had a museum retrospective at the New Britain Museum of American Art in December/January 2010-11.
Plein Air Urban Landscape a five day workshop with Bennett Vadnais
Monday- Friday
June 6- June 10
11am- 5pm
1 hour break for lunch everyday, 1-2pm
$500
Conducted at various locations around New York City, this unique workshop, taught by Bennett Vadnais, is designed to help students become familiar with the basic elements of creating a landscape painting, with special importance placed on capturing light effects using a simple plein air method. Students will learn how to render a landscape, starting from its simplest elements and proceeding to finer details and relationships. These will include understanding values, color relationships, perspective, drawing, and different ways of handling pigment. During this course, students will first learn about basic color mixing strategies and different qualities of oil paint and/or acrylics.
Class size limited to 12 students, to ensure a high quality experience.
About the artist:
Bennett Vadnais studied classical drawing and painting at the Bougie Studio, MN, the Water Street Atelier, NY, and the Art Students League of New York. He has won two of the most prestigious awards that the Art Students League of New York grants its members: the McDowell Travel Grant and the Xavier Gonzalez Travel Grant. Vadnais has done various landscape workshops around Long Island and New York City, and has earned a reputation for excellence in teaching. Before joining the Teaching Studios, he previously taught at the Long Island Academy of Fine Art. He has exhibited in galleries in New York City and nationally. He was recently profiled in the Fall 2010 issue of American Artist Workshop magazine.
The One Week Still Life a five day workshop with Rob Zeller
Monday- Friday
June 13- June 17
11am- 5pm
1 hour break for lunch everyday, 1-2pm
$500
Using a still life set up, students will focus on learning the basics of oil painting, design and pictorial composition. Artists will be taught what to look for when working from life. A emphasis will be placed on creating an interesting design using overlap, textures, as well as light and shadow. Zeller will also discuss the proper use of brushes, medium, solvents and varnishes. The instructor's own studio is located on the premises, so students will be able to see many works in progress and learn about the instructor's own working methods.
Class size limited to 12 students, to ensure a high quality experience.
About the artist:
Rob Zeller received a BFA from the Boston Museum School and Tufts University, and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. He studied with Jacob Collins at the Water Street Atelier. He is the recipient of two Posey Fellowships and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Rob has taught at the New York Academy of Art, the Stevenson Academy of Fine Art. He has exhibited in galleries in New York City and nationally. He founded the Teaching Studios of Art in 2009.
The Baroque Portrait a five day workshop with Adam Miller
Monday- Friday
June 20- June 24
10am- 5pm
1 hour break for lunch everyday, 1-2pm
$600
This unique workshop, taught by Adam Miller, is designed to help artists of any level of skill and experience draw and paint the portrait in the grand manner of Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Joshua Reynolds and Anthony Van Dyk.
The Baroque Portrait consists of 5 full days of working from the live model with Adam Miller. This is a total of 30 hours of working on the same pose.
Miller will discuss the ways a colored under-painting affects the final painting, and also help provide a focus on using limited colors towards building an artistic harmony of warms, cools and grays.
Class size limited to 12 students, to ensure a high quality experience.
About the instructor:
Adam Miller studied at the Florence Academy of Art, Michal John Angel Studios, Art Students League with Nelson Shanks, Michael Grimaldi and Greg Kreutz and The Grand Central Academy of Art. He has been an assistant to Odd Nerdrum and Jeff Koons. He currently shows work with Gallery Molinar, Pan Gallerie, Gitana Rosa Gallery and Slag Gallery.
Last updated on 2011-08-02
