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The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Arts



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Figure Fundamentals

$475

with Bridget Ertelt

Calendar Sep 22, 2025 at 7 pm, runs for 13 weeks

This new class was designed with your learning in mind. We will talk about all things figure drawing! Students will use graphite pencils to draw the figure. Lecture and demos will accompany drawing time to give the student a strong foundation from which to work. The class information will build systematically. For the first few classes, students will work from a new pose each night with emphasis on accurate proportion and a strong start. Poses will progressively lengthen from 2-4 nights as students learn to render the figure with a step-by-step approach. Topics covered will include gesture, bone structure and skeletal anatomy, accurate shape building, perspective, and understanding how light falls on form and form rendering.

Basic Drawing & Painting: Monday Evenings

$310

with Jacqueline Rose

Calendar Sep 22, 2025 at 7:30 pm, runs for 9 weeks

Students begin by drawing a plaster cast or still life in charcoal, developing their ability to render accurate proportions and value relationships. As students progress, they are introduced to the fundamentals of oil and/or pastel techniques, composition and color.

Basic Drawing & Painting: Tuesday Mornings

$310

with Cassandra Ronning

Calendar Sep 23, 2025 at 9:30 am, runs for 9 weeks

Students begin by drawing a plaster cast or still life in charcoal, developing their ability to render accurate proportions and value relationships. As students progress, they are introduced to the fundamentals of oil and/or pastel techniques, composition and color.

Gestural Figure Study

$340

with Christine Mitzuk

Calendar Sep 23, 2025 at 4:15 pm, runs for 9 weeks

Breathe life into your figure drawings by building a deeper understanding of gesture. This class blends The Atelier and Studio Arts figure study methods. Christine coaches students through a variety of exercises to explore different ways to see, understand, and capture gesture. By understanding gesture we can incorporate a sense of life into our drawings, tell a story through body language, or exaggerate it for effect. We will be studying gesture from the nude figure. Throughout the course, there will be a variety of models and duration of poses. Experimentation of materials will be discussed and encouraged.

Traditional Watercolor

$310

with CeCeile Hartleib

Calendar Sep 23, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 9 weeks

This class is designed for both beginning and continuing students wishing to learn the basics of traditional watercolor. Composition, value, color mixing and design are taught in an atmosphere of helpful and friendly critiquing. Students learn techniques by doing copies of instructor and other master artists' works. They then apply those techniques to their own works from nature. This class will be taught online via Zoom. Upon registration and payment for the class, the instructor will email a supply list and other print-outs to you before the class begins. Lessons will be emailed prior to each session so you will have them available to you as you are watching the demonstration and working along with the instructor.

Basic Drawing & Painting: Tuesday Evenings

$310

with Wade Ardery

Calendar Sep 23, 2025 at 7 pm, runs for 9 weeks

Students begin by drawing a plaster cast or still life in charcoal, developing their ability to render accurate proportions and value relationships. As students progress, they are introduced to the fundamentals of oil and/or pastel techniques, composition and color.

Portrait: Tuesday Evenings

$340

with Hannah Wehling

Calendar Sep 23, 2025 at 7 pm, runs for 9 weeks

Students will work from a live model in order to produce finished drawings and/or paintings. Students will work in pencil, charcoal, pastels or oils. Capturing a likeness is emphasized. Color and techniques in oil and pastel are covered.

Basic Drawing & Painting: Wednesday Mornings

$310

with Kenneth Schweiger

Calendar Sep 24, 2025 at 10 am, runs for 9 weeks

Students begin by drawing a plaster cast or still life in charcoal, developing their ability to render accurate proportions and value relationships. As students progress, they are introduced to the fundamentals of oil and/or pastel techniques, composition and color.





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