Drawing Classes in Washington, DC

Invigorate your skill in drawing and composing works using color. Explore pictures, word signs and letter forms from ancient civilizations of Middle Eastern Mesopotamia and Egypt. Draw and paint words using pictures that actually spell words—the oldest syllabaries and alphabet signs in the world.  No prior experience necessary. All supplies...

Learn to draw and paint like the masters! We'll work from live models to focus on how to draw accurately, build 3-dimensional space with light and shadow, and develop a sophisticated understanding of color. For beginning to professional students. Model fee not included.  For students under the age of 18, you and your parent/guardian must obtain...

This course is designed for teens wishing to expand their artistic skills, personal expression, and visual understanding within a structured format. Students use a variety of media as they explore relationships between form, texture, and color. An emphasis on design and composition is encouraged, and traditional as well as abstract methods are employed....

Developing skills learned in Basic Drawing class, students incorporate color into their work, approach more complex subject matter, and use different combinations of materials. Students strengthen their control of gesture, composition, line, perspective, shape, and value, gaining more self-confidence in their drawing abilities. This is an excellent...

This class is for people who have a basic understanding of color selection and technique and want to work on their own projects. Topics covered include composition, continuity, concept, and finish. Demonstrations are tailored to student's requests and as issues arise. Some weeks will include a lesson for increasing creativity and originality. Supply...

Experienced painters in this workshop will explore the fertile territory and various possibilities that arise when you combine drawing and painting. Whether one goes into abstraction or further into realism it is necessary to understand the painting’s form, and that is what drawing and re-drawing with paint can do. Structure, figure/ground, line,...

In this class students can up their game by increase their understanding of and comfort with rendering the costumed figure. You will learn observation and measuring skills, and how to render the clothed figure three-dimensionally. Attention will be given to creating dynamic poses and the use of light and shadows on different fabrics . Students will...

A relaxed Sunday morning class where you get the freedom to make attractive flower paintings from still-life in an expressive and painterly way. Explore different ways to start and finish a painting with oils/acrylics, how to simply complex subject matter, and create colorful and appealing compositions. A safe place for beginners.  Supply...

For students interested in acrylics and oils. Work from a model, landscape and still life. Focus on traditional and contemporary techniques. Class may be repeated, as assignments are designed to meet the needs of all levels.  Demos and lectures on composition, color theory and history. For students under the age of 18, you and your parent/guardian...

Watercolor and line combine well, helping artists work quickly, indoors and out with all subjects- people, buildings, still life, landscape. The combination can produce works that have strong light planes and descriptive line. It is an approach that can be used for quick sketches or longer studies. Emphasis will be on mixing colors, combining pen or...

Makeup class will be held on Dec 1st, and the second makeup date is to be determined. This class explores beautiful master drawing techniques and the artists who used them. Using both authentic and contemporary materials, students study artists from Michelangelo to Ingress, in order to develop a deeper understanding of the richness and power of their...

Working with a variety of water based materials, including inks, watercolor and gouache, students will explore these fluid and versatile media and their potential for use singularly and in combination.  Transparency, opacity, surfaces to work on, and mixture with other dry drawing media will be covered in traditional and more experimental ways. ...

Waxy media include oil pastels, colored pencils, oil bars, pigment sticks and grease pencils, which have varied degrees of transparency and body of thickness. Depending on the medium used, it can create anything from fine detail to texture effects, appearing as a drawing rather than a work created by a brush. The class employs solvents, oil painting...

Don’t miss this exciting workshop with master contemporary still life painter Erin Raedeke as she breaks open the world of what still life can be for students. Participants will examine what has been handed down over centuries in the realm of still life and learn to challenge that by pushing parameters and questioning assumptions. Once we are open...