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"I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it." Pablo Picasso


Time to sign up for Term 2 Classes at The Boca Raton Museum Art School

Catalogue available online Art School Catalogue 
I am currently offering:

2.20 DRAWING FOUNDATIONS  - Learning to See
Wednesday mornings 9 - 12
Fall in love with drawing!
Learn skills you can use in painting, sculpture and design.
Lots of cool handouts.

2.32 SEEING - KNOWING - DRAWING
Wednesday afternoons 12:30 - 3:30
Use the skills learned in foundations to make successful finished drawings.
Learn more about materials and techniques. 
Push yourself with more challenging assignments.

3.28 LIFE DRAWING (Nudes!)
Thursday afternoon 12:30 - 3:30
Learn how to mass the figure to catch directional thrust.
Develop your own style from the knowledge of the form.
I provide weekly handouts on artistic anatomy so you can study at home.
Figure drawing is my personal passion. I practice every week.
Wonderful comfortable environment.

3.25 and 3.26 ALL MEDIA PAINTING
Friday 9 - 12 and 12:30 - 3:30
Technically, the morning class is for beginners.
Please come to either class as your schedule requires.
Each student will receive personal critiques.
Twice a term we will have group critiques.
Learn to use the elements and principles of design to evaluate your work.
Lovely group of students. Lofty goals and interesting paths.
All media are welcome.

COOL ARTISTS OF THE WEEK!

Don Colley 
OK when I say draw every day, this is it!
Fellow Chicagoan (Sweet home!) Travels and records the world around.
Look at those brush pen drawings. 
Very cool artist of the week. Follow his fan club on Facebook.

Dice Tsutsumi An amazing talent across the board
Look at his "alla prima" painting style
He says so much with so little effort.
His travel journals will take hours to examine.
Listen to how he talks of thinking of shape - converting that to line

Jaimie Salmon Sculptor extraordinaire.
Life drawing students - check out the making of these sculptures
To sculpt, you must truly understand the forms.

Marc Hanson Stunning!
He says so much with his brush.

Hope to see you next week!





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