Hyde Park, MA Drawing Lessons

Age-Appropriate areas of instruction include:
-Painting Techniques such as Layering, Mixing, Washes, and Glazing.
-Understanding Composition.
-Understanding Color Theory: Opposites or “complementary colors” on the color wheel; Painting with medium tones, so that highlights and shadows can be applied easily. Using multiple colors equals “depth” and “interest.”
-How to Mix Paint: Mixing using the palette knife, brush, on palette, or on painting.

I provide classical instruction in portraiture, still life and landscape in your studio or mine. In this traditional approach to drawing and painting, what will be taught and focused upon are perspective, value and composition in order for the student to develop strong visual language skills. The program of study begins with a specific focus on drawing, since drawing is the foundation upon which all great traditional art is built. Throughout this training, emphasis will be placed on accuracy, or more specifically, seeing and rendering correctly such things as line quality, hard and soft edges, proportion, positive and negative space through abstract form and the use of the full range of values.

Drawing involves training the eye to see basic lines, shapes, textures, and values while looking at an image . Everyone can train their eyes to see and draw! You will learn the process of simplifying an image while coordinating your eye and hand movement on paper. Depending on your artistic preference the drawing(s) can range from a sketch to a detailed rendering. Skills you will learn are:

Process of drawing
Composition
Value
Texture
Space
Shading and understanding pencil types

Depending on your preference and experience, I can teach you drawing methods for pencil, charcoal, color pencil, soft pastel, or oil pastel. We can focus on drawing the subject matter of your choice: wildlife, portraiture, landscapes, or abstract. I look forward to hearing from you!

I've been teaching for 3 years, and have had my work featured in galleries, universities, libraries, and more! I've taught one on one lessons, group classes and workshops to children, teens and adults. I specialize in landscapes myself, but can teach basic drawing techniques, perspective, lighting and shading, composition as well as theming, creating atmospheric and visually appealing scenes and environments, conceptual and creative thinking, and more!
Feel free to message me with questions, and lets start drawing!

At any level you are, in my drawing classes you are guaranteed to become a professional drawer.
I am a professional artists with 14 years experience in my career, and have taught drawing for several years to all different ages and students at any levels.
If you are looking for a traditional, representational and abstract drawing lessons I am here to help you.

I have a Masters of Art education. I enjoy teaching students of all ages (kids, teens and adults) no matter what level of experience or ability. Not only do I teach drawing I’m skilled in Painting, Sculpture, and Mixed Media. All art lessons are designed around the student interests. Students learn at their own pace.

I’ve been teaching for a year and welcome students of all levels! My lessons are all about training your eye and mastering the foundational elements of art so you can draw anything from life our you imagine. I bring lots of practical techniques and old school methods introduced in a modern way that takes into account the interest of my students and keeps the learning fresh and fun.

At all of my lessons I introduce the works of an established modern or classical artist that either exemplifies the lesson of the day or is someone whose work or life story I think my student might find interesting. We don’t just learn how to draw or paint but also learn how to talk about art and make it more a part of your everyday life.

I specialize in both observational and abstract drawing. I work with students to teach them how to use their entire body when engaging in the drawing process. Shoulder, elbow, wrist, and finger movements all impact the character of the mark on your paper. I also work with students to learn observational skills to help them better translate their ideas and subjects on to the paper's surface.

I began drawing and painting at the young age of 6 years old. I always knew I wanted to pursue art later in life. I learned graphic design and various computer programs geared towards creating 3D content and animation. I started teaching drawing and painting 5 years ago. My students were of all ages from 7 yrs - adults.
I've explored a wide range of mediums for creation and continue to explore for new ways of creating artwork. I believe drawing is very important and it's a great foundation for a well composed painting. My favorite subject is the human face , the proportions , the figure and fashion. Learning to draw the human body is very rewarding and fun. I like to break down my instruction so it's easily followed and practiced until it's intuitive.