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Unleash your artistic side and master the art of drawing with a wide range of classes available in NYC. Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your skills, these courses offer expert instruction, helping you tap into your creativity and create stunning visual masterpieces.

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Imaginative Illustration in Charcoal and Chalk

Irish Arts Center @ 553 W 51st St, New York, NY

Internationally renowned book illustrator of The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, and The Boy Who Fell Off The Mayflower, and Ireland’s current Laureate na nÓg, PJ Lynchwill lead a three-hour workshop exploring the potential of one of the most neglected illustration techniques, charcoal and chalk on grey board.  Working from memory and the imagination, Lynch will demonstrate the scope of the medium from the broadest atmospheric...

(51) Advanced 18 and older
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Autumn Fruit and Foliage in Colored Pencils

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Learn to capture the vivid colors of the season with versatile and user-friendly colored pencils. In this class we cover the basics of shading, blending, and layering hues. In addition to exploring more specialized techniques such as burnishing and embossing, we will experiment with a variety of drawing surfaces. Notes: Bring your own materials;  Materials list link: Autumn Fruit and Foliage in Colored Pencil Please bring confirmation...

(165) Beginner 18 and older
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$271

7 sessions

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Editorial Illustration: Getting Your Designs Published for Adults

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

Learn the art of creating editorial illustrations that get published in magazines and publications. Join this class taught by an experienced illustrator and explore the process of creating graphics and layouts. Gain insights into the world of freelancing and develop skills to make your own portfolio stand out.

(179) All levels 18 and older
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$455

6 sessions

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Will Weston Figure Drawing Workshop

Drawing New York @ 456 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

This workshop teaches a clear, and simple figure construction technique suiting today’s modern educational (and professional) environment where students have to learn more in a short period of time. It is updated from classical drawing traditions, but is easier to grasp and more quickly learned in the beginning The approach allows students to address figure composition more easily and assumes students will soon want to draw figures in motion,...

(690) All levels 16 and older
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$250

2 sessions

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Introduction to Figure Drawing with a Model

Educational Alliance Art School @ 197 East Broadway, New York, NY

Come experience the fun of figure drawing! Whether you are a beginner or want to re-fresh your skills, learn the basic proportion of the human body and methods of capturing the figure on paper. Working with a live nude model the entire session, we will start with quick gestures and progress to longer poses. We will work with charcoal on paper. No previous experience required.

(29) Beginner 18 and older
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Drawing the Bonsai Collection

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

This class offers a unique opportunity to work directly from specimens in school's renowned collection while practicing drawing techniques and strategies.  The scale of bonsai allows students to explore every aspect of a tree like its structure, leaves, and branches, in close detail. This class is open to artists and tree lovers at all levels of experience. Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? No. Please bring: A 16...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$189

5 sessions

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Figure Drawing - Short Pose Workshop

Educational Alliance Art School @ 197 East Broadway, New York, NY

Emphasis on action poses, and teaching students to imbue their figure drawings with energy, motion and fluidity. Learn how the  muscles and angles of the body work together to create a seamless holistic entity, as well as techniques for making the type of quick accurate judgements that ground drawings in reality. Materials and model fee included.

(29) All levels 18 and older
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Figure Drawing - Long Pose Workshop

Educational Alliance Art School @ 197 East Broadway, New York, NY

This workshop will help students build the body up from a single line to a finished and polished drawing. Emphasis is placed on lighting, anatomy, proportion, foreshortening and multi media (water color and ink are encouraged even for students who have never used them before). Workshops is held in an environment where every student receives  personal attention and time is made to assist everyone, attending to their weaknesses and building their...

(29) All levels 18 and older
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Drawing with Silver and Gold: A Special Lecture

Kremer Pigments @ 247 West 29th St, New York, NY

"Drawing with Silver and Gold" Special Lecture, Demo, and Book Signing We're excited to present our first-ever metal point event! We first met Susan Schwalb as a customer when she was shopping for some unique metal brushes for her work. When we attended CAA this February, she introduced us her new book, which had just been published by Routledge. "Silverpoint and Metalpoint Drawing" (written with Tom Mazzullo) is the first complete...

(3) All levels 18 and older
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Making Museums Accessible to All

The Jewish Museum @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Learn about ways that the Jewish Museum welcomes students with learning differences through partnerships with special education schools and programs designed for students with a range of disabilities. Included is a visit to the Museum’s galleries and hands-on art activities in the art studio, where Jewish Museum educators will model techniques for engaging special education students. Price includes light refreshments

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Academic Still-life and Perspective Drawing

ArtClassBklyn.com @ 98 Sterling St, Brooklyn, NY

This is a foundation course for those who wish to understand how perspective drawing works, and then learn how to draw in one and two-point perspective. This includes printed handouts, Short video lectures and demonstration. Inventing 2-point perspective systems and working from Provided Still-life Studio Set -Up in Class Papers, Pencils, Erasers on our easels with Drawing Boards Important: COVID-19 Requirements: We follow CDC guidelines:...

(13) Beginner 18 and older
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$164.98

4 sessions

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Adult: Beginner Landscape Painting & Drawing

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

Learn how to compose a natural landscape on canvas, using techniques in realism and/or abstraction and develop a more subjective approach to painting. In the Summer months, we will go outside ( weather permitting) and take inspiration form our nearby parks and cityscapes, or in studio we will work from photos, pictures or personal subject matter. Work in the medium of your choosing: Pencils, Oils, Watercolors, Acrylics, Pencils or Pastels or even...

(179) All levels 18 and older
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$295

4 sessions

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Introduction to Anatomy

The Decorus Atelier of Figurative Art @ 117 57th St., Brooklyn, NY

Within this popular course on anatomy we will focus on better understanding the anatomical constructions of the human body as it relates to its essential skeletal system "architecture" and to its musculature system which provides its "dynamic force." We will start by covering the skeletal system of the body and learning about the various  planes  and  variations  that are essential to providing the structure necessary to the...

(143) All levels 16 and older
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$200

2 sessions

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Art + Design Table Seating

GG & POP @ 345 E 104th St, New York, NY

August 18th, we’ll be joined by artist Natalia Nakazawa! Working in painting, textiles, and social practice, Natalia Nakazawa explores ideas of transnationality, cultural identities, storytelling, archives, and patterns of migration. Book this event with friends, have a date night or go solo for this 2-hour event. GG & POP Table Seatings are self-guided art and design experiences inspired by the work of a New York city artist. Enjoy music,...

All levels 16 and older
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$110
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Figure Drawing Wine and Snacks- Sketch and Sip

Drawing New York @ 13 Grattan Street, New York, NY

Join new friends for 2 hours of figure drawing in our amazing new space in Bushwick.  Poses will range from 1 minute up to 20 minutes with 5-minute breaks every 20 minutes. We play music and this is a BYOB event so please do not plan on a pin-drop quiet drawing. We look forward to a great vibe and positivity all around. Please bring your own materials. We will have some for you to use but as we start out our sessions it is better to make sure...

(690) All levels 21 and older
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Teens: Graphic Novel & Drawing Cartoon Characters

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 33 Washington St, Brooklyn, NY

An introductory class on the popular art form of the graphic novel. Learn skills to develop and draw cartoon characters while delving into storytelling techniques. Students develop concepts and produce work from rough sketches to finished artwork.  Classes will examine cartoons and picture book illustration, drawing for comic books, character design and the practical side of drawing. Beginners and advanced students are welcome!

(179) All levels 10 - 17 years old
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Botanical Drawing

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Discover the art of bringing botanical subjects to life on paper in this hands-on course. Learn the techniques of pencil rendering and capture the intricate designs, patterns, and colors of plants, flowers, and vegetables. Unleash your creativity and create stunning botanical drawings with the guidance of experienced instructors.

(1061) Beginner 18 and older
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$290

6 sessions

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Artistic Dynamics of Light and Form

The Decorus Atelier of Figurative Art @ 117 57th St., Brooklyn, NY

Discover the transformative power of light and form in this immersive art course. Gain a deeper understanding of how light interacts with objects and learn to create stunning, lifelike drawings. Unleash your artistic potential at The Decorus Atelier of Figurative Art.

(143) All levels 16 and older
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Drawing From Observation Using Color

Wagner College Lifelong Learning @ 1 Campus Rd, Staten Island, NY

Learn to draw from observation, and create beautiful, full-colored drawings using professional techniques. This class is for beginners, intermediate and advanced students. Previous drawing knowledge is not necessary. Merryl will be working with students individually at their level to create their drawings.

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$399

10 sessions

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Pre-College Landscape

Ashcan Studio of Art @ 142-22 37th Avenue , Flushing, NY

This course is an introduction to the theme of landscape drawing and painting. Students will learn concepts and techniques to depict natural and man made elements and spaces in perspective. At Ashcan....YOU Can  Your portfolio is THE MOST critical component to a College or Graduate School application. Developing a unique and coherent body of work is of paramount importance and essential to the pursuit of higher studies. Taking Ashcan's Pre-college...

(3) All levels 14 - 17 years old
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$780

7 sessions

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