ONLINE! Abstracting the Landscape with Shawn Dell Joyce

Wednesdays, 6-8 PM

Learn to simplify the landscape into abstract shapes and block in, then refine the painting with small details. Learn the basics of composition and how to paint faster, more accurately and create more dynamic paintings.

Shawn Dell Joyce is the founder and former executive director of a nonprofit plein air school in NY called Wallkill River School. She teaches workshops in pastel and plein air techniques across the country, and is endorsed by Ampersand Pastelbords who supply materials for her demos and workshops. In 2017, she was hired by UArt to do a plein air pastel workshop. She has also worked the plein air event circuit and participated in many prestigious events around the country, bringing home awards for her loose and colorful paintings. She recently placed 1 st in the 2018 Inverness Plein Air Festival, 1 st in the Quickdraw at Lightchasers in Sarasota, and 3 rd in the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival.  She is a signature member of New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), and International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), and has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines like the New York Times and Plein Air Magazine. She has participated in many national exhibits and plein air festivals, and is represented by galleries in NY and Florida.

Materials list:
Syllabus with log in info, and materials list provided upon registration

Maximum students: 15

In Person! Plein Air with Nancy Reed Jones

Tuesdays, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM.

Location: Benedict Park, 1768 Route 17K, Montgomery, NY at the pavilion by the playground all the way in the back of the park.

Spend the morning painting ‘En Plein Air’ with Nancy Reed Jones. Nancy is skilled with foliage-filled landscapes and the nature of Benedict Farm Park is the perfect location to paint.

Please bring your own materials, water, and personal safety equipment to this on-location class! For how we are maintaining safe classes, please see our summer class safety plan. If you’d like to borrow a school easel, you’ll need to email us at info@Wallkill.art to arrange a pickup.

ONLINE Beginning Painting with Shawn Dell Joyce

Learn the basics of painting ONLINE in six classes. Make six different paintings, one for each class, and learn specific skills with each painting! Each class focuses on a different art concept, brush skill, color skill, and drawing skill. At the end of six weeks you will have all the basics to be able to paint independently with confidence. Art skills you will learn include composition, foreground/background and where to begin, and creating the illusion of depth and perspective in your paintings. Drawing skills include how to transfer a drawing to a canvas (3 methods) value scales and value sketching, and starting with simple shapes. Learn how to mix and match color, and make your own color wheel. Learn how to use different brushes and what they are for, as well as tools like sea sponge and palette knife. Learn how to use sighting to draw in perspective and self evaluate your own work to build on your strengths and minimize your weaknesses. Great class for learning the basics!

Each class runs for 6 weeks.  Choose either Monday evening sessions or Thursday afternoon sessions… or anytime using recordings of classes!

In Person! Advanced Drawing with Cynthia Harris-Pagano

Mondays, 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm.

Cynthia Harris-Pagano specializes in portrait commissions as well as painting and teaching in her North Light Studio Atelier (workshop) in Otisville.  Her paintings, including many portrait commissions, are in collections in the US and abroad.  She has been connected with and won awards from Ridgewood Art Institute in NJ and is a graduate in the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU. Her websites are: www.cynthiaharrispagano.com and www.portraitartist.com/pagano.

This class will include advanced drawing techniques in basic 3-dimensional forms: perspective, light and shade, still life, and some portrait work.

In Person! Beginning Drawing with Cynthia Harris-Pagano

Mondays, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon

Cynthia Harris-Pagano specializes in portrait commissions as well as painting and teaching in her North Light Studio Atelier (workshop) in Otisville.  Her paintings, including many portrait commissions, are in collections in the US and abroad.  She has been connected with and won awards from Ridgewood Art Institute in NJ and is a graduate in the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU. Her websites are: www.cynthiaharrispagano.com and www.portraitartist.com/pagano.

This is a basic drawing class designed to introduce new students to the skills required to accurately render what they see.  It is also an opportunity for the more advanced artists to gain some visual and creative practice in drawing that will enhance any artistic endeavors. The beginning classes include an introduction to drawing basic 3-dimensional forms, perspective, light and shade, and still life and/or landscape drawing.

ONLINE! Compose, Draw, and Paint Interiors with Dorrie Rifkin

Workshop Date: Friday, Oct. 2 + Friday Oct. 9
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Critique: Friday, Oct. 16
Time: 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

“Interiors” will be the theme for this workshop. This workshop will cover equally the steps of design, drawing, and painting. Participants will learn to create strong compositions, execute a solid underlying sketch, and draw and paint buildings, effectively. Expect to learn while having fun through demonstration, exercises, and individual instruction and encouragement.

Day 1: Participants will learn to create strong compositions and execute a solid underlying sketch.
You will never be scared by the prospect of drawing!
Students will use a reference photo taken by the instructor or can use their own.
Day 2: Bring your finished drawing and be ready to paint. Participants will learn the importance of color and value.
Day 3: Critique! Let’s celebrate! Bring your final painting to class and share it.

Online! Painting and Drawing Lab with William Noonan Int/Adv

Online Painting and Drawing Lab with William Noonan for intermediate and advanced students.  This class will be offered in a 4 week cycle.  The instructor will supply a set of images from which the students will work. These will range and include still life, landscape, portrait and figure. Students may choose to draw and/or paint from any or all of these images.  This is not a follow along step by step process; rather each student will be challenged to interpret the image for themselves.  Students may also opt to work on their own personal projects too.

Week one will be a group meeting where the assignments will be given out and a brief demo or lecture will take place.

Students are encouraged to reach out to the instructor throughout the month for personal critiques via text or email.

Weeks 2-4 will be a critiques where students will share their progress with the group. All meetings will take place on Zoom. Students must email or text images to the instructor who will coordinate these into a slide-show format for the critique.

How this Online Class Works:  After you enroll, the instructor will send you an email with an invitation to the Zoom meeting and a direct phone number to reach him with questions as well as any photos.  Students must enroll in full cycle. There will be no refunds for any portion of missed scheduled meetings.  Students supply all their own materials. Students are required to have the necessary technological tools i.e. internet capable smart phone or tablet or computer.  They must also supply a cell phone number that can receive texts and an active email account.

Saturday mornings at 10 AM

Noonan

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ONLINE! Beginner Oil with Shawn Dell Joyce

Online

Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23rd 10am-12pm

Learn the basics of painting in oil from direct observation. We will start off with simple exercises to learn how to mix colors from the basic primary colors, make our own color wheel, how to use color temperature, and to see color as values. We will make value sketches and learn ways to draw what we see on canvas, the match the color by mixing three colors to get every color we use. We will make multiple small studies (3) and a few larger finished paintings (3). Perfect beginner course for learning the basics of mixing oils, brushwork, how to paint independently and follow along step-by-step, get individual instruction and group participation.

Shawn Dell Joyce is the founder and former executive director of a nonprofit plein air school in NY called Wallkill River School. She teaches workshops in pastel and plein air techniques across the country, and is endorsed by Ampersand Pastelbords who supply materials for her demos and workshops. In 2017, she was hired by UArt to do a plein air pastel workshop. She has also worked the plein air event circuit and participated in many prestigious events around the country, bringing home awards for her loose and colorful paintings. She recently placed 1 st in the 2018 Inverness Plein Air Festival, 1 st in the Quickdraw at Lightchasers in Sarasota, and 3 rd in the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival.  She is a signature member of New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), and International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), and has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines like the New York Times and Plein Air Magazine. She has participated in many national exhibits and plein air festivals, and is represented by galleries in NY and Florida.

Reference photos, materials list, syllabus, and log in info supplied upon registration. Oil paint, or water-soluble oils in Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Med., Lemon Yellow, Cad. Yellow Med., Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Titanium White, Lamp Black. Assorted brushes; rounds, flats, fan brush, liner, Gamisol, Odorless Turpentine, rag or paper towels, jar, pencil and paper, 5×7 canvases (3) and 11×14 canvases (3)

ONLINE! Abstracting the Landscape with Shawn Dell Joyce

Wednesdays, 6-8 PM

Learn to simplify the landscape into abstract shapes and block in, then refine the painting with small details. Learn the basics of composition and how to paint faster, more accurately and create more dynamic paintings.

Shawn Dell Joyce is the founder and former executive director of a nonprofit plein air school in NY called Wallkill River School. She teaches workshops in pastel and plein air techniques across the country, and is endorsed by Ampersand Pastelbords who supply materials for her demos and workshops. In 2017, she was hired by UArt to do a plein air pastel workshop. She has also worked the plein air event circuit and participated in many prestigious events around the country, bringing home awards for her loose and colorful paintings. She recently placed 1 st in the 2018 Inverness Plein Air Festival, 1 st in the Quickdraw at Lightchasers in Sarasota, and 3 rd in the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival.  She is a signature member of New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), and International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), and has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines like the New York Times and Plein Air Magazine. She has participated in many national exhibits and plein air festivals, and is represented by galleries in NY and Florida.

Materials list:
Syllabus with log in info, and materials list provided upon registration

Maximum students: 15

ONLINE Beginning Painting with Shawn Dell Joyce

Learn the basics of painting ONLINE in six classes. Make six different paintings, one for each class, and learn specific skills with each painting! Each class focuses on a different art concept, brush skill, color skill, and drawing skill. At the end of six weeks you will have all the basics to be able to paint independently with confidence. Art skills you will learn include composition, foreground/background and where to begin, and creating the illusion of depth and perspective in your paintings. Drawing skills include how to transfer a drawing to a canvas (3 methods) value scales and value sketching, and starting with simple shapes. Learn how to mix and match color, and make your own color wheel. Learn how to use different brushes and what they are for, as well as tools like sea sponge and palette knife. Learn how to use sighting to draw in perspective and self evaluate your own work to build on your strengths and minimize your weaknesses. Great class for learning the basics!

Each class runs for 6 weeks.  Choose either Monday evening sessions or Thursday afternoon sessions… or anytime using recordings of classes!

Online! Painting and Drawing Lab with William Noonan Int/Adv

Online Painting and Drawing Lab with William Noonan for intermediate and advanced students.  This class will be offered in a 4 week cycle.  The instructor will supply a set of images from which the students will work. These will range and include still life, landscape, portrait and figure. Students may choose to draw and/or paint from any or all of these images.  This is not a follow along step by step process; rather each student will be challenged to interpret the image for themselves.  Students may also opt to work on their own personal projects too.

Week one will be a group meeting where the assignments will be given out and a brief demo or lecture will take place.

Students are encouraged to reach out to the instructor throughout the month for personal critiques via text or email.

Weeks 2-4 will be a critiques where students will share their progress with the group. All meetings will take place on Zoom. Students must email or text images to the instructor who will coordinate these into a slide-show format for the critique.

How this Online Class Works:  After you enroll, the instructor will send you an email with an invitation to the Zoom meeting and a direct phone number to reach him with questions as well as any photos.  Students must enroll in full cycle. There will be no refunds for any portion of missed scheduled meetings.  Students supply all their own materials. Students are required to have the necessary technological tools i.e. internet capable smart phone or tablet or computer.  They must also supply a cell phone number that can receive texts and an active email account.

Saturday mornings at 10 AM

Noonan

noonan

ONLINE! Figures in Pastel with Shawn Dell Joyce

Wednesdays 6-8PM

Learn to paint expressive figures in pastel and add them into a landscape. Work from reference photos, and learn to sight proportion. Great class for anyone wishing to paint figures into their landscape or plein air paintings.

Shawn Dell Joyce is the founder and former executive director of a nonprofit plein air school in NY called Wallkill River School. She teaches workshops in pastel and plein air techniques across the country, and is endorsed by Ampersand Pastelbords who supply materials for her demos and workshops. In 2017, she was hired by UArt to do a plein air pastel workshop. She has also worked the plein air event circuit and participated in many prestigious events around the country, bringing home awards for her loose and colorful paintings. She recently placed 1 st in the 2018 Inverness Plein Air Festival, 1 st in the Quickdraw at Lightchasers in Sarasota, and 3 rd in the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival.  She is a signature member of New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), and International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), and has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines like the New York Times and Plein Air Magazine. She has participated in many national exhibits and plein air festivals, and is represented by galleries in NY and Florida.

Materials list:

Syllabus with log in info, and materials list provided upon registration

Maximum students: 15

In Person! Painting with Pastels with Gayle Clark Fedigan

This class has two different sessions for the same class on the same days, please make sure you’re signing up for the one you want to attend.

Classes will be limited to 10 students.

Materials List – all available at Jerrysartarama.com: Some at your local Art Store venues

1. 96 Nupastels or as large a set as you can.
2. 72 1/2 stick set of Faber Castell soft pastels at Jerrys $26.99 now if possible.
3. Kneaded/Kneadable eraser.
4. A stiff art brush can usually be found at Dollar Tree.
5. 12 in. see-through Plastic ruler and set of clips for it.
6. A 9×12 or 12×16 or 16×20 stiff smooth board to attach your paper to! WRS does have these but you should have your own as well.
7. A few sheets of Canson Gray paper to start and -OR- a pack of Warm 9×12
Art Spectrum pastel paper.

In Person! Plein Air with Nancy Reed Jones

Tuesdays, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM.

Location: Benedict Park, 1768 Route 17K, Montgomery, NY at the pavilion by the playground all the way in the back of the park.

Spend the morning painting ‘En Plein Air’ with Nancy Reed Jones. Nancy is skilled with foliage-filled landscapes and the nature of Benedict Farm Park is the perfect location to paint.

Please bring your own materials, water, and personal safety equipment to this on-location class! For how we are maintaining safe classes, please see our summer class safety plan. If you’d like to borrow a school easel, you’ll need to email us at info@Wallkill.art to arrange a pickup.

ONLINE! Figures in Watercolor with Pat Morgan

Dates: Friday September 18th – Thursday September 24th

Recordings emailed out 10AM Friday September 18th.

(Session 1 – 11 min Warmups; Session 2 – 25 min demos; Session 3 – 39 min; design techniques and complete figure demo)

The instructor is available for personal critique Sunday Sept 20th – Thursday Sept 24th during her studio hours, 9:30AM – 4:00PM.

As a painter, Pat was quite the late bloomer. Following her retirement, she began classes in watercolor and it was love at first stroke. Pat has studied with well-known artists Charles Reid and Mel Stabin, a wonderful painter and teacher, having the most influence on her work. Pat has now been painting for 18 years and during the early years landscapes and flowers were her models. Over the last many years she has concentrated mostly on painting figures. Teaching is another passion for Pat. Her demonstrations focus on capturing just the essence of her subjects whether in figures, flowers or landscapes. She has taught at the Wallkill River School in NY, the Pine Shores Art Association in NJ, the Art League of Henderson County NC and conducted annual Painting-by-the-Sea workshops with her friend and colleague Janet Campbell.  Pat has received several local and regional awards and is a signature member of the North East Watercolor Society, Audubon Artists, Inc. and a former elected member of the New Jersey Water Color Society and the Salmagundi Club.

Pat paints in a loose sensitive style creating luminous watercolors that capture just the essence of her subjects. Topics will focus on gestures and include skin tones, faces and hair, edges, folds in clothing. Design will be stressed to capture the gestures of figures. Handouts pertaining to the workshop will be emailed to students.

Critiques will be given through detailed emails and phone calls for more personal attention. Following your registration and receiving the link you will have a week to submit for your critique.

This class is RECORDINGS ONLY and conversation with the instructor will be via email or phone.

Send photo ref & painting for call or email critique.

Recordings ONLY

Online! Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor with Lana Privitera

4-week project: “Our World Upside-down”

DATES: – LIVE Zoom meetings on Mondays October 5, 12, 19 & 26  -LIVE Zoom Final Critique on Thursday October 29

TIME: 10:00 – 12:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time)

By joining Lana’s Realistic Watercolors class this October, you will learn to paint dark backgrounds, interesting shadows and to create the illusion of transparent glass… all from the comfort of your own home.

A Material List, a Reference Photo and a Line Sketch of the subject will be emailed to the student upon confirmed registration for the class with the Wallkill River School -website or phone.

Lana will Demo for 2 hours each Monday in a Live Zoom Meeting. A recording of the Session will be emailed to students later that day. Students are expected to work on their project at home during the week by following such recording.

Students are encouraged to email Lana photos of their progress each week so Lana can provide a critique and answer questions the students might have.

CRITIQUE Final Meeting: Thursday October 29, 10:00 – 12:00 Lana will evaluate the students work and give advice and Demo how to improve them -if necessary.

Recordings of all the sessions will be available to the students for an extra month after the conclusion of the class.

Expertise Level: From Basic to Advanced. Beginners MUST contact Lana before enrolling in the classes.

Contact: Lanaprivitera@gmail.com

Artists supply their own Materials.  Click here for list:   Privitera Materials list _World_docx

Size of project : 11” x 15” aprox

Private Lessons with Alan Lewis

Alan Lewis is available for one-on-one instruction or small group instruction at a mutually agreeable time at Wallkill River School.  Please contact the reception desk to make arrangements at 845-457-2787 or info@wallkill.art.

ONLINE! Compose, Draw, and Paint Interiors with Dorrie Rifkin

Workshop Date: Friday, Oct. 2 + Friday Oct. 9
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Critique: Friday, Oct. 16
Time: 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

“Interiors” will be the theme for this workshop. This workshop will cover equally the steps of design, drawing, and painting. Participants will learn to create strong compositions, execute a solid underlying sketch, and draw and paint buildings, effectively. Expect to learn while having fun through demonstration, exercises, and individual instruction and encouragement.

Day 1: Participants will learn to create strong compositions and execute a solid underlying sketch.
You will never be scared by the prospect of drawing!
Students will use a reference photo taken by the instructor or can use their own.
Day 2: Bring your finished drawing and be ready to paint. Participants will learn the importance of color and value.
Day 3: Critique! Let’s celebrate! Bring your final painting to class and share it.

In Person! Alan Lewis Beginning Watercolor

Sunday Mornings 10am – 12pm