Studio School

CCAE Studio School offers a group of coordinated classes that focuses on perceptual drawing and oil painting. We are interested in helping students develop skills that enable them to record and interpret, analyze and express. We are geared towards painting and drawing from life, stressing the importance of spatial relationships and careful observation. For more information, visit ccae.org/studio-school.

INTENSIVE DRAWING BOOTCAMP

Brett Gamache | Artist & Art Instructor, brettgamache.com Participants experience six hours of intensive drawing. The instructor will deliberately guide you on drawing fundamentals and thorough observation. Beginning with rudimentary exercises of “seeing” and “recording,” you will move through carefully prescribed steps to the point where you can produce sound and satisfying drawings with newly acquired skills. We will work with live models most of the time.

COURSE CODE: BOOT Sec. 01: Sunday, 10am-4pm. Oct. 17 | $165 Sec. 02: Sunday, 10am-4pm. Nov. 21 | $165

STUDIO SCHOOL DRAWING

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This drawing class will use the figure as a basis for understanding basic drawing elements such as line, form in space, spatial relationships, light and dark, gesture, and composition. Beginners will be welcomed and continuing students will also be challenged. Some classes might also include interior drawing, still life, and landscape.

COURSE CODE: IDRW Sec. 01: 8 Wednesdays, 2-5pm. Begins Sep. 15 | $415

PAINTING FOUNDATIONS:

STILL LIFE AND LANDSCAPE

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com You will be guided through a series of foundational color experiments involving personal still life setups. These ideas will then be applied to simplifying landscapes while working from a photograph. Learn the fundamentals of oil painting in this intensive, structured developmental painting program. We’ll stress visual language elements such as composition, observational measurement, values, space, and mark-making. In addition, we’ll utilize a series of limited palettes to build strength and understanding of color theory and color mixing. Oil paint is the preferred medium, but students who are comfortable using acrylic or gouache are welcome to do so.

COURSE CODE: PFPH Sec. 01: 9 Tuesdays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins Sep. 14 | $390

ADVANCED PAINTING

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This class is designed for students who have a firm understanding of the basics of oil painting and are ready to move ahead into a more personal discovery of their intentions and visual language. We will have models and still life setups. This class is solvent free, oil being the only addition permitted to the paint. Drawing experience and at least four terms of Painting: Foundations are required.

COURSE CODE: IAPT Sec. 01: 10 Weeks, Wednesdays & Fridays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins Sep. 15 | $1,045

PAINTING FROM LIFE:

THE FIGURE & THE PORTRAIT

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This class will focus on accurate observation and structural understanding of both the portrait and the human figure. We will seek to translate these complex subjects to their simplest terms and methodically build our painting from a foundation of simple but essential color relationships. We will work with a live model from direct observation.

COURSE CODE: PLFP Sec. 01: 9 Tuesdays, 1:30-5pm. Begins Sep. 14 | $550

PORTRAIT DRAWING AND PAINTING:

WEEKLONG INTENSIVE

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com With the use of models, we will do various exercises (both quick and longer-term) to analyze the face and its relationship to the entire head. We will begin the week drawing the portrait, using line & value in a variety of dry media. We will then progress to painting discussing color as it relates to skin tones and begin to find out where “likeness” comes from. Drawing and painting experience is required.

COURSE CODE: PDPI Sec. 01: Monday through Friday, 9:30am-12:30pm. December 13-17 | $495

Photo by Jeremy Durling

PAINTING THE INTERIOR: INTERIOR LIGHT

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This class will explore the complex subject of painting an interior space. We will work one step at a time from a combination of direct observation, photo reference, and invention. We will begin with drawing and color studies and use these to inform a larger final painting. Our goal is to better understand how to capture light and perspective in this complicated environment. Can be paired with Painting through the Window for a 2-part course. Experience in drawing and painting in oil or acrylic is required. Oil paint is the preferred medium, but students who are comfortable using acrylic are welcome to do so.

COURSE CODE: PINT Sec. 01: 5 Thursdays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins Sep. 16 | $270

PAINTING THROUGH THE WINDOW:

THE LIGHT OUTSIDE

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com This class will study the beautiful and expansive space we see while gazing through a window. Students will work from home to find a subject anywhere from a familiar landscape to the light streaming into a beloved room. We will use drawing and color studies to experiment with ways of seeing this space, and these studies will inform a larger final painting. Can be taken independently or as a second part to Painting the Interior. Experience with drawing and painting in oil or acrylic is required. Oil paint is the preferred medium, but students who are comfortable using acrylic are welcome to do so.

COURSE CODE: PWLO Sec. 01: 5 Thursdays, 9am-12:30pm. Begins Oct. 21 | $270 No class Nov. 11

PAINTING OUTDOORS ON THE NORTH SHORE

Brett Gamache | Artist & Art Instructor, brettgamache.com Join us for a plein air landscape painting class along the North Shore’s seacoast with locations including Gloucester, Rockport, and Ipswich. Topics covered include: setting up, beginning a painting, composition, mixing color, creating space, and capturing light. Students are asked to bring materials (paints, brushes, portable easel, canvas) as well as a mask. Oil painting is the preferred medium, some painting experience is required. This class will meet in-person outdoors.

DRAWING AND PAINTING IMPORTANT HISTORICAL WOMEN & PEOPLE OF COLOR

Eric Bornstein | Artist, M.L.A., Harvard

Learn about iconic figures by painting their faces! In this class, we will work primarily in pencil and watercolors, creating images both of known faces like Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Mahatma Gandhi, and also lesser-known visages like Medger Evers, Rachel Carson, Kalpana Chawla, and Sonia Sotomayor. (Students will vote on the selections in first class.) Discussions about their contributions will be part of the curriculum.

COURSE CODE: HSTP Sec. 01: 9 Tuesdays, 7:45-9:45pm. Begins Sep. 14 | $240

BEGINNER OIL PAINTING

Jeremy Durling | Artist, jeremydurling.com Join us for an introduction to the materials and mechanics of oil painting as well as the fundamentals of visual language. You will learn about composition, drawing, values, and color while working from still-life and on other projects. No experience is necessary.

COURSE CODE: PAPP Sec. 01: 9 Mondays, 6-9pm. Begins Sep. 13 | $360 No class Oct. 11

BEGINNER FIGURE PAINTING

Nicholas Mancini | Artist, namancini.com We will explore oil painting and learn to construct the figure by its proportion, light, and color and by using a variety of painting techniques. Experience drawing the figure is not necessary, but is beneficial. A link to the supply list can be found in the online description and is included in the confirmation email once you register.

COURSE CODE: PAPF Sec. 01: 8 Wednesdays, 6-9pm. Begins Sep. 15 | $400

PAINTING THE FIGURE WITH COLOR

David Andrus | Artist, davidandrus.weebly.com This class will focus on the use of vibrant color to create dynamic oil paintings from the live model that go beyond just copying. We will work with an increasing awareness of form and structure as well as looking at examples of past and present artists for inspiration. Please bring a canvas to the first class. Some figure drawing experience would be helpful.

COURSE CODE: PAIO Sec. 01: 10 Fridays, 6-9pm. Begins Sep. 17 | $415

PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE

Anthony Riccardi | Artist Every landscape includes many complex shapes and textures. In this class, learn to develop your perceptions of five different zones inside the landscape space: through, between, within, below, and above. Traveling through these zones, you will learn the fundamentals of landscape painting techniques. We’ll also discuss various artists and their works to explore the many ways the landscape may be interpreted. Acrylic and watercolor paint media will be used; no oils, please. Class meets indoors.

COURSE CODE: PLSC Sec. 01: 10 Wednesdays, 10am-12:30pm. Begins Sep. 15 | $355