Classes

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Small-group classes and one-on-one mentorship, held across cultural venues of New York City. The next round of dates is being scheduled, mentorship is open year-round, and the full record of past classes is below.

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For ages 18+ · all levels welcome

Adult Classes

Adult · Drawing & Watercolor
August classes have ended

Adult classes return in September.

August's adult classes have ended. Land and Water, pictured above, closed the summer season at Pebble Beach. September dates for drawing and watercolor are being scheduled now. Join the waitlist and you'll hear first, before they're posted anywhere else.

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Making art across generations, looking, creating, and connecting

Family Classes

Family · Watercolor
August classes have ended

Family classes return in September.

August's family class has ended. In Bloom, pictured above, brought grown-ups and children together to paint among the flowers at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The next family class is being scheduled for September. Join the waitlist and you'll hear first.

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For ages 6–17

Youth Classes

Group youth classes are in development, with the first dates expected this fall. Join the waitlist to be the first to know when registration opens.

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The record

Past Classes

Classes that have already run. Most come back around in some form, so if one of these is what you were hoping for, say so and I'll let you know when it returns.

Past · Adult
Held August 9 · Pebble Beach

Land and Water: Painting with Earth Pigments

Held on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, on Lenapehoking, the homeland of the Lenape. Students learned about the Lenape and some of their artistic traditions, then mixed earth pigments into their own watercolor paint, ochres, iron oxides, and charcoal, and painted by the water at Pebble Beach. All materials provided.

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Past · Family
Held August 8 · Brooklyn Botanic Garden

In Bloom: A Family Watercolor Afternoon

A relaxed afternoon making art together among the flowers. Grown-ups and children worked side by side in watercolor, looking closely at what was in bloom, covering the 7 elements of art and 5 watercolor techniques. Each step was demonstrated before they tried it. All materials provided.

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Past · Adult
Held August 1 · Prospect Park

Testing the Waters: An Introduction to Watercolor

A plein air introduction to watercolor in Prospect Park. Watercolor is not really about paint, it's about water, and students learned to work with it rather than against it through five essential techniques and some color theory, painting small studies from life as the afternoon light turned to evening. Each step was demonstrated before they tried it. All materials provided.

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Past · Adult
Held June 28 · Brooklyn Museum

Learning to See Like an Artist

Learning with Lado's inaugural group class. A free drawing class for adults and a real introduction to seeing like an artist. We covered the five essential skills of drawing and a measuring technique artists have used for centuries. Every step was demonstrated before students tried it, then practiced by sketching from an object in the galleries.

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Past · Adult
Held July 11 · Prospect Park

Intro to Watercolor: Seeing Green in Prospect Park

A plein air introduction to watercolor, painting outdoors in the park. Students learned the basics of watercolor through five essential techniques, started with a thumbnail sketch, then completed a landscape study based on what they saw in Prospect Park. Each step was demonstrated before they tried it. All materials provided.

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Past · Adult
Held July 25 · Brooklyn Museum

Learn to See Like an Artist: An Introduction to Drawing

Drawing is a skill of seeing before it is a skill of the hand. Students covered the 7 elements of art, pencil shading techniques, and the five perceptual skills every artist draws with: edges, spaces, relationships, light and shadow, and the whole. Each step was demonstrated before they tried it, then taken into the galleries, where each student chose a work that spoke to them and found all five inside it.

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