The New Flexible Series: 8 Sessions, You Choose The Days

Student Cast Drawing by Franklin Lei, First Year, Full Time

I’m always brainstorming ways to make classical training as accessible as possible. For so long, art lovers and those who love to draw could not find the training we were looking for: Clear methods for improvement, supported by historical tradition, offered in progressive steps.

We would look at the “Old Masters” and we thought artists of the past were just “born with it” - the elusive ability to capture the visual world.

Student Painting by Dan Matthies, Second Year, Part TimeBut now we know: There are traditional methods of training that worked for 500 years, the same methods that propelled the artists of the past to the pinnacles of human achievement, and also educated society as a whole about the grand tradition of art.

I think these traditional techniques of careful observation and slow execution really are the best way for artists of all temperaments, at all stages of development, to see dramatic improvement in their abilities. I believe it because I see it every day in the development of my students. 

I want everyone to get a taste of the benefits of classical training. So I’ve decided to offer a more flexible way to study, so more of us can fit regular practice into our daily lives.

Master Drawing Copy, First Year Part Time StudentI’m now offering the ability to register for 8 Flexible Sessions in my Still Life and Cast classes. Flex classes are offered four days per week, and students can attend one or all per week, the same days or different days each week, for a total of 8 classes within two months.

Beginners and those new to my studio get an accessible introduction to the basics.

Current and returning students are also welcome to take advantage of this more flexible format.

Schedule:
Tuesdays, Thursdays: 1:30-4:30pm
Saturdays, Sundays: 10am-1pm

My new Flex Series starts this fall, students can choose their days and months at the link:

 Click here for more information about our curriculum and to register

This is an incredibly exciting time and I’m grateful to live in an era in which we can all benefit from the resurgence of Classical Realist training, I hope you can join us!

New Studio Warming Open House Party July 6, 2014

I am thrilled to announce that after a long search we have recently leased an additional, larger studio space! The new location is just 1 mile from our current location.

Please join us for a Studio Warming Open House Party to check out the new space and enjoy some refreshments on Sunday July 6, 2pm-6pm!

1045 17th Street, San Francisco, California

The Figure Studio has an enormous frosted skylight right over the model stand

The walls have just been painted (Benjamin Moore, Sparrow AF-720) and we are currently building out a kitchen/lounge area, as well as installing keypad-keyfob door access, plus shades for the skylights. We are still keeping the current Bryant Street location as well.

Skylights and beautiful original beams in the Figure studio

The new space is over 3200 square feet (our Bryant Street studio is 1800 square feet). It has high ceilings, north light windows and skylights throughout, plus beautiful dark wood ceiling beams. Best of all, we will have a Figure studio in a completely separate room from the Still Life and Cast studios, so we can run classes concurrently and we won’t have to rearrange the space daily as we do now.

Wall of North Light windows in the Cast and Still Life studio

Location
The new space is just a mile east from our current space, at 17th and Pennsylvania Ave, in the Mission Bay neighborhood.
The address is 1045 17th Street, cross street Mississippi.

Still Life and Cast Drawing studios are subdivided so everyone has plenty of wall space for mounting casts and setting up still lifesMove Date
We will be setting up the new space over the summer and classes will begin classes at the new space in August and September. Most summer workshops will still take place at Bryant street, but my workshop, Daniel Keys, Katie Whipple, and Felicia Forte’s workshops will be at the new studio.

Parking and Transportation
There is available street parking in the immediate blocks around the studio which is free all day. So far we have always been able to find a spot within a block of the studio, even at peak business hours. There is also plenty of free 2-hour Residential street parking within a couple blocks of the studio.
Public transportation: The studio is accessible by the Caltrain commuter rail, the 3rd Street Muni light rail, and the #22 bus

 

Entrance to one of the Still Life and Cast Drawing studios

NEW Extended Hours!
Still Life and Cast students now have access to the studio from 9am to 5pm on their designated studio days, so students can come in and work on ongoing projects in addition to the regular instructed hours.