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Creative Drawing Student Work
“I believe material and medium always carry meaning. There is meaning in the circumstances the work was produced. There is meaning in the history of the medium and material. There...
Yellow Wildflower Watercolor Class (Video)
REFERENCE IMAGE BELOW Learn how to paint a YELLOW wildflower using watercolor during this full length video tutorial class. Follow along with artist Mira O’Brien as she guides you step...
Repeating Patterns with Linocut Printmaking
After the success of Julia Herfurth’s Linocut Printmaking Workshops, which have consistently sold out, we decided to expand this offer to include special topics. The next workshop with Julia is Linocut Printmaking:...
Figure Drawing with Charcoal: Fusain Technique (Video)
REFERENCE IMAGE HERE G Caruso is teaching a fusain technique that allows for shaping and “sculpting” the image gradually, and the using the eraser for highlighting. What is fusain? The...
Japanese Style Accordion Sketchbook (Video)
Make your own sketchbook! We will make a Japanese style accordion sketchbook with the paper of your choice. During this recording the instructor guides the class with step by step...
Studio Visit with Artist Ian Jehle
Artist Ian Jehle, instructor of The Art and Science of Color, meets us in his studio to discuss art, science and color theory, and how his teaching practice ties it all together.
Butterfly in Watercolor Class (Video)
“The process of transformation consists mostly of decay and then of this crisis when emergence from what came before must be total and abrupt.” – Rebecca Solnit Below are the...
Berlin Drawing Room 2021 Highlights
We are proud to share some of our accomplishments and highlights from 2021! This past year was filled with uncertainty as we learned how to adapt to the changing circumstances...
Scholarship: Figure Drawing & Painting 2022
Apply for a full scholarship to participate in the online Figure Drawing & Painting Workshop Series. The scholarship is for the first three modules of this yearlong series, with the...
Sketchbook Flip-Through: A space of practice everything can exist in it!
Lets take a look at all the amazing sketchbooks from our students that got filled during our 2021 Sketchbook Practice Series and also some from our Figure Drawing and Painting...
Linocut Gift Ideas
Here are 10 gift ideas using the Linocut Printmaking technique. You can create any of these objects during the upcoming Linocut Printmaking Workshop (December 11-12) at the Berlin Drawing Room....
Lepista nuda “Blewit” Painting Class: Video
Paint a toadstool as an introduction to the fantastical world of fungi. Learn a basic layering technique to convey the round forms of the cap and the stem of a...
Painting a Flower with Gouache
Learn how to paint with gouache starting with this beautiful orchid with artist instructor G Caruso. The video is a recording from our ongoing series of free livestreaming drawing and...
Portrait Painting: A time to slow down
The genre of portraiture is as timeless as painting itself. The portrayal of the human face creates a deep psychological connection between the artist, the painting and the viewer. Shaye...
Figure in Watercolor Class (Video)
Learn how to add loose and flowing watercolor strokes to your figure drawing repertoire. During this class, you will be guided step by step in expressive technique by G Caruso,...
Portrait Drawing Class (video)
During this free class G is teaching a basic high contrast portrait technique that is versatile and will improve any portrait practice. If you want to continue exploring portraiture we...
Wildflower Painting Free Class
Below you will find the course image for the Free Wildflower Painting Class on June 22, 2021. The first image if the one Mira will use for the demo. A...
Painting on location and the practice of mindful observation
Painting on location is a practice that requires mindfulness and kindness towards ourselves. What we put on paper may not always be perfect or satisfying to our inner critic, but the time we spend in communion with the beauty before us, our eyes wide open and receptive, is an invaluable gift.
Urban Landscape: Sketching with Watercolor Class (video)
You don’t need to travel in order to explore! We look at how to use watercolor to sketch an urban environment in a simple and fast way without perspective knowledge....
Figure Drawing Class: Venus with Biceps (video)
The representation of women’s strength in art and in contemporary media. During this figure drawing class we challenge classical perceptions of what form a woman should take. We start with...
How to Choose a Sketchbook (video)
Navigate the process of selecting a sketchbook to suite your needs and preferences. Learn the secret of a perfect sketchbook! G Caruso has been a sketchbook enthusiast for the past 25...
Edible Spring Wildflowers in Watercolor
As spring emerges I’m always so grateful to those very early tiny flowers that give the signal that winter is over. These weeds and wildflowers that are first on the...
Interview with Ali Fitzgerald: artist, comics creator and graphic novelist
I interviewed Ali on her return to Berlin from her residency in France. I was curious about her personal relationship with her visual storytelling, how she brings together the written...
Three Generations Paint Together in Online Class
During the past year lockdowns around the world as well as the decrees or altogether halt of travel, due the pandemic, has kept quite a few families apart. Especially amongst...
Bestiarium: from science to fantasy
The history of drawing animals and inventing fantasy creatures is intrinsically intertwined. Albrecht Dürer’s rhinoceros for example, famously drawn from a written description of the animal and not from sight,...
Sketchbook Practice 2020 – A Virtual Exhibition
Visit out virtual gallery and take a look at some of the works that our students made during the workshop in the last year.
Figure Up Exhibition at BcmA: Exploring Figurative Art
“The drawings are representational, descriptive and the emphasis is on the figure. Referencing film, novels, popular music, fashion, cartoons, and contemporary forms of social media…”
Printable Holiday Cards Gift
Print out these cards for your friends and family this Holiday Season! What a year! 2020 has been full of challenges and new discoveries. Thank you for joining us, if...
Drawing Monsters: an exploration of the shadow
Artists throughout history have used monsters and mythological creatures to explore their inner worlds and experiment in a free and expressive way. by Heidy Weingartner Monsters have been popular mythical...
Drawing the City of Berlin at Berlinische Galerie
The exhibition at Berlinische Galerie displays a special selection of more than 175 paper-based works portraying the city of Berlin from 1945 to today. by Heidy Weingartner The Berlin Drawing...
Drawing and Painting with Ink
Ink is an incredibly versatile medium used for drawing, painting and writing. We will be diving into the ink pool during our upcoming module of the Sketchbook Practice Workshop learning...
En plein air Painting with Gouache
Supply List Watercolor Sketchbook: A5, either landscape or portrait as preferred, min 200gsm LINK Masking tape, 1,5cm width Water brushes, 3x LINK or LINK Paper towels Color palette options: If...
Drawing ourselves out of our shells
A testimonial from a reluctant online student: The class hours flew by so quickly and the experience gave me the momentum to dig out my desk making it usable again and not merely the repository for every random paper that enters my apartment. In short, the class is giving me motivation to rejoin the world outside my kitchen!
Sketchbook Practice Watercolor
The upcoming module of the yearlong Sketchbook Practice Workshop with G Caruso will be focused on watercolor. Find details HERE. Watercolor is a medium beloved for its immediacy and versatility....
Botanical Watercolor Weed Diary
For the first meeting of the Botanical Watercolor Workshop I would like each of you to collect a weed, or two, as your specimen. The more common and despised the...
Livestreaming Workshops FAQ
Answers to some frequently asked questions from our international livestreaming participants regarding payment, participating, supplies, etc...
How to Make a Herbarium
How to Create Your Own Herbarium Sheet Creating a herbarium sheet is a beautiful and meditative way to deepen your relationship with plants. A herbarium is traditionally used for identifying,…
How to Overcome the Fear of Painting: 3 Playful Techniques to Get Started
Why painting like a child is the key to unlocking adult creativity? At some point, many of us stopped drawing or painting. Maybe someone told us we weren’t good at…
Why Your Colors Turn Muddy – And How to Fix It
Ever mixed two beautiful acrylic colors, expecting magic, only to end up with a disappointing blob of brownish grey? “Muddy colors” are one of the most common frustrations for beginner…
Meet Our Instructor: 5 Questions with Juancar
Hi, I’m Juan-Carlos Rosa-Casasola (he/him/Juancar), one of the artist-instructors at Berlin Drawing Room, where I facilitate painting workshops, and honestly, I love my job. Helping my students loosen up and…
Botanical Prints Sale
These lusciously painted botanical watercolors depict plants that I have encountered growing through the sidewalk, along a train track or behind a building; making their homes even in urban environments….
Exhibition: Emergent Gardens
Join me in creating botanical watercolor studies during the Nature Watercolor Workshop, in the context of my solo exhibition at Denizen House! – Mira O’Brien Emergent Gardens Mira O’Brien Denizen…
Free Coral Mushroom Watercolor Class
Dear Community, Today is the day! The Free Fungi Watercolor Class starts at 6pm CET (6pm in Berlin, 12pm in New York, 9am in San Francisco, 5pm in London, 10:30pm in New Delhi…)….
Creating a Botanical Composition
Many steps go into creating a finished botanical illustration composition. In the photos below, I share with you the process of creating this common poppy, Papaver rhoeas, composition. It all…
Life Drawing Workshop with Friends
Looking for a creative way to start off you Hen/ Bachelorette Party weekend in Berlin? Look no further! Life Drawing Parties at the Berlin Drawing Room are a fun and creative…
Free Spring Botanical Watercolor Class (VIDEO)
Create a botanical watercolor painting, step by step, with Mira O’Brien. Below you will find the reference image for the class, and materials list. Tuesday, April 9, 18:00 – 20:00…
Inspiring Prompts for Painting
What to Paint When You Don’t Know What to Paint Many of my students ask me the same question: “What should I paint to get better?”And I get it, we…
Small Group Private Workshop Special Offers
Are you looking for a unique group activity? We have a few special offers for private groups of up to 8 people. Printmaking and Cyanotype are both process oriented techniques…