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Pastel Hues of Maurice Prendergast
Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924) was a masterful painter and colorist. His watercolor paintings have a beautiful shimmering luminosity, achieved through his transparent use of color and loose brushstrokes. His use of color...
Neo Rauch and his discordant color world
Would you like to start your own painting journey? Check out the Painting Workshops on offerwith Berlin Drawing Room, both online and in-person. We discussed Neo Rauch’s work in our Watercolor...
Negative Space: from Juan Sánchez Cotán to Rachel Whiteread
The negative space in a picture is not only a powerful formal element, but can carry symbolic value as well. It is the ever present and often overlooked “background,” the space between...
Tonality and Seurat
I love to share these these drawings by Georges Seurat with my class when we learn about Tonality. Seurat is the artist most associated with Pointillism, that off shoot of...
Gift Certificate
Once you have purchased your gift certificate HERE, you can download this PDF template. Make sure to include the unique gift certificate code that we emailed you, because this is...
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…