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…
Drawing | Featured | Mixed media | Watercolor
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…
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,…
Botanical | Featured | Painting | Watercolor
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…
Custom | Drawing | Featured | Mixed media
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…