Course Full. Please email Registrar Stephanie Bowman, sbowman@nyss.org, to join the join waitlist. 

Course Description

Looking for a simple approach to painting from perception, the class will focus on a handful of fundamental elements involved in representational painting: composition, form/light, drawing, color/tone/temperature, and spatial relationships. The goal is to ground a basic understanding of these elements, which will then allow the student to continue developing these tools on their own as they see fit. We will be working from direct observation, to explore how formal painting issues can be used to clarify our own painting language and vision. 

Course Syllabus