Course Archives

2024

Summer

Group Courses in Person

TBD

Renaissance Retreat

Intensive Workshops

TBD

Fall

Group Courses in Person

TBD

Intensive Workshops

TBD

2023

Summer

Group Courses in Person

Renaissance Retreat

Intensive Workshops

2022

Summer

Group Courses in Trastevere

  • Figure Drawing: Open Studio
  • The Portrait from Life: Open Studio
  • Painting the Portrait in Oil: 5-Day Workshop

Group Courses Online

  • The Art of the Finish: Thoughts on Completing a Painting
  • Friday Night Critiques

2021

Spring

Group Courses Online

January 11th to February 5th, 2021
Series 7: Painting the Still-Life: Glass, Wine & Gold, Part II

March 8th to May 7th, 2021
Series 8: Painting the Portrait: Head, Hands and Greek Myth

Summer

Group Courses Online

Series 9: Summer Seminar 2021 – to preview the Summer Seminar 2021 course, you need to be a member of PADASOR.  For details, please visit the website.

Fall

Group Courses Online

September 20th – December 16th, 2021
Series 10: Examining Velázquez – a Painting Expedition

2020

Summer

Group Courses Online

June 22nd to July 17th, 2020
Series 3: Painting a Portrait – Flavia

July 28th to August 26th, 2020
Series 4: Summer Seminar:
– Using Bargue Plates
– Painting Jewelry: a Survey of Some Past Masters
– Conceptual Color vs. Local Color
– Connecting Inherent Values of Pigments to a Grey Scale

Fall

Group Courses Online

September 28th to October 30th, 2020
Series 5: Studying the Male Head

November 23rd to December 18th, 2020
Series 6: Painting the Still-Life: Glass, Wine & Gold, Part I

2019

Spring

Group Courses

January 15th to May 25th, 2019

  • The Fundamentals
  • Figure Drawing–One Pose, Two Hours + Open Studio
  • Advanced Painting
  • Painting the Portrait in a Landscape

Special Workshops

Drawing in Studio and Painting En Plein Air: Masterclass with Charles Weed
April 9th to April 12th, 2019

Renaissance Retreat
May 26th to June 2nd, 2019

Summer

No Workshops or Courses in Summer 2019.

Fall

Group Courses

September 14th to December 14th, 2019

  • The Fundamentals
  • Figure Drawing–One Pose, Two Hours + Open Studio
  • Advanced Painting – Caravaggio & Cabinet Making
  • Painting the Portrait – Caravaggio & Cabinet Making

Special Workshops

Renaissance Retreat
October 6th to the 13th, 2019

Drawing Masterclass with Charles Weed
November 26th to 29th, 2019

2018

Spring

Group Courses

January 11th to May 12th, 2018

  • The Fundamentals–Drawing the Still-Life
  • Figure Drawing–One Pose, Two Hours + Open Studio
  • Advanced Painting
  • Painting the Portrait in a Landscape

Special Workshops

Renaissance Retreat
May 20th to the 27th, 2018

Fall

Group Courses

September 4th to December 15th, 2018

  • The Fundamentals–Drawing the Still-Life
  • Figure Drawing–One Pose, Two Hours + Open Studio
  • Advanced Painting
  • Painting the Portrai

Special Workshops

Renaissance Retreat
September 16 to the 23rd, 2018

2017

Spring

February 2 to May 27

  • Figure Drawing – Long Poses
  • The Fundamentals, Parts I & II – Drawing and Painting the Still-Life
  • Figure Painting

Course Review: The Providence of Fundamentals

Summer

No Workshops or Courses in Summer 2017.

Fall

September 14th to December 16

  • Figure Drawing – Long Poses
  • Painting the Portrait in a Landscape
  • Figure Painting – Figures in the Landscape
  • The Fundamentals – Drawing the Still-Life

2016

Spring

February 4 to May 28

  • Figure Drawing Workout: Short Poses with Charcoal & Long Pose with Water-Soluble Graphite
  • Portrait Painting – Alla Prima
  • Figure Painting – Form, Fabric and Ambition

Summer

  • Figure Drawing for Beginners

Fall

Septebemer 15th – December 17th

  • Figure Drawing Workout: Short Poses with Charcoal
  • Portrait Painting in Imagined Landscapes
  • Figure Painting – The Male Nude

2015

Spring

February 5 to May 30

  • Figure Drawing: Short Poses with Charcoal & Long Pose with Water-Soluble Graphite
  • Portrait Painting – The Turbid Medium Effect
  • Figure Painting – Form and Fabric

Fall

September 24 to December 12

  • Figure Drawing Workout: Short Poses with Charcoal & Long Pose with Water-Soluble Graphite
  • Portrait Painting – Deciphering the English Treatises
  • Figure Painting – Form, Fabric and Ambition

2014

Spring

February 13 to May 31

  • Life Drawing Workout
  • Spheres and Flesh Tones
  • Figure Painting alla Prima with the Palette of Apelles

Summer

June 13 to June 15

  • Return to Rocca Calascio: Landscape Painting alla Prima

Fall

October 3 to 24

  • Figure Drawing for Beginners
  • Open Studio for Advanced Painters

2013

Spring

February 5 to May 16

  • Open Studio Life Drawing: 1 Pose for Two Hours
  • Open Studio Life Drawing: Multiple Poses
  • Painting the Flemish Portrait
  • Open Seminar – Multi-Figure Compositions
  • Open Studio Painting from Life: 1 Pose for 3 Hours

Fall

September 12 to December 14

  • Open Studio: Life Drawing with Multiple Poses
  • Open Studio: Portrait Painting
  • Open Studio: Figure Painting

2012

Spring

February 9 to April 21

  • Blue Smoke: Life Drawing in Charcoal and Pastel on Blue Paper
  • Velazquez Revisited: Portraits alla Prima
  • Caravaggio Part I: Flesh Illuminated

Summer

No Workshops or Courses in Summer 2012.

Fall

September 29 to December 8 

  • Open Studio: Painting from Life
  • Open Studio: Drawing from Life
  • Oil Painting for Absolute Beginners
  • Drawing the Figure from Start to Finish

2011

2010