BSoFA offers a modern take on classical drawing and painting classes for adults and young people. Our flexible program of classes lets everyone find their artistic voice. Our instructors are professional artists who have mastered the techniques needed to create portraiture, figure drawing and painting, still lifes, landscape art and sculpture.
Enjoy painting outside and learn how to handle the special challenges of plein air painting.
Sundays 10:30-12:30
September 8-29
Dive into the wet world of watercolor and enjoy this unique medium.
Wednesdays 2-4
Starting September 4
We offer a complete program of classical drawing and painting modeled on the Florence Academy of Art's curriculum.
Students may sign up for one to eight courses per trimester and enjoy deep price discounts from our monthly options.
Fall 2024 Trimester Academy courses begin August 20 and end November 24
December Workshops will meet in early December
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Topics include:
Painting from the Masters
Know your Materials
Portfolio Prep
Learn how to draw and paint using classical techniques in our foundational academic course.
For beginning to advanced students.
Tuesdays 5:30-8:30
Fridays 1-4
Saturdays 9:30-12:30
August-November
Workshops Early December
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Painting from the Masters
Know your Materials
Portfolio Prep
Enhance your drawing technique with greater understanding of human anatomy basics by studying the Bridgman approach to drawing the figure.
Sundays 3:30-5
September and October
Explore the fundamentals of sketching the figure.
Constructive Figure Sketching -
One day workshop
Aug 3
Monthly sessions Thursdays 6-8
October and November
Draw and Paint a nude model over multiple sessions using French Academy methods in BSoFA's inspiring natural north light figure studio.
6 session course 1-4
Saturdays October 19-Nov 23
