Boulder School of Fine Art
A classical atelier in
the modern tradition
Boulder School of Fine Art ACADEMY
Year One
First Trimester
Fall 2022
Orientation September 6-September10
Classes: September 15 - Dec. 1
Fall Trimester Schedule*
Day | morning | afternoon | evening |
|---|---|---|---|
Sa | Classical Draw & Paint - Cantor | Portrait - Cantor | |
Sa | Intro to Classical Tech - Cantor | ||
Su | Classical Draw & Paint - Harden | Oil Painting, Artistic Anatomy - Harden | |
Su | Sculpting - Gustason | ||
Mo | Costumed Figure - Harden | ||
Mo | |||
Tue | Classical Draw & Paint - Harden | Long Pose Figure - Harden | Classical Draw & Paint - Cantor |
Wed | Intro to Classical Tech - Cantor | Artistic Anatomy (Bridgman) | Figure Sketching - Harden |
Wed | Classical Draw & Paint - Harden | Long Pose Figure - Cantor | |
Thur | Classical Draw & Paint - Harden | Long Pose Figure - Cantor | Figure Sketch - Harden |
Fri | Classical Draw & Paint - Cantor | 2nd Friday Art History - Staff |
* Staffing and schedule subject to change
Second Trimester
Winter 2023
Orientation Jan. 9-13
First Class
Saturday January 14- Friday, March 24
Third Trimester
Spring 2023
Orientation April 4-8
First class, Tuesday April 11- June 18
Final Review
June 20-22
Show and Awards: June 30
Beginning to advanced art students wishing to learn how to draw and paint from life in natural light are invited to apply to the Boulder School of Fine Art Academy.
With our new expanded schedule students will be able to study drawing and painting intensively with the option of selecting 1 to 6 days a week of classes in 10 week trimesters.
Our spacious Boulder, Colorado classroom studio is located in a legacy artist cooperative and offers an inspiring and rare opportunity to work from life in natural north light.
The curriculum is an atelier program where students work through projects that progress from simple to more complex and study methods of drawing and painting still lifes, portraiture and figure with the support and tutelage of classically trained instructors, Elena Cantor and Ben Harden, Kim Gustason and Sharon Solomon. Students who enroll in the full time option over multiple trimesters, and the 3 years expected before program completion, can expect to expand their technique and mastery of observation of nature and creation of realistic art.
As in all our classes at the Boulder School of Fine Art, we welcome those of all religions, ethnicity, sexual orientation and identity, political views and life experiences.
Topics for study throughout the program include:
• Copying Master Drawings by Charles Bargue
• Charcoal and Oil Painting studies of reproductions of classical sculptures
• Still Lifes
• Masterpiece Painting copies
• Artistic Anatomy
• Figure Sketching
• Drawing and Painting the Standing Pose
• Drawing and Painting the Costumed Fgure
• Portraiture
• Introduction to Oil Painting
• Sculpting the human form in clay
• Art History
