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Fifteen-Week Extended Studio: Graphic Narrative and Comics, DM 203 (In-Person)
with Deon Robinson
Mondays, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Instructor: Deon Robinson
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio Course (45 Hours)
Note: No class on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 19, or during Spring Break, March 2 – 8.
PAFA’s Extended Studio Courses offer fifteen-weeks of comprehensive instruction taught by PAFA's core faculty for an immersive fine arts experience. PAFA's selection of Continuing Education traditional-length and short courses will be coming soon!
With a focus on telling stories utilizing artwork, this course explores the juxtaposition of word and image, sequentially, and other narrative tools to convey visual meaning. Participants will complete several visual narratives within a variety of formats, which may include a series of related images, a comic book, picture book, graphic novel, or other illustrated narrative. Course Modality: in-person.
Image: Deon Robinson
Register by: January 2
Materials will be addressed via PAFA’s Canvas online platform (if applicable) or on the first day of class.
Please review the CE Winter/Spring Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Notes: Extended Studio Courses are not eligible for PAFA membership or promotional discounts. A minimum 10% fee applies to withdrawals, including same-day – students are advised to confirm their schedules before registering.
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio: Painting the Figure, FY 118 (In-Person)
with Douglas Martenson
Mondays, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM*
Instructor: Douglas Martenson
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio Course (45 – 90 Hours)
Note: No class on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 19, or during Spring Break, March 2 – 8.
PAFA’s Extended Studio Courses offer fifteen-weeks of comprehensive instruction taught by PAFA's core faculty for an immersive fine arts experience. PAFA's selection of Continuing Education traditional-length and short courses will be coming soon!
Oil medium will be used throughout this course to produce a series of achromatic, monochromatic, limited color and full color studies of the figure in simple spatial situations. Paint application will be direct, although indirect approaches and optical color will be addressed. Particular attention will be paid to the analysis of hue, value and chroma to describe form and levels of space. Poses and environments will initially be kept simple to allow for the development of small, rapid studies. Time spent on each pose will then expand throughout the semester to explore a more complex treatment of form, color, surface, and design.
*Optional: This course is also available for full-day attendance (morning, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. and afternoon, 1 - 4 p.m.) for $2,800. Select length with tuition adjustment during checkout.
Image: Douglas Martenson
Register by: January 2
Materials will be addressed via PAFA’s Canvas online platform (if applicable) or on the first day of class.
Please review the CE Winter/Spring Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Notes: Extended Studio Courses are not eligible for PAFA membership or promotional discounts. A minimum 10% fee applies to withdrawals, including same-day – students are advised to confirm their schedules before registering.
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio: Indirect Painting, PT 204 (In-Person)
with Jill A. Rupinski
Mondays, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: Jill A. Rupinski
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio Course (45 Hours)
Note: No class on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 19, or during Spring Break, March 2 – 8.
PAFA’s Extended Studio Courses offer fifteen-weeks of comprehensive instruction taught by PAFA's core faculty for an immersive fine arts experience. PAFA's selection of Continuing Education traditional-length and short courses will be coming soon!
The Indirect painting process is a slow and disciplined way of working that exploits the versatile characteristics of oil paint. This course is designed to give the artist a structure to manipulate the full range of oil paint with underpainting and glazing. Students will be given guidelines in oil painting and oil medium characteristics to aid in decisions for a successful outcome in their painting. Hands-on approaches to various substrates, and grounds will set the foundation for paintings choices. Drawing, transferring, underpainting and pigment choices will be outlined in a step-by-step process. The PAFA collection will provide a range of opportunities to study from,however the final project will be open in subject matter. Course Modality: in-person.
Image: Jill A. Rupinski
Register by: January 2
Materials will be addressed via PAFA’s Canvas online platform (if applicable) or on the first day of class.
Please review the CE Winter/Spring Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Notes: Extended Studio Courses are not eligible for PAFA membership or promotional discounts. A minimum 10% fee applies to withdrawals, including same-day – students are advised to confirm their schedules before registering.
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio: Principles of Illustration, DM 210 (In-Person)
with Deon Robinson
Mondays, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: Deon Robinson
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio Course (45 Hours)
Note: No class on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 19, or during Spring Break, March 2 – 8.
PAFA’s Extended Studio Courses offer fifteen-weeks of comprehensive instruction taught by PAFA's core faculty for an immersive fine arts experience. PAFA's selection of Continuing Education traditional-length and short courses will be coming soon!
This course offers a survey of illustration in both function and practical application. Students will learn to analyze and visually interpret written source material while exploring a variety of ideation methods and experimenting with techniques combining traditional and digital media. Key projects will include illustrations for editorials, advertising, product packaging, picture books, and lifestyle applications. Students not pursuing a focus in illustration but interested in visual communication are encouraged to join this class. Course Modality: in-person.
Image: Deon Robinson
Register by: January 2
Materials will be addressed via PAFA’s Canvas online platform (if applicable) or on the first day of class.
Please review the CE Winter/Spring Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Notes: Extended Studio Courses are not eligible for PAFA membership or promotional discounts. A minimum 10% fee applies to withdrawals, including same-day – students are advised to confirm their schedules before registering.
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio: Inventive Drawing, FY 122 (In-Person)
with Steve Nocella
Tuesdays, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Instructor: Steve Nocella
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio Course (45 Hours)
Note: No class during Spring Break, March 2 – 8.
PAFA’s Extended Studio Courses offer fifteen-weeksof comprehensive instruction taught by PAFA's core faculty for an immersive fine arts experience. PAFA's selection of Continuing Education traditional-length and short courseswill be coming soon!
In this class, students will apply principles of drawing to invented images, both representational and abstract. Students will draw from the imagination without live, physical reference using a variety of approaches that may include using photo and found reference, narrative drawing (single and multi-panel), creating visual solutions to a brief, and constraint-based abstraction.
Image: Chaim Gross, Sketch for Sculpture, 1980, Pen and ink, graphite and sepia wash on off-white wove paper, 12 1/2 x 17 13/16 in. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Gift of the artist, 1985.59
Register by:January 2
Materials will be addressed via PAFA’s Canvas online platform (if applicable) or on the first day of class.
Please review the CE Winter/SpringPolicy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Notes: Extended Studio Courses are not eligible for PAFA membership or promotional discounts. A minimum 10% fee applies to withdrawals, including same-day – students are advised to confirm their schedules before registering.
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio: Screenprinting, PR 265 (In-Person)
with Tony Rosati
Tuesdays, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Instructor: Tony Rosati
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio Course (45 Hours)
Note: No class during Spring Break, March 2 – 8.
PAFA’s Extended Studio Courses offer fifteen-weeks of comprehensive instruction taught by PAFA's core faculty for an immersive fine arts experience. PAFA's selection of Continuing Education traditional-length and short courses will be coming soon!
This course introduces a variety of stencil systems such as paper stencils, screen filler, drawing fluid, and photo-imaging methods. Hand-drawn images, hand-cut stencils, painted images, photographic images, and digital images may be employed to create a multicolor print. Printing on a variety of materials to include textiles is included. Personal expression and proficiency with the stencil technical vocabulary are objectives. Course Modality: in-person.
Image: Tony Rosati
Register by: January 2
Materials will be addressed via PAFA’s Canvas online platform (if applicable) or on the first day of class.
Please review the CE Winter/Spring Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Notes: Extended Studio Courses are not eligible for PAFA membership or promotional discounts. A minimum 10% fee applies to withdrawals, including same-day – students are advised to confirm their schedules before registering.
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio: Digital Drawing & Painting II, FY 119 (In-Person)
with Deon Robinson
Tuesdays, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: Deon Robinson
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio Course (45 Hours)
Note: No class during Spring Break, March 2 – 8.
PAFA’s Extended Studio Courses offer fifteen-weeks of comprehensive instruction taught by PAFA's core faculty for an immersive fine arts experience. PAFA's selection of Continuing Education traditional-length and short courses will be coming soon!
This course introduces the computer as a fine arts tool and provides an overview of digital arts concepts and terminology. Instruction engages students in critical awareness of new media and extends fine art drawing and painting principles into the digital realm. Students will have an opportunity to solve design problems using a variety of computer software applications and gain skill in the use of tactile electronic hardware such as touchscreens and digital pen tablet technology. Course Modality: in-person.
Image: Deon Robinson
Register by: January 2
Materials will be addressed via PAFA’s Canvas online platform (if applicable) or on the first day of class.
Please review the CE Winter/Spring Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Notes: Extended Studio Courses are not eligible for PAFA membership or promotional discounts. A minimum 10% fee applies to withdrawals, including same-day – students are advised to confirm their schedules before registering.
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio: Painting Materials and Methods II, PT 205B (In-Person)
with Jill A. Rupinski
Tuesdays, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: Jill A. Rupinski
Fifteen-Week Extended Studio Course (45 Hours)
Note: No class during Spring Break, March 2 – 8.
PAFA’s Extended Studio Courses offer fifteen-weeks of comprehensive instruction taught by PAFA's core faculty for an immersive fine arts experience. PAFA's selection of Continuing Education traditional-length and short courses will be coming soon!
This course will provide hands-on experience using traditional dry media, such as graphite, colored pencils, chalk, and pastel, through water-soluble materials, such as watercolor, gouache and ink. There will be ample presentation, lecture, and demonstration of the wet/dry media techniques. Students will be guided in working from personal sketches, paintings, photography, and from recognized artworks as well as from observation. Students will be expected to provide basic materials that they already have and most paper. To ensure that all students can experience the various processes, the instructor will provide any materials that individual students do not have. Issues of form, spatial concepts, color, visual and critical thinking will be addressed through individual and group critiques. Course Modality: in-person.
Image: Jill A. Rupinski
Register by: January 2
Materials will be addressed via PAFA’s Canvas online platform (if applicable) or on the first day of class.
Please review the CE Winter/Spring Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Notes: Extended Studio Courses are not eligible for PAFA membership or promotional discounts. A minimum 10% fee applies to withdrawals, including same-day – students are advised to confirm their schedules before registering.