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Portrait in Pencil Workshop (In-Person)
with RA Friedman
Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Instructor: RA Friedman
Credit: Non-Credit Only
Using inexpensive materials, this hands-on workshop will introduce the concepts and methods needed to create a strong sense of dimension and likeness in your portrait drawings. Explore the proportions and planes of the head, neck and shoulders. Learn how to create astructural foundation and how to easily manage anatomy by breaking down forms into simplegeometric shapes. Instruction will address different strategies for creating a finished tonal portrait as well as tips and tricks that will help you draw like a pro!
Image: RA Friedman.
Register by: December 1
Fall 2023 CE Policy Guide, including updated Withdrawal/Refund Policies
Open Academy: Portrait Painting, Section 1, PT 220 (In-Person)
with Renee Foulks
Tuesdays, 1:00 - 3:50 p.m.
Instructor: Renee Foulks
Credit: Non-Credit or 1.5 Undergraduate Credit (see description)
NOTE: This is an Open Academy (PAFA BFA) course. The full schedule of regular Continuing Education courses will be posted shortly.
PAFA’s Open Academy provides the opportunity for Continuing Education (CE) and non-matriculated students to enroll in select BFA courses for credit or non-credit. Open Academy students enrolled in PAFA’s renowned studio arts courses learn technical skills, creative expression, and critical thinking from master artist-teachers while working amongst dedicated full-time students in PAFA's classrooms.
Students will learn the structure of the portrait, the history of historic and contemporary portraiture, methods and materials of portraiture and will be encouraged to develop a personal point of view in portrait painting. Issues of form, spatial concepts, color, visual and critical thinking will be addressed. Individual and group critiques will be conducted.
Optional: This course is available for 1.5 undergraduate credits for $1,400. Select credit option with price adjustment during registration.
Image: Renee Foulks.
Register by: January 11
Materials List
Open Academy Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Open Academy: Portrait Painting, Section 2, PT 220 (In-Person)
with Al Gury
Wednesdays, 8:30 - 3:50 p.m.
Instructor: Al Gury
Credit: Non-Credit or 3.0 Undergraduate Credits (see description)
NOTE: This is an Open Academy (PAFA BFA) course. The full schedule of regular Continuing Education courses will be posted shortly.
PAFA’s Open Academy provides the opportunity for Continuing Education (CE) and non-matriculated students to enroll in select BFA courses for credit or non-credit. Open Academy students enrolled in PAFA’s renowned studio arts courses learn technical skills, creative expression, and critical thinking from master artist-teachers while working amongst dedicated full-time students in PAFA's classrooms.
Students will learn the structure of the portrait, the history of historic and contemporary portraiture, methods and materials of portraiture and will be encouraged to develop a personal point of view in portrait painting. Issues of form, spatial concepts, color, visual and critical thinking will be addressed. Individual and group critiques will be conducted.
Optional: This course is available for 3.0 undergraduate credits for $2,800. Select credit option with price adjustment during registration.
Image: Al Gury.
Register by: January 11
Materials List
Open Academy Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Open Academy: Observational Practices, DR 206 (In-Person)
with John Horn
Thursdays, 1 - 3:50 p.m.
Instructor: John Horn
Credit: Non-Credit or 1.5 Undergraduate Credits (see description)
NOTE: This is an Open Academy (PAFA BFA) course. The full schedule of regular Continuing Education courses will be posted shortly.
PAFA’s Open Academy provides the opportunity for Continuing Education (CE) and non-matriculated students to enroll in select BFA courses for credit or non-credit. Open Academy students enrolled in PAFA’s renowned studio arts courses learn technical skills, creative expression, and critical thinking from master artist-teachers while working amongst dedicated full-time students in PAFA's classrooms.
The goal of this course is to strengthen and hone a student’s foundational skills of drawing through a series of one and two-day drawing projects. The major topics of concern will be gesture, design, perspective, structure and space. Students will be encouraged to experiment with different media and to develop a personalized drawing practice. Subjects for this exploration will be the life model, anatomical models, the city and the observable environment in general. The course includes field trips to the Wagner Free Institute of Science, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Reading Terminal and the Observation Deck at Liberty One.
Optional: This course is available for 1.5 undergraduate credits for $1,400. Select credit choice with tuition adjustment during checkout.
Image: Larry Day, [Nude in Armchair] (detail), 1975, graphite on cream wove paper, 21 x 17 1/2 in. Collection of PAFA, Accession #1987.13. Gift of Christopher K. and Barbara A. Bullard. Copyright © artist or artist's estate.
Register by: January 11
Materials List
Open Academy Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies