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Tonal Drawing: Landscapes & Perspectives
SUNDAYS 9AM – 1PM
Tonal drawing focuses on shapes and values to create strong form, volume, and composition. Simplify shapes, master perspective, and distinguish tone from color to enhance your work. These techniques build a solid foundation for alla prima painting and confident visual expression.
Class Schedule
This six-week itinerary is a general outline of the topics we rotate through in class. While these themes guide our schedule, each group is different, and the instructor may adjust the pace or focus to match the needs of the group. Real growth comes from daily practice of the skills we cover in class. Some students may need more, or less, time to see the progress they’re aiming for, and that’s completely normal. Homework isn’t graded, but we provide reference photos and step-by-step instructions to help you practice at home.
Week 1/Workshop 1: A deeper guide to Perspectives
1 hour Perspectives & hand eye coordination exercises
3 hr demo (1-2) drawings
Week 2/Workshop 2: Designing, Editing, & Composing Shapes
20min hand eye coordination exercises
3hr 40min drawing demos (2-4 compositions)
Week 3/Workshop 3: Applying Perspective Principles to Tonal Drawings
4hr drawing demos (2-4 compositions)
Week 4/Workshop 4: Multiple small sized landscapes
4hr drawing demos (2-4 compositions)
Week 5/Workshop 5: Moving Picture Landscapes on Big screen Large detailed drawing
40min small sized finding big shapes, designing composition
3hr 20min drawing large landscape with details (1-2)
Week 6/Workshop 6: Moving Picture Cityscape on Big screen Large detailed drawing
40min small sized finding big shapes, designing composition
3hr 20min drawing large landscape with details
Tonal Drawing: Figures
FRIDAYS 6PM – 10PM
Figure construction focuses on breaking the human body into basic shapes to build accurate form, volume, and gesture. Practice proportion, line of action, and anatomy to create balanced, dynamic figures.
Class Schedule
This six-week itinerary is a general outline of the topics we rotate through in class. While these themes guide our schedule, each group is different, and the instructor may adjust the pace or focus to match the needs of the group. Real growth comes from daily practice of the skills we cover in class. Some students may need more, or less, time to see the progress they’re aiming for, and that’s completely normal. Homework isn’t graded, but we provide reference photos and step-by-step instructions to help you practice at home.
Week 1/Workshop 1: Symmetry & Proportions
30 min hand eye coordination exercises
3.5 hr demo (1-2) drawing from picture focus on construction, form, gesture
Week 2/Workshop 2: Line of Action/Gesture Drawing
20min hand eye coordination exercises
3hr 40min Many small sized figures
Week 3/Workshop 3: Building Up Volumes
1hr each figure
Week 4/Workshop 4: Quick Poses
1hr per pose
Week 5/Workshop 5: Short Poses with Live Model
1hr 30min
1hr30min
20min
20min
20min
Week 6/Workshop 6: Long Detailed Pose with Live Model
10min warm up
3hr 50min drawing
Tonal Drawing: Portraits
MONDAYS 6PM – 10PM
Head construction focuses on building solid forms from the inside out using shape, symmetry, proportion, and gesture. Learn to capture likeness while understanding the structure and volumes of the head in three dimensions.
Class Schedule
This six-week itinerary is a general outline of the topics we rotate through in class. While these themes guide our schedule, each group is different, and the instructor may adjust the pace or focus to match the needs of the group. Real growth comes from daily practice of the skills we cover in class. Some students may need more, or less, time to see the progress they’re aiming for, and that’s completely normal. Homework isn’t graded, but we provide reference photos and step-by-step instructions to help you practice at home.
Week 1/Workshop 1: Construction
30 min hand eye coordination exercises
3.5 hr demo (front,quarter,profile) drawings from picture focus on construction, form, symmetry
Week 2/Workshop 2: Building Volumes
20min hand eye coordination exercises
3.5 hr demo (front,quarter,profile) drawings from picture focus on construction, form, symmetry
Week 3/Workshop 3: Planes
4 hr demo (front,quarter,profile) drawings from picture focus on construction, form, symmetry
Week 4/Workshop 4: Characteristics/Finding Likeness
2hr drawing from picture
2hr drawing from picture
Week 5/Workshop 5: Drawing Live Model
2hr drawing with live model
2hr drawing with live model
Week 6/Workshop 6: Long Detailed Pose with Live Model
10min warm up
3hr 50min drawing
Painting Landscapes Alla Prima
TUESDAYS 6PM – 10PM
Paint landscapes directly on the canvas in one session using wet-on-wet brushwork. Build the painting from large shapes to final details while controlling light, color, and composition. Practice decisive brushwork to create dynamic, finished landscapes.
Class Schedule
This six-week itinerary is a general outline of the topics we rotate through in class. While these themes guide our schedule, each group is different, and the instructor may adjust the pace or focus to match the needs of the group. Real growth comes from daily practice of the skills we cover in class. Some students may need more, or less, time to see the progress they’re aiming for, and that’s completely normal. Homework isn’t graded, but we provide reference photos and step-by-step instructions to help you practice at home.
Week 1/Workshop 1: Monochromatic, Designing Shapes
40min Perspectives
3 small size paintings beach city landscape
Week 2/Workshop 2: 2d to 3d
20min hand eye coordination exercises
1hr 50min small sized 4×6, 6×8 painting
1hr 50min small sized painting focus on big shapes
Week 3/Workshop 3: Focusing on colors
2hr small painting 6×8, 8×10
2hr small painting
Week 4/Workshop 4: Adding details
50min small 4×6, 6×8, 8×10 painting
3hr 10min medium sized painting
Week 5/Workshop 5: Moving Landscape (waterfall, river, meadow – video on screen)
2hr medium sized painting
2hr medium sized painting
Week 6/Workshop 6: Moving Landscape (waterfall, river, meadow – video on screen)
4hr medium/large painting
Painting Figures Alla Prima
WEDNESDAYS 6PM – 10PM
Paint the human figure in one session with bold, expressive brushwork. Simplify the body into basic shapes and build form, volume, and gesture directly on the canvas. Focus on light, proportion, and tonal relationships.
Class Schedule
This six-week itinerary is a general outline of the topics we rotate through in class. While these themes guide our schedule, each group is different, and the instructor may adjust the pace or focus to match the needs of the group. Real growth comes from daily practice of the skills we cover in class. Some students may need more, or less, time to see the progress they’re aiming for, and that’s completely normal. Homework isn’t graded, but we provide reference photos and step-by-step instructions to help you practice at home.
Week 1/Workshop 1: Monochromatic
20min warm up exercises/set up
1hr 50min small sized painting big shape
1hr 50min painting 6×8, 8×10 picture
Week 2/Workshop 2: Color (Zorn palette)
20min warm up exercises/set up
1hr 50min small sized painting from picture reference
1hr 50min small sized painting focus on big shapes
Week 3/Workshop 3: Monochromatic
4hr painting reference from picture
Week 4/Workshop 4: Color (Zorn palette)
4hr painting reference from picture
Week 5/Workshop 5: Live Model
4 hr painting live model
Week 6/Workshop 6: Live Model
4 hr painting live model
Painting Portraits Alla Prima
THURSDAYS 6PM – 10PM
Paint portraits in a single session using direct, wet-on-wet techniques. Shape features and planes while rendering light, shadow, and volume. Develop accuracy and confidence in expressive portrait painting.
Class Schedule
This six-week itinerary is a general outline of the topics we rotate through in class. While these themes guide our schedule, each group is different, and the instructor may adjust the pace or focus to match the needs of the group. Real growth comes from daily practice of the skills we cover in class. Some students may need more, or less, time to see the progress they’re aiming for, and that’s completely normal. Homework isn’t graded, but we provide reference photos and step-by-step instructions to help you practice at home.
Week 1/Workshop 1: Monochromatic – big planes
20min warm up exercises/set up
1hr 50min small sized painting big shape
1hr 50min painting 6×8, 8×10 picture
Week 2/Workshop 2: Balancing Cool and Warm (Zorn Palette)
20min warm up exercises/set up
1hr 50min small sized painting big shape
1hr 50min painting 6×8, 8×10 picture
Week 3/Workshop 3: Monochromatic
4hr painting reference from picture
Week 4/Workshop 4: Color (Zorn palette)
4hr painting reference from picture
Week 5/Workshop 5: Live Model
4 hr painting live model
Week 6/Workshop 6: Live Model
4 hr painting live model
Master Study Workshop
SUNDAYS 2PM – 7PM
Focus on classical painting techniques in the Alla Prima tradition with 5-hour, hands-on workshops. Study a master painter—such as Rubens, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Bouguereau, Repin, or Sargent—and analyze color, composition, shapes, volumes, and likeness. Plan and complete a painting in one session using block-in strategies for values, proportions, and silhouette. Practice color harmony, brush economy, and edge handling to build confidence and strengthen your classical painting skills.
Class Schedule
This six-week itinerary is a general outline of the topics we rotate through in class. While these themes guide our schedule, each group is different, and the instructor may adjust the pace or focus to match the needs of the group. Real growth comes from daily practice of the skills we cover in class. Some students may need more, or less, time to see the progress they’re aiming for, and that’s completely normal. Homework isn’t graded, but we provide reference photos and step-by-step instructions to help you practice at home.
Week 1/Workshop 1:
5 hr painting start artist 1
Week 2/Workshop 2:
5 hr painting wrap up artist 1
Week 3/Workshop 3:
5 hr painting start artist 2
Week 4/Workshop 4:
5 hr painting wrap up artist 2
Week 5/Workshop 5:
5 hr painting start artist 3
Week 6/Workshop 6:
5 hr painting wrap up artist 3
Contact us
(213) 280 – 9629
ClassicalAtelier.LA@gmail.com