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Beginner & Intermediate Drawing & Painting: Light, Color & Gesture

The Painting School

Taught by the talented Alexa Saxton Thomas, this 8-week beginner to intermediate class explores the expressive moods of fall through drawing and watercolor, inspired by artists like Degas, Morisot, and Hockney. Students will build confidence with charcoal, watercolor, and pastel while creating vibrant seasonal works that blend observation, memory, and personal expression in a supportive, creative community.

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65 Woodhull St, Brooklyn, NY
16 hours over 8 sessions

Beginner & Intermediate Drawing & Painting: Light, Color & Gesture

Beginner & Intermediate Drawing & Painting: Light, Color & Gesture

Beginner & Intermediate Drawing & Painting: Light, Color & Gesture

Beginner & Intermediate Drawing & Painting: Light, Color & Gesture

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Description

We are so excited to have the amazing Alexa Saxton Thomas offering this 8-week beginner to intermediate watercolor and drawing class that explores the vibrant moods and changing atmosphere of fall through expressive techniques inspired by artists like Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, Pierre Bonnard, David Hockney, Édouard Vuillard, Joan Mitchell.

Students will deepen their confidence in both drawing and painting while experimenting with charcoal, watercolor, and pastel to capture gesture, light, color, and seasonal landscapes, figure drawing and still life drawings and paintings.

Each week focuses on a different aspect of autumn: figures in motion, warm interiors, bold color compositions, and quiet natural scenes, building toward a final mixed media project that blends observation, memory, and personal artistic choices.

We will support one another as a creative community, encouraging risk-taking, sharing ideas, and celebrating each other’s progress during a fun Fall season

We will cover:

Seasons as subject & mood
Color and gesture
Abstraction through realism
The figure and composition
Painting from life and memory
Charcoal (expressive + structural)
Watercolor + Gouache (layering, glazing, impressionistic techniques)
Soft & oil pastel (on toned and watercolor bases)

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The Painting School

The Painting School offers art classes and workshops for all ages, focusing on building creative confidence through hands-on experiences. Located in Brooklyn and the Catskills, they provide a welcoming space for students to explore various mediums and develop their artistic skills

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