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Lyme Academy of Fine Arts
84 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT 06371

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Academic Drawing and Painting Summer Intensive Workshop
$2,250 for one workshop, or $4,000 for both
Drawing Instructors: Thomas LaPine & Mina Mohtasham
Painting Instructors: Tyler Berry & Chelsea Bard
Dates:
Workshop 1 – Drawing. Weeks 1-3: July 11–29 (Monday–Friday)
Workshop 2 – Painting. Weeks 3-6: August 1–August 19 (Monday–Friday)
Times: 9-4 pm (lunch 12-1 pm). Participants are asked to bring their own bagged lunch.
Levels/Ages: All levels welcome; ages 14+
Workshop Location: Lyme Academy of Fine Arts

Join us in historic Old Lyme, Connecticut for an immersive studio experience focused on the foundations of drawing and painting in the academic tradition. Inside our custom north-lit studios, students will draw and paint daily from direct observation of live models and plaster casts, utilizing a sequential, systematic progression designed to strengthen visual acuity and develop a strategic approach to interpreting the visual experience.

The first three-week session of this two-part workshop will focus on drawing as an introduction to both perceptual and conceptual modes of observation. Students will explore the fundamental properties of light, form, structure, proportion, and gesture. In the second three-week session, these methodologies are applied to oil painting. Students will learn to employ a direct-painting method, with focused discussions about paint handling and color mixing.

Intimate class sizes allow for in-studio demonstrations and individualized critiques. Additionally, each student will be given access to a personal studio during non-class hours to continue their studies. Students may take the workshops separately, but we strongly encourage attending the drawing portion as a foundation for the painting portion.