Focus on your painting and figurative skills while working from the model.
Work from short poses that stress the figure's gesture and the fluidity of paint application, and from longer poses that allow for more finished paintings and in-depth investigation.
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Bonnie Steinsnyder is an instructor in watercolor, oil painting and drawing. She currently teaches at the West Side YMCA, the Linden Tree School in Brooklyn, and as a guest instructor at the Art Students League. Past teaching includes PS 1 and the Queens Museum. Her BA is from Smith College, her MFA is from Queens College, plus she also studied anatomy and printmaking at the Art Students League in New York. Ms. Steinsnyder's solo exhibitions include the Loring Gallery in Sheffield, MA (2005), the Arsenal Gallery (2004) in Manhattan and Rittenhouse Fine Art in Philadelphia(2001). Group exhibits include Art Gotham (2006), Polonaise Gallery, Woodstock, VT (2005), Museum of the City of New York (2002), Mill Gallery, Sante Fe, NM (2001) and Gallery Henoch, Manhattan (1993-7). You can view her artwork at steinsnyder.com
Figure Painting with Watercolor (Intermediate/Advanced)
Watercolor Painting (Intermediate/Advanced)
Wennie Huang, PSA, received her BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute in 1994 and her MFA in Printmaking from the University of Michigan in 1996. Huang also teaches at Parsons School of Design, Wave Hill, and the Pastel Society of America. She has over 20 years of experience in art education and has taught a variety of children, teen and adult classes and workshops at 92Y since 2005. Her mixed media installations combine paper, wood, print, fabric and photography. Her work has been exhibited at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Wave Hill, Detroit Artists Market Biennial and in various NYC galleries. She has received grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the New School, private and public commissions including through NYC Percent for Art program, as well as residencies at the Lower East Side Printshop, Dieu Donne Papermill, Center for Book Arts and the Ragdale Foundation. She lives and works in Bro ...
Wennie Huang, PSA, received her BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute in 1994 and her MFA in Printmaking from the University of Michigan in 1996. Huang also teaches at Parsons School of Design, Wave Hill, and the Pastel Society of America. She has over 20 years of experience in art education and has taught a variety of children, teen and adult classes and workshops at 92Y since 2005. Her mixed media installations combine paper, wood, print, fabric and photography. Her work has been exhibited at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Wave Hill, Detroit Artists Market Biennial and in various NYC galleries. She has received grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the New School, private and public commissions including through NYC Percent for Art program, as well as residencies at the Lower East Side Printshop, Dieu Donne Papermill, Center for Book Arts and the Ragdale Foundation. She lives and works in Brooklyn.
Painting Portraits in Watercolor
Brooklyn in Watercolor: Plein Air on Location
Landscapes in Watercolor
Collage and Mixed Media (Intermediate)
Painting People in Watercolor
Mastering the Still-Life in Watercolor
Advanced Drawing & Watercolor Painting for Teens
Streetscapes in Watercolor
Street Scenes in Watercolor
Painting the Four Seasons in Watercolor
Mixed Media Figure & Portrait Workshop
Water & Oil: Solvent-Free Oil Painting
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