Explore watercolor’s unique properties through direct observation of still life, the figure, or photographs in this class.
Learn methods of paint application, color formation and visual representation. Participate in group discussions, observe demonstrations, and get feedback on your progress in real time.
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Allison Maletz is a contemporary watercolor and mixed media artist. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London. She has taught people from age 8-80 and currently leads watercolor, drawing, illustration and professional practices for artists classes. She has taught in person and online at 92nd Street Y, Marymount Manhattan College, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Lessonface, and Parsons The New School University. She has also had the pleasure of giving artist lectures and demonstrations at countless institutions, including J ...
Allison Maletz is a contemporary watercolor and mixed media artist. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London. She has taught people from age 8-80 and currently leads watercolor, drawing, illustration and professional practices for artists classes. She has taught in person and online at 92nd Street Y, Marymount Manhattan College, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Lessonface, and Parsons The New School University. She has also had the pleasure of giving artist lectures and demonstrations at countless institutions, including Johns Hopkins University, Stony Brook University, Pepperdine University, Lyme Academy College Of Fine Arts, College Of New Rochelle and RISD. She has exhibited various mediums in the Liverpool Biennial, New Contemporaries UK, Zoo Art Italy, The Royal Watercolor Society in London, the Moscow Biennale for Young Artists at the MMoMA, and the Florence Griswold Museum, CT. She works out of her studios in NY, NY and theWestern Catskills.
Portrait Workshop: Watercolor Approaches to Capturing the Human Face
Watercolor Painting (Beginner/Intermediate)
Eva Nikolova is a Bulgarian‐born visual artist who works in drawing, painting, printmaking, hand‐drawn animation and cameraless photography. She holds a BFA in Painting/Printmaking from Southern Illinois University and MFA in Printmaking from Indiana University, Bloomington. Her work, which is in the permanent collections of Temple University, The Amity Art Foundation, Manhattan Graphics Center, Arkansas State University and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, has been exhibited nationally as well as in Germany, England, Canada, Scotland and India. Nikolova is the recip ...
Eva Nikolova is a Bulgarian‐born visual artist who works in drawing, painting, printmaking, hand‐drawn animation and cameraless photography. She holds a BFA in Painting/Printmaking from Southern Illinois University and MFA in Printmaking from Indiana University, Bloomington. Her work, which is in the permanent collections of Temple University, The Amity Art Foundation, Manhattan Graphics Center, Arkansas State University and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, has been exhibited nationally as well as in Germany, England, Canada, Scotland and India. Nikolova is the recipient of over 20 scholarships, fellowships, grants and awards, and has participated in fully‐funded residencies at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Millay Colony, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Drawing for Beginners
Drawing with Pastel
Drawing and Painting
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