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2025 Workshop Schedule
Spring 2025
7 - 11 April: Understanding Brushwork: Painting Light & Form from the Live Model with Molly Judd
21 - 25 April: Painting the Invented Landscape with Ryan S. Brown 12 - 16 May: Seeing & Mixing Color: The Optical Art of Portrait Painting with Tom van de Wouwer 19 - 23 May: Narrative Self-Portrait Drawing & Painting with Melisa Calabria June 2025
2 - 6 June: Painting an Official Portrait: Hands & Body Language
with Thibault Barrère 9 - 13 June: Dynamic Figure Sketch: Structure & Expression with Patrick Byrnes 16 - 20 June: Limited Palette Portrait Painting: Color & Complexion with Patrick Byrnes July 2025
30 June - 4 July: Alla Prima Portrait Painting: Realistic Abstraction with Benjamin Gouttard
7 - 11 July: Painting the Figure in an Interior with Danny Ferland 14 - 18 July: The Impasto Portrait: The Face in Bold Brushwork with Danny Ferland 21 - 25 July: Rembrandt's Painting Techniques: The Later Expressive Years with Thomas Langeveld 21 - 25 July: Drawing Foundations: The Academic Still Life with Ilse Nass 28 July - 1 August: Introduction to Oil Painting: Techniques, Composition & Color with Mischa Tranquilli 30 July - 1 August: Painting the Dutch Landscape en Plein Air with César Meza August 2025
4 - 8 August: Texture & Form: Sculptural Painting Techniques in Oils with Thomas Langeveld
4 - 15 August: Narrative Model Painting: Storytelling through Compisition & Color with César Meza 11 - 15 August: Drawing & Painting the Skull: Mastering Light & Texture with Thomas Langeveld 18 - 22 August: Drawing & Painting the Floral Still Life with Lara Saunders 25 - 29 August: Painting the Floral Portrait: The Art of Neo-Baroque with Teresa Oaxaca Autumn 2025
1 - 5 September: Model Drawing & Painting: Pictorial Design & Expressionism with Lucas Bononi 29 September to 10 October: Drawing the Écorché Portrait: Anatomy & Form with Kevin Müller Cisneros |
workshopsWorkshops offered by DARA are short & intensive courses that cover a variety of drawing and oil painting disciplines.
Most of our workshops consist of 30 hours of instruction (though we do offer some longer courses as well), and are led by professional artists who are classically trained in figurative drawing and painting. Why take a workshop? Workshops offer a unique opportunity for intensive and highly personalized study within a specialized genre of drawing or painting, to develop your artistic practice further. Many workshop students are already working creative professionals seeking serious vocational training to sharpen their artistic skillset. Why choose DARA? All our workshops & visiting instructors promote DARA's core philosophy of achieving technical excellence in drawing/painting from nature. We limit our class sizes to ensure a high level of personal attention, and we are proud of the high-quality education our workshops provide. Interested in taking a workshop? Please review our Studio Policies and Workshop FAQs before applying. |
