Applications for 2024 Workshops will open from the end of November / start of December.
The anticipated course roster is published below.

Interested in following a workshop in 2023? There is still time to register for the final workshop of the season, ​Painting the Portrait & Figure in Oils with Teresa Oaxaca from 27 November to 1 December.

2024 Workshop Schedule

Winter 2024

No workshops scheduled during this period.
Interested in following courses? Check out our winter part-time classes.
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Spring 2024

15 - 19 April: Painting the Live Model with ​Danny Ferland
22 - 26 April: Impressionist Portrait Painting with ​Danny Ferland
29 April - 2 May: Alla Prima Portrait Painting (Advanced Level) with Benjamin Gouttard
6 - 10 May: Academic Drawing Techniques with Ilse Nass
13 - 17 May: Composing the Imagined Landscape in Oils with Ryan S. Brown
27 - 31 May: Expressive Model Drawing with Henry Yan
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Summer 2024

3 - 7 June: Constructive Portrait Drawing with Oliver Sin
10 - 14 June: Model Drawing & Painting: Academic Expressionism with Lucas Bononi
17 - 21 June: Vanitas Still Life Painting: Skulls & Flora with Diego Glazer
24 - 28 June: Introduction to Oil Painting with Mischa Tranquilli
1 - 5 July: Introduction to Portrait Painting with Thomas Langeveld
8 - 12 July: Zorn Palette Portrait Painting: Short & Long Pose with Patrick Byrnes
15 - 19 July: Painting the Alla Prima Master Copy with Ben Valentine
22 - 26 July: Painting the Impressionist Landscape: From Outdoors to the Studio with Anton Nowels
29 July - 3 August: Academic Portrait Painting with César Meza
5 - 9 August: Rembrandt's Painting Techniques with Thomas Langeveld
12 - 16 August: Floral Painting with Lara Saunders
​19 - 30 August: Painting the 17th/18 C. French Landscapes with Igor Naskalov
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Fall 2024

2 - 6 September: Mastering Composition: A Journey from Technique to Artistry with Thibault Barrère
9 - 13 September: Costumed Portrait Painting with Romel de la Torre
October (dates to be determined): Academic Model Drawing & Painting with Kevin Müller Cisneros
4 - 7 November: Narrative Self-Portrait Painting with Melisa Calabria
December (dates to be determined): Alla Prima Portrait Painting with Giulia Bucciarelli

Note: Courses & Dates may still be subject to change. Applications open from the end of November/start of December.

workshops

Workshops 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 have been 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.
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Painting the Portrait and Figure in Oils
​​with TERESA OAXACA
27 November to 1 December 2023

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