Learn to appreciate numerous drawing media and their unique characteristics. Each class will introduce a media and demonstrations will present methods to explore. The color wheel will be reviewed to describe how to mix colors as well as to achieve value. Colored pencil and watercolor pencils offer a wide range of techniques. Oil pastel is the closest drawing material to painting and you will learn how to apply color on color and work to blend and mix. Turpentine can be painted to dissolve the oil crayon and produce washes. Pastel is a quality chalk media and colors are applied and blended with a cloth. This technique required patience to build up color. Learn to control the lightest application of color and build up value to darkest value. The fourth class will invite you to use a media of your choice. Techniques in this course will include drawing contour line, building value, cross-hatching, and observing composition. Practice drawing using a range of still-life objects. You will study their basic shapes in line and value. The class will review the elements and principles of art and practice them through drawings. This step-by-step drawing experience is ideal for beginners and important for experienced students. Bring a sketchbook 9”x12” or larger. Other materials are provided, but if you have supplies, please bring them.

Author Lenny Ackerman will be at the Bridgehampton Museum for a talk on his book Leibisch’s Journey. Ackerman will discuss his father’s remarkable story, tracing a life shaped by determination, displacement, and hope. Through conversation and reading, the evening offers insight into a deeply personal journey and the broader human experience it reflects. Join us at the Nathaniel Rogers House or live via Zoom to enjoy this talk.

Description Learn the ancient technique of encaustic painting which dates to the Greeks. Students will be led by teacher and artist Bonnie Rychlak to learn the basics of this ancient craft that involves using hot wax and pigments to create something of a mixture between painting and sculpting. Through demonstrations, discussion and exploration, students will discover its endless possibilities for making art.

There is a class size limit of 10 students and students will be expected to come to all five classes. All materials will be supplied for this class.

Following an old established tradition this workshop will use the nude figure with instruction from Bruce Lieberman. The workshop will address fundamental, basic exercises that develop skills and introduce figure drawing techniques in various mediums. Each individual participant will be guided based on their experience and strengths. The critical and aesthetic understanding of a drawing is the foundation for developing a distinct personal artistic vision. A vision shaped by individuality and diversity of expression. Students are asked to bring all their own supplies and drawing mediums such as charcoal, conte, or graphite are requested. A material list will be supplied upon registration. Classes will be limited to 10 students per class. RSVPs are required.

Instructor’s Background

Beginning his career as a figurative painter in New York City in the early ’80s, Lieberman had his first solo show of narrative paintings at the Pene Du Bois Gallery in the East Village. Although he has rarely given workshops, he has over 40 years of teaching experience, most recently at Stony Brook University, where he taught figure drawing and painting. Lieberman has lived full-time in Water Mill for over 40 years, which made him especially eager to teach here at the Museum.

His work is in numerous museums and private collections and critical reviews and commentaries have appeared in books, newspapers, journals, and magazines, including The New York Times, Newsday, and The Huffington Post. Since the early ’80s, he has been exhibiting in many NY and Long Island Museums and Galleries. Including the Parrish Art Museum, Guild Hall and most of the galleries on the East End of Long Island. Most recently, his work was exhibited at the Center for Figurative Painting in New York and the Nassau County Museum of Art.

Description Learn the ancient technique of encaustic painting which dates to the Greeks. Students will be led by teacher and artist Bonnie Rychlak to learn the basics of this ancient craft that involves using hot wax and pigments to create something of a mixture between painting and sculpting. Through demonstrations, discussion and exploration, students will discover its endless possibilities for making art.

There is a class size limit of 10 students and students will be expected to come to all five classes. All materials will be supplied for this class.