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.

Lush, ripe and delicious: local peaches, melons and more offer us a visual, tactile, and colorful form to observe. The luminous quality of watercolor lends itself to painting delicate and vibrant forms. Examples of watercolor paintings of fruit will be shared and watercolor techniques demonstrated. Bring something from your fruit bowl to share with the class. The color wheel will be explained to help you mix colors to achieve value and intensity as you paint the fruit.

Basic watercolor materials will be available to use in the class. A review of watercolor paints and brushes will be presented for you to acquire.

Be on time. Enjoy learning about the watercolor medium and involve yourself in the creative experience. A class offers the opportunity to learn from numerous styles of painting.

You will be inspired.

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.

Rome was founded in or around 752 BCE. After a series of kings, in 509 BCE, the monarchy was overthrown and replaced by a republic. The republic provided for the election of government officials and a senate. But the struggle for power between the upper class and the ordinary people was a fire that never went out. The first century BCE was a violent period, marked by civil wars, foreign wars, an attempt to overthrow the government in 63 BCE, the ascent of Caesar as Dictator for Life, and finally, Caesar’s assassination. But Caesar’s assassins didn’t have a plan for the aftermath, and a new civil war followed, involving such notable personalities as Augustus (Caesar’s adopted son), Marc Antony, Cleopatra, Cicero, and Brutus. Augustus emerged victorious but the republic was dead, replaced by the reign of Emperors. This is how it happened.