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The Painting School offers art classes and workshops for all ages, focusing on building creative confidence through hands-on experiences. Located in Brooklyn and the Catskills, they provide a welcoming space for students to explore various mediums and develop their artistic skills
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Color mixing and Color Theory
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Get hands-on with acrylic paint while learning how to mix the perfect hues using the color wheel as your guide. This lively workshop blends essential color theory with art history as you explore iconic palettes and build a strong foundation for your painting practice.
All levels
16 and older
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$45
Value Studies - The Power of Light & Shadow
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Deepen your understanding of form and dimension by exploring how light and shadow bring depth to a painting. Through hands-on black-and-white exercises and value studies in color, you'll strengthen your ability to create striking, realistic compositions.
All levels
14 and older
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$45
Space & Composition Meaningful Landscapes
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Discover how scale, depth, and composition can transform a simple landscape into a powerful visual story. In this hands-on class, you'll experiment with multiple layout styles while drawing inspiration from both historical and contemporary art. Create expressive scenes that blend technique with personal meaning.
All levels
16 and older
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$45
Harmonies & Meaningful Still Lifes
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Explore the expressive power of color by creating three unique still life paintings using different color harmonies. Guided by the color wheel, you'll experiment with analogous, split-complementary, and tetradic palettes to bring personal objects to life with meaning and visual impact.
All levels
16 and older
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$45
Figure Painting - Alignment, Tiles and Angles
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Capture the essence of the human form by exploring posture, alignment, and gesture in this dynamic painting class. Using a personal reference image, you'll practice techniques for depicting spine alignment, tilts, and angles to create expressive, lifelike figures. Ideal for both new and experienced artists seeking a fresh approach.
All levels
16 and older
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$45
Portrait Painting - Using Light & Shadow to Build a Face
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Learn how to shape a face with light and shadow while painting someone meaningful to you. This interactive class introduces approachable techniques for portrait painting, including helpful shortcuts and paint mixing tips for realistic skin tones.
All levels
14 and older
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$45
Nocturnes - Painting the Night
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Explore the mystery and mood of nighttime scenes by working with a darker palette and limited value range. In this immersive class, you'll paint luminous compositions lit by moonlight, firelight, and glowing screens, learning how to evoke atmosphere and depth after dark.
All levels
16 and older
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$45
Painting a Corner of Your World
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Explore the beauty of everyday interiors as you paint the overlooked corners of your world. Learn how to use color and composition to tell personal stories through familiar spaces—whether it's a quiet bedroom nook, a fire escape, or a well-loved vanity.
All levels
16 and older
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$45
Let's Paint a Simple Winter Landscape!
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Spend a Sunday morning learning to paint a winter landscape with depth, snowy textures, and strong contrast. This beginner-friendly workshop uses simple acrylic supplies and is perfect for new painters looking to build confidence.
All levels
14 and older
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$25
Painting Soft Edges and Creating Gradual Transitions Like Monet & Rose Hilton
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This class teaches painters how to use softened edges and gradual transitions to create greater depth, cohesion, and mood within a still life or landscape. Drawing inspiration from artists like Rose Hilton and Claude Monet, students of all levels will practice brushwork and techniques that bring subtlety and atmosphere to their work.
All levels
14 and older
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$25
Expressive Landscapes with Strong Marks Inspired by Matthew
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This one-hour live online workshop draws inspiration from Matthew Wong as you explore bold color, energetic mark-making, and expansive landscapes based on a meaningful place of your own choosing. Open to all levels, the session focuses on depth, analogous and monochromatic palettes, and expressive techniques using basic acrylic or oil materials.
All levels
14 and older
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$25
Color Theory Basics
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Dive into the fundamentals of color with hands-on exercises in paint mixing, color wheel exploration, and an introduction to color theory. Whether you're new to acrylics or revisiting the basics, this class offers a valuable opportunity to refine your understanding of color relationships and enhance your painting skills.
Beginner
21 and older
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$25
Abstract Painting Basics Workshop for New Painters
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This beginner-friendly workshop helps new painters confidently start creating abstract art through guided, hands-on exercises. Led by Sara Woster, students will explore contrast, composition, texture, and color while completing several mini paintings and gaining tools to continue painting independently.
Beginner
14 and older
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$25
Mixing Great Secondary Colors
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This one-hour online workshop with Sara Woster teaches you how to mix the exact secondary colors you need—whether vibrant and juicy or soft and muted—by understanding how color temperature influences saturation. Open to all levels, the session helps you unlock the full spectrum of secondary hues using warm and cool versions of each primary color.
All levels
16 and older
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$25
Using Dull & Vivid Colors in Powerful Ways (Online)
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We will look to two of our greatest contemporary painters - Danielle McKinney and Salman Toor - for inspiration on how to make a powerful painting focused on a bit of bright, saturated color in a sea of dull and moody colors. You will leave with your own beautiful painting and a deeper understanding of color saturation and some great artists who use color saturation as their main focus, like Manet, Watteau, Louis Fratino and more! We will have...
All levels
14 and older
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$25
8-week Series Online Painting with Sara Woster
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Explore the fundamentals of painting through playful, guided instruction that welcomes both beginners and experienced artists. With step-by-step lessons, personal feedback, and inspiring references to iconic artists, this engaging live online class blends technique with art history for a creative, no-pressure experience.
Advanced
14 and older
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$45
