Figure Drawing Classes at the Arts Guild of New Jersey

I was happy to see that this semester the Arts Guild of New Jersey has offered figure drawing and portrait painting classes, just what I needed to get back into it after a long summer off !

The whole gang, hard at work in art class

Arts Guild New Jersey is pleased to present its firstCOMMUNITY: Members/Faculty/Student Art Show

Arts Guild New Jersey is pleased to present its firstCOMMUNITY: Members/Faculty/Student Art Show, featuring the artwork of Arts Guild New Jersey's current artist members, and its talented instructors and students. The exhibition opens on June 10 and runs through June 30, 2012,   bringing together and showing appreciation for the many diverse people who are involved with the Arts Guild and who make its programs possible.

How Can This Be? by Pat Turturro Pastore

Join us for the free, public reception on Sunday, June 10, 1-4 PM. Refreshments will be served.

The exhibition includes over 50 unique artworks in a variety of mediums. Artists: Natalie Addeo,Julie Barkin, Stacy Bober, Jill Caporlingua,Angelito David (Faculty),Tracie Fracasso(Faculty), Michael Anthony Galante, Janice Gossman,Alison Hooper, Ray Horner Jr. (Faculty), Francesca Iannelli, Stephen Jelinek, Sheila R. Lenga, Bruny Lynch,Cindy Malhotra, Donna Marlowe, Frank B. Marshall III,J.D. McGuire (Faculty), Art Morales, Paul Moran, Eric Muise, Pat Feeney Murrell, Pat Turturro Pastore, Prapti Paul, Barri Rifkin, Cindy L. Salsbury, Vince Salvati,Julian Tejera (Faculty), Jean Wright, and Sue Zwick.  

Member support helps to sustain Arts Guild New Jersey.The Guild's instructors are all noteworthy artists with impressive backgrounds and extensive teaching experience. Some teachers work for universities and colleges such as the prestigious Mason Gross School of the Arts and Kean University, or for other non-profit art centers.Many of Arts Guild New Jersey's students have been loyally enrolled in classes year after year; others included in the exhibition are fresh additions to the community.COMMUNITY: Members/Faculty/Student Art Show is a celebration of Arts Guild New Jersey and the people who make it a premier NJ organization for the visual arts and art education.

Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00-4:00 PM. The exhibition is wheelchair accessible. For more information on the exhibition or gallery, call 732-381-7511 or visit www.agnj.org. 

Life Drawing Classes in New Jersey

Life Drawing Classes in New Jersey

Life drawing class

Life Drawing Class

Life drawing class

Life drawing class

Life drawing sketches

I’ve been taking life drawing classes for a few weeks now, and I’m finding it fun but also quite labor intensive. From the moment the model sets the timer, I feel like I’m in a mad rush to render what I see before the time is up. We start with one minute poses to loosen up then on to five minutes, ten minutes and finely a couple twenty minute poses. The class of about twenty artists is professional and surprisingly quiet at times as we are all focused on the task at hand. I’m going to post some of my sketches from the class, not because I think there good but as a means to gauge my progress as I go along. When it comes to art I put the carriage before the horse so to speak by learning how to oil paint before learning how to draw well first. Inadequate drawing will always inhibit the oil painting progress. Taking these classes is my attempt to correct this imbalance as my true passion is to be the best oil painter I can.