Explore watercolor’s unique properties through direct observation of still life and the figure.
Learn methods of paint application, color formation and visual representation.
Eva Nikolova is a Bulgarian‐born visual artist who works in drawing, painting, printmaking, hand‐drawn animation and cameraless photography. She holds a BFA in Painting/Printmaking from Southern Illinois University and MFA in Printmaking from Indiana University, Bloomington. Her work, which is in the permanent collections of Temple University, The Amity Art Foundation, Manhattan Graphics Center, Arkansas State University and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, has been exhibited nationally as well as in Germany, England, Canada, Scotland and India. Nikolova is the recip ...
Eva Nikolova is a Bulgarian‐born visual artist who works in drawing, painting, printmaking, hand‐drawn animation and cameraless photography. She holds a BFA in Painting/Printmaking from Southern Illinois University and MFA in Printmaking from Indiana University, Bloomington. Her work, which is in the permanent collections of Temple University, The Amity Art Foundation, Manhattan Graphics Center, Arkansas State University and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, has been exhibited nationally as well as in Germany, England, Canada, Scotland and India. Nikolova is the recipient of over 20 scholarships, fellowships, grants and awards, and has participated in fully‐funded residencies at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Millay Colony, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Watercolor Painting (Beginner/Intermediate)
Drawing for Beginners
Painting with Light: Chemigrams
Draw It with Pastel
Introduction to Alcohol Inks
Drawing and Painting I / Ages 7-10
Getting Started with Drawing
Getting Started with Pastel
Getting Started with Watercolor
Allison Maletz is a contemporary watercolor and mixed media artist. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London. She has taught people from age 8-80 and currently leads painting, drawing, installation and professional practices for artists classes at Marymount Manhattan College and 3rd Ward. She has exhibited various mediums in the Liverpool Biennial, New Contemporaries UK, Zoo Art Italy, The Royal Watercolor Society in London and the Moscow Biennale for Young Artists at the MMoMA. Her watercolors will be on exhibit this ...
Allison Maletz is a contemporary watercolor and mixed media artist. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London. She has taught people from age 8-80 and currently leads painting, drawing, installation and professional practices for artists classes at Marymount Manhattan College and 3rd Ward. She has exhibited various mediums in the Liverpool Biennial, New Contemporaries UK, Zoo Art Italy, The Royal Watercolor Society in London and the Moscow Biennale for Young Artists at the MMoMA. Her watercolors will be on exhibit this summer at the Florence Griswold Museum.
Anna Shukeylo is an artist, primarily a painter, working and living in New York City. She graduated from Pratt Institute with her MFA in Painting. She received classical training from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where she received her BFA/Certificate in painting. Her work has been exhibited throughout New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and most recently in a solo show at the Museum of Russian Art in Jersey City. For more images of work and information please visit her website: www.annashukeylo.com.
Oil Pastel Techniques
Figure Drawing
Bonnie Steinsnyder is an instructor in watercolor, oil painting and drawing. She currently teaches at the West Side YMCA, the Linden Tree School in Brooklyn, and as a guest instructor at the Art Students League. Past teaching includes PS 1 and the Queens Museum. Her BA is from Smith College, her MFA is from Queens College, plus she also studied anatomy and printmaking at the Art Students League in New York. Ms. Steinsnyder's solo exhibitions include the Loring Gallery in Sheffield, MA (2005), the Arsenal Gallery (2004) in Manhattan and Rittenhouse Fine Art in Philadelphia(2001). Group exhibits include Art Gotham (2006), Polonaise Gallery, Woodstock, VT (2005), Museum of the City of New York (2002), Mill Gallery, Sante Fe, NM (2001) and Gallery Henoch, Manhattan (1993-7). You can view her artwork at steinsnyder.com
Figure Painting with Watercolor
Carla Aurich received an MFA from the University of Iowa with a focus in painting and printmaking. She has lived and worked in New York City since 1998. In addition to teaching at 92nd Street Y, she is an instructor of painting, drawing, printmaking and design at Yeshiva University, an instructor at the Abruzzi Mountain Workshop and has taught a summer program for the SUNY school system. She is a recipient of a NYA 9/11 grant, Pelzer-Lynch fellowship and a Who's Who among American Teachers and Educators. Carla's work is exhibited nationally and internationally including recent shows No Chromophobia, OK Harris Gallery, 2008, and Runnels Gallery at Eastern New Mexico University, 2009. For more information please visit her website at: carlaaurich.com
Oil Painting (Intermediate/Advanced)
Collage and Mixed Media (Intermediate/Advanced)
Acrylic Painting
Oil Painting (Beginner/Intermediate)
Wennie Huang received her BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute in 1994 and her MFA in Printmaking from the University of Michigan in 1996. Huang also teaches drawing at Pratt Institute, and has taught a variety of children and adult classes and workshops since 1995. She creates mixed media installations from paper, wood, print, fabric and photography. Her work has been exhibited at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Wave Hill, Detroit Artists Market Biennial and in various NYC galleries. She has received grants from the National Endowment of the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts, as well as residencies at the Lower East Side Printshop, Dieu Donne Papermill and the Ragdale Foundation. She lives and works in Brooklyn.
Watercolor Painting (Intermediate/Advanced)
Landscape Painting with Watercolor
Capturing Spring Blooms in Watercolor
Portrait Painting with Watercolor
Drawn to Print
Sewing for Collage
Drawing with Perspective
Pastel Warm-Up
Watercolor Warm-Up
Visual Arts Academy / Ages 13-16
Plein Air Watercolor Intensive in Central Park
Brooklyn Botanical Garden & Japanese Garden
Color Fusion
Mixed-Media Portrait Drawing and Painting
Michael Lauritano loves picture books, and pretty much every other form of narrative creativity. He is known for his broad imagination, critical thinking, and having more ideas than he knows what to do with. These facts about him were cemented at his alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design and the School of Visual Arts. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Watercolor Illustration
Intro to Illustration