Explore and learn a wide range of drawing techniques while improving your observation skills in an intimate and relaxed studio setting. We welcome artists of all skill levels with the goal of honing each student’s ability to look at what’s in front of them and then to translate their personal vision onto the page. Classes include daily exercises that explore structure, line, light and shadow illustrated by discussions of masterworks from the renaissance to the modern. Over the course of the program each student will receive personalized instruction in the use of a variety of drawing tools and media, including charcoal, pencil, ink, collage, and mixed media. Students will develop their skills drawing from the model, still life, the beautiful Umbrian landscape, and Assisi’s historic, early renaissance architecture. Learn to see what’s in front of you and feel the thrill of capturing it on the page.
Elliot Kreloff is an award-winning children’s book author/illustrator arts educator and designer. His career as creative director for Scholastic Books, Disney Publishing Worldwide, MacMillan Publishing and his own studio, Design Five, has spanned over forty years. As an arts educator, he has taught at Parsons School of Design, New York Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and Fordham University. His books have been awarded Best Book of the Year by Child Magazine, and he has received numerous awards from various professional design organizations and publications including the Bookbinders Guild, Art Direction, Communication Arts and the Society of Illustrators. He is a graduate of Cooper Union and holds a master’s degree from Hunter College. You can find many of his books on his author’s page on Amazon.