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  • Painting the Portrait in Oils with Toby Hall (Mondays)

    • 03/27/2023
    • 05/01/2023
    • 6 sessions
    • In the Art League Studios
    • 0
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    Don’t miss the wonderful opportunity to work with Santa Fe based artist, Toby Hall, in person!

    In this in oil painting workshop, students will focus on one long term oil portrait painting process from life over the course of six sessions.  The course will begin with the analysis of the global light effect via the "poster study" exercise.  From there, students will begin by blocking-in the drawing foundation for the portrait, before continuing on to the color wash stage.  The remaining class time will be spent on developing the (semi) opaque form painting pass.  Both perceptual and conceptual drawing & painting strategies will be discussed and employed during weekly instructor demos and student feedback to help reinforce the process. Though some material techniques will be covered, the goal of this class is for us to focus on ideas that will help us grasp the visual experience as it applies to nature and the human form. 

     Please sign up early, as class size is limited to 10 students.

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  • Splash Ink & Color - Landscape with Ming Franz (Wednesday through Saturday)

    • 03/29/2023
    • 04/01/2023
    • 4 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 2
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    Join Ming for this innovative 4- day class, she will demonstrate, lecture and look at student's work offering guidance and critique. Students will enjoy this delightful journey breathing life into your work with a spontaneous Western interpretation into a traditional Chinese painting technique - PoMo. Blending black Chinese ink with the three primary watercolors on Ma (mulberry paper) creates images unique to the artist's spirit of the moment. Ming will give a demonstration of the unique features of Splash Ink, and explain the materials used in the  random and controlled pouring. Students will experience splashing ink on rice paper. After the piece has dried, everyone will separate the sheets to see the resulting abstract and learn how to listen to the color.  She will explain various ways to finish the painting, special effects, such as salt, alcohol, etc. You will finish your painting with a group critique. Ming's website: www.mingfranzstudio.com.

    Please sign up early; class size is limited.



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  • Sunday Afternoon Life Drawing - No Instruction

    • 04/02/2023
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Art League Studios
    • 0
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     The New Mexico Art League holds Sunday Life Drawing Sessions each week with either a clothed or nude model.

    We will begin with quick warm-up poses so artists can capture the figure in motion and move to extended poses during the 3 hour session. These drawing sessions are open to artists of all levels. Artists should bring their own materials and drawing surface. Easels and drawing benches are provided for your use. 

    These sessions do require advance registration. Sorry, no drop-ins. 


    Please check your calendar! Payment is not transferable or refundable.

    Please sign up early; each group is limited to 12 artists.

    Payment must be made at the time of registration in order to hold your place. Without payment your place will be cancelled.

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  • Relief Printmaking: Linocut with Maria Lilly (Mondays)

    • 04/03/2023
    • 05/22/2023
    • 8 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 9
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    Join artist/printmaker extraordinaire, Maria Lilly, for this fun adventure into the world of printmaking! The relief print is one of the oldest and simplest methods of printmaking and a brilliant way to create multiples of your artwork. This unique medium is very graphic and throughout history, in addition to fine art, has be used to make posters, cards, and book illustrations. Similar to the woodcut, a linocut has no grain which makes cutting and designing much easier. This class will focus on the black and white linocut, concentrating on creating light and shadow with different types of marks and lines. Students will create bold black and white prints (or color) which can include lettering if desired. There will be time to make two or three blocks resulting in 2-3 editions, as time permits. Students may add watercolor after the print is dry for extra depth and life, sometimes compared to a stained glass effect. You will be so happy with the results!

    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 10 students.


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  • Painting the Contemporary Still Life in Oils - Spring Flowers! with Michelle Chrisman (Mondays)

    • 04/03/2023
    • 05/22/2023
    • 8 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 8
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    Join Michelle Chrisman for this 8-week adventure in  painting the still life in oils. Working from spring flowers, students will learn to work quickly with limited, energetic brush strokes, suggesting rather than rendering reality allowing your paintings to stay fresh and full of life. There will be an emphasis on capturing the effect of luminous light using the colors of the spectrum. We will focus on simplifying shapes and values, for contemporary compositions as well as developing color “stories” in your paintings. Michelle will begin each day with a short demo using both a brush and palette knife. You will leave this class with a whole new perspective on what is possible in your oil paintings. Painters at all levels are welcome, from beginner to advanced.

    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.


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  • Painting Landscapes in Watercolor with Dave Cook (Tuesdays)

    • 04/04/2023
    • 05/30/2023
    • 7 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 1
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    Join watercolor painter, Dave Cook, in this 7-week class exploring several different approaches to producing beautiful and compelling landscapes. We will compare realism, abstraction, and expressive experimentation to discover the unique versatility and beauty of transparent watercolors. You will also find how to use elements of good design that are critical to successful work, and be introduced to simple and helpful drawing and painting techniques that will increase self-confidence and produce immediate results. You will learn how to use sketchbooks with valuestudies and color sketches to help create successful paintings. We will study the effects of composition, light, atmosphere, color temperature and contrast on the mood we want to create, and the story we want to tell. We will enjoy learning and exploring together to discover the creativity within and ways to express it. Instruction will be individual and through demonstrations.This course will be useful to artists at any level, and there will be time for individual painting and positive critique.

    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.


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    NO CLASS APRIL 11 and APRIL 18

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  • The Nuts and Bolts of Drawing - Starting at the Beginning with Claire Hurrey (Tuesdays)

    • 04/04/2023
    • 05/23/2023
    • 8 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 6
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    Have you ever started a painting and felt less than confident about your original drawing?  This class will help you see with a fresh perspective and help you make great progress in accurately rendering the essential elements of any subject. Claire will guide you, step by step, introducing line quality, value scale, negative shapes and the mechanics of drawing.  When an artist renders something with the correct tools for proper proportion and arrangement of form, the creative experience becomes one of enjoyment and ease. These skills can be learned by anyone, and like tools in a tool box, they are always there to apply to every composition you create. Artists at all levels of skill are welcome.

    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students. 


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  • Introduction to Drawing and Painting - Finding Your Own Path with Maria Cole (Wednesdays)

    • 04/05/2023
    • 05/24/2023
    • 8 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 0
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    The objective of this class is to acquaint students with traditional and contemporary techniques in drawing and painting that will give them the solid background needed to develop their own individual style. Class will progress to the introduction of traditional drawing and painting techniques and fundamental principles of design including composition, perspective and color. Classes will begin with a short lecture and demonstration, after which students will explore these techniques working from still life arrangements or their own photographic material.

    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students. 


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  • Painting the Landscape in Oils with Waid Griffin (Wednesdays)

    • 04/05/2023
    • 05/24/2023
    • 8 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 8
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    Students will learn how to paint in oils using the time tested methods of the masters. Color theory and its application to landscape painting will be a central focus as Waid helps each student develop greater skills of observation. Meeting each artist at their individual level of skill, Waid encourages self-expression and individual interpretation of the subject while incorporating the fundamentals of composition, depth of field and balance in landscape painting.

    Class size is limited to 12 students; please sign up early.

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  • New Explorations in Fabric Art Constructions - Birds, Bugs and Flowers with Molly Zimmer (Wednesdays)

    • 04/05/2023
    • 05/24/2023
    • 8 sessions
    • Art League Studios
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    Explore the soft world of fabric assemblage and sculpture with textile artist Molly Zimmer, where you will learn how to embrace the layered and textured nature of cloth. Using found fabrics, paper, thread, wire and paint, students will play with constructing flat and 3D artworks based on the subject of nature: gardens, flowers, animals, plants, insects, landscapes, etc. Topics such as composition, texture, color and pattern construction will be discussed. This class is for those interested in mixed media, sewing, collage, 3D art, and spending creative evenings with fiber enthusiasts.


     Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.


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  • The Visual Diary - Drawing from Life (Thursdays)

    • 04/06/2023
    • 05/25/2023
    • 8 sessions
    • Main studio
    • 10
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    Join artist, VASILI KATAKIS, in this adventure in sketching from life. 

    Anyone can learn to sketch in the field. Whether you are a beginner, or more experienced sketcher, this course will enhance your skills in depicting what you see in both the studio and on location. We will study rendering techniques, field sketches, adapting a composition, color wash, diagraming, intuitive perspective and other techniques used to create successful sketches. As we fine tune our abilities to draw what we see, students will learn to sketch in available light and begin to discover patterns, design and structure present in everything. The subject of our studies will be life. What fun!


    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.


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  • Expanding Your Horizons - Combining Mediums with Maria Cole (Thursdays)

    • 04/06/2023
    • 05/25/2023
    • 8 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 8
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    Sometimes artists are faced with the dilemma of wanting or needing to work with more than one medium in a work of art. The choice to combine mediums can be the best solution! This class will focus on just such problem solving situations,  offering artists the freedom to fully develop their ideas into successful paintings. Students will have the opportunity to work from photographs as well as explore possibilities of combining multiple mediums to create works representative of their ideas.  We will also be exploring ways to revitalize paintings with new approaches to drawing and painting skills. Revisiting basic drawing and painting techniques will reinforce good habits. Emphasis will be placed on composition, shapes, value, light and shadow, distance, focal point, color and perspective, Students will be free to work from any other subject matter.

    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.

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  • Paint Your Heart Out - for Beginners with Alice Webb (Thursdays)

    • 04/06/2023
    • 05/25/2023
    • 8 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 6
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    This class is designed for those who have a strong desire to paint but are not sure how to begin. Students will learn the basic tools of painting in either oil or acrylic beginning with how to set up your palette and the basics of composition. We will learn to mix color by working at first with a limited color palette and then, as we progress, adding more colors. Proportion, object placement, value, shape and perspective are a few of the elements of art that will be covered.  After focusing on both painting from life and painting landscapes from photographs individual students will choose the subject of their final painting. If you are interested in trying abstraction as this time then go for it! Instruction will include primarily individual guidance along with demonstrations. You will be surprised at how much fun it is to learn to paint! Please sign up earl; class size is limited.

    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.


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  • Abstract Painting with Michael Ottersen (Fridays)

    • 04/07/2023
    • 05/26/2023
    • 8 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 8
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    This 8-week painting class will be an examination of some of the infinite possibilities of abstract image making. Whether you have experience working non-objectively or not, the class is about the seductive qualities and expressive potential of pigment, oil or acrylic. Linear concerns, color and value, form and surface treatments will be objectively manipulated as well as discussions about intent, atmos-phere, narrative directions and or purely formal, pictorial issues. Working abstractly is deceptively difficult and amazingly rewarding since every decision that you make is coming from you, the respon-sibility and excitement of the unknown are yours. Don't fight the feeling, jump into the deep end of the art pool!


    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.

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  • Independent Study - All Media with Alice Webb (Saturdays)

    • 04/08/2023
    • 06/03/2023
    • 8 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 0
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    This class is for intermediate artists who want to go to the next level. If you are asking yourself “Where do I go from here?”, this class will give you the direction you are seeking. Alice will be working with each student individually to determine how to build on your strengths and how to turn weaknesses into assets. Together you will clarify your visual voice and understand how your personal creative vocabulary is already apparent in your work. Alice will encourage an investigation of the imagery, color choices and composition you are presently using and guide you to a strong individual path in your painting.  Please bring your preferred materials. All media, charcoal and pencil, pastels, oils, acrylics and watercolors, are welcome. Check out Alice’s recent work at alicewebbart.com.


    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.


    NO CLASS MAY 6

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  • Sunday Afternoon Life Drawing - No Instruction

    • 04/09/2023
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Art League Studios
    • 0
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     The New Mexico Art League holds Sunday Life Drawing Sessions each week with either a clothed or nude model.

    We will begin with quick warm-up poses so artists can capture the figure in motion and move to extended poses during the 3 hour session. These drawing sessions are open to artists of all levels. Artists should bring their own materials and drawing surface. Easels and drawing benches are provided for your use. 

    These sessions do require advance registration. Sorry, no drop-ins. 


    Please check your calendar! Payment is not transferable or refundable.

    Please sign up early; each group is limited to 12 artists.

    Payment must be made at the time of registration in order to hold your place. Without payment your place will be cancelled.

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  • Not Just Sunday Painters - Plein Aire Landscape in All Media with Alice Webb (Sundays)

    • 04/16/2023
    • 05/21/2023
    • 5 sessions
    • On Location
    • 0
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    Let’s paint outside on Sundays! This 5-week class we will bring landscape painters together in new locations in the area during New Mexico’s springtime weather. We will spend four days at different spots painting in nature.  The fifth day is reserved for any finishing touches and a group critique and will meet at the Art League studio. Days  on location will start with a demo and a short talk by Alice Webb focussing on information on how to create a dynamic composition, accounting for value, how color theory applies to the landscape and atmospheric perspective. Students will have the rest of the time to paint as Alice checks in with each student to work with them individually. All mediums are welcome: oils, acrylics, pastels and pan or tube watercolors. Since we will be outside for several hours please be sure to use sunscreen and wear a hat. If you have a painting umbrella, that’s great. Also bring water, a snack and a folding chair if you want to sit during demos and breaks. Restrooms may not be available but trees and bushes will be ☺.

    Our destinations:

    • Elena Gallegos (restrooms available)
    • Placitas (no restrooms) We will meet at the Merc in Placitias
    • San Yisidro (no restrooms) - We will meet at the Home Depot in Rio Rancho (on 550) 
    • San Diego Canyon north of Jemez Pueblo - no restrooms  - Plenty of bushes everywhere We will meet at the Home Depot in Rio Rancho (on 550) 
    • New Mexico Art League 

    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.

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    NO CLASS MAY 7

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  • Sunday Afternoon Life Drawing - No Instruction

    • 04/16/2023
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Art League Studios
    • 0
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     The New Mexico Art League holds Sunday Life Drawing Sessions each week with either a clothed or nude model.

    We will begin with quick warm-up poses so artists can capture the figure in motion and move to extended poses during the 3 hour session. These drawing sessions are open to artists of all levels. Artists should bring their own materials and drawing surface. Easels and drawing benches are provided for your use. 

    These sessions do require advance registration. Sorry, no drop-ins. 


    Please check your calendar! Payment is not transferable or refundable.

    Please sign up early; each group is limited to 12 artists.

    Payment must be made at the time of registration in order to hold your place. Without payment your place will be cancelled.

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  • Sunday Afternoon Life Drawing - No Instruction

    • 04/23/2023
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Art League Studios
    • 0
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     The New Mexico Art League holds Sunday Life Drawing Sessions each week with either a clothed or nude model.

    We will begin with quick warm-up poses so artists can capture the figure in motion and move to extended poses during the 3 hour session. These drawing sessions are open to artists of all levels. Artists should bring their own materials and drawing surface. Easels and drawing benches are provided for your use. 

    These sessions do require advance registration. Sorry, no drop-ins. 


    Please check your calendar! Payment is not transferable or refundable.

    Please sign up early; each group is limited to 12 artists.

    Payment must be made at the time of registration in order to hold your place. Without payment your place will be cancelled.

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  • Three Steps to Abstracting the Landscape in Pastel with Susan Roden (Fridays)

    • 04/28/2023
    • 06/02/2023
    • 6 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 5
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    Join artist, Susan Roden, in this fun, six-week class discovering the process of abstracting the forms of a landscape. This process is similar to that used by Georgia O’Keeffe throughout her painting career. We will begin with a traditional rendering of the composition. Next we will simplify shapes in the landscape in a second pastel of representational abstraction and the final painting will be a non-representational abstract. Individual instruction and demonstrations will focus on a variety of techniques and approaches to using the medium of pastel including harmony, symmetry, asymmetry and rendering creating strong compositions. The basics of this dry vibrant medium, ranging from painting surfaces, types of pastels, and varied techniques will be discussed in-depth. Students will learn mark-making to capture movement with varied strokes on location where we will spend 2 of the 6 classes in the field (as weather permits)  and the rest of the time in the studio where students will be encouraged to refine their pieces. This class is for artists at all levels of experience.


    Please sign up early; class size is limited to 12 students.

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  • Portfolio Building for Teens with Susan Roden (Saturdays)

    • 04/29/2023
    • 06/03/2023
    • 5 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 10
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    Do you love to paint and draw? Are you interested in studying art in college or becoming a professional artist one day? Join artist and teacher, Susan Roden, for a comprehensive skill building course covering many areas of study in two dimensional art. Students will have fun exploring multiple painting, drawing and design projects, and finish with artwork that could be included in a portfolio for admission to a university art program. As well as making your own work, you will look at and learn from artists of the past and present to fuel your own unique art. Come ready to ask questions, share ideas and create. This is a no-pressure environment where all levels are welcome. Individual guidance and constructive feedback will be given. 


    Please sign up early, space is limited to 10 students.


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  • Sunday Afternoon Life Drawing - No Instruction

    • 04/30/2023
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • Art League Studios
    • 0
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     The New Mexico Art League holds Sunday Life Drawing Sessions each week with either a clothed or nude model.

    We will begin with quick warm-up poses so artists can capture the figure in motion and move to extended poses during the 3 hour session. These drawing sessions are open to artists of all levels. Artists should bring their own materials and drawing surface. Easels and drawing benches are provided for your use. 

    These sessions do require advance registration. Sorry, no drop-ins. 


    Please check your calendar! Payment is not transferable or refundable.

    Please sign up early; each group is limited to 12 artists.

    Payment must be made at the time of registration in order to hold your place. Without payment your place will be cancelled.

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  • MASTER ARTIST SERIES - Painting the Still Life in Oils - The Importance of Shape and Value with Louis Escobedo (Tuesday through Thursday)

    • 06/06/2023
    • 06/08/2023
    • 3 sessions
    • Art League Studios
    • 7
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    “Color is a person’s signature, a personal form of expression and another sense an artist can use to communicate! I intermingle abstract shapes and color to energize my subjects, which include landscapes, still life's, and figures.”     

    - L. Escobedo


    Join us for this rare opportunity to work with Oil Painters of America Master Signature Painter, Louis Escobedo. Known for his extraordinary use of color, his dramatic compositions and fresh brushstrokes, Louis will instruct students through lecture, demonstrations and lots of hands-on guidance. Special attention will be paid to what you, as a painter, are striving to learn from this workshop; Louis will help you get there. Students should provide their own still life items to work from as well as photographs and/or use of iPads. COVID vaccination is required. 


    Please sign up early, enrollment is limited.


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