For motivated students, Lyubner is available to teach and mentor in a one-on-one relationship—available in an on-line format designed to benefit those who are.
To help with any of the above challenges, Lyubner offers a free 20-minute initial consultation, reviewing your portfolio, and discussing your expectations.
"Jim Hawkins Leaves Home" by N.C. Wyeth and a Hands-On Analysis Example of the Same Painting.
WORKSHOP 1: COMPOSITION AND THE HANDS-ON ANALYSIS METHOD, PART 1
Make great presentations, longreads, and landing pages, as well as photo stories, blogs, lookbooks, and all other kinds of content oriented projects.
FUNDAMENTALS OF NARRATIVE PAINTING: Announcing an instructive course, consisting of lectures, demos and in-class Hands-On Analyses (HOA) that explore the masters' painting practices. Instructor conducts all lessons in real time. All levels, from beginners to experienced, realistic or abstract artists, are welcome. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Please request a supply list.
Introductory to narrative composition, overall goal and the Hands-On Analysis of N.C. Wyeth artwork.
"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal."- Pablo Picasso
This instructional workshop is designed to explain the principles of composition and how art students can incorporate those principles in their own efforts. Through a combination of lectures and practical exercises using artworks by N.C. Wyeth to apply the Hands-On Analyses (HOA) method, the workshop reveals the subtleties that lead a viewer through an artwork's focal point and supporting visual elements. Students involved in drawing and painting at any level will benefit from the course material and related assignments, in that command of these composition skills adds maturity and sophistication to their own personal visual statements.
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"Portrait of Mademoiselle Poum Cachou" by Tamara de Lempicka (1933) and HOA Demo by Boris Lyubner.
WORKSHOP 2: THE HANDS-ON ANALYSIS METHOD, PART 2.
Continue studding of different composition methods through HOA practice of Tamara de Lempicka painting with more exaggeration and artistic freedom.
FUNDAMENTALS OF NARRATIVE PAINTING: Announcing an instructive course, consisting of lectures, demos and in-class Hands-On Analyses (HOA) that explore the masters' painting practices. Instructor conducts all lessons in real time. All levels, from beginners to experienced, realistic or abstract artists, are welcome. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Please request a supply list.
"Try to put well in practice what you already know: and in so doing, you will in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know" - Rembrandt
During this second of four workshops, we will discuss additional composition designs, including various methods for creating a strong focal point. Pupils will also repeat and practice the observation and value relation skills from Workshop 1 through another HOA exercise using a Tamara de Lempicka painting. The focus will be on reproducing the painting in their own hand, scanning the painting, then pushing it visually further by applying artistic freedom that exaggerates the image. Students will be asked to produce a presentation of both their favorite classical artists and their preferred contemporary painting techniques, which they will submit for group discussion. We will strive to discover why parucular artworks atract your auenton more than ouners, and how their compositions can influence and accelerate the emergence of an individual artistic style.
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"Landscape study from Mora" by Anders Zorn (19886) and HOA Demo by Boris Lyubner
WORKSHOP 3: EXPLORING DIFFERENT STYLES.
Search for your unique artistic style through analyzing paintings of your favorite classical artist and contemporary art techniques with HOA of Anders Zorn works.
FUNDAMENTALS OF NARRATIVE PAINTING: Announcing an instructive course, consisting of lectures, demos and in-class Hands-On Analyses (HOA) that explore the masters' painting practices. Instructor conducts all lessons in real time. All levels, from beginners to experienced, realistic or abstract artists, are welcome. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Please request a supply list.
"IfI could say it in words there would be no reason to paint." ~ Edward Hopper
During this third of four workshops, we explore your unique artistic style through a HOA of an Anders Zorn painting, along with a favorite classical artist of your choice. The coursework focuses on a different type of art-landscape— done with a different type of medium-watercolor. However, we still pursue the same rules of composition and narrative illustration covered in the previous two workshops and their respective master artists. The emphasis is on establishing a focal point and the placement of values to create an interesting and inviting image. Lectures and discussion are based on a Plein Air landscape watercolor of Anders Zorn. Students will choose from a selection of Zorn's watercolor or oil paintings, and then create another HOA in water-based media, which pushes their artistic boundaries by applying a more abstract and stylized composition.
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Portraits of Mrs. Virginia Walter-Bacon by Jon Singer Sargent (1896) and Anders Zorn (1897)
WORKSHOP 3-1: EXPLORING DIFFERENT STYLES.
Search for your unique artistic style through analyzing paintings of your favorite classical artist and contemporary art techniques with HOA of Anders Zorn works.
FUNDAMENTALS OF NARRATIVE PAINTING: Announcing an instructive course, consisting of lectures, demos and in-class Hands-On Analyses (HOA) that explore the masters' painting practices. Instructor conducts all lessons in real time. All levels, from beginners to experienced, realistic or abstract artists, are welcome. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Please request a supply list.
"If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint." ~ Edward Hopper
During this third of four workshops, we explore your unique artistic style through a HOA of an Anders Zorn painting, along with a favorite classical artist of your choice. The coursework focuses on a different type of art-landscape— done with a different type of medium-watercolor. However, we still pursue the same rules of composition and narrative illustration covered in the previous two workshops and their respective master artists. The emphasis is on establishing a focal point and the placement of values to create an interesting and inviting image. Lectures and discussion are based on a Plein Air landscape watercolor of Anders Zorn. Students will choose from a selection of Zorn's watercolor or oil paintings, and then create another HOA in water-based media, which pushes their artistic boundaries by applying a more abstract and stylized composition.
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Claude Lorrain "The Sermon on the Mount" (circa 1656) and a Homage by David Hockney (2010).
WORKSHOP 4: DEVELOPING A STYLE AND PAYING HOMAGE.
More lectures on distinctive contemporary artist with creating a homage to your favorite artist.
FUNDAMENTALS OF NARRATIVE PAINTING: Announcing an instructive course, consisting of lectures, demos and in-class Hands-On Analyses (HOA) that explore the masters' painting practices. Instructor conducts all lessons in real time. All levels, from beginners to experienced, realistic or abstract artists, are welcome. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Please request a supply list.
"Creativity takes courage." - Henri Matisse
In the previous three workshops, we conducted a HOA (hands-on analysis) method on three works by three famous artists in three different styles and types of subject matter. In this fourth and final workshop, we will explore various homage practices, including the artwork of a 17th-century image by Claude Lorrain, and the homage it inspires by yet another distinctive contemporary artist-David Hockney. In addition. vou are tasked with applvina what vou've learned. to create a homage to your own favorite artist. Developing a unique artistic style is extremely important for any successful artist. Yet there is no simple recipe for how to develop your own artistic style. For many centuries, artists gained their inspiration and were influenced by other artists of previous generations. The resulting homages are a emanetratiAn at reenen areenisatian ta eamaanD ar something, sometimes by reproducing a straightforward copy, but often by creating something new that includes an obliale referenco to its artistic insniration The torm homage often occurs in the arts when one author or artist chows racnart to another thralnh allucion or imitation Thal goal of this workshop is to help artists not just to produce another HOA paintina of their favorite master. but to transform their work into something uniquely their own by applying a new idea and style.
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Homage by Joel Peter Witkin in 1987 to painting by Velazquez's "Las Meninas" from 1656.
WORKSHOP 4: DEVELOPING A STYLE AND PAYING HOMAGE
More lectures on distinctive contemporary artist with creating a homage to your favorite artist.
FUNDAMENTALS OF NARRATIVE PAINTING: Announcing an instructive course, consisting of lectures, demos and in-class Hands-On Analyses (HOA) that explore the masters' painting practices. Instructor conducts all lessons in real time. All levels, from beginners to experienced, realistic or abstract artists, are welcome. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Please request a supply list.
"Creativity takes courage." - Henri Matisse
In the previous three workshops, we conducted a HOA (hands-on analysis) method on three works by three famous artists in three different styles and types of subject matter. In this fourth and final workshop, we will explore various homage practices, including the artwork of a 17th-century image by Claude Lorrain, and the homage it inspires by yet another distinctive contemporary artist-David Hockney. In daalton, you dre laskea will applying whial you ve ledrnea to create a homage to your own favorite artist. Developing a unique artistic style is extremely important for anv successtul artist. Yet there is no simole recipe for how to develop your own artistic style. For many centuries, artists gained their inspiration and were influenced by other artists of previous generations. The resulting homages are a demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by reproducing a straightforward copy, but often by creating something new that includes an oblique reference to its artistic inspiration. The term homage often occurs in the arts when one author or artist shows respect to another through allusion or imitation. The goal of this workshop is to help artists not just to produce another HOA painting of their favorite master, but to transform their work into something uniquely their own by applying a new idea and style.
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Watercolor on Yupo paper by Boris Lyubner
FUNDAMENTALS OF NARRATIVE PAINTING: CALLING ALL WATERCOLOR ARTISTS
This class is a unique chance for you to let go of any restraints you may have in watercolors!
FUNDAMENTALS OF NARRATIVE PAINTING: Aquarelle, another name for watercolor, is one of the most difficult but effective virtuoso techniques that an artist can undertake. Watercolor applied to YUPO, a synthetic nonabsorbent paper made of polypropylene, adds an additional dimension of artistic challenge and reward.
Unlike paper, YUPO allows the paint to sit on top of the surface, which makes for unique textures and dripping effects-and even removal after drying. Unwanted images are gone with a swipe. Together, watercolor and YUPO allow you to expand your horizons and paint in a whole new manner.
Come and join us for a five-day workshop on Still Life on Yupo and s-t-r-e-t-c-h your creativity using both a process and a surface that may be unfamiliar to you. Through exercises you will gain experience and more confidence of working with a delicate watercolor medium.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS
Foundation Drawing (FDx12) course, organized into 12 consecutive workshops.
FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS. These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing.
All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS 1: BasIcs
Utilization of conventional drawing media such as graphite for the technical application of line
These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing. All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS 2: Tonal Values
Ability to recognize elements such as form, positive and negative space, spatial depth and value as a unified, visual vocabulary. Ability to indicate light and shadow on forms using the tonal value system and demonstrate correct application of form and cast shadow edges
These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing. All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS 3: Drapery and Folas
Ability to apply visual textures to create believable environments in drawing
These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing. All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS 4: Composition
Ability to communicate an intended effect in a visual image
These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing. All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS 5: Interior in Perspectives
Demonstration of fundamental ability in isometric drawing technique, depicting 1- and 2-point perspective techniques; plotting and rendering of objects
These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing. All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS 6: Exterior in Perspectives
Demonstration of fundamental ability in isometric drawing technique 1- and 2-point perspective techniques; plotting and rendering of objects
These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing. All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS 7: Atmospheric Perspectives
Utilization of linear and atmospheric perspective techniques to indicate spatial depth in compositions, plotting and rendering of light and shadow
These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing. All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS 8: Figure Drawing Basics
Ability to depict the human figure with attention to correct proportion of forms, weight, balance, inner structure, gesture and surface anatomy.
These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing. All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS 9: Advanced Figure Drawing
Ability to represent the human figure in proportion and perspective to surrounding environmental elements. You will learn to create a three-dimensional effect with depth of space by understanding and controlling your edges.
These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing. All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS 10: Figure in Perspective
The ability to sketch a variety of subjects, including figures and objects in interior and exterior environments, in a representational manner while demonstrating fundamental accuracy in scale and proportion of elements.
These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing. All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS 11: Head Drawing Basics
Rigid academic sensibilities will be broken down to reveal portrait drawings that embrace the individual character. Focus is on the main aspects of a portrait: Proportion, Value, and Edge. Practicing this way gives you a solid foundation in head drawing.
These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing. All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.
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FOUNDATION DRAWING WORKSHOPS 12: Advanced Head Drawing
Students will learn to draw the structural landmarks of the face by combining the variations of form and plane. We will focus on the beginning stage by simplifying light and shadow to create shapes with a step-by-step approach, which will then allow you to build the detail of the face and achieve a likeness with human expression. You will learn to create a three-dimensional effect with depth of space by understanding and controlling your edges.
These consecutive workshops teach the basics of structural drawing, depicting light and shadow, and composition. They are designed to give students a clear method of viewing and drawing, which can be used both for simple objects and more complicated subjects. Workshops are open to all skill levels, but are designed to give beginning students, or students who have been away from art for a long time, a friendly but rigorous place from which to start drawing. All workshops will combine lectures, demonstrations, and critiques of students' works. The instructor will critique the student's work in 'breakout' online sessions using digital references and demos. Assignments consist of major drawing exercises, which are due before each class meeting. They may be more complex, more detailed, and incorporate all the concepts presented in the either the latest lectures or from previous weeks. You will use the knowledge and skills you have developed from the exercises and incorporate them into your assignment.