Classes and workshops information
and schedules for prospective students
Classes
Enid Braun offers ongoing figure drawing classes throughout the year on Mondays in her studio in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, with class enrollment limited to 7. Nature and plein air classes at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden are scheduled roughly three times a year (see below). Special workshops and classes are also offered at various times (scroll down for these!). Check below for information about her upcoming schedule.
2020 FIGURE CLASS SCHEDULE
Winter/Spring Schedule:
Current class
Mondays, 1:00--4:00 p.m. FULL
II. Mondays, March 9, 16, 23, April 6, 13
Six weeks, Cost: $300, including model fees
III. April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18
Five weeks, Cost: $250, model fees included
Contact me to sign up or for more information.
Saturdays
No Saturday classes scheduled at this time.
These classes offer one-on-one attention and guidance with up to seven participants of all levels of skill and experience. As a teacher, I encourage the expressive possibilities of life drawing as well as individual style. Anatomy is taught through an understanding of the inner dynamics of human form, in terms of movement and weight shifts within each pose.
Structured by 20-minute sets, the class begins with one and two minute gestures, gradually building to longer poses. I teach different strategies to approach issues like foreshortening and scale, and for longer poses especially, composition and formal concepts such as value (light and dark) and negative shapes are emphasized as expressive tools.
"Try a class" is available in regular class sessions! New students can now come to one or two weeks of a class for $55 each session. This arrangement can be made for classes with fewer than maximum enrollment.
See below for workshops!
Workshops
2020 Plein Air Workshop
New location!
Upper Delaware Valley, Sullivan County
Dates: Sunday, September 13, Workshop M--F, September 14--18
We'll be working in various locations between Barryville and Narrowsburg, NY.
This beautiful area includes iconic sites like Ten Mile River, Roebling Bridge (an early
work by the famous designer of the Brooklyn Bridge), that spans the river to Pennsylvania,
as well as other lovely spots.
Accommodations: I advise finding rentals between Barryville and Narrowsburg to reduce the daily
driving distances. Many B & Bs and inns are available in the area, as are some small cottages and houses with kitchens for shares. Feel free to check with me for suggestions.
Plein Air work in various locations on the Island from 10:00 am to @4:00 or 4:30. Delicious and healthy daily field lunches will be provided and are included in the fee. We generally break as a group to eat and look at one another’s work for a simultaneous critique/discussion to shape the afternoon’s work.
After a couple of hours to make any final tweaks to the week’s work, we will mount it with archival materials I provide and then hang the show for a one-day pop-up exhibit with a reception. We are being hosted this year by the Barryville Area Artist Association, (BAAA) http://www.barryvilleareaarts.org/index.html, with many thanks to Nick Roes. Significant others are of course welcome to attend the reception and we would also expect many local artists and others from the surrounding communities.
Cost includes dinner on Sunday and daily field lunches, and materials such as glassine to protect each day's work as well as exhibit hanging materials and refreshments for the reception. I would appreciate an initial non-refundable deposit of $70, the remaining $630 payable in whatever increments are easy for you, the total to be paid by the beginning of July.
Contact me to reserve a spot or with any questions
Photos of the area later this spring!
2019 Block Island Plein Air Workshop
Classes at Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
CHECK WITH BBG FOR REGISTRATION FOR THESE CLASSES
WINTER CLASS: "Drawing Shadow and Shade"
Understanding the effect of light and shadow can enrich landscape and still life artworks. In this class, explore the effects of cast shadow using plants from the Education greenhouse, as well as other plant material. Various drawing media can be used.
4 Wednesdays: February 5, 12, 19, 26 | 12–3.p.m
To register for a class at BBG click this link.
More about the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
