ONLINE CLASSES​​​
Starting a Sketchbook Practice
The sketchbook is a transformative tool for painters. It is the place to deconstruct light, simplify complex compositions, and take the risks that eventually lead to successful, large-scale oil paintings.
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In this self-paced course, I share the exact exercises I use to keep my skills sharp and study light and form before I ever touch a canvas. This course is a practice-focused experience designed for painters who want to move past the "fear of the white page" and build a habit that leads to rapid improvement.
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What You’ll Master:
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Simplification: Learn to break down complex scenes into powerful, essential shapes.
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Atmosphere & Mood: Study how specific lighting choices impact the emotional weight of your work.
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Color Relationships: Improve your ability to see and assess color through targeted sketchbook studies.
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Artist Forensics: Learn how to study your favorite master painters to unlock their secrets.​
LIVE CLASSES
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I do not have any live classes scheduled at this time.​ If you'd like to be the first to know about new class offerings, you can sign up for my class waitlist.
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PREVIOUS CLASSES
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Starting a Sketchbook Practice: 4-Week Class (2026)
This 4-week workshop is designed for traditional painters looking to use sketchbooks to enhance their painting skills. Tailored to artists with some experience in drawing, painting, and color mixing, the course covers essential sketchbook exercises that help refine painting design and composition, simplify complex scenes, improve value understanding, and explore color relationships.
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Starting a Sketchbook Practice: 4-Week Class (2025)
This 4-week workshop is designed for traditional painters looking to use sketchbooks to enhance their painting skills. Tailored to artists with some experience in drawing, painting, and color mixing, the course covers essential sketchbook exercises that help refine painting design and composition, simplify complex scenes, improve value understanding, and explore color relationships.
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Starting a Sketchbook Practice Workshop (2023)
Starting a sketchbook practice is a great way to rapidly improve your art skills. In this workshop we will show how sketchbooks can be used to study composition. Using inspiration from daily life, we will practice breaking the complexity of reality into simple light and shadow shapes that can serve as a foundation for future work.
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Simplifying the Portrait (2023)
In this workshop we take the complexity of the portrait and simplify it into basic shapes. This will give a solid foundation to build upon for future portrait painting.
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