January 2015 Classes

I've organized my January class schedule! 

Oil Portrait Painting Class
Sunday afternoons 2-5pm

Jan 11th. Feb. 22nd
 
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Portrait Drawing Class for Teens
Monday afternoons 4-5:30pm

Jan. 12th to Feb. 23rd

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Cast Drawing Program
Monday evenings and Thursday afternoons

January 15th, 2015 Apply Now!

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Long Pose Figure Drawing Class
Saturday Afternoons 2-5pm

Jan 17th to Feb. 28th

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Portrait Drawing Class
Thursday evenings 6:30-9:30pm

Jan. 22nd to Feb. 19th

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Still Life Oil Painting Workshop

I have a weekend Still Life painting workshop coming up December 13rd and 14th 11-5:30pm each day.

The focus will be on technique and not a finished painting. Both days I will demo from 11-1. There will be a break for lunch and then the students will work from 1:45-5:30pm with breaks as needed.
More info here

Painting in NYC this summer

 

 

Working on a still life in the studio

Painting in progress

New Short Pose Figure Drawing Class starts this Saturday!

I'm teaching a new short pose figure drawing class that starts Saturday afternoon November 8th.
Come draw the beauty of the human figure!

More info here

25 minute study

5 minute study

New Portrait Drawing Class

My next portrait drawing starts November 13th at my school. Check it out here for more info. 

Recent Class Demo

Up Coming Figure Drawing Classes

I have two new figure drawing classes starting in October!
Check them out below and on my website here

Block-In Figure Drawing Class

Thursday Evenings 6:30 - 9:30 pm  

October 16th to November 6th 

Please register by October 10th

More info here

Long Pose Figure Drawing Class

Sunday Evenings 6-9pm

October 19th to November 9th

Please register by Oct 14th

More info here

Portrait Drawing Demo

Here are a few photos from my portrait drawing demo at my school opening!

Talking about Form and Cast shadows

The importance of looking at your work in a mirror, also good for checking out how good you look ;) There is a story there for sure....

How our eyes fool us all the time with this optical illusion 

And the magic bowl for warding of aliens and showing form light and highlights

So shiny!

The model may need a break but I keep going, or sometimes it's time to take over and do it all, model, draw, and fly the airplane home

Using mats with holes in them to isolate value and compare them. Light on the chin compared to forehead, which is lighter??

How the placement of the ear relates to the tilt of the head. Or what is this thing on my head, it was not there this morning?

Check out these stylish shoes from the good people at Industry of All Nations

Wrapping it all up and signing up the masses!

Open House, Free Drawing Demo!

I'm excited to share my new teaching space! So I'm having an Open House Saturday September 6th, come check it out!

Come by for the open house in the afternoon, check out the space, visit, sign up for classes.

In the evening I'm doing a free portrait drawing demo. There is limited seating for the demo so email me at noah@noahlayne.com to save your seat!

Saturday September 6th
Open House 2-5pm

Free Drawing Demo 6-8pm
There is limited space for the demo - register by emailing noah@noahlayne.com
Check out some other fun video demos here.

#202 1595 McKenzie Avenue, Victoria BC, Canada. Top floor, enter from the outside second floor parking lot.

It's hard to believe it's September already! Time to take up the pencil again and hit the drawing board? If so, there is still space in these classes.

Portrait drawing starting Sept. 11th. Click for more info
Figure drawing starting Sept. 16th. Click for more info
Portrait painting starting Oct. 5th. Click for more info
There is also still time to apply to the cast drawing program starting Sept. 15th. Click for more info

I've also added a new class for 12-14 year olds. Portrait drawing on an ongoing monthly schedule. Monday afternoons 3:30-5pm. More info here. If you know of a young person looking for a drawing class perhaps this would be the right fit, please feel free to past this info on.

Here are a few more photos of the space!

Wall of drawings

Trying to look cool under the model light

  

New Classes!

I'm excited to announce my lineup of new fall classes!

Portrait drawing starting Sept. 11th. Click for more info
Figure drawing starting Sept. 16th. Click for more info
Portrait painting starting Oct. 5th. Click for more info
There is also still time to apply to the cast drawing program starting Sept. 15th. Click for more info

I have almost finished setting up my new school space, stay tuned for an opening party-event when I am all done!

Here are some photos of my place as I set things up.

 

Door poster up!

Getting some artwork on the walls

Draping individual cast drawing and still life painting stations

My first demo drawing in the new space!

My demo from the still life workshop

Students working on their still life paintings this past weekend

Main model station and cast stations in background

Kickstarter for travel to NYC!

I've started a Kickstarter to help fund my travel to compete at the Grand Central Atelier 's Still Life Painting Competition at the end of July in New York! If you have the time please give it a look. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482930917/still-life-painting-competition-at-gca-in-new-york

Thanks for your support! 

Still Life Painting Competition!

I'm excited to report that I've been selected as one of ten artists to compete at the Grand Central Atelier's inaugural still life painting competition this July in New York City, July 27th to August 1st. Each of the ten artists will be painting a still life from life in NYC and competing for a $10,000 top prize!

You can read more about the competition on the GCA's website here.
You will be able to follow the day by day progress of the competition on the GCA's Facebook and Blog.  

ARC Salon and OPA National Show

I'm happy to report that I'm a finalists again in this years Art Renewal Center's 2013-2014 Salon Competition with my painting "Lemons, Bagged and Boxed" Oil on linen 14"x16" $3,800

This painting is on display at the Oil Painters of America's National Show in Bennington, Vermont. The show runs June 7th to July 27th.

Landsacpe workshops!

I'm teaching a couple landscape workshops in June.

Landscape Drawing
June 14th and 15th

Landscape Painting
June 28th and 29th

Check out the all the info on my website here!

Upcoming drawing classes!

I have two drawing classes starting soon, Figure Drawing starting April 12th and Portrait Drawing starting April 17th. There is still room in both these classes.

For more info about the classes and registration details please visit my website.

Long Pose Figure Drawing Class April 12th to May 3rd Saturdays 1-4:30pm. Cost $189, 4 Classes We'll be drawing with pencils and white pastel on grey paper again for this class. Things I'll teach in this class. the block-in tilt angles comparative measurement plumb lines inside block-in modeling form both with an optical and conceptual understanding Lots of demos and individual instruction! More info here

 

Portrait Drawing Class April 17th to May 15th Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm. Cost $189, 5 Classes Things I'll teach in this class. the block-in tilt angles comparative measurement plumb lines inside block-in modeling form both with an optical and conceptual understanding Lots of demos and individual instruction! More info here