Tag: NMA

Join plein-air painter Renae Wang for a month-long deep dive into gouache—the fast-drying, travel-friendly medium beloved by studio and outdoor artists alike. Starting with surface prep and limited palettes, you’ll practice rapid color studies, edge control, and opacity layering to capture fleeting light conditions. Each live class moves from on-location sketches to refined studio finishes, building your confidence in bold mark-making and atmospheric color. Expect field prompts, live critique, and a complete small-format painting by week four.

In this 10-week course, Joseph will teach you his complete process of making long-pose figure paintings – from initial ideas and exploration, to making studies, to the final painting. You will learn how to direct and work with professional models to achieve a suitable pose. Then, you will practice creating value and color studies as the two prepping steps for a painting.

You will learn how to make strong artistic statements and to visualize the forms of your figures in three-dimensional space.

In this crash course, veteran New Masters Academy instructor Steve Huston will overview the principles of landscape drawing.

Join NMA instructor Iliya Mirochnik for an 8-week Live Class that takes you from the first thumbnails to a refined narrative illustration. You will learn to design a clear narrative read through the human figure using time-tested illustration methods.

In this interactive Live Class, instructor Michael Siegel will dive into the world of portrait drawing and lighting concepts. Each week, you’ll tackle a new lighting scenario and learn how it affects the structure and characteristics of your drawing.