What we’re about
Drawing New York is a great way to make new friends while drawing together. We are a community of over 13,000 members who love to improve our drawings and paintings!
DNY helps people make "real and tangible progress" with their drawings, whether they are absolute beginners, intermediate sketchers, or professional artists.
We meet several times a week, in person and online to draw from a live model. We have both instructed and uninstructed classes.
Drawing New York hosts full-day workshops with exceptional drawing and painting teachers, presenting artist demonstrations and drawing competitions.
DNY also creates original content for museums and cultural institutions in New York City including The Morgan Library, The Museum of The City of New York, and The Museum of Arts and Design.
We hope this group provides a place to practice drawing and learn about exciting drawing sessions and exhibitions throughout New York.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Bold Watercolor Painting Workshop with Tim SaternowDrawing New York, New York, NY$525.00
Splash Dynamic – Bold Watercolor Painting will be a workshop for creating strong watercolor paintings using bold value arrangements, powerful lights and darks, correct linear perspective, and attention to compelling compositions in urban landscape paintings.
To save money by avoiding Meetup fees, you may register at our website here.
This workshop will concentrate on the process of developing a watercolor painting, beginning with small value sketches in pencil, the use of ‘grisaille’ (monochromatic underpainting) to build value contrast, layering of local color, and ‘deconstructing’ a painting with the use of thrown water, splatters, runs, and blooms.
This is a one-week workshop that will run from October 7th to October 11th from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day. We are unable to accommodate one-day registrations, and refunds will not be given for missed sessions.
These notes and guidelines will help you understand how I approach a painting and what to expect from my workshop. You DO NOT have to choose an image like mine, but it will give you a very good idea about what my painting subjects and techniques are like.
** This is a painting workshop, SO PLEASE ARRIVE AT THE WORKSHOP WITH YOUR DRAWING COMPLETED ON WATERCOLOR PAPER. See below. **
WORKSHOP GENERAL OUTLINE:
- Intros and guidelines
- Preparing a Value Sketch of your research
- Discussion of correct Linear Perspective
- Demonstration (I will be painting throughout the workshop).
- Grisaille Technique
- Focal Point importance
- Counter Points
- Spatter, drip, and bloom demonstration
- One-on-one instruction
RESEARCH PHOTOGRAPHS:
I tend to paint NYC urban landscapes and older houses. Any city, town, industrial area, gorgeous travel shots, or farm scenes are great. Research should be mostly of architectural subjects.
Also be aware of photos that look GREAT as a photo (sunsets, night scenes, lots of reflections, ‘photo effects’ like blurring, stars, etc.). Photography effects are very difficult to reproduce in paint.
Ask yourself: Where can I take this research with paint that goes beyond this photograph?
How can I make this painting much more exciting than the photo?If you’re not sure how to answer this, then this workshop is perfect for you.
* Please remember: We are not here to duplicate photographs.*
If you paint fast, have a second painting ready and drawn out on paper.
If you are unsure of any of the following notes, please feel free to email us: team@drawingamerica.com - Wednesday Night Figure DrawingDrawing New York, New York, NY$30.00
Join us for Wednesday Night Figure Drawing from 6:30 - 9:00 pm. We draw from a live model.
If you don't know what to bring, we recommend the following supplies.
This uninstructed session begins with short poses for attendees to warm up. The longest poses are 20 minutes. We take a 5-minute break every 20 minutes. There are cookies and fresh water available. We listen to music while we work. Please bring your supplies (we have limited supplies to lend out).
Looking forward to seeing you!
PLEASE NOTE:
- We can not accommodate dry pastels (for health reasons), open ink containers, or paint other than watercolor.
- Latecomers will be seated at the moderator's discretion to prevent disruption to other artists.
- Because of the limited space, we can not offer any refunds for the session. I appreciate your understanding.
- Absolutely no photography while the model is posing.
We encourage attendees to purchase tickets through the Drawing America website, where they receive a 5% CREDIT ON EVERY PURCHASE that they can use towards their next purchase.
- Instructed Figure Drawing - Drawing New York StudioDrawing New York, New York, NY$40.00
All levels are welcome.
In this class, we will focus on figure drawing and various drawing techniques. We begin with a short discussion/demo of different approaches to drawing. There is a live model for each session.
Please bring a pad up to 18×24, a 2H, HB, and 4B pencil, and an eraser.
If you don't know what to bring we recommend the following supplies.
This uninstructed session begins with short poses for attendees to warm up. The longest poses are 20 minutes. We take a 5-minute break every 20 minutes. There are cookies and fresh water available. We listen to music while we work. Please bring your supplies (we have limited supplies to lend out).Looking forward to seeing you!
PLEASE NOTE:
- We can not accommodate dry pastels (for health reasons), open ink containers, or paint other than watercolor.
- Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the moderator to prevent disruption to other artists.
- Because of the limited space, we can not offer any refunds for the session. I appreciate your understanding.
- Absolutely no photography while the model is posing.
We encourage attendees to purchase tickets through the Drawing America website, where they receive a 5% CREDIT ON EVERY PURCHASE that they can use towards their next purchase.
- Saturday Figure Drawing - Drawing New York StudioDrawing New York, New York, NY$35.00
Join us for Saturday Figure Drawing from 12:00 - 3:00 pm. We draw from a live model.
This uninstructed session begins with short poses for attendees to warm up. The longest poses are 20 minutes. We take a 5-minute break every 20 minutes. There are cookies and fresh water available. We listen to music while we work. Please bring your supplies (we have limited supplies to lend out).
If you don't know what to bring we recommend the following supplies.
Looking forward to seeing you!
PLEASE NOTE:
- We can not accommodate dry pastels (for health reasons), open ink containers, or paint other than watercolor.
- Latecomers will be seated at the moderator's discretion to prevent disruption to other artists.
- Because of the limited space, we can not offer any refunds for the session. Thank you for being so understanding.
- Absolutely no photography while the model is posing.
We encourage attendees to purchase tickets through the Drawing America website where they receive a 5% CREDIT ON EVERY PURCHASE that they can use towards their next purchase.
