Scholarship Winner

We are extremely pleased to announce that we have made a selection in our First Annual Scholarship Competition. We received many impressive submissions and want to thank everyone who applied.

Rachel Harrison, of Nashville Tennessee, has been granted placement in our full time program and awarded one year's tuition, starting in September 2013.

Congratulations, Rachel!

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Off the Easel: Winter 2013

Works completed during the Winter Term of 2013

Darren Robert Bennett
Bargue #3  The Arm of Moses by Michelangelo
Graphite on Paper

Julie Beck
Cast #2  Old Man with Beard
Charcoal on Roma

Kevin Gearns
Natalia
Carbon Pencil on Paper 

Open House Recap

On Wednesday, March 27th, we opened the school to the public, scheduling demos and lectures to keep visitors occupied!







From 11:00 - 2:00, Garrett Vitanza demonstrated the painting process of Diego Velazquez. Visitors and students crammed into his studio and watched and listened as Garrett provided a very informative few hours!

Downstairs, from 3:00 - 5:00, Stephen Kivimaki demonstrated the beginning stages of portrait drawing  and talked the visitors through every minute of it.  Julie Beck patiently modeled!!

As evening approached, the lights went down for Sean Krajnik's lecture on the Munsell Color Order System.  Two hours of incisive info, just the tip of the Munsell iceberg! 

A big thanks to everyone who stopped by and to all the instructors who gave their time in creating such an enjoyable day!

2013 Summer Workshops

Traditional Methods of Making Paint, 

Panel and Canvas

2 Days, June 29th and 30th, 10:00-5:00, one hour lunch break

Cost: $280 (materials included)

Instructor: Leo Mancini-Hresko

Leo Mancini-Hresko teaches how to make and work with traditional painting materials, whether hand-ground paints, archival gesso panels, oil-primed linen canvases, mediums, oils or varnishes. Leo has experience working with both beginner and advanced artists who want to take their process into their own hands. After years of teaching materials at The Florence Academy of Art and in his own studio, Leo has an intimate understanding of how the materials used in painting affect your process.

This workshop will comprise of both extensive lecturing and hands-on practice.  Each student will be worked with individually, and will create their own hand-ground paint, gesso panels and linen canvases - processes that they will easily be able to replicate in their own studios.  

Basic Outline-

Day 1- Pigment History, Oils, Paint Rheology.  Group will 'grind' paint, and will begin talk on Rabbit Skin Glue and Supports.

Day 2- Flexible/Rigid Supports, Linen, Panel, Metal Supports.  Group will make Gesso Panels and Canvas, and talk on Mediums and Varnishes.

To learn more, go to: http://www.academyofrealistartboston.com/index.php?id=4

Leo began his studies in 1999 at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.  During a semester abroad in Florence, Italy, Leo found The Florence Academy of Art, where he began studies in 2001.

After graduating in 2005, Leo was asked to stay on at the school, first as an instructor and subsequently director of the school’s drawing program for sculptors.  Additionally, Leo taught regular courses in plein-air landscape painting and artist materials until leaving the school in 2011.

Having left his 19th-Century painting studio in Florence, Leo has relocated to his native Massachusetts, now working and teaching from his studio in an old mill building in Waltham, MA.

Whether working en plein-air or in the studio Leo works with traditional materials, his own hand-ground paints, canvases and oils.

Leo’s paintings can be found in private collections worldwide.

To learn more about Leo and  his work, go to: http://leomancinihresko.com

Open House with Events

Please join us on Wednesday, March 27th from 11:00am to 8:00pm to learn about our program, tour our facilities, and view student as well as instructor work.

Scheduled Events:

11:00 - 2:00  Instructor Garrett Vitanza opens his studio while working on the initial stages of a Velazquez Master Copy in paint.

To learn more about Garrett's Velazquez Master Copy workshop, go to: http://www.academyofrealistartboston.com/index.php?id=4

3:00 - 5:00   Instructor Stephen Kivimaki demos the beginning stages of portrait drawing in graphite.

6:00 - 8:00   Instructor Sean Krajnik lectures on the Munsell Color Order System and how it applies to seeing color relationships, organizing the palette and mixing pigments.

To learn more about Sean's Thursday night Color Lab Class, go to: http://www.academyofrealistartboston.com


All events are free and open to the public.

2013 Summer Workshops

Color Lab: Flesh Tones

10 days, August 19th - 30th     10:00 - 5:00, one hour lunch break,

Cost: $1150.00 (plus $50 materials fee)

Instructor: Sean Krajnik

Color is an indispensable tool for painters. Mastery of color unlocks freedom and control over one's  ability to solve color problems. Painting accurate flesh tones is a demanding task for beginners. A key problem may lie in lacking a complete understanding of the principles of color. Once they have been understood, artists can move on to express ideas in painting with control and freedom. Let us inquire about the language of color, the nature of color, and acquire mastery over flesh tones.   Course Description:  This class is designed to aid students in understanding the fundamental  principles of color, particularly how it applies to painting flesh. Using modern color science as well as color measuring tools such as the Munsell Book of Color and a spectrophotometer, students can explore color more deeply. It is designed to demystify the creation of flesh tones and managing the challenges they bring. Students will progress through fundamental lessons that start with mixing and organizing a flesh tone palette, then painting geometric shapes that are flesh colored, followed by a color study of a selected print of a female model.  Lectures, painting demonstrations and reference material are given throughout the workshop. To learn more, go to:  http://www.academyofrealistartboston.com/index.php?id=4

Color Lab Class

Sean's Color Lab class is going strong in it's second trimester. Each Thursday evening, the model room at ARA Boston is taken over by color mixtures on glass palettes, painted geometric shapes and Munsell Value Scales. 

The next round of classes will run from April 11th to June 20th. And stay tuned for a 10 day Color Lab summer workshop concentrating on flesh tones!

Instructor Sean Krajnik teaches Color Lab on Thursday evenings from 5:00-8:00.

For more information, visit our homepage.      http://www.academyofrealistartboston.com