2008

Spring 2008

Landscape Painting


Join Sarah as we paint the landscape of Washington, D.C. in springtime. Subjects to include spring flowers (daffodils, crocuses, tulips), streetscapes and parks. Bring landscape easel and all materials for oil painting and meet on location. We will do small alla prima paintings in a single session. Contact Sarah via email at sarah@studiothibodeaux.com for location information.

When: Thursday afternoons 1-4 p.m.

Dates: March 27, April 3, April 10, April 17, (2 weeks off), May 8, May 15, May 22, May 29.

Cost: $30/session

Contact Sarah at sarah@studiothibodeaux.com for information.


Open Studio - Figure Drawing (long pose)


We will have a nude model in long pose for 3 hours available for figure drawing or painting. Please bring your own drawing board, easel, etc. as these will not be provided. New pose each week. No instruction.

When: Wednesday nights 7-10 p.m.

Where: Eye Street Studios, 443 Eye St. NW, Washington DC

(Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro)

Sarah to let you in the building between 6:30 and 7. Call 504-432-0049.

Dates: March 26, April 2, April 9, April 16, (2 weeks off), May 7, May 14, May 21, May 28.

Summer 2008

Portrait Painting

This class teaches the fundamentals of painting the head in oil. Students will paint the model from life in 4 sessions (2 paintings total). Beginning with a toned canvas, students will execute a careful drawing and subsequently build up the structure of the head from darks to lights. Emphasis is on understanding the structure of the head and learning to mix colors to create realistic and harmonious flesh tones. The class will begin with a demonstration of the alla prima technique, used by John Singer Sargent and handed down through generations of atelier painters and teachers.


When: Wednesday afternoons 1-4 p.m.

Dates: June 4, 11, (No class June 18), 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.

Cost: $330

Contact Sarah at sarah@studiothibodeaux.com to register or register online via paypal:

Registration is closed.


Open Studio - Figure Drawing (long pose)


We will have a nude model in long pose for 3 hours available for figure drawing or painting. Please bring your own drawing board, easel, etc. as these will not be provided. New pose each week. No instruction. Portrait painting students may use this as make-up class or for extra practice.

When: Wednesday nights 7-10 p.m.

Where: Eye Street Studios, 443 Eye St. NW, Washington DC

(Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro)

Sarah to let you in the building between 6:30 and 7. Call 504-432-0049.

Dates: June 4, 11, (No class June 18), 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.

Cost: $10/session


Landscape Painting


In this class, we will meet on location and paint the landscape in oil in four sessions. The first session will focus on choosing a subject and composing the painting, putting down a drawing. After a careful drawing, students begin laying in paint, paying careful attention to color mixing and the effects of light. In case of rain, we will meet at Eye St. Studios and paint studies of flowers. Students must bring landscape easel.


When: Thursday afternoons 1-4 p.m.

Dates: May 29, June 5, 12, (No class June 19), 26, (No class July 3), 10, 17, 24, 31.

Cost: $330

Contact Sarah at sarah@studiothibodeaux.com to register or register online via paypal.

Registration is closed.

Fall 2008

Landscape Painting


Enjoy painting the outdoors in the fall in Washington, D.C. In this class, we will meet on location and paint the landscape in oil in four sessions. The first session will focus on choosing a subject and composing the painting, putting down a drawing. After a careful drawing, students begin laying in paint, paying careful attention to color mixing and the effects of light. Students must bring landscape easel. In case of rain, we will meet at the National Gallery of Art from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. and visit the French 19th century collection.


When: Saturday mornings 9 a.m. - noon

Dates: October 4, 11, 18, 25. Nov 1, 8, 15, 22.

Cost: $320


Open Studio - Figure Drawing


Capitol Hill Arts Workshop is sponsoring a 4-week figure drawing studio on Saturday afternoons in Fall 2008. This is an opportunity for artists to work on drawings in front of the live model in a session without an instructor. Ellen Cornett, who teaches figure drawing at CHAW, will monitor the nude-model session in the following format:

  • 15 minutes of 20 second gestures

  • Two 10 minute poses

  • One half hour pose

  • The balance of the time taken with one long pose

  • Finish with 15 minutes of group critique


Please bring your own drawing materials. Easels are available.

When: Saturdays 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Where: Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th Street, S.E., Washington DC


Dates & Models:

  • November 1 Stephanie

  • November 15 Brian

  • November 29 Paula

  • December 13 Gabe


Monitor: Ellen Cornett

Cost: $60 for all 4 sessions payable to CHAW or $20/session drop-in.

Note: This session is a trial event with CHAW to see if there is interest and attendance. If so, it may grow into a regularly scheduled session.