This 8-week, Tuesday night course with artist Alexa Saxton Thomas builds on foundational techniques to cultivate a joyful, exploratory practice where developing and sharing one another's work becomes a stepping stone to artistic growth.

We will be drawing and painting elements of nature using graphite, charcoal sticks, pastels, and watercolor pencils, watercolor and gouache.

More about Alexa : Alexa Saxton Thomas is a painter who earned her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has lived, worked and held shows in Paris, Rome, Boston and New York. 

Saxton Thomas’ work is heavily influenced by nature and human contact. The work is about light and emotion portrayed as instances held still in time. Colors are often purposefully explosive with vibrancy and high contrast between light and dark. 

The beauty of our natural environment and its psychological impact on us is powerful. The intention in the work is to recreate the fleeting, meditative moment and to suspend it in time forever. 

Saxton Thomas currently lives and works in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons. 

More about the class:

Cost: $400 + the cost of art supplies

Where: The Painting School, Brooklyn, 65 Woodhull Street

When: 8 Tuesday nights, 7:00 - 9:00

Dates: 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 (No class 4/15), 4/22, 4/29, 5/6 (No class 5/13), 5/20, 5/27