Park Slope
Courses
Ebony Pencil, Charcoal Pencil, White Charcoal Pencil, Compressed Charcoal
An Ebony Pencil is a fine tool for beginners to realize line, form, shape and gradation. The Drawing – 1 Crash Course begins with this medium. An Ebony Pencil is a linear tool that graciously allows a student to build their confidence in acquiring drawing skills. Learning to draw a still-life object using an Ebony Pencil benefits a student on many levels, challenging them to develop skills in proportion, composition, shading, gradation and highlight. Charcoal Pencil is the next medium in this crash course that further enhances the skills already acquired using an Ebony Pencil. Applying distinct levels of pencil pressure while shading, or while simply making a confident line, will be the primary learning goal for the student. Since the very tone of Charcoal is dark, maneuvering the medium through the entire drawing activity demands expert guidance. Following this module, students will use White Charcoal Pencil on black paper; the technique itself is the reverse of what was learned using previous drawing tools, but demands fresh skills. Students learn to draw the negative side of an object while remaining vigilant in their observation of light and its gradation, rather than darkness, shade, or depth. These critical skills in negotiating light and dark must be mastered before students move onto more challenging, larger implements like the Compressed Charcoal. Though this tool is more forgiving than the Pencils, gaining the dexterity to successfully utilize this medium requires professional guidance.
The class will progress from still life object study to live model study.
Course duration: 8 classes – 2 hours per class / 2 classes per medium.
Group – 1
January 5 – February 23
Monday
6.30 PM to 8.30 PM
Course Fee: $560/-
Group – 2
March 2 – April 20
Monday
6.30 PM to 8.30 PM
Course Fee: $560/-
Group – 3
April 27 – June 15
Monday
6.30 PM to 8.30 PM
Course Fee: $560/-
Group – 4
June 22 – August 3
Monday
6.30 PM to 8.30 PM
Course Fee: $560/-
Sepia Stick, Soft Pastel, Artist Pen, Dry Brush
Sepia Stick is a medium that was often used by the great masters, and it will thus be the first drawing tool of the Drawing 2 – Crash Course. Its technique is akin to using the Graphite Stick or Compressed Charcoal, but due to the sepia hue, which is a middle tone, achieving dark to light tonal gradation is a challenge. Understanding the phenomenon of chiaroscuro through the Sepia Stick requires training and conscientious development of control and skill. With working knowledge of this material, a student will then find Soft Pastels easy to use. Though both mediums achieve different results when applied, they serve to build the same basis of color knowledge in the student. Following the use of the solidified pigments offered by the Sepia Stick and the pastels, the Artist Pen is the next medium used in the drawing syllabus. An Artist Pen is a gateway to realizing any form, shape or idea, providing exceptional freedom to the skilled user. There is a reason why Pen drawing has long been the primary medium for illustrators and graphic designers – studying Pen drawing techniques will help students build a methodical knowledge of lines, forms, shapes and gradation, all with a known yet challenging implement. Your knowledge of the seemingly simple ‘line’ will expand, following explorations into thin, thick, strong, weak, swirled, and zigzag lines. Employing such familiar modes in the context of still-life and live model drawing demands training. The Drawing – 2 Crash Course is designed to use these lines in achieving a gradation scale and in the process build a shape and form, or to properly construct a figure using light and shade. The final medium in this Drawing – 2 Crash Course is the Dry Brush. This method of drawing is used by artists when they create preliminary drawings for larger canvas paintings. Artists typically use oil paint and a hog-hair brush to realize these drawings. In our course, we will take this oil paint and brush technique further by developing the medium into a primary drawing tool. Starting from a sepia tone, the dry brush technique moves towards multiple colors and finally ends with black. Students will explore this medium over paper or canvas.
The class will progress from Still life object study to Live Model study.
Course duration: 8 classes – 2 hours per class / 2 classes per medium.
Group – 1
January 6 – February 24
Tuesday
6.30 PM to 8.30 PM
Course Fee: $560/-
Group – 2
March 3 – April 21
Tuesday
6.30 PM to 8.30 PM
Course Fee: $560/-
Group – 3
April 28 – June 16
Tuesday
6.30 PM to 8.30 PM
Course Fee: $560/-
Group – 4
June 23 – August 4
Tuesday
6.30 PM to 8.30 PM
Course Fee: $560/-
Watercolor – Traditional
Watercolor is traditionally considered the most difficult painting medium, since the process requires quick rendering skills. At Rosebud Art Studio, we have developed a technique that stems from Chinese watercolor painting techniques – this novel approach allows the student to paint in layers without waiting for every layer to dry before applying the next.
The Watercolor course has three practical components:
Component – 1 – Still life painting,
Component – 2 – Portrait painting,
Component – 3 – Landscape painting.
The Still life and Portrait will be studio-based, and the landscape component will be conducted in Prospect Park.
Course duration: 8 classes – 2 hours per class
Wednesday
12.00 PM to 2.00 PM
7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Saturday
2.00 PM to 4.00 PM
Course Fee: $560/-
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Watercolor & Pen
Watercolor as a medium for illustration also involves the Artist Pen, which is a complementary material that enhances the visual effect of the watercolor creation. At Rosebud Art Studio, we seamlessly incorporate the Pen into our students’ watercolor projects, elevating them to a professional level. The course will begin with Pen drawing lessons, and then adsorb the watercolor medium into the art making process. The amalgamation of these two mediums will bring further complexity, brightness and professionalism to the resulting art works, since the combined possibilities of both mediums typically aid the student in achieving highly sophisticated results.
The Watercolor and Pen course at Rosebud Art Studio has three practical components – Component – 1 – Still life Pen Drawing and Watercolor Painting,
Component – 2 – Portrait Pen Drawing and Watercolor Painting,
Component – 3 – Landscape Pen Drawing and Watercolor Painting.
The Still life and Portrait activity will be studio based and the landscape component will be conducted in Prospect Park.
Course duration: 8 classes – 2 hours per class
Wednesday
12.00 PM to 2.00 PM
7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Saturday
2.00 PM to 4.00 PM
Course Fee: $560/-
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Acrylic Painting
Acrylic Painting is a dramatic medium that shares some of the characteristics of watercolor painting and oil painting. Since Acrylic Painting is a water-based medium, when diluted with water it can be used as a transparent entity over paper or canvas. It can also be used as an opaque medium like oil paint when applied in layers. At Rosebud Art Studio we will guide the students in both the techniques: transparent and opaque.
The Acrylic Painting course at Rosebud Art Studio has four practical components-
Component – 1 – Still life painting,
Component – 2 – Portrait painting,
Component – 3 – Landscape painting.
The Still life and Portrait will be studio based and the landscape part will be conducted in Prospect Park.
Component – 4 – Creative Composition – This component is a studio-based activity, and the student will be guided to incorporate their still life, portrait and the landscape to form a creative composition over a canvas.
Course duration: 8 classes – 2 hours per class
Thursday
12.00 PM to 2.00 PM
6.00 PM to 8.00 PM
Sunday
10.00 AM to 12.00 PM
Course Fee: $760/-
Material Cost: $125/-
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Oil Painting
Oil Painting is an old, well-known medium of art making, but Oil Painting techniques differ from culture to culture, period to period and art movement to art movement. The Early Renaissance painters and the early Netherlandish painters looked for realistic tonalities. The Baroque and the Rococo painters promoted their highly distinct and stylized approaches. After the neoclassical painters of Europe, the Impressionists took oil painting outdoors and famously used impasto techniques to convey their subjective understanding of nature. The Post-Impressionists were largely colorists, and important forerunners of the explosive expressionists and their seminal oil techniques. At Rosebud Art Studio, we will teach these Classical Oil Painting techniques and guide students through spontaneous expressionist modes.
Oil Painting course at Rosebud Art Studio has four practical components –
Component – 1 – Still life painting,
Component – 2 – Portrait painting,
Component – 3 – Landscape painting.
The Still life and Portrait will be studio-based, and the landscape component will be conducted in Prospect Park.
Component – 4 – Creative Composition – This component is a studio-based activity, and the student will be guided to incorporate the still life, portrait and the landscape to form a creative composition over a canvas.
Course duration: 8 classes – 2 hours per class.
Thursday
12.00 PM to 2.00 PM
7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Sunday
12.00 PM to 2.00 PM
Course Fee: $760/-
Material Cost: $125/-
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Rosebud Art Studio is a fully equipped Sculpture studio. We will guide students in modules that include Portraiture, Full Figure creation, Molding, and Casting.
The Sculpture course at Rosebud Art Studio has four practical components –
Component – 1 – Portraiture,
Component – 2 – Full Figure,
Component – 3 – Creative Sculpture,
Component – 4 – Molding and Casting. The Casting will be done using the water based Aqua-Resin method, which is a safe material for students. Plaster and Concrete casting are also included as part of instruction.
Course duration: 8 classes – 2 hours per class.
Friday
9.00 AM to 11.00 AM
7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Sunday
4.00 PM to 6.00 PM
Course Fee: $760/-
Material Cost: $125/-
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The principle of Printmaking concerns “multiples” or “editions”, and at Rosebud Art Studio we will convey these concepts via techniques like Foam Plate Etching and Collagraph Printing (for younger students) and Linoleum Cut, Plexiglass Engraving and Dry Point over Zinc/Aluminum Plate Engraving (for older students). We will use environment-friendly Aqua Inks to pull prints. Generally, a printmaking course follows completion of the Drawing 1 or Drawing 2 crash course, but if a student is demonstrably proficient in drawing skills, the student may be enrolled directly into the Printmaking Course.
Students will learn all the three Printmaking techniques: Linoleum Cut, Plexiglass Engraving and Dry Point over Zinc/Aluminum Plate Engraving. The drawings over Linoleum, Plexiglass and Zinc/Aluminum Plates begin with a Still Life, then proceed to Portrait and to a Creative Composition that incorporates a still life, a portrait or a human figure. Students will use single color and multicolor inks to make editions.
Course duration: 8 classes – 2 hours per class.
Friday
12.00 PM to 2.00 PM
3.00 PM to 5.00 PM
Saturday
7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Course Fee: $760/-
Material Cost: $125/-
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As a highly experienced ceramist and potter, Rosebud is skilled in throwing pots and bowls on the wheel. She has built a long career in guiding students to throw clay on the potter’s wheel, and shares in the joy of seeing the pots evolve between her students’ fingers. Students will begin the class by studying the medium of clay, and they will then learn how to center the clay on the wheel. Students will first throw cylindrical shapes on the wheel and go on to learn how to throw bowls, using a modified style which requires more control and guidance. Once it is centered, the student will be guided to gently move the clay outwards from the center. From there, they will be asked to pull the clay up between their fingers to make a cylinder. The class will also include the more advanced techniques of trimming, glazing and firing.
Course duration: 8 classes – 2 hours per class.
Ceramic students will get to bisque and glaze fire 6 pots under the size of 4″ as part of the program. Students can choose to fire more pots for an additional fee of 0.5 Cents per cubic inch.
Monday
9.00 AM to 11.00 AM
11.00 AM to 1.00 PM
3.00 PM to 5.00 PM
6.00 PM to 8.00 PM
Tuesday
7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Wednesday
7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Thursday
7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Friday
7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Saturday
7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Sunday
10.00 AM to 12.00 PM
12.00 PM to 2.00 PM
2.00 PM to 4.00 PM
4.00 PM to 6.00 PM
6.00 PM to 8.00 PM
Course Fee: $560/-
Material Cost: $50/-
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Remsen, Lino Cut - Three color Printing
Rosebud Art Studio nurtures artistic growth from the ground up, guiding students in developing strong fundamentals alongside portfolio readiness for elite visual arts programs in NYC.
Our 12-week Fine Arts Portfolio Program includes:
Drawing I & II
Watercolor
Oil Painting
Clay Modeling
By the end of the program, students produce a fully developed portfolio spanning drawing, painting, printmaking, and three-dimensional work—ready for submission to top-tier arts schools.
Portfolio Prep Aligned to NYC Specialized Art School
Mark Twain Middle School (IS 239 Visual Arts Talent Program)
Entry Requirement: Rather than a general portfolio, students complete three specific in-home assignments using: graphite (#2 pencil), eraser, two 9×12″ drawing sheets, lined paper for written responses, and a 12-pack of Crayola colored pencils.
Assignments Include:
A 30-minute observational still-life drawing (graphite, include full composition and shading).
A 30-minute imaginative colored drawing, with at least two people (not stick figures), using graphite and colored pencils.
We will conduct mock timed assignments replicating supply constraints and time pressures. Our students will practice two-part tasks under simulated audition conditions, ensuring fluency with materials and format.
LaGuardia High School – Fine Arts (Visual Arts Major)
Submission Requirement: Submit 4 to 8 pieces (online) including:
Piece 1: Self-portrait from observation (graphite, mirror).
Piece 2: Still life of at least three items (graphite).
Piece 3: Figure drawing from live observation (graphite); must fill page and include realistic proportions, value, clothing folds, basic background.
Pieces 4–7: Additional works, in any medium (2D or 3D).
Piece 8: “Fantastical Sandwich” imaginative drawing—use pencil/paper (colored pencils optional), fill the page with creative toppings, background, etc.
We build a structured portfolio plan:
Weeks 1–4: Develop self-portrait, still life observational sketches, and figure drawing fundamentals.
Weeks 5–8: Work in varied media (watercolor, oil, printmaking, clay).
Weeks 9–12: Create the Fantastical Sandwich imaginative piece.
Rosebud Art Studio empowers students to build exceptional portfolios for NYC’s competitive art schools. In our 12-week modular course—featuring Drawing I & II, Watercolor, Oil Painting, and Clay Modeling—students learn vital techniques and systematically craft pieces tailored to school-specific requirements such as:
Timed assignment prep for middle school talent programs (e.g., Mark Twain)
Observation-based core works, imaginative concepts, and media diversity for high school auditions (e.g., LaGuardia, High School of Art & Design)
Creative project development aligned with personal artistic goals and correct digital submission format
By skill-building, Rosebud ensures students are artistically prepared for successful admissions across NYC’s visual arts public schools.
12 Week Module
Monday
5.30 PM to 7.30 PM
Course Fee: $1140/-
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Policy on Missed Classes
At Rosebud Art Studio, we are committed to providing an exceptional learning experience for all our students. To ensure clarity, we would like to inform students and parents about our policy regarding missed classes:
Make-Up Classes:
Students who are unable to attend their scheduled classes may take make-up sessions at our Park Slope studio located at 20, 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217. This ensures continuity in their learning and artistic development.
Non-Refundable Fees:
Please note that tuition fees for unattended classes are non-refundable. This policy allows us to maintain the quality and resources needed for all our students.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. Should you have any questions regarding this policy, feel free to contact us at [email protected].