Upcoming Workshops
The Anatomy of Trees Workshop
at the Art Students League of New York
April 8th - 10th, 2024
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Fee: $309
Location: 215 West 57th Street
NYC
Over the course of three days, you will learn classical techniques that will help you elevate your tree drawings. Mr. Brosen will explain simple methods used by Old Masters with a demo. You will then explore these techniques with a handful of planned practice exercises on your own in class.
Each student will receive a detailed personalized critique to help them improve their drawing skills. At the end of this workshop, you will learn to decipher the anatomical structure of a tree and create them for your own landscape pieces.
A Walk in the Park: Watercolor and Nature Exploration Children's Workshop (Ages 9-12)
with the Museum of the City of New York &
the Central Park Conservancy
Saturday, April 20, 2024
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Fee: $40/child
Location: 1220 5th Avenue (at 103rd St)
NYC
Join us for art-making and nature-exploring workshops where you will learn about watercolor artist Frederick Brosen, participate in a watercolor painting tutorial, and take part in a guided garden exploration. Enjoy hands-on activities in the Museum and observe and document the landscape and flora in the Central Park Conservatory Garden. The workshops will be hosted on April 20th and 27th from 1-3 PM for children ages 9-12. This program has been produced in partnership with the Central Park Conservancy.
This workshop is for children ages 9-12 with their grownups. This is not a drop-off program.
*Note: Registration deadline is one day prior to the event.
A Walk in the Park: Watercolor and Nature Exploration Children's Workshop
(Ages 9-12) with the Museum of the City of New York & the Central Park Conservancy
Saturday, April 27, 2024
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Fee: $40/child
Location: 1220 5th Avenue (at 103rd St)
NYC
Join us for art-making and nature-exploring workshops where you will learn about watercolor artist Frederick Brosen, participate in a watercolor painting tutorial, and take part in a guided garden exploration. Enjoy hands-on activities in the Museum and observe and document the landscape and flora in the Central Park Conservatory Garden. The workshops will be hosted on April 20th and 27th from 1-3 PM for children ages 9-12. This program has been produced in partnership with the Central Park Conservancy.
This workshop is for children ages 9-12 with their grownups. This is not a drop-off program.
*Note: Registration deadline is one day prior to the event.
Drawing, Painting, and Exploring Amsterdam
September 20-28th, 2024
Come enjoy this immersive Art experience with me in Amsterdam, that 17th century jewel of a city. Amsterdam is the European city I know and love best. Having first visited there when I was 18, I have since been back to this wonderful place over a dozen times in the intervening years. It is there, among the Dutch architecture, canals and incomparable Dutch 17th c. paintings, that I first made the commitment to become a lifelong painter, and it remains the city of Art and artists from which I derive the most inspiration.
This workshop will be evenly split between drawing and painting excursions and trips to the major collections of the greatest of Dutch painters, the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum, among others. It also included two day-trips, lodging and more.
Customized Private Instruction:
Over the past 40 years of painting, I have developed a unique approach to watercolor. Rooted in my in-depth studies of classical artists from Renaissance Master Draftsmen to the Early English Watercolorists, I have adapted my technique to suit a more modern application. The foundation of this technique is based on strong graphite drawings and the layering of numerous washes of transparent watercolor. Over the course of my 30 years of teaching I have learned to communicate this approach in an accessible way that can be tailored to suit your personal artistic goals.
I pride myself on teaching to a wide range of experience levels, working with both novices and professional painters alike. The goal is to enable the student not to emulate me, but to paint like themselves more effectively. Currently I teach both workshops and private lessons via Zoom, with travel workshops hopefully resuming in the Fall of 2021. Information on upcoming workshops will be posted on this page. Private lessons can be arranged by emailing me at rickbrosen@gmail.com or sending me a message here.
