BRAC Spring 2026: Saturday Portrait Painting (3:30pm)

Let Your Creative Spirit Bloom This Spring!

Saturdays - 10 Sessions (Apr 18, 25 | May 2, 9, 16, 30 | June 6, 13, 27)

• 3:30 –5:30 PM – Applied Perspective in Portrait Painting led by Jaron Newton

🎨 BRAC Artist Showcase – June 20!

This 10-week Saturday course at Bronx River Art Center teaches adult painters a structured, repeatable method for creating portraits using applied perspective. Rather than relying on intuition, students learn to approach every portrait as a three-dimensional spatial problem — using 1-point, 2-point, and 3-point perspective as the architectural foundation of each painting.

Each Saturday follows a consistent format: the instructor opens with a brief conceptual introduction and delivers a full live painting demonstration. Students then have approximately 1 to 1.5 hours of independent practice. Value strings are introduced as early as Week 2, beginning with monochromatic sequences before moving into full color strings by Weeks 4 and 5. The final weeks of the course shift to open studio time — students bring their own photo references and apply what they've learned toward a painting of their choosing.

The final session is a group critique and portfolio share. This course is for adults of all skill levels. Advanced students may extend any week's concept to full figure work.

Check out our other classes this Spring:

• led by Pin Chu
• led by Pin Chu
• led by Ellen Carranza
• led by Ellen Carranza
• led by Tony Burstion
• led by Matthew Burcaw
• led by Matthew Burcaw
• led by Tony Burstion
• Saturday Printmaking Linoleum (1pm) led by Tammy Wofsey
• Saturday Portrait Painting (3:30pm) led by Jaron Newton (YOU'RE HERE!)

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Host or Publisher Bronx River Art Center