Continuing Studies לימודי המשך

The JSS Continuing Studies Program offers instruction in painting and drawing to the public of all ages, with no prior experience required. Students are welcome to enroll throughout the year.

The JSS drawing courses are designed to transmit the most essential tools of drawing to students at all levels of experience and ability. Along with the live model, still life and portraiture, copying from the Masters is an integral part of the course of study. Slide lectures offer understanding of the elements shared by great drawings throughout the history of Western art.

The development of the fall and spring semesters culminates in an intensive month-long drawing project at the end of the year. The aim of this final project is to explore the various pictorial, anatomical, and perceptual data that are involved in realizing a large-scale figurative work, utilizing the knowledge and skills accumulated during the year of drawing in the studio.

Observation of light and shade, geometry, materials and methods are emphasized in the studio. The knowledge gained from intensive practice combined with the serious atmosphere of a committed peer group provide the background for each individual student’s experience of confronting nature.

English  information, schedule and registration forms are followed by the hebrew posters as well as downloadable files.  

The JSS painting courses offer students an opportunity to explore materials and techniques of oil painting and the challenges of confronting nature with this medium. Emphasis is given to personal instruction and individual development. Students address still-life, landscape and the figure, with enrichment from slide lectures and critique. The intensive year-long courses will greatly expand the student’s possibilities in approach to motif and proficiency with the essential tools of painting.

Continuing Studies Program 2011-2012

1.   Understanding Light is a course that addresses tonal and color values and the understandingof the abstraction in figurative work.  Led by Instructor  Sigal Tsabari, the course begins with charcoal drawing and proceeds gradually into oil painting; with a model in some of the sessions. Sunday: 11:00 – 16:00 Price:  5,715 nis

2.  Youth Class in Drawing & Painting. Guided by Instructor Sigal Tsabari, this course is designed for youth up to the age of 16.  Students are introduced to a variety of materials and techniques: pencil, charcoal drawing, collage, monotype and oil painting.  Students will work from still life, cast sculptures and models.  Sunday: 18:00 – 20:00 Price:  2,400 nis (includes materials)

3.  Drawing in Daylight. Daylight, unlike artificial light, gives us the wonderful opportunity to experience a full color spectrum on one hand and a soft rich tonality on the other. Throughout the course Instructor Sharon Etgar will deepen your observational skills and translate them into lines, tone, shape and composition. Students will work from life, landscape and still life. Monday: 13:00-16:30 Price: 3,950 nis

4.  Intermezzo in the Studio with Sigal Tsabari & Guest Artists. This is a secondary course that you can only participate in if registered to another of our evening classes. It is a course that strengthens and broadens the skills you gain from your mother class and prepares you to start painting independently. Techniques used are pencil, charcoal, oil paints, pastels, collage. For the purpose of self development every 2^nd class will be held without a teacher and in every 6^th class a guest artist will be invited to reflect on the process of each participants work. Tuesday: 11:00-5:00 Price: 2,950 nis

5.  Steps in Drawing & Painting.  This course with Instructor  Sigal Tsabari consists of two semesters.  Semester A in Drawing concentrates on charcoal as the tool for understanding nature through measurement, construction of form and tonal composition.  Semester B in Painting teaches the process of learning the palette while mixing and finding colors and will include copying of painting masterpieces and group reviews of student work.  Throughout the year, students will work in front of the model, with casts, still life objects and urban landscape, both indoors and outdoors. Tuesday: 17:00 – 21:00 Price:4,950 nis

6.  Discovering Freedom in Monochrome.  Believing that “without boundaries, freedom is meaningless,” Instructor Amir Rubin will guide students in the craft of drawing passionately by beginning with large scale charcoal drawings which focus on mark-making without inhibitions. From this initial unleashing, students gradually pursue more complex projects to slowly develop accuracy.  During the course, we will investigate old master compositions, the live model and still life, emphasizing composition and 2-dimensional design.  Techniques include monotype, charcoal, pencil and silver point. Wednesday: 17:00 – 21:00 Price:  4,950 nis

7.  Life Drawing.  With the help of natural charcoal and a nude model, Instructor Eldar Farber will guide students in the investigation of deep pictorial observation and the acquisition of the language of drawing.  Students learn to understand reality with raw and pure vision rather than preconceived ideas or rigid methods.   The course covers a variety of topics such as line drawing, tonality, structure, proportions, form, and the motif.  Emphasis is placed on improving the use and control of charcoal. Thursday: 17:00 – 21:00 Price: 4,950 nis

8.  Oil Painting.  This course, led by Instructor  Ariel Barletzky, focuses on improving the ability to observe and translate reality in pictorial concepts, such as color harmony, tonality and composition.  The course introduces students to the full spectrum of beauty found in natural light.  Students paint from direct observation of the model and still life subjects and gain experience with the “tool-box” necessary for painting and transposing reality onto the canvas. Friday: 9:00 – 13:00 Price:  4,950 nis 

Further Information:

• The number of classes for each course per year is 30, plus a free trial course (31 classes total).
• Courses include slide lectures, demonstrations and critiques.
• You may take one trial session in each course for no fee.
• Students receive discounts in other JSS events like The Jerusalem Landscape Painting Marathon and “Drawing Notes”.
• There are discounts available for those who enroll in more than one course: 2 courses – 8% discount per course, 3 courses – 15% discount per course
• Registration and payment for a course can be done by phone using a credit card payable in up to 10 installments without additional fee or interest.

To download details and schedule in English, please click here: Continuing_Studies_Eng_2011

To download details and schedule in hebrew, please click here: Continuing_Studies_Heb_2011

To download application form, please click here: application form 2011-2012

 and fax to 02-6719525 or email us at: jss@netvision.net.il

Telephone: (02) 6719525
Email: jss@netvision.net.il

Faculty:

Ariel Berlatzky

Sharon Etgar

Eldar Farber

Amir Rubin

Sigal Tsabari, Instructor of the Sunday and Tuesday adult drawing courses and the Sunday youth painting class.