What we’re about
Drawing New York is a great way to make new friends while drawing together. We are a community of over 13,000 members who love to improve our drawings and paintings!
DNY helps people make "real and tangible progress" with their drawings, whether they are absolute beginners, intermediate sketchers, or professional artists.
We meet several times a week, in person and online to draw from a live model. We have both instructed and uninstructed classes.
Drawing New York hosts full-day workshops with exceptional drawing and painting teachers, presenting artist demonstrations and drawing competitions.
DNY also creates original content for museums and cultural institutions in New York City including The Morgan Library, The Museum of The City of New York, and The Museum of Arts and Design.
We hope this group provides a place to practice drawing and learn about exciting drawing sessions and exhibitions throughout New York.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Improve Your Drawings (instructor Simon)Drawing New York, New York, NY$45.00
Join us for our weekly Instructed Drawing Class, which focuses on drawing techniques taught by Simon Levenson.
Using various still lives, students will learn about composition, line weight, negative and positive space, shading, mark-making, including hatching, proportion, etc… (Not every topic is taught in every class, but these are the focus of our sessions.)
The class begins by examining artists' works and discussing their techniques, followed by a short instructor demonstration. With that inspiration in mind, we will draw for about 2 hours.
We share our work at the end of class (if you wish to) and discuss what we got right and how we can improve going forward.
Please bring a pad up to 18×24, a 2H, HB, and 4B pencil, and an eraser. Materials: If you are looking for a good pencil set to bring we recommend these and a good drawing pad like this one.
About your teacher: Simon Levenson is the founder of Drawing New York, teaches drawing at The Morgan Library and Museum, shows his art at Cavelier Galleries and has taught oil painting at The Art Students League of New York. His work is permanently installed in the New York City transit system at The Beach 60th Street Station. He recently co-founded The Drawing Foundation a non-profit, dedicated to the art of drawing. He has also written and sold several screenplays.
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- Instructed Figure Drawing - (Instructor Lucas)Drawing New York, New York, NY$40.00
All levels are welcome.
In this class, we will focus on figure drawing and various drawing techniques. We begin with a short discussion/demo of different approaches to drawing. There is a live model for each session.
Please bring a pad up to 18×24, a 2H, HB, and 4B pencil, and an eraser.
If you don't know what to bring we recommend the following supplies.
This uninstructed session begins with short poses for attendees to warm up. The longest poses are 20 minutes. We take a 5-minute break every 20 minutes. There are cookies and fresh water available. We listen to music while we work. Please bring your supplies (we have limited supplies to lend out).Looking forward to seeing you!
PLEASE NOTE:
- We can not accommodate dry pastels (for health reasons), open ink containers, or paint other than watercolor.
- Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the moderator to prevent disruption to other artists.
- Because of the limited space, we can not offer any refunds for the session. I appreciate your understanding.
- Absolutely no photography while the model is posing.
We encourage attendees to purchase tickets through the Drawing America website, where they receive a 5% CREDIT ON EVERY PURCHASE that they can use towards their next purchase.
- Saturday Figure Drawing (host Jeff)Drawing New York, New York, NY$35.00
Join us for Saturday Figure Drawing from 12:00 - 3:00 pm. We draw from a live model.
This uninstructed session begins with short poses for attendees to warm up. The longest poses are 20 minutes. We take a 5-minute break every 20 minutes. There are cookies and fresh water available. We listen to music while we work. Please bring your supplies (we have limited supplies to lend out).
If you don't know what to bring we recommend the following supplies.
Looking forward to seeing you!
PLEASE NOTE:
- We can not accommodate dry pastels (for health reasons), open ink containers, or paint other than watercolor.
- Latecomers will be seated at the moderator's discretion to prevent disruption to other artists.
- Because of the limited space, we can not offer any refunds for the session. Thank you for being so understanding.
- Absolutely no photography while the model is posing.
We encourage attendees to purchase tickets through the Drawing America website where they receive a 5% CREDIT ON EVERY PURCHASE that they can use towards their next purchase.
- Sunday Long Pose - Figure Drawing (host Jeff)Drawing New York, New York, NY$40.00
The uninstructed session features a single long pose for the entire session so you can create a completed drawing. We take a 5-minute break every 20 minutes and a long break in the middle of the session.
There are cookies and fresh water available. We listen to music while we work. Please bring your supplies (we have limited supplies to lend out).
If you don't know what to bring we recommend the following supplies.
Looking forward to seeing you!
PLEASE NOTE:
- We can not accommodate dry pastels (for health reasons), open ink containers, or paint other than watercolor.
- Latecomers will be seated at the moderator's discretion to prevent disruption to other artists.
- Because of the limited space, we can not offer refunds for the session. Thank you for your understanding.
- Absolutely no photography while the model is posing.
We encourage attendees to purchase tickets through the Drawing America website where they receive a 5% CREDIT ON EVERY PURCHASE that they can use towards their next purchase.
