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Adult Studio Workshop

Drawing Connections: Relief Sculpture and Mark-Making with Rembrandt

Classes

Vertical painted portrait of a young Rembrandt. He sits, his body in 3/4 view to the right; his smooth face looks out at the viewer. He wears a black hat with a feather over his puffy dark hair, in a voluminous robe with a gold chain draped across his sho

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
11 am – 2 pm EDT
Exhibition Galleries

Learn observational drawing and sculptural techniques through exploration of artworks on view in The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt while the galleries are closed to the public. During this in-person workshop taught by teaching artist Hollie Ecker, look closely at paintings, prints, and Jewish ceremonial objects by Rembrandt and his contemporaries. Participants will be guided through a variety of art-making processes, including observational drawing, tonal studies emphasizing light and dark, printmaking, relief sculpture and metal repoussé.

 

All skill levels welcome; all materials provided.

 

$50 General; $40 Members

Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait, Age 23, 1629. Oil on oak panel, 35 ¼ x 29 in. (89.7 x 73.5 cm). Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, P21n6