Funny GCA Workshop Promo Video!

We're hard-pressed to name another workshop promo this good! 


*Student-actors are representing the study habits of fictional characters.
*Created without the guidance or assistance of Scott Waddell.

Written & directed by Anthony Baus
Starring Anthony Baus, Athena Gibson & Sam Worley
Cinematography: James Morren

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BEGINNING TO APPLIED PERSPECTIVE
August 5 - 23
w/ Sam Wisneski & Anthony Baus

Sign up for all three weeks or Week 1 and Weeks 2&3 individually.

-WEEK 1: PERSPECTIVE CONCEPTS
(August 5 - 9)
Designed for artists of all levels who are interested in rendering convincing three-dimensional spaces. Students will begin by learning mechanical one and two-point perspective through daily drawing exercises in order to accurately render objects from observation as well as imagination. Morning lectures will introduce the basics of perspective concepts and begin to inform the artist how to render three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface. We will also discuss how perspective has been employed by artists of the past.

-WEEKS 2&3: APPLIED PERSPECTIVE
(August 12 - 23)
Designed for people who are familiar with and have a basic understanding of perspective concepts. We will be applying our knowledge to specific drawing exercises employing either strict linear perspective or free hand perspective derived through sketching. Each student will execute figure drawings from life and place the figures within a real or imaged space of their choice. Here the student will be able to further explore perspective concepts to specifically suit their needs.

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Monday Portraits

Here are a few portraits from the 4 hour session on Mondays -

Brendan Johnston

Audrey Rodriguez

Rick Piloco

Mariana Hernandez-Rivera

Alexandro Berrios

Michelle Palatnik

End of Year Student Art Exhibition - Friday, May 24

Announcing the Water Street Atelier's

End of Year

Student Art Exhibition

Friday, May 24, 6:30 - 8:30pm

*Free and Open to the Public*

Peruse portrait, figure, cast, still-life and landscape drawings, paintings and sculptures by our full time students. Refreshments will be served. Stay late on the dance floor!

By Brendan Johnston

GCA Studios - 6th Floor

20 West 44th Street

(between 5th & 6th Avenues)

To RSVP, click here!

Photos from the BAA End of Term Exhibition

Here are a few photos from the Beaux Arts Atelier End of Term Exhibition - the architecture students have been doing great work downstairs, from sculpture, figure drawing, architectural renderings, sketches, and master copies to much more!

Photo Credit to Mariana Hernandez-Rivera

Core Student Work

Here are some pieces from students in year 1-4. We're in our final stretch of the core program, with six weeks to go. Check back later this week for more in progress works from the studio!

Save the Date! 

Water Street Atelier 

Student Art Exhibition Opening Reception 

Friday, May 24, 6:30 - 8:30pm

Alexandro Berrios

Alexandro Berrios

Andrew Bonneau

Andrew Bonneau

Athena Gibson

Athena Gibson

Brendan Johnston

Brendan Johnston

Connor de Jong

Devin Cecil-Wishing

Grant Perry

Jon Brogie

Joseph Loomis

Joseph Loomis

Liz Beard

Liz Beard

Michelle Palatnik

Michelle Palatnik

Rodrigo Mateo

Rodrigo Mateo

Shihwen Wu

Rebecca Gray

Rebecca Gray

4 hour portrait - Leeanna Chipana

Jaime Morren

Jaime Morren

One more week: Three Rick Piloco Paintings on View at Ettinger Gallery

Currently on view at Eleanor Ettinger Gallery on 57th Street are three paintings by GCA Portrait Sketch instructor Rick Piloco. The paintings hang in a group show called The Figure in American Art that runs through Friday, April 20.

Also on view are works by Gregory Calibey, Michael de Brito, Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso, Hunter Eddy, Daniel Graves, Daniel E. Greene N.A., Glenn Harrington, Steve Huston, Gregg Kreutz, Paul G. Oxborough, Nicholas Raynolds, Justin Taylor, Adam Vinson, Janice Urnstein-Weissman, Zach Zdrale.

Eleanor Ettinger Gallery
24 West 57th Street
NY, NY
212-925-7474

Drop by Ettinger before next Friday to see the real paintings!

By Rick Piloco

By Rick Piloco

By Rick Piloco

We Have Three Judges!

We're pleased to announce the Panel of Judges
for our upcoming Figure Drawing Competition, June 3 - 7!


Jacob Collins
Painter, Founder of the GCA, Water Street Atelier, & the Hudson River Fellowship

Travis Schlaht
Painter and Founding Fellow of the Hudson River Fellowship

Perrin Stein
Curator of Drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

• To request an application, click here!
• For competition details, check out our recent blog post.
• All other questions, email: grandcentralacademy@gmail.com

Scroll down for images of the winning drawings from the 2010 competition!

By Darren Kingsley, 1st Place

By Will St. John, 2nd Place

By Carla Crawford, 3rd Place

Assorted Works from March

Here are some finished works from March, as a continuation of the works in this earlier post.

Andrew Bonneau

Patrick Byrnes

Matt Weigle

Katie Whipple

Katie Whipple

Allison Parker

Rodrigo Mateo

Connor de Jong

Liz Beard

Connor de Jong - 3 hr sketch

Sarah Bird

Shihwen Wu - poster study