Ecorche class

The ecorche sculptures are getting some muscle action. This class, taught by Jiwoong Cheh meets once a week for advanced painting students.

Scott Waddell painting

Here is a recent painting by GCA instructor Scott Waddell
Scott teaches in the core program on a weekly basis. He also teaches long pose figure painting on Thursday nights for part time students and a summer workshop on figure painting from July 20-31.

Luciana by Scott Waddell, oil on canvas 2009

Daily Figure Sculpture, week 2

Here are photos from the morning sculpture class at the end of week 2. Taught by Mason Sullivan, this class meets for 4 hours every morning and is part of the core program curriculum. Most of the students in this class are painters, but we have a few who are strictly sculpture students.

Student work - mid february

We're about half way through February, here's an update on some of the studies in progress. Theres about 8 days left on all the figure poses, so I'll post more photos at the end of the month.


Danny Grant


Angela Cunningham finishing the underpainting last week

Angela's cast painting at the end of today


Still life Demo in progress by instructor Tony Curanaj


Joshua LaRock


Angela Cunningham

Sculptures in progress

This month I will be posting photos of the figure sculptures as they progress. These are from day 6 of the class which meets 4 hours each morning with Mason Sullivan. Students in this class are mostly painters and will spend a few months doing sculpture in the mornings to deepen their understanding of the human form.

Met Holiday Mondays

The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens the doors of its main building to the public on Presidents' Day, February 16. (The next Met Holiday Monday will be Memorial Day, May 25.) Before the Met Holiday Mondays were initiated in 2003, the Museum was closed to the public every Monday for 30 years.
If you go, check out the special exhibit “Raphael to Renoir: Drawings from the Collection of Jean Bonna”
Ranging through 500 years of art history, from the Renaissance to 1900, and representing a diversity of artistic schools in Italy, Northern Europe, France, and Great Britain, among other regions. The selection includes works by famous artists—such as Carpaccio, Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Parmigianino, Canaletto, Rembrandt, Claude Lorrain, Watteau, Chardin, Boucher, Fragonard, Goya, Ingres, Gericault, Delacroix, Manet, Burne-Jones, Whistler, Degas, Cézanne, Renoir, Gauguin, Van Gogh, and Seurat—as well as superb and poignant drawings by others less well-known.

Trompe L'oeil at John Pence Gallery

February 12th to March 21st
Reception for Artists: Thursday, Feb. 12th 6-8 pm
750 Post Street, San Francisco
(415)441-1138

The John Pence Gallery in San Francisco has a great show opening this week that includes several Grand Central Academy instructors and former Water Street Atelier students: Camie Davis, Sarah Lamb, Kate Lehman, Juliette Aristides, Tony Curanaj, Douglas Flynt, Nicholas Hiltner, Edward Minoff, and Sam Wisneski.

Tony Curanaj, Nom De Plume, Oil on Canvas, 39 x 24 inches, 2007

Photo of the week

Random group photo, to send off with Nancy Fletcher on her next adventure! We'll miss you Nancy

Monday's portrait class

Here are a few of the portraits from the Monday afternoon class taught by Camie Davis.

by Carla Crawford

by Brandon Beckstrom

by Kenneth Salaz

by Emilie Lee

Daily Figure Sculpture

Here are January's finished sculptures from the morning class. This was a month long pose that met for 4 hours a day, taught by Mason Sullivan.

Mark Porter

Angela Cunningham

Mark Porter

Hyeseung Marriage-Song

Sam Wisneski

Angela Cunningham

Rebecca Gray