Fall 2026 · Lesson 3
Four Trees: One Object, Four Choices
A tree can be painted as a believable tree, a pattern, a feeling, a symbol, or almost pure structure.
ColorAbstractionNature & Landscape
Fall 2026 · Lesson 5
Autumn Light, & Poetry
Explore how autumn light, color, and shadow can make a place feel calm or stir other feelings.
Light & ShadowNature & LandscapeArt & Poetry
Spring 2026 · Lesson 5
How Artists Learned to See: Perspective
Around 1415, the Florentine architect Filippo Brunelleschi made a discovery that changed painting forever.
Perspective & SpaceNature & LandscapeComposition
Spring 2026 · Lesson 6
Framing Nature — Three Gardens, Three Ways of Seeing
Across cultures and centuries, artists have used gardens to say something about power, beauty, grief, identity, and our relationship with the natural world.
Nature & LandscapePerspective & SpaceAncient & Global Cultures
Fall 2025 · Lesson 2
The Delicacy of Shapes: Rachel Ruysch’s Still Life of Art and Science
In other words, Ruysch created bizarre ecologies where apple blossoms and orange lilies could bloom in concert.
Still LifeNature & LandscapeLight & Shadow
Fall 2025 · Lesson 5
The Drama of Composition: Picture Inside Pictures
Compositional framing is a technique in art that uses elements within the artwork to create a "frame" around a focal point, guiding the viewer's eye and emphasizing the subject
CompositionNature & LandscapeLight & Shadow