The Atelier School of Classical Realism

Great school if you want to learn classical realism. Instruction is Tuesday through Thursday 3 hours a day, either afternoons or evenings. Much less expensive than the full time art schools, but flexible allowing extra hours. Currently $ 400 a month makes it a great value for students that need to work or cannot go full time. You begin with drawing without lines then move into painting.

BEST art class in the Bay Area! If you’re serious about improving your technical skills in drawing and painting, and want to create works that resemble the old masters’, this is the place for you! I came here last summer (I haven’t been back since due to school, unfortunately), but this place is amazing! You get one-​on-​one personal instruction with the wonderful grandfatherly instructor, David Hardy, who you can always strike up interesting conversations with! He was reading us a book on Southern Belle manners in a mock-​Southern accent while we were drawing at one point, which was so funny! It’s a serious class, but not stuffy, and it’s a great experience! I hope to be able to come back in the future and improve some more!