Online Tutoring in Painting and Drawing

I am now accepting a limited number of private students for individual online tutoring. I teach portrait, figure, and still life oil painting and drawing in the classical realist tradition, based on my years of intensive training and teaching with artist Anthony Ryder. The focus of my work and instruction is to combine graceful, dimensional drawing with jewel-like light and color. Tuition is currently $100 per month for weekly lessons, critiques and demos through email and other online tools. I work with each student at his or her level, and have given private instruction to both beginners and professional artists. Students can choose a particular focus such as fundamentals of drawing, fundamentals of color, or general critiques and guidance. All students will be asked to provide good-quality digital images of their work for critique on a weekly basis. For more information or to sign up, please click here.

Bio:

Anna Wakitsch received her B.A. in Art Theory and Practice (Painting Concentration) from Northwestern University in 2001. In 2004, she began her study of painting and drawing with artist Anthony Ryder, and in 2006 moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she began working as Mr. Ryder’s teaching assistant at Andreeva Portrait Academy. She then taught as his assistant instructor in painting and drawing at The Ryder Studio from its opening in 2007 until she returned to the Chicago area in 2011. While in Santa Fe, Anna also studied anatomy with Geoffrey Laurence, and painting and drawing with Kevin Gorges. She has taught private lessons and workshops in Santa Fe, Dallas, and Chicago. Her work is collected internationally and has been published in the magazines American Artist Drawing (Spring 2010) and American Art Collector (October 2008), in articles about The Ryder Studio. Anna has participated in group shows in New York state, Santa Fe, and the Chicago area, and currently exhibits at Haynes Galleries in Thomaston, Maine.

Small works for sale on my blog

I currently have some little drawing and painting studies available here: Small Works for Sale

There are several new studies in addition to many things collected from my time at the Ryder Studio: figure drawings on toned paper and a few poster studies. Most of the smaller pieces are $25-35.

Cinderella

Cinderella, oil on canvas paper, 4" x 4"

A tiny, pale-gold pumpkin sparkles with cool light from a window, warm incandescent bounced into the shadows, and blue reflected light.
This study is for sale on eBay; please click here for more information.

Small oil study for sale: Rainy Day Pearl

oil on canvas paper, 3" x 3"

I started working on this pearl during a rainy day and liked the subtle grey-on-grey effect.
This study is for sale through eBay; please click here for more information.

Self-portrait study

oil on canvas paper, 13 cm diameter

Small oil study for sale: Jewel Box

Jewel Box, oil on canvas paper, 3" x 3"

I am offering this study for sale through eBay.
If you are interested in purchasing, please click here.

Tree study in progress

There is a cute little Japanese maple in our yard, and I am attempting a small study of it on toned paper. The network of branches and leaves is so complicated and fascinating! This was meant to be a preliminary study of the overall movement and pathways in the tree. I have started studying through Ted Jacobs' book The Dictionary of Human Form, and there is a page on "The Tree as A Unified Organism" (p. 811) which is proving to be helpful in analyzing what at first appeared to be an indecipherable tangle of vegetation!