Georgetown Imaginative Realism
9 September 2024 -
13 June 2025
Georgetown
Full: $9950
A classical drawing and painting program, which also recognizes the critical role that imaginative realism plays within the classics. This program is taught by Tenaya Sims (ARC Salon Best in Show 2016 award), and program graduates Happy D. and Scott Allen.
At the Georgetown Atelier, students first learn core subjects, such as constructive anatomy, value studies, perspective, cast drawing, etc., working from observation. Then students learn how to extend beyond observation into the inventive. The 'Rock Project' is one such example of a bridge between the observational and the imaginative. Here, students first draw a rock from observation, and study its visual properties (planar vs. round, quality of texture, lighting, etc). Then students draw a rock from 'imagination', informed by their observational studies of the real rock.
Time Commitment
Fall: Start date in September.
Winter: Start date in January.
Spring: Start date in April.
Tenaya Sims
Tenaya founded his own academy called Georgetown Atelier in 2008. After seven years as an independent organization, Georgetown Atelier merged with Gage Academy of Art in August, 2016. Over the past 8 years, Tenaya has exhibited his work at a variety of galleries and venues...
Teaching Artists
Happy D.
Happy D. is an imaginative realism oil painter who is inspired by ethereal and feminine aesthetics. She was a self taught oil painter for 8 years and built her art career online, including the highly popular YouTube channel...
Scott Allen
Scott Allen was trained first as a violin maker, and then in the restoration of antique instruments, and has been working as a luthier in Seattle since 2011. With a deep appreciation for time-honored techniques...
