The Ryder Studio
Intensive Portrait Painting
Atelier Session III
1) Direct Portrait Painting on Toned Ground
2) Unabridged Form Painting
02.03.25 - 03.14.25
Contact: celeste@theryderstudio.com 505-603-9980
SUMMER 2025
2-WEEK WORKSHOPS
FIGURE DRAWING: 05.12.25 - 05.23.25
PORTRAIT DRAWING: 05.26.25 - 06.06.25
PORTRAIT PAINTING: 06.09.25 - 06.20.25
CONTACT:
505-603-9980
celeste@theryderstudio.com
"I recommend The Ryder Studio
to absolutely anyone who has a serious interest in becoming an accomplished representational painter."
Atelier student,
Lauren Lee
ATELIER​
OPEN REGISTRATION
SESSION III
02.03.25 - 03.14.25
INTENSIVE PORTRAIT PAINTING
SESSION IV
03.24.25 - 05.02.25
FIGURE DRAWING AND PAINTING
CONTACT:
505-603-9980
CELESTE@THERYDERSTUDIO.COM
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"The teaching will utterly
transform your vision."
Atelier student,
Laura O'Brien
"The Ryder Studio offers an unparalleled experience that will elevate your artistry and ignite your passion for creating art. Highly recommended."
Atelier student,
Renu Marwaha
OUR SCHOOL
​Established in 2007 and located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, The Ryder Studio offers classes in drawing and painting from life in a naturalistic style that unites classical drawing with clear, brilliant color and light.
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Our yearly cycle of courses consists of three, two-week Summer Workshops, in figure drawing, portrait drawing and portrait painting, and from September to April, a comprehensive, 24-week long life drawing and painting Atelier, open to full and part-time enrollment.
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Our teaching has its origins in the philosophy and techniques of Ted Seth Jacobs, revered draftsman, painter, teacher and author, with whom Anthony and Celeste Ryder studied from 1983 to 1989. It is suitable for beginning, intermediate and advanced students, ages sixteen and up.
Principal instructor:
Anthony Ryder
Associate instructors:
Celeste Simon Ryder, John Reger and M. Tobias Hall
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OUR CLASSES
Classes meet six hours a day, Monday through Friday, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Students and instructors paint and draw from the live model. Frequent demonstrations. Detailed instruction.
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OUR BELIEF
We are animated by a sincere and abiding devotion to the teachings of our instructor, Ted Seth Jacobs, one of a very few true masters, through whom the centuries' old traditions of painting and drawing have survived into the modern age.
Ted Seth Jacobs (1927-2019) with his class at
The Art Students League of New York, 1981.
Artist's Models Needed.
Contact Celeste: celeste@theryderstudio.com
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