Finding Your Narrative (In-Person Class)

Finding Your Narrative: Subject Matter & Content

Steve Mumford | Fall II | Fridays, Oct 30 - Dec 11

Class Description:

Use a guided meditation technique to explore color, background and portraiture unique to your artistic vision.

You’ve taken some classes in drawing, painting from the figure, perhaps anatomy or composition… now what? It’s time to express yourself as an artist! A time-honored way is through narrative. Maybe you’ve got some ideas: a painting of your wonderful, dysfunctional family Thanksgiving, your daughter’s crazy Santacon adventure, Daenerys Targaryen feeding White Walkers to her dragons… or maybe you don’t know what to paint, in which case this class will help guide you towards the important stories floating in your subconscious! In either case you’ll create one or more multi-figure narrative paintings that will look great in your apartment - or a gallery wall.

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Fall II Session Dates:

Scheduled occurrences for this class are as follows:

Week 1:	10/30/2026	6:30 pm - 9:30 pm ET
Week 2:	11/06/2026	6:30 pm - 9:30 pm ET
Week 3:	11/13/2026	6:30 pm - 9:30 pm ET
Week 4:	11/20/2026	6:30 pm - 9:30 pm ET
Week 5:	12/04/2026	6:30 pm - 9:30 pm ET
Week 6:	12/11/2026	6:30 pm - 9:30 pm ET

Skips Nov 27th due to Thanksgiving

Before Class - Welcome & How to Prepare for Class
Session 1: Large multi-figure composition - beginning the painting
Session 2: Large multi-figure composition - painting loosely
Session 3: A deep dive into the background with meditation
Session 4: A portrait - information from the subconscious
Session 5: Work on painting – with models
Session 6: Final Group Crit

$360.00
In-Person
6 Weeks
Intermediate to Advanced

Meet Your Instructor

Steve Mumford

Instructor

I’m an artist living and working in NYC and Tenants Harbor, Maine. I’ve shown my work at Postmasters Gallery in NYC for many years, as well as been in numerous group shows in the US and abroad. Part of my practice is drawing newsworthy situations from life and then composing paintings around these events, notably the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also more recently the George Floyd protests in Portland, OR, and migrants crossing the border wall in Arizona. Many of these reportorial drawings have been published as portfolios in Harpers Magazine. I’ve taught for many years at the NY Academy, as well as other area schools, including The Cooper Union, Brooklyn College and SVA.