Visual Composition Workshop (Spring 2026)

Visual Composition Workshop - Online

Robert Dale Williams | Spring 2026 | Mar 21 - 22

Class Description:

This workshop invites students to explore design strategies that organize subjects, light, and space.

By integrating their sketches, studies, and reference images, students will learn how to shape visual narratives with heightened intention and clarity. The class will examine a variety of compositional tools and techniques, including compositional grids, using light and shadow to guide the viewer’s eye, manipulating crisp versus blurred edges to suggest focus and atmosphere, and experimenting with both open compositions that feel expansive and closed compositions that feel contained. Utilizing these approaches—supported by digital paint-over demonstrations from Williams—students will build more dynamic and expressive visual compositions.

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Workshop Dates:

Scheduled occurrences for the next session of this class are as follows:

Day	Date	Time
Day 1:	3/21/2026	10 am - 5 pm ET
Day 2:	3/22/2026	10 am - 5 pm ET

Before Class - Welcome & How to Prepare for Class
Online Class Session Day 1
Online Class Session Day 2

$270.00
In-Person
2 Days
Beginner to Advanced

Meet Your Instructor

Robert Dale Williams

Instructor

Robert Dale Williams studied classical drawing and painting techniques at the New York Academy of Art Graduate School of Figurative Art. Following graduation from the Academy in 2004, he furthered his studies under Odd Nerdrum during three summer residencies in Norway. A guest lecturer at the Susquehanna Art Museum and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Williams joined the Continuing Studies faculty at the New York Academy of Art in 2022, drawing from his extensive experience as an instructor of drawing, painting, anatomy, and design courses at six art institutions. Featured in collections worldwide, he has exhibited in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, and Norway.