All online classes are delivered in bite-sized lessons and are given in English with subtitles available in English and French.
TRAILER
In this 2 minutes description, you will learn how you can enjoy to create your own masterpieces at home.
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VIDEO LESSONS THAT INSPIRE
SWISS ARTIST STÉPHANE DUCRET GIVES EASY STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PAINT LIKE POST-MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MASTERS.
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO PAINT AND BUILD A PERSONAL COLLECTION OF SOME OF TODAY'S MOST ICONIC ARTWORKS!
MAY YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE WITH ART, LEARN MORE ABOUT ARTISTS AND THEIR TECHNIQUES, OR EVEN IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST WHO WANTS TO FIND DEEPER INSPIRATIONS AND DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS : THIS CLASS IS FOR YOU !
Hi, I'm Stéphane Ducret
And I am a Swiss professional visual artist with more than 30 years of experience and I come here with a unique and proven step-by-step painting teaching class.
I am a graduate with BFA & MFA at HEAD (Haute école d’art et de design), Geneva and I have been on the board of directors and teacher at ECAL (Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne), Lausanne. I also founded two art galleries in New York and Geneva and directed one Lausanne.
In 2016, having felt a block in my own artistic practice, I created ART CLASSE where, since then, hundreds of participants have succeeded in painting many real "fake" paintings after famous great masters...
And finally, thanks to my REAL/FAKE workshops, I myself have found creative inspiration for my individual practice.
Class after Christopher Wool
One of the first classes had to be done about this emblematic artist who inspired the ART CLASSE logo.
Class after André Butzer
In Ducret’s painting classes, children always mix with adults and it gives a very positive energy.
Class after Mark Rothko
"I am amazed every day by the masterpieces that my students paint, like this 4-year-old!" says Stéphane.
Class after Gerhard Richter
Learning new techniques is the base: those Abstract Paintings are always different, always unique.
Class after Christopher Wool
The painting says it all… "Today is my favorite day" (with the kind admiration of artist Daniel Ybarra).
Class after Stanley Whitney
Music plays an important role in those classes: it is everywhere present, like in this artist’s paintings.
Class after Yayoi Kusama
Not only do you learn painting techniques, but just as importantly, you embrace the intimacy of the artist.
Class after Joe Bradley
Teaching about an artist sometimes brings up another… In this class: an amazing Joan Mitchell.
Class after Jean-Michel Basquiat
The best way to enjoy and improve oneself is to reconnect to our inner child.
Sample of an introduction about an artist's practice, before the painting class
In this short example (out of about 18 minutes), Stéphane Ducret starts to introduce the work of artist Rudolf Stingel, who is the subject of one of the Ateliers REAL/FAKE.
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Various samples of a painting class
In these shorts examples, Stéphane Ducret presents some tools and how to use them and then explains how to paint.
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Sample of a live painting class in Geneva
Watch Stéphane Ducret introduce one of his Ateliers REAL/FAKE to his students, filmed in Geneva in 2022.
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Choose a Pricing Option
comes with a 15-day full refund policy : If you feel like you don't get the value from these classes and additional bonuses, please email us at [email protected] within 15 days from your purchase and we will happily refund you the full amount paid, no question asked.
How to give a One Year Membership as a Gift ?
1. Complete the subscription form with your own name and address
2. Respond to the confirmation e-mail asking me for a gift Coupon code, so that I can issue it for you to send at any time to the lucky one!
Tools and Materials
Each class comes with a detailed list of materials and tools that you will need and at least for Switzerland (France and Germany soon too), a direct link for each item to one unique online shop where you can get the most affordable greatest painting products, delivered at your home or studio space in matter of days.
Many tools, such as brushes, cups or scissors, to name a few, are reusable.