Barbara Zanelli
Selected pieces are available in high quality digital prints in any size up to 2x the original dimensions and can be sent anywhere in the world! Please contact the artist at barbarazanelli@gmail.com or call 267-975-6253 if you wish to order or make any other inquiries.
News & Exhibitions
Intro to Drawing @ Fleisher
September 9, 2024 1:00 pm
Intro to Drawing
You will learn step-by-step instructions on how to begin a drawing. You will learn about sighting techniques, negative space, visual measurements and the use of guidelines. We will start by drawing simple geometric shapes. In each class you will build on your skills and by drawing from life and copying, both single objects and a still life with multiple objects, you will learn to see in a whole new way. We will work primarily in pencil, adding pen and charcoal later on.
Concepts covered include composition, design, tone, line, and perspective.
Time: Mondays 1 – 4pm
Dates: Sept 9 – Nov 18 (10 sessions)
Location: Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catharine St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
First Steps to Drawing @ Fleisher (Tuition Free)
October 21, 2023 6:00 pm
First Steps
• Participants must have a valid Fleisher membership.
Anyone can learn to draw, including YOU! This course is designed for students who are just starting out, or maybe you’ve never drawn before. You will be introduced to key techniques that are necessary to the discipline of Drawing such as line quality, measuring negative space and proportions, gauging measurements using your pencil, picture plane and how to use a viewfinder while working from flat images, photographs, single objects and the still life.
Time: Mondays 6 – 8pm
Dates: Oct 21 – Nov 18 (5 sessions)
Location: Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catharine St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Joy of Drawing: Focus on Animals and People
September 20, 2024 1:00 pm
Designed for students who took First Steps, Joy of Drawing in the Spring, or already have a grasp of basic drawing techniques, this course takes you further into form, structure, and expression while keeping at your pace. Students will learn key concepts such as basic figure and portrait drawing, animal drawing, detailed rendering, quick sketching and perspective. Each class features a directed exercise designed to be used for more complex subject matter. This class is intended for those who are looking to take their drawing to the next level. Explore outdoor drawing on at least one day of class.
What you will learn:
1. Make detailed rendered value drawing of real objects
2. Explore different shading techniques
3. Gain more understanding of the structure of the human and animal head and body through studying basic anatomy
4. Begin to develop an understanding of decisive, quick sketching
5. Confidence and comfort with the materials
Time: Fridays 1pm – 3:30
Dates: Sept 20 – Nov 22 (10 sessions)
Location: Wayne Art Center, 413 Maplewood Ave, Wayne, PA 19087
Fall Into Color
September 28, 2024 10:00 am
Fall: Color Study
One of the biggest joys of oil paint is the vibrancy of color. Fall in love with color and oil painting all over again in this course where you will sharpen your observation skills, and also relax and enjoy the process of learning to see color as an oil painter.
We will be doing exercises called color studies as taught by Henry Henshe in the early 1900’s. These block studies are amazing for developing your ability to see value and color and mix it.
No matter what we choose to paint, we are always learning about the paint itself as we use it, and this, I believe, is the fun part! Come and join us in a relaxing and supportive professional studio environment in the company of others who love to paint!
Time: Saturdays 10am – 1pm
Dates: Sept 28 - Nov 23 (no class Oct 19) (8 classes)
Location: Repenning Fine Arts, 35 Kings Highway, Audubon, NJ
Beginner - Advanced
Sketch N Paint
October 8, 2024 10:00 am
This ongoing workshop is for anyone who wants to have FUN drawing, sketching, and painting. We will explore line, shape and shading with various mediums. Project: Week 1 - You will trace a delightful drawing of a camper trailer conceived by artist Nil Rocha in pencil, transfer it to watercolor paper and then draw the outlines in pen and ink and color it in with watercolor. A sample of this painting is on display in the lobby along with student’s artwork from previous classes. Each week there will be a different guided project that you will complete unless you have your own independent project idea. Art supplies are provided.
Time: Tuesdays 10am – 12pm
Dates: October 8 - Nov 26
Location: Journey’s Way, 403 Rector St, Philadelphia PA 19128
For More Information Call: 215-487-1750 ext. 1101
"The Continuum of Western Painting"
Click on Fall-Spring 2017, download, and go to page 13. Enjoy!
An article I wrote for the Villa Rossa Voice, Syracuse University's newsletter in Florence. Read about how my experience studying art history and painting in Florence, Italy in 1998 changed my life.
Click on Fall-Spring 2017, download, and go to page 13. Enjoy!
Harvest Gold
September 18, 2021 12:00 am
When I moved to East Falls in 2021, I fell in love with Osmond Street, a charming one block long street around the corner from my apartment. So, I did a little drawing of it with me in it to elicit the feelings I felt at that time. Little did I know it would be picked up by The Local, an East Falls newspaper to be their cover illustration! I also didn't yet know that I would soon be attending salons with new friends and neighbors on that street. The inhabitants of Osmond Street are what makes in special ~ everyone from the people to the trees to the flowers and the stones! Three years later, I am now established as an "honorary member" of the Osmond Street gang ;D