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ABOUT US
When the artist is alive in any person ... he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and he opens ways for better understanding.
-Robert Henri
Now in our 21st year, the Creators Workshop offers fine art instruction for children and adults. Our school is founded on the principle of offering students a fine art education in a professional, working studio environment. Under the tutelage of owner/instructor Michael Malzone, students are taught classic traditional techniques in drawing and painting, and in which they can learn, practice and develop their skills. Whether the student aspires to a career in art or just for enjoyment, our goal is to make the art of art instruction a fun and enriching experience.
About Michael Malzone
Artist/Instructor/Owner
Mike Malzone has been an artist for over 30 years. As a painter and illustrator, his artwork has appeared in magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, and sportswear. His original paintings and prints are sold in galleries and through his studio. His artwork has exhibited in many regional shows including the Hudson Valley Art Association, American Professional Artists League, Salmagundi Club, NY., National Arts Club, NY Lambert Castle Museum, Dey Mansion, and many others.
This event is filled to capacity. We plan on scheduling another event soon. Thank you
FALL SCHEDULE 2022
Children & Adults
SIGN UP ANYTIME!
Class size is limited to 18 students per session
CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER TUES. SEPT. 6
TUESDAY (Children & teens)
PAINTING & DRAWING
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm6:00 pm - 7:30
FRIDAY (Children & teens)
PAINTING & DRAWING
4:00 pm - 5:30 pmSaturdays 10 am class is full to capacity at this time. Please e-mail me and I will let you know when space is available. Mikemalzone@Gmail.com
SATURDAY (Children & teens)
Painting & Drawing
10 am - 11:30 amCLICK HERE TO REGISTER
ADULT SCHEDULE
Class size is limited to 15 students per session
THURSDAY
PAINTING & DRAWING
7:00 pm -9:30 pmFRIDAY
PAINTING & DRAWING
9:30 am - 12:00 pmSATURDAY
Painting & Drawing
11:30 am - 1:30 pmCLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Meet Our Instructors
Creators Workshop is proud to have some of the most talented young artists in the area to work with our students.
Ms. Amanda
It is a real privilege to have Ms. Amanda a part of the Creators Workshop for over ten years. A Monmouth College graduate, Ms. Amanda teaches art in the Waldwick school system
Ms. Sophia
Sophia came to our school three years ago as a student and continues to study with us along with teaching on the weekend. A student of Wayne Hills, Sophia certainly has a bright future in art
Ms. Connie
Connie is tired of me telling her she might be the most talented student I ever met, but too bad! A real prodigy, Connie joined us about five years ago as a student and has been an instructor for the last two. She graduated from Wayne Hills this year and is headed to Rice University to study what else....Art!
Ms. Molly
We are elated to have Ms. Molly with us at our school. Molly joined us in late Spring, 2o22. Extremely talented, Molly is attending Montclair State College majoring in art education.
Mr. Mike
Michael Malzone has been a professional artist for over thirty five years as a painter and illustrator.
Mike started the Creators Workshop in 2001 and is the owner/instructor.
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CURRICULUM
What you'll learn at the Creators Workshop
Fine Art Instruction....
The Creators Workshop Way!
DRAWING & PAINTING
Drawing
We are enhancing are drawing and painting classes with more serious methods of studies.
Our drawing classes incorporate a modified version of the classical drawing course formulated by Jean-Léon Gérôme and Charles Bargue in the late 1800's, one of the most influential art-education programs in the world. From Paris to London to New York, major museums and art schools used the course. Students from Diego Rivera, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh and hundreds of other art students spent weeks and months making exact copies of the lithographs of plaster casts, great master drawings, and life drawings.
Many great art schools and ateliers around the US today still utilize the Bargue method and are rediscovering its value to the aspiring artist.
I have come to the opinion as a private art instructor that despite the innovation in graphics and photography due to technology and computers, artists still need to draw! That's our job, to provide our students with great classical, traditional drawing skills, and enjoying the process.
Traditional representational painting in Acrylics, Oils, & Watercolors
The title sounds stuffy, but that's what we've been successfully teaching our students the past twenty years. A very sound method and approach to painting, based on the nineteenth-century ateliers and studios. Our goal is to impart a deep understanding of the guiding principles of painting, understanding of tonal values and the nature of light and how we perceive it. Through the study of landscape, seascape, still life, and portraits, the art student explores the skills of composition, an understanding of color, the prismatic palette, and methods and materials of executing a successful painting. Our approach to color and our palette is based on the Munsell color system combined with the prismatic palette passed down from Frank Vincent Dumond, which was taught at the Art Students League. Using the Munsell system puts our students light years ahead of other art school methods and through practice, any artist can attain any color in color space using this method. Dumond's palette breaks down the Munsell system making it applicable to painting any subject matter. Pretty exciting stuff!Annual Online Student Art Exhibit
We're happy to present our Annual student art exhibit from April 2021 online for the first time. Enjoy the wonderful art from our children & adult students. Click on image to see full artwork.
MIKE'S ART
You can see more of Mike's art at www.Michaelmalzone.com
About the artist Michael Malzone
Michael Malzone has been a professional artist for over thirty five years as a painter and illustrator.
His illustrations has appeared on greeting cards, magazines, newspapers and sportswear. His original oil paintings and reproductions are sold in galleries, frame shops, and also available in his studio/gallery.
Malzone is the owner/instructor of the Creators Workshop Art School located in Wayne, NJ where he teaches painting, drawing, and cartooning to over 100 children and adults weekly.
His artwork has exhibited in many regional shows including the Salmagundi Club, NY, National Arts Club,NY, Lyme Art Assoc.,CT Ridgewood Art Institute, NJ,
Memberships include the Hudson Valley Art Association.
- Safety Protocol & Guidelines
With the present situation, we request registration online. We are allowing 18 students per class, so seating availability will be on a first come, first serve basis.
In accordance with the NJ guidelines we will meet the cleaning & sanitation procedures for the utmost safety of our students, as followed;
- Our classroom is configured so students will meet the 3 feet distancing requirements. Students will be required to remain in their seats during the duration of class except for using the restroom.
- Only students will be permitted in the school. We've always enjoyed meeting parents and siblings but for the time being, we ask you to wait outside. My assistant and I are happy to escort your child from and to the car.
- Students will have their temperature taken before starting classes
- Students will be encouraged to wash hands before and after class once they enter our school.
- Students are required to provide their own mask
- Myself and my assistant instructor will maintain the utmost sanitary measures, wearing masks, washing hands frequently.
- Prior and after each class we will sanitize the handles, tables, bathroom, etc.We hope we've covered all the bases to make our school a safe environment so our students can enjoy learning art with us. If you have something to share and improve our guidelines, I'd love to hear from you.
Sincerely,
Michael Malzone
Art Instructor & Owner at
Creators Workshop Art School PRICES & POLICIES
REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR OUR 2020 SESSION
Registration & Payment policies
Payment: $120 per month,(Classes are weekly)
$40 per individual class
Payments are due on the 1st of the month.
10% Discount - 4 Month Prepaid- $432.00 (ask for details)Please make checks payable to: Creators Workshop LLC
Mail to: Creators Workshop 21 Pompton Plains Crossroads, Wayne, NJ 07470
Credit card payments accepted at studio & online at: www.Creatorsworkshop.comRegistration
The Creators Workshops requires registrations using the enrollment forms available at the studio or online at www.Creatorsworkshop.com Creators Workshop does not accept registration for art classes over the phone.
- Registrations are processed in the order in which they are received. Class enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Creators Workshop reserves the right to refuse admission or dismiss any student due to inappropriate behavior.
- Registration is complete when Creators Workshop is in receipt of full payment.
- Students enrolling after the first week will have tuition pro-rated for classes not attended.Materials and Supplies
Students are responsible for supplying their own materials in both painting & drawing classes.We have complete acrylic paint kits available for sale at our school. See ART STORE
For additional questions, see Mike
Make Up Classes
Missed classes can be made within the month or the following month in which the class was missed.
Classes can be made up in an alternative class time at the instructors discretion
Classes missed cannot be credited to the next month.Refunds for Children & Adult Classes
Since Creators Workshop does not require long term session payments, we do not offer refunds.
Transfers
Students may transfer to any class not already filled.
Weather
Creators Workshop will close for snow and inclement weather at our discretion. We will post closings on our website at: www.Creatorsworkshop.com two hours before class time
Lost property
Creators Workshop is not responsible for artwork and other property left on the premises, and has no liability if such property is lost or stolen. Any property or artwork left behind after six months will be discarded
Gift Certificates
Gift certificates are a great gift for birthdays, holidays, or any occasion! You can purchase one class or a month. See Mike
Photography
Creators Workshop will occasionally document classes and student work using photography and video for promotional purposes only. If you do not want yourself, your child, or your artwork photographed, please notify us in writing or e-mail at mikemalzone@gmail.comREGISTER ONLINE
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WHAT'S NEW
Everything that's new and news at the Creators Workshop!
The Creators Workshop re-opens Wednesday, Jan 2. We look forward to a creative 2019 season together! For more info. call Mike at 973-720-0001 or e-mail: mikemalzone@gmail.com
Happy New Year to all our friends!
I wish you a happy 2018, and as always grateful to share my love for art here at the Creators Workshop Art School & Studio. We had a great 2017 with many new faces and plenty of wonderful art from all our students. We look forward to a creative New Year together !
I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you, your family, and friends a wonderful
holiday season! We're finishing up another great year of art and creativity at our school,
so as always I am truly thankful for this wonderful privilege.
Warm regards,
MikeHere is our holiday schedule;
2017-18 Holiday Schedule
Classes are open unless noted below
Thanksgiving, Nov. 23 - Closed
School closed Dec. 25 - Dec. 31
Re-opens Tues., Jan. 2, 2018
Celebrate National Arts in Education Week with our FREE Art Workshops!
We're celebrating"National Arts in Education Week" with some great, free art workshops thru September & October!
To Register for any of our Free workshops click here:
https://creatorsworkshop.wufoo.com/forms/q1m1m9j20kf1y05/Frederick Waugh, America's Greatest Seascape Painter
You can feel the pounding of the surf and the smell the salty air with almost every one of his paintings.
Frederick Waugh is widely considered America's greatest and most popular marine painter. A fellow Garden Stater at birth, Waugh was born in Bordentown in 1861, but his quest for painting waves against a rocky coastline took him all around the world, creating a body of work unsurpassed by any other seascape artist to this day. Many years ago I came into possession of an "American Artist" magazine, with a great article on Frederick Waugh by George R. Havens, dated 1969.I'm excited to share this wonderful read with you and whether you like seascape painting or not, this an excellent primer for the painter at any level.....Enjoy
By Far The Greatest Art Instruction Book!
Andrew Loomis dominated the illustration field from the twenties through the fifties but his greatest gift was his art instruction publications. Today Loomis's successful how-to art books remain the standard for learning illustration and I hope in can be found in every art classroom around.
I am pleased to share a pdf version of Creative Illustration and Drawing the head and hands. I'm an art book junkie so I certainly have at least two hard copies, one too valuable to circulate and the other I enjoy sharing with students. Work through these books and practice each section and I promise it will be the best education that no school can teach, well...not including the Creators Workshop!
Free Art Videos
Check out our new art instructional videos! Whether it's landscapes, seascapes, or still life, you'll find a lesson for you, for children and adults. And the best..they're absolutely free!
Click the links below for our free instructional videos, or you can visit our Creators Workshop Youtube playlist, CLICK HERE
Paint "Old Barney" Barnegat Lighthouse Paint Tutorial
Demo part 1 Click here
Demo part 2 Click here
Demo part 3 Click here
Demo part 4 Click here
Demo part 5 Click here
Demo part 6 Click here
Demo part 7 Click here
Demo part 8 Click here
Demo part 9 Click here
Demo part 10 Click here
Demo part 11 Click here
Painting the Skylands Botanical Gardens Paint Tutorial
Demo part 1 Click here
Demo part 3 Click here
Demo part 4 Click here
Demo part 5 Click here
Demo part 6 Click here
Demo part 7 Click here
Demo part 8 Click here
Painting Oranges Part 1 CLICK HERE
Painting Oranges Part 2 CLICK HERE
Painting Oranges Part 3 CLICK HERE
A Simple Landscape Part 1
A Simple Landscape Part 2
A Simple Landscape Part 3
A Simple Landscape Part 4
Paint the Sea Part 1
Paint the Sea Part 2
Paint the Sea Part 3
Paint the Sea Part 4
Paint the Sea Part 5
Paint the Sea Part 6
A short, simple pear demo to demonstrate basic lights and darks
Pear Demo part 1 Click here
Pear Demo part 2 Click here
Pear Demo part 3 Click here
Tree Demo Painting
Demo part 1 Click here
Demo part 2 Click here
Demo part 3 Click here
Demo part 4 Click here
Demo part 5 Click here
Demo part 6 Click here
Demo part 7 Click here
Demo part 8 Click here
Sailing on Greenwood Lake
Paint Tutorial
Demo part 1 Click here
Demo part 2 Click here
Demo part 3 Click here
Demo part 4 Click here
Demo part 5 Click here
Pears & Jug Still Life
Paint Tutorial
Demo part 1 Click here
Demo part 2 Click here
Demo part 3 Click here
Demo part 4 Click here
Demo part 5 Click here
Demo part 6 Click here
Painting in Laurelwood Gardens, Thursday 5/7/2020, 11" x 14" Oil on canvas panel, "The Artist"
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A Pond In The Woods 11" x 14" Oil on canvas panel
Demo part 1 Click Here
Demo part 2 Click Here
Demo part 3 Click Here
Demo part 4 Click Here
CONTACT US
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973-720-0001
21 Pompton Plains Crossroad
Wayne, NJ 07470
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