This fall class is now closed for registration. Winter session will go on sale December 1 for classes starting in January.

Wednesdays, Ten-week session, Oct 3 to Dec 19 (No Class Oct 17 and Nov 21)

Course Description: Working exclusively in the galleries, focus on basic drawing elements including line, texture, shading, and composition, then learn and practice a variety of techniques with different media such as leads, kneaded erasers, ink, charcoal and pastel pencils, and plastipastels. You may bring your own supplies; a list of required materials is distributed during first class.

Instructor: Leila Joy Rosenthal

Leila Joy Rosenthal has been teaching a variety of Children's, Adult, and the City of Boston's High School Art Scholarship Classes at the Museum of Fine Arts for 51 years. Teaching art is her first career and first love; her second love began 35 years ago when she began to study Dental Technology. Combining her drawing and sculpture skills in a more financially practical fashion, she is now a Clinical Associate Professor at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. For the past 30 years, she has followed her third love of singing with the Zamir Chorale of Boston.