• August 5, 2024 - December 29, 2025
    10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Painting is difficult. It involves more than most imagine.  This class will give you the tools you need to analyze and create a work of art, and give you the skills to take your painting to a new level. Come equipped with your paints and canvas ready to join with others in a friendly supportive atmosphere, to learn (more…)


  • October 31, 2024 - December 19, 2024
    11:00 am - 2:00 pm

This is an opportunity to go beyond the mere application of paint on a canvas. It is a class that addresses the beginner as well as the more seasoned painter. It will give you the tools you need to analyze and critique your artwork, and the skills to take your painting to a new level. (more…)


  • November 13, 2024 - December 18, 2024
    6:00 pm - 8:00 am

This class is an online class geared toward all those who want to learn to draw through strong foundations. Drawing is the basis of much of the visual arts. Many of us artists were thrown into our creative lives without the drawing skills we need to make strong images. Here is a class which will teach you (more…)

Event Phone: 201 248 9776


  • January 7, 2025 - February 18, 2025
    4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Color Theory is the backbone of a painting. When you move from drawing to painting, you increase your variables. You are now not only having to work with value but with hue, saturation and temperature. Understanding how color works helps make sense of it all. In this class we will discuss the color wheel (more…)


  • January 9, 2025 - February 27, 2025
    11:00 am - 2:00 pm

This is a painting class based on the old masters. We will be working as well as researching a painter of your choice and attempting to incorporate some of the techniques of that painter into our own work. It is a chance to expand your skill set, learn more about other artists and in the process (more…)


  • February 26, 2025 - April 2, 2025
    6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

This is an opportunity to go beyond the mere application of paint on a canvas. It is a class that addresses the beginner as well as the more seasoned painter. It will give you the tools you need to analyze and critique your artwork, and the skills to take your painting to a new level. (more…)


  • March 13, 2025 - April 24, 2025
    11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Light – As a noun light is a natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible, As a verb it is a means to illuminate or ignite. On both a philosophical and physical level nothing exists without light. As Artists we need to see the light, we need to understand how to use light (more…)


  • April 16, 2025 - May 21, 2025
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

This class is an online class geared toward all those who want to learn to draw through strong foundations. Drawing is the basis of much of the visual arts. Many of us artists were thrown into our creative lives without the drawing skills we need to make strong images. Here is a class which will teach you (more…)


  • June 4, 2025 - July 9, 2025
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Now that you have an understanding of the basics of drawing, this class will take you to the next level. We will continue to work on the foundations but are going to be focusing on what makes art art. We will go on to talk about massing and value, working with a concept, composition and (more…)

Joe is excellent at working with individual students, helping them find their own unique way of artistic expression. In the 15 years I have served as Executive Director of the Center, I have not seen another instructor gather a following as quickly and keep it as long as Joe.

Executive Director, Art Center of Northern NJ

In class Joe spends his time moving from student to student, giving helpful suggestions, talking to students at all levels of development. If a student demands more time he tries to give it. What is unique about Joe is that he supports his suggestion by relating them to the theory behind them. I am an experienced and intuitive painter but Joe has made me think about my work more than any other teacher.

Paula Schiller

Joe Terrone is both a gifted teacher and gifted artist, a rare combination. I have been an expressionist painter for over forty years. Three years ago, I began painting in Joe's plein air class. Joe respected my style, but nevertheless tuned in to what I needed allowing me to consolidate forty years of art making.

Now, my painting is much more thought-out, my palette is more interesting. Needless to say, painting out of doors is a marvelous experience. Many thanks to Joe for giving me the tools to make my paintings both more expressive and more unique .I would compare Joe to a Master Chef. The person who is fortunate enough to study with Joe will learn the secrets of painting, as well as develop the ability to use your new knowledge in any kind of painting that furthers expression of your own unique style.

Elizabeth Rundquist

Joe also has an incredible eye for analyzing a work of art. He can always explain where the problem lies in a painting as well as what is working. But he also allows students to find their own solutions when they are able to. I think all the students in the class sense Joe's genuine involvement and caring, which is one reason why I consider him a natural teacher. I hope he will be as happy teaching elsewhere as we have been happy to have him as our teacher.

Paula Schiller