The Ryder Studio
75% Scholarship! Atelier '25-'26
Please send three or more images, brief artist's statement and reason for wanting to study at
The Ryder Studio to celeste@theryderstudio.com by August 15, 2025.
"I recommend The Ryder Studio to absolutely anyone who has a serious interest in becoming an accomplished representational painter."
Atelier Student,
Lauren Boyer Lee
"The teaching will utterly
transform your vision."
Atelier student,
Laura O'Brien
"The Ryder Studio offers an unparalleled experience that will elevate your artistry and ignite your passion for creating art. Highly recommended."
Atelier student,
Renu Marwaha
Our School
Established in 2007 and located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, The Ryder Studio offers classes in drawing and painting from life in a naturalistic style that unites classical drawing with clear, brilliant color and light.
Our yearly cycle of courses consists of three, two-week Summer Workshops, in figure drawing, portrait drawing and portrait painting, and from September to April, a comprehensive, 24-week long life drawing and painting Atelier, open to full and part-time enrollment.
Our teaching has its origins in the philosophy and techniques of Ted Seth Jacobs, revered draftsman, painter, teacher and author, with whom Anthony and Celeste Ryder studied from 1983 to 1989. It is suitable for beginning, intermediate and advanced students, ages sixteen and up.
Principal instructor:
Anthony Ryder
Associate instructors:
Celeste Simon Ryder, John Reger and M. Tobias Hall
Our Classes
Classes meet six hours a day, Monday through Friday, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Students and instructors paint and draw from the live model. Frequent demonstrations. Detailed instruction.
Our Belief
We are animated by a sincere and abiding devotion to the teachings of our instructor, Ted Seth Jacobs, one of a very few true masters, through whom the centuries' old traditions of painting and drawing have survived into the modern age.
Ted Seth Jacobs (1927-2019) with his class at
The Art Students League of New York, 1981.
Tony Ryder
Portrait Drawing
London and Oxford, UK
July 4 - 10, 2025
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