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Cooley Studios will be hosting a series of on-going rotating mini-workshops from September 2023 through May 2024. These workshops will cover the same drawing and painting training we offer the students in our atelier program. If you are interested in … Continue reading →

Cooley Studios is offering on-going monthly non-curricular and curricular art classes. Non-curricular classes: June 5 – August 30 Students can draw or paint their own assignments or accept assignments to work on. The instructor will assist each student to ensure … Continue reading →

Here are a few recent drawings I made. The first one is a cast drawing, Russian Academy master copy and a commissioned portrait drawing. The cast drawing is a rendition of The Apollo Belvedere bust. The next one is a … Continue reading →

Congratulations! Cooley Studios have been chosen by the Expertise Community two consecutive years (2017, 2018) as one of the top art schools and best painting and drawing instructors in Columbus Ohio. Of 173 painting and drawing instructors serving Columbus, Expertise … Continue reading →

Hello, Cooley Studios is hosting a 4 day mini-workshop on understanding color and learning how to make it work for you. I hope some of you artists in Columbus and surrounding cities in Central Ohio will join us. We will … Continue reading →

June 12, 2017 To future artists and whom it may concern, I can say, without any shred of hyperbole, Michael Cooley is a Columbus treasure. The American art world, and Central Ohio with it, is awash with opinions about what … Continue reading →

Cooley Studios is proud to be hosting summer workshops in Central Ohio this summer 2017, June through August. We are offering classical drawing and oil painting classes. Space is limited, so if you’re interested in studying in one of our … Continue reading →

                    Here is a painting I made from photo reference of Highbanks Metro Park in Columbus, Ohio. I dont get the opportunity to make landscape paintings that often and its been a … Continue reading →

                            I made this drawing a couple of years ago but rushed through it. I always wanted to go back and touch it up a bit.  Until … Continue reading →

                                  Hello, here is another cast drawing I’ve done. The medium I used was graphite. I really enjoy drawing them. I am presently working … Continue reading →