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Triton Online 2025: Artistic Escape to Ancient Egypt (Spring)

Price

Member Pricing: $120 (6 Weeks), $140 (8 Weeks), $180 (10 Weeks)
Non-Member Pricing: $140 (6 Weeks), $160 (8 Weeks), $200 (10 Weeks)
Day Passes: $21 (Members), $24 (Non-Members)

Location
Triton Museum of Art
Dates
Tuesday Evenings 6:00PM-8:00PM; April 1 through June 3

Duration

6 weeks, 8 weeks, or 10 weeks

About the Course

Please join us in escaping far back into time in Ancient Egypt with Jeff Bramschreiber! During his 25th year of teaching for the Triton Museum, Jeff will guide you in using a variety of different art mediums for fascinating subjects such as mummies, the Great Sphinx, and pre-historic art. Select from six, eight, or ten week sessions of this exciting online class never featured before for the museum! ALL levels welcome.


Schedule:

Week 1: 4/1 - Predynastic Painting (Acrylics)

Week 2: 4/8 - Predynastic Figurines and Cosmetic Tools (Acrylics)

Week 3: 4/15 - The Great Sphinx (Pastel Pencil and Alcohol Wash)

Week 4: 4/22 - Pharaohs of the Pyramids (Charcoal)

Week 5: 4/29 - Heart Scarabs (Colored Pencils)

Week 6: 5/6 - Mummies (Water-Soluble Graphite)

Week 7: 5/13 - Book of the Dead (Watercolor on Papyrus with Stylus)

Week 8: 5/20 - Treasures of Tut (Felt Pen and Colored Pencils)

Week 9: 5/27 - Gods and Goddesses (Watercolor and Tea Batik)

Week 10: 6/3 - The Narmer Palette (Graphite and Charcoal)


Recommended Materials List:

(For a visual list of preferred materials on Amazon, email Jeff at bramschreiberjeff846@gmail.com)


  • 11”x14” heavy duty drawing pad

  • 11”x14” 140lb. cold press watercolor pad or block

  • 11”x14” Biggie Sketch pad (or other 20lb. sketch paper)

  • 11”x14” canvas panel

  • 12”x16” canvas panel

  • 1 or 2 sheets of papyrus (Amazon: 8”x12”pkg.)

  • 5 mm mechanical pencil with HB Lead or HB pencil with sharpener

  • White HB and 2B Charcoal pencils or small box of soft vine charcoal

  • Water soluble graphite pencils (Generals or Derwent)

  • 24 ct. Pastel Pencil set

  • 24 ct. Colored Pencil set

  • 12 ct. Felt Pen brush set (Tombow) (landscape colors)

  • White vinyl eraser

  • #10 flat or filbert synthetic brush, and a #1 round synthetic


Watercolor Tube Colors:

  • Burnt Sienna

  • Yellow Ochre

  • Ivory

  • Lamp Black

  • Titanium or Chinese White

  • Ultramarine Blue

  • Sap Green


Acrylic tube Colors:

  • Burnt sienna

  • Cadmium Red Medium

  • Titanium White

  • Buff Titanium (or Unbleached Titanium)

  • Ivory

  • Lamp Black

  • Raw Umber


Questions? Please contact education@tritonmuseum.org

Your Instructor

Jeff Bramschreiber

Jeff Bramschreiber

Jeff Bramschreiber has been drawing and painting for over forty years, and while he is primarily a pastelist, he also frequently works in acrylic, watercolor, silverpoint, most dry media and even airbrush. His artworks hang in private collections throughout the United States and Europe and have received many awards.

A local art advocate, he has served as an art club president, (East Valley Artists and Santa Clara Art Association), as a juror with nearly fifty shows to his credit, as treasurer and lecturer for Silicon Valley Open Studios, as a demonstrator and lecturer for many of the Bay Area art clubs, colleges and museums.

Jeff also worked at University Art San Jose for 21 years before its closing in 2018 as an assistant Manager, Frame Designer, and Community Art Liaison. Mr. Bramschreiber has also helped coordinate, organize, and participate in numerous local art shows, group shows and events throughout his career.

Currently he is an exhibiting and “live paint” artist at Kaleid Gallery in Downtown San Jose; Jeff is also an art instructor for the Triton Museum of Art, The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, and The Villages Arts and Crafts Association.

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