Pete Van Riper is a professional artist and art instructor. He has served as an Instructor of Art in drawing and design at Northern Virginia Community College since 2001. Pete is a member of the Capitol Hill Arts League and served on the board of directors at Art Enables, a gallery serving artists with disabilities, and worked with Art-O-Matic, a local arts community. He has also earned several awards for his work and exhibited at dozens of local and regional exhibitions over the last two decades. Pete earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Pete is also an avid cyclist and lives in Hyattsville, MD.
Van Riper, Pete
High School Drawing, Painting
At Compass since 2021
This Year's Classes (2024-2025)
Quarter(s): 1- Acrylic Painting: Open Studio (Q1)
- Drawing for Fun: Comic Art & Characters (12PM)
- Drawing Studio: Everyday Objects
- AP 2D Art & Design
- Acrylic Painting: Open Studio (Q2)
- Drawing for Fun: Comics with a Cast of Characters (12PM)
- Drawing Studio: Portraits and Creative Caricatures
- Acrylic Painting: Open Studio (Q3)
- Drawing for Fun: Fantastical Figures (11AM)
- Drawing for Fun: Fantastical Figures (12PM)
- Drawing Studio: Creative Compositions
- Acrylic Painting: Open Studio (Q4)
- Drawing for Fun: Playful Portraits (11AM)
- Drawing for Fun: Playful Portraits (12PM)
- Drawing Studio: Imitating Illustration Styles