August - September - October
Blue Iris B&B
Bobcaygeon Revisited
www.killeleart.com
WATERCOLOR: Plein Air August 11-15 '08
All Levels Outdoor & Studio
Find the extraordinary in the ordinary. This class by watercolor artist and author Michael Killelea will help you learn that your vision is more important than the subject in your painting. Light, color and atmosphere all play a part in Killelea’s plein air artwork and he will teach you to develop your skills in these areas through demonstrations and hands-on critique of your class efforts.
Discover the satisfaction of painting outdoors in the special late day light. Through his demonstrations and hands on critique, watercolor artist and author Mike Killelea will help you develop your skills and the vision to see the beautiful images that fill the world around you.
Sterling Edwards developed his own unique style of painting with watercolors after being influenced by watercolor master Zoltan Szabo. Interpretations of natural settings are the subjects of most of Sterling's paintings. Using primarily large brushes, Sterling focuses on the mood of the subject as much as he does on the shapes. Rather than trying to replicate the subject as it appears, he will often exaggerate colors, maximize light and dark values, and stylize shapes to suit his personal interpretation. The result is an expressive watercolor painting consisting of a strong relationship of interlocking positive and negative shapes supported by a sound composition and complimentary color scheme.
Color of Spring
Carmel Mission
www.davidlussier.com
OIL: Plein Air September 22-26 '08
All levels Outdoors
David Lussier's plein air landscapes reflect an interest in strong Impressionistic brushwork and the value relationships of color, as influenced by Robert Henri, George bellows and Emile Gruppe. David's oil landscapes feature bold strokes from a narrow palette of colors, conveying an emotional energy that begs the viewer to return for a second look.
David is an artist almost entirely devoted to plein air painting outdoors. His studio paintings are always done from a combination of pencil sketches, oil sketches and notations completed while on location.
www.mfarinaartstudio.com
OIL: Plein Air October 13-17 '08
All Levels Outdoors & Studio
Mark Farina enjoys the challenge of painting a variety of subject matter, land/seascapes, architecture, still-life and the figure, but being an outdoor person, painting en plein air suits him to a tee.
Plein Air painting is a relatively modern (since the invention of portable tube paints, circa 1850) genre of painting. He feels it is a truthful way of painting as opposed to relying on photos. The artist and nature are in direct contact. Conditions such as weather, light and sometimes unusual happenings all add the charm and challenge of painting outdoors on the spot. For himself, pulling off a good plien air painting is extremely gratifying and fun (regardless of the outcome).
Judi Wagner on location
JUDI WAGNER
www.judiwagner.com/
WATERCOLOR Plein Air October 20-24 '08
All Levels Outdoors
Judi Wagner prides herself in sharing anything that she has learned over 40 years, with a sense of humor and a spontaneity that fosters student enthusiasm. All materials are explained and shown. Next is a lecture/demonstration, hopefully kept to an hour approximately, so that the student painting time can begin. Judi believes that the WORKSHOP IS YOURS, not hers. Staying with this group and helping where needed boosts the confidence of the students and allows a "getting to know" situation.
In the late afternoon, the group comes inside for the critique of the day's work, starting with the instructor and then the students. By using the acetate overlay placed over the paintings, corrections can be SUGGESTED without ever touching the students' works themselves. An overhead mirror allows the group comfortable viewing by seeing the paintings in reverse, a mirror image of your work. It is not a critique of individual work, though each artist prospers, but a discussion of the Principles of Painting.
Abbey Gardens
DEBI WATSON
www.debiwatson.com
WATERCOLOR: Photo Realism May 23-25 '08
All Levels Studio
Use your ordinary photographs to product professional, eye-catching paintings the easy way, using a step-by-step process that frees the artist within each student!
By working with a value map and limited palette of transparent colors, students will learn to combine the glow of loose watercolor with the precision detail of photorealism. Glowing darks, texturing techniques and how easy it is to correct mistakes will be demonstrated. Classes include hands on demonstrations every morning and afternoon with individual instruction for each person. Students may explore the techniques demonstrated or work on individual projects. Expect to have fun!
CONNIE P. LOGAN
www.cplogan.com
WATERCOLOR Plein Air October 20-24 '08
All Levels Outdoors
Connie Logan teaches plein air and studio oil and acrylic classes, and all levels of experience are welcome. She offers reference material and drawing techniques to make anyone successful and provides personal one on one assistance to achieve any style or technique. Her classes are designed to make the student feel comfortable and welcome, and each class includes a critique. She has taught Art and Art Appreciation in public and private institutions to every age student from children to adults.
C.P. Logan paints landscapes, figure studies, portraits, still lifes, and plein air studies with the heart of an impressionist. Her colors are rich and intense and her compositions are carefuly planned with texture, accomplished brushwork, and dramatic light and contrast. She developed her style from admiring the works of the Impressionists and Post Impressionists, and spent two years traveling, studying, painting, teaching, and exhibiting in Budapest, Hungary from 1991-1993.
Lights Fantastic
FREDERICK D. SOMERS
www.fredericksomers.com
PASTEL & OIL: Plein Air September 12-14 & 15-17 '08
All Levels Studio & Outdoors
This workshop can be registerd as either one of two 3-Day workshops or one 6-Day workshop.
Fred Somers is a landscape painter who takes the viewer to the hidden places of nature: the first flower of spring, the tiny bird, the incredible visual symphony of changing seasons.
Whether working in Minnesota's Big Woods, Lake Superior's North Shore, or on a Scandinavian lake, whether the view is spacious or intimate, he shares what he sees in what has been described as "explosions of light, water and leaves in wonderful pastel and oil paintings."
Frederick D. Somers
www.BucksCountyArtWorkshops.com
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