Narrative Painting In Figurative Art

In this class, students will create figurative paintings that include narrative elements, such as scenery, objects, symbols, etc. Students will work from their individual source material (photographs, collage material) to serve as a reference for their paintings. In this three-day workshop, students will develop the ability to use the language of painting to tell a meaningful and personal story.

Open to all Levels

Foundations: Paint a Portrait

Learn the fundamentals of portrait painting, beginning with proportion, color mixing, and brushwork. By working with a live model, students will explore simple structural anatomy and a variety of painting techniques that allow them to accurately depict a human head. By the end of the three-day workshop, students will have the tools to translate what they see into paint, as well as the ability to identify and create colors in shadows and highlights.

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Still Life Painting

Still-life Painting has often been seen as the neglected or overlooked sibling of the three major painting Genres. Still-life distinguishes itself from Portraiture and Landscape painting in its unique ability to express historical, cultural and Personal life from the scale of an individual life.

In this course students will paint Still-Life subjects from a variety of perspectives and styles. We will look at historical and contemporary Still-life paintings as models helping us to create our own personal compositions.

Oil paint is preferred but Acrylic paints can also be used. This course is open to all experience levels.

All levels are welcome.

Color Intensive Workshop

In this 3-day workshop, students will learn techniques for mixing colors, from highly saturated colors to more muted colors and everything else in between. This will improve students' understanding of color mixing and structured mixing workflow, which will add clarity to their own painting process.
We will be creating color combinations as a resource that students can refer to when doing their own paintings. We will also analyze how certain artists throughout history used color to express harmony and vitality. Students will come away mastering basic understanding of color mixing and its inherent visual impact.

All painting mediums are welcome.

Open to all Levels

This class is open to both beginner students and experienced portrait artists who want to develop a more nuanced facial awareness. Working 3/4 to full scale in water-based clay from a live model, participants will gain an understanding of the structure that evokes feelings and emotions. The course will explore the syntax and notes, including the push and pull of forms, beauty, youth, age, contours, and line, which will be incorporated and studied. The history of the face in artistic and sculptural contexts will also be discussed.

The finished and dried works can be kiln-fired at an added cost.

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Color Theory in Oil Painting

This course is an examination of color theory through the practical application of mixing paint on the artist palette. The structure of this course is designed to present the theory of color while helping artists build specific color relationships in the foundational stage of the painting process. Students will negotiate the contradictions between color as theory and its physical realities by working directly with the material of oil paint.

The course will help students to develop their comprehension and control of color wheel organization, made of the three primary subtractive color contrasts- Tone, Hue and Saturation. Study will also include complementary pairs as both opposites and gradients. Mixing scales of color transitions, harmonies and discords. Properties of oil paint; painting mediums, including variations in viscosity, extending or reducing drying time.

We will also study how palette organization translates into pictorial elements of painting through study and analysis of master paintings. How conditions of light, atmosphere, mood, location, time, content and meaning are all extensions of color relationships worked out in the mixing on the palette before the painter applies color to canvas.



Open to students of all skill levels, although prior painting experience is highly recommended.

Open to all Levels