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| 2010 WORKSHOPS
February 18 - 20, 2010: Cathy Yrizarry: Acrylic Workshop March 19 and 20, 2010: "Drawing: The Foundation of Art" with Gary Brookins April 16, 17 and 18, 2010: "Painting People from Photos" with Mark Lague May 14, 15 and 16, 2010: Plein Air Painting in Oils with Jennifer Smith Rogers September 16, 17, 18 and 19, 2010: "Perfecting Your Voice" with Larry Moore October 15, 16 and 17, 2010: Landscape Painting: "Beyond the Photograph" with Peter Fiore
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Acrylic Painting Workshop
with Cathy Yrizarry
February 18 - 20, 2010 (Thurs - Sun)
Cost: $350
Class Information:
This 3 day workshop will cover techniques using acrylic paint with an emphasis on optical mixing.
Crosshatching, pointillism and the grid will be used in conjunction with modern traditional picture making methods. Painting from photos will be the starting point for all paintings.
Students will quickly move to a more abstract yet methodical technique in the translation of photo to painting.
Materials:
2 canvases not smaller than 18X24 and no larger than 24X30 (canvas size should be in proportion to the dimensions of the photo you want to use)
5 gessoed watercolor paper or canvas board between 12X16 and 18X24 (for quick studies)
6 brushes various sizes
Small spray water bottle (to keep paint wet)
Plastic surface for palette
Rags
Titanium White ,Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Utrecht yellow, Cadmium yellow medium, Burnt Sienna, Pthalo Blue, Retarder gel (to keep brushes from hardening)
At least 5 photos of a variety of centralized images. Example: Light object on dark background, dark object on light background, color object on neutral background etc...Good clear color and light is necessary for a good photo. Avoid pictures where any area is washed out.
Magazine pictures are fine, portraits are fine--as long as it's an image that excites you.
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"Drawing: The Foundation of Art"
with Gary Brookins
March 19 and 20, 2010
Cost: $250
"Basic drawing techniques for beginners and intermediate artists. Exploring line, shape, values, shading and perspective. Emphasis on pencil drawing but participants are free to use whatever medium they prefer: graphite, charcoal, pen and ink, pastel, ballpoint or felt-tip pens."
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"Painting People from Photos"
with Mark Lague
April 16, 17 and 18, 2010
Cost: $350
Class Description:
In this workshop you will learn to incorporate people into your paintings. Using candid photos of people in their natural environment, we will explore the compositional possibilities of people in groups or individually.
We will also focus on gesture drawing, and how to simplify the human form. Once you are able to see people as a series of shapes and values, you will realise that painting people is no more difficult than painting a tree or a flower. It’s really all about painting what you see and not what you know (or what you think you know), that will lead to much stronger paintings.
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Plein Air Painting in Oils
with Jennifer Smith Rogers
May 14, 15 and 16, 2010
Cost: $350
Class Description:
For me, to paint plein air is simply to react to what I see. Workshop will involve painting cityscapes and landscapes alla prima style where the goal is to paint from start to finish in one sitting. Emphasis will be on color, value and composition as well as capturing a sense of light. Depending on the weather, we may paint in the studio from a photograph so plan to bring your own photos. Instruction will include demos, individual attention and possibly group critiques.
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"Perfecting Your Voice"
with Larry Moore
September 16, 17, 18 and 19, 2010
(Evening Demo on the 16th from 6-9pm)
Cost: $400
Class Information: This workshop is designed to help artists find and perfect their own voice, to think with paint. The fundamentals will be covered, but painting is more than fundamentals. The voice of the artist comes from these things: color, shape, edge, brush work, style and concept. It's the individual voice of the artist that separates him/her from the rest. Through a series of exercises we will explore different ways to utilize the foundations of painting to push our work and in the process becoming your own best critic for both painting en plein air and in the studio. Larry will utilize his 18 years as an instructor, 30 years experience as an illustrator and graphic designer, and over 30 years experience as a fine artist to educate and inform. Come with an open mind and a sense of humor.
About the Artist: Larry was born in 1957 and raised in Cocoa Beach, Florida. When his family first began to recognize his talent, he was a tender nine. First drawing, then painting, then surfing. At age 14, Larry had already combined his passion for nature and surfing with his gift. He began airbrushing surfboards, vans and wall murals. Since then, Larry's success has been rapid. The mass of awards listed below gives clear witness to his position among the country's leading artists. Larry has been awarded the highest national and international honors. To date, over 30 pieces of art have been accepted into the Society of Illustrators in New York and Los Angeles. Recently, he was awarded the Society's most prestigious honor, a gold award. Without pretension, Larry attributes his success to passion, hard work and problem solving; a technique he learned as an illustrator. Since 1993, Larry has taught illustrating, drawing, creative thinking and oil and pastel workshops. In front of the classroom, he is known as an instructor, role model and mentor. Time and time again, Larry has helped promote young artists to heights they never dreamed of reaching so soon. Perhaps this ability to nurture came from the support of his family. Growing up surrounded by talent, Larry's mother, grandmother, brother and stepmother were all artists. Larry remembers clearly the day he discovered plein air painting. From that moment, he knew exactly what he wanted to do: Combine his experience, his passion for nature and his life-long goal of becoming a better painter. "It's all about the learning journey." Larry Moore.
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Landscape Painting: "Beyond the Photograph"
with Peter Fiore
October 15, 16 and 17, 2010
Cost: $350
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Peter Fiore's three day workshop will teach you how to fill your paintings with light and energy while using photography for reference. Learn how to interpret light, control color, key your paintings and create solid value structures so that you can achieve the specific feeling or mood that you are after. You will learn to redesign the elements of the photo to create a more dynamic and compelling painting. Demonstrations, painting exercises, critiques and discussion of materials, techniques, and common problems will all be a part of this workshop. Class will be held mostly indoors and students should bring at least 10 landscape photographs (5x7 or larger) to work from. Also, students should bring a digital camera. They will spend some time outside photographing and learning how to make solid reference.
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Past Events
STILL
- LIFE PAINTING
WORKSHOP WITH ROBERT JOHNSON
NOVEMBER 13-15, 2009 (Fri - Sun)
Class information:
Levels: all welcome
This workshop concentrates on capturing the natural beauty of floras and
other still life subjects in oil while working directly from life. The beauty
and power of fresh undisturbed oil paint as well as the expressive and
descriptive quality of the brushstroke is stressed. The instructor demonstrates
and emphasizes the direct alla-prima approach to oil painting. Schedule:
9am-4pm, daily.
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Painting the Head and Hands
with Loryn Brazier
October 15, 16 and 17, 2009 (Thursday - Saturday)
This course will focus on simplifying the approach to painting the head and hands using values and shapes defined by lighting. You will learn how important hands are to good compositions and the personality of the subject. The first two days will involve lots of small practice paintings from photo reference, the last day from models.
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STUDIO AND OUTDOOR PAINTING
WITH ARMAND CABRERA
SEPTEMBER 24 - 27, 2009 (Thurs - Sun)
This workshop will be taught in the studio as well as plein air and is designed for all levels of students, including professionals who wish to take their painting skills to the next stage! Armand will give demos during the middle of each day, allowing the students time to paint during the best light of the day. Students will paint at their easels everyday, getting a lot of instruction from Armand. He will focus on all aspects of successful painting: concepts, drawing, problem solving, composition and color harmony. Armand Cabrera works Alla Prima, finishing his paintings on location in one sitting. The class will work with a limited palette of warm and cool primary colors, plus white. Students will receive much individual attention, nurturing their own styles and goals. This is a workshop designed to sharpen both Indoor and Outdoor Painting skills.
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ANN BLAIR BROWN'S
"STREETWISE"
OUTDOOR PAINTING WORKSHOP
JUNE 4-6, 2009 (Thurs - Sat)
Workshop Description: "Loosen up! In this workshop you will learn
skills to successfully paint the cityscape outdoors. Anne will show you step
by step how to turn the challenging aspects of the street scene into a beautiful,
harmonious painting. Emphasis will be placed on loose brushwork, strong design,
value, and color. Discussions will include outdoor painting equipment, choosing
interesting subject matter, and handling different types of weather conditions."
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ROGER DALE BROWN
LANDSCAPES WORKSHOP
May 14 - 17, 2009 (Thurs - Sun)
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OIL PAINTING WITH MAGGIE
SINER:
NEW APPROACHES TO COMPOSITION
MARCH 6 - 8, 2009 -- LIMIT: 15 STUDENTS -- COST: $300
Workshop Description: "Composition is essential in the creation of
a good painting. It creates expression, structure and finally, meaning in
painting. The pictorial principles of composition involve much more than
a system of rules or the simple placement of objects. In fact, the best
compositions manage to break all the rules! Composition concerns the entire
relationship of parts to the whole, from individual brushstrokes to the largest
shapes, including all inner dynamics at work inside the rectangle. In this
workshop we will explore compositional ideas governing the use of color,
the organization of value; manipulation of pictorial space; and the role
of mark-making. Students will gain new ideas, insight and skill in composition."
-Maggie Siner
Schedule: Friday, March 6 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm; Saturday & Sunday,
March 7 & 8 - 9:00am - 4:00pm.
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PAINTING FROM PHOTO REFERENCE
DAWN WHITELAW
WORKSHOP:
2 SESSIONS: FEBRUARY 5 - 7, 2009 and FEBRUARY 8 - 10, 2009
LIMIT: 15 STUDENTS -- Cost: $400
Workshop description from artist & instructor, Dawn Whitelaw: "My
preference would always be to paint from life. The reality is that I often
have to use photo reference. The focus of this workshop will be on learning
to use photographs in a creative, efficient way." Participants will
be asked to bring their own photo reference to work from; the subject matter
can be portrait, landscape, interior figurative etc. Please plan on
bringing an original photograph that has not been taken with
an on-camera flash; if using a digital image, feel free to bring a laptop
with you to class. Tuition includes a 40 page reference book.
Schedule: 9am - 4pm, daily. Includes lectures and demos. Students
will also periodically receive individual attention during the workshop.
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"PAINTING THE FIGURE FROM A
PHOTOGRAPH"
FIGURATIVE WORKSHOP WITH BARBARA FLOWERS
OCTOBER 10 - 12, 2008 -- LIMIT: 15 STUDENTS -- COST: $300
Class information:
In this workshop we will work on translating what we see in our photo to
what works with paint. Please bring a photo you are excited about - in advance
you may study and determine what it is that inspires you to paint the photo,
so you will have somewhat of a concept in your mind for class. Preferrably
,chosen images should not be of a personal nature (i.e. not of family or
close friends) as participants typically get much more out of the workshop
if the images are not too personal. Also, in preparation for class you may
wish to prepare a drawing of the photo (this is not a requirement, but it
will help you understand the photo). If you need some suggestions on image
selection, feel free to call the Studio at 804-358-2771 for more guidelines.
Barbara Flowers will also be bringing images that participants may
also utilize during the class.
Schedule:
Day One: Painting demo (painting the figure from a photo); Lunch;
Students paint (we will work on a study piece today). Please bring your favorite
photo of a figure to paint - nothing too busy. On this day you will do a
small pencil or charcoal sketch of your painting and a quick oil sketch to
work out colors.
Day Two: Students paint; Lunch; Paint until 3pm and then we will have
a group critique.
Day Three: Students paint; Final group critique.
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STILL - LIFE
PAINTING
WORKSHOP WITH ROBERT JOHNSON
SEPTEMBER 19 - 21, 2008 -- LIMIT: 15 STUDENTS
Class information:
Levels: all welcome
This workshop concentrates on capturing the natural beauty of floras and
other still life subjects in oil while working directly from life. The beauty
and power of fresh undisturbed oil paint as well as the expressive and
descriptive quality of the brushstroke is stressed. The instructor demonstrates
and emphasizes the direct alla-prima approach to oil painting.
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STILL - LIFE
PAINTING
WORKSHOP WITH SYLVIA TRYBEK
MAY 1 - 3, 2008 -- LIMIT: 15 STUDENTS
Class information:
Levels: beginning to advanced
This class will explore the emotional and intellectual aspects of painting
with an emphasis on how to create not just a painting but an artwork. The
main focus will be on interpreting the subject matter, selecting the "right"
theme and creating a painting with compelling content. The expressive power
of paint itself will be emphasized as a way to create freshness and strength,
and to represent form. We will also study the time tested principles of painting:
composition, values, color and edges. Students will receive personal
attention including individual and group instruction, critiques and
demonstrations.
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LANDSCAPE PAINTING
WORKSHOP WITH PAULA FRIZBE
APRIL 3 - 5, 2008 -- LIMIT: 15 STUDENTS
Class information:
How can we make a painting say what we want it to say? What is the painting
about? How do we answer these very important questions with the painting
tools we have available? This three day course is designed to emphasis
the basic elements of good painting. The three building blocks we will
concentrate on are: Value, Color and Composition. How do these three important
elements work together and how can we learn to control each element to see
the big picture
Value - The structure of the value masses in a painting is what holds
the painting together. It is the backbone on any painting, without good value
structure, the painting will not read. You will not be able to create space
and separate planes.
Color - In painting, there is no such thing as a muddy color, only
color that has not been properly identified and placed in the painting.
Composition - Strive for simplicity of design. If you look at works
of art that are generally considered masters, you will find that they are
usually very simple in design.
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For more detailed information on workshops, please contact
Brazier Studio, Inc:
Phone: (804) 358-2771 Email: loryn.brazier@verizon.net
Address: 1616 West Main St.; Richmond, VA 23221
