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Artist Workshops
Proudly sponsored by:
Monday, April 28th - Wednesday, May 30th, 2003
Clayton Beck III
$250.00 - Max 15 Students
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM / 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Alla Prima Painting Techniques
This workshop is designed to give the painter a firm grasp of the thinking behind the techniques involved in painting from life and creating a finished piece in a single session.
The Color of Shadow
There has been no artist in the history of painting who has not struggled with the idea of shadows. What are they? How do I effectively represent them? This workshop will clarify these and other questions.
Transparent and Reflective Objects
What color is silver? Glass? Gold? Do I need special paints to paint these? A solid understanding of the complex nature of these mysterious objects is explained.
What is Color Temperature?
Do colors have inherent temperatures? Is orange warm and blue cool? No! Temperature is a relative thing and can only be understood in those terms. In other words it in the light source itself not the pigments with which we work. Learn to identify and paint these relationships.
What are Edges?
Sounds simple ... until we try to explain it. Edges are the most magical of all the elements of painting. They are what most identify one artist from another. They are effected by and effect the other elements such as color, values and drawing. Get a jump on this most mysterious point of painting.
How to Control Values
Values are how dark or light a shape appears to our eye in relation to those around that shape. In other words a value cannot be defined unless it is compared to another. A mastery of values is essential to getting all the other elements correct in a painting such as color, form and edge.
Monday, May 5th - Wednesday, May 7th, 2003
Zhiwei Tu
$250.00
9:00AM To 4:00PM
Mr. Tu was born in Northern Guangdong Province of China in 1951, the son of peasant parents. As a young artist he received considerable regional fame from his artistic exposure, soon other artists, teachers and museums directors traveled from great distances to see his work and watch him paint. In 1972 Tu was invited to study at China's famous Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts. After many hard-working years, Tu's paintings were welcomes with open arms by the public. He became a member of Guangdong Artists Association and of Guangdong Oil Painters Association. In 1981 Tu was promoted to professorship of fine arts at Guangzhou Institute.
"Tu's work is uniquely his own. He finds a special way, which belongs only to him. He flies freely with full wings in the blue sky of art. Tu's paintings are simple in character. No cleverness, fashionable tricks, nor superficiality appear in his work, he has opened up a special feeling in art which belongs only to him" In 1987 Tu came to the United States to enter Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, to further his education and career. He had applied to four other universities and had been offered three-year scholarships at each. He has won numerous National and International awards including the coveted prize of the Oil Painters of America Best of Show.
Mr. Tu's own words "I have been given a gift by some power, and I am deeply thankful for it. With this gift I am able to put on canvas my passion and vision, to create these paintings. When very young, I used to look at my hands in wonderment and try to understand how beauty could come forth from them. I still have that feeling today every time I put a brush to a canvas." Sharing his life are his wife Danni and son Danlang, both of whom joined him in America in July 1988.
Monday, May 5th - Friday, May 9th, 2003
Kurt Anderson
$400.00
9:00 AM To 4:00 PM
Students will receive instruction in oil technique whilepainting still lifes, floral still lifes, and portrait head studies. Kurt uses daily demonstrations and personal critiques to help students energizetheir paintings with both a classical and impressionistic approach to color, brushwork and design.He places emphasis oncapturing “the big look,” the broad masses of light and dark that express shapes and objects that are seen.He immerses students in the challenge of color observation and color mixing - in finding just the right note to makewhateverthey are paintingcome alive. Emphasisis also placed on paint handling and the use of impastotechniques. Students learn how to plan their paintings carefully while at the same time workingalla primaso that the finished work appears more spontaneous. Kurtwill share his secrets from his long study of the old masters and the impressionists to helpstudents reach a new level intheir own personal style of painting.
Monday, May 19th - Friday May 23rd, 2003
Clayton Beck III
$400.00 - Max 15 Students
9:00 AM 12:00 PM / 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Painting the Head in Oil
Here, the complex form of the human head is broken down into basic forms in order to understand it for the purpose of painting. A technique of painting the head in a single session will be taught.
The Color of Shadow
There has been no artist in the history of painting who has not struggled with the idea of shadows. What are they? How do I effectively represent them? This workshop will clarify these and other questions.
Transparent and Reflective Objects
What color is silver? Glass? Gold? Do I need special paints to paint these? A solid understanding of the complex nature of these mysterious objects is explained.
What is Color Temperature?
Do colors have inherent temperatures? Is orange warm and blue cool? No! Temperature is a relative thing and can only be understood in those terms. In other words it in the light source itself not the pigments with which we work. Learn to identify and paint these relationships.
What are Edges?
Sounds simple ... until we try to explain it. Edges are the most magical of all the elements of painting. They are what most identify one artist from another. They are effected by and effect the other elements such as color, values and drawing. Get a jump on this most mysterious point of painting.
How to Control Values
Values are how dark or light a shape appears to our eye in relation to those around that shape. In other words a value cannot be defined unless it is compared to another. A mastery of values is essential to getting all the other elements correct in a painting such as color, form and edge.
Contact Person: Richard Allan Nichols (505) 758-2475