Fall 2016 : Workshop : Vitreous Enamel Demonstration: Janly Jaggard
Janly Jaggard and BSSS invite you to visit an open studio demo of vitreous enamel techniques. During this time Janly will be working on copper panels with powdered glass to create permanent images as wall work. She will demonstrate process, technique and possibility of this exciting medium, while discussing opportunities for anyone to take classes and have access to kilns once a level of proficiency has been reached. Come and see this enticing medium at work. No registration required. www.janlyjaggard.com
Fall 2016 : Workshop : Have It Your Way!: Karen Blair
This workshop will feature two demonstrations of painting the same subject matter: one will explore a traditional approach through observation and the other will use abstraction to codify and distill the subject. Each participant will then be encouraged to paint an image two or three times to explore the many valid ways of resolving a painting. Instructor will provide individual assistance and guidance. Sunday will include a group gathering to discuss work in progress and long term goals. Open to painters with some prior experience painting using oil or acrylics. www.KarenBlairArtist.com
Fall 2016 : Workshop : Ceramic Sculpture Workshop: Janly Jaggard
This workshop will focus on techniques for hand building sculptural form using slabwork, coiling and additive/subtractive modeling. The first 3 days will focus on design and building and the 4th day will be used for post firing surface treatments. Participants will explore 3D design and problem solving, working from initial drawn designs to build sculpture. Form is the primary consideration of sculpture, while dealing with the versatility and limitations of clay, but attention will also be given to surface texture and color. www.janlyjaggard.com
Fall 2016 : Workshop : Art & Culture of Japan: Touring Kyoto: Misa Kobayashi Stuart
Kyoto is the most visited city in Japan because of its rich cultural heritage. There are approximately 1,700 temples, and 800 shrines. Among them, 17 are designated World Heritage Sites. We’ll visit not only the most famous sites with wall paintings, sculptures and gardens, but also some hidden gems. Misa, a native of Japan, will guide participants around Kyoto through visual presentation with practical travel tips.
Fall 2016 : Workshop : Watercolor Essentials for Plein Air Painting: Stewart White
Baltimore watercolorist and Queen City Plein Air Festival invitee Stewart White’s experience as architectural illustrator and plein air painter shapes his approach to art and teaching. Topics covered include strengths and weaknesses of watercolor in plein air, an overview of materials, and demonstrations of various techniques for washes, wet-in-wet color mixing, glazing, edges, blending and experimentation. Students will “put it all together” while painting in nature. Printed handouts will include content information, bibliography and helpful resources. Stewart was featured in the August 2012 edition of Watercolor Artist magazine. www.stewartwhitestudios.com
Fall 2016 : Class : Indirect Painting: Jeffery Stockberger
Explore the concept of indirect painting; developing an image and resolving problems through multiple layers of paint. Working from still life, students will concentrate on developing a painting’s composition and color palette by responding to and building on marks made on the canvas. Through group and individual critiques, you will work on establishing good oil painting habits and techniques. Students may work in other painting materials with the permission of instructor. www.jefferystockberger.com
Fall 2016 : Class : Fundamentals of 2D and 3D Design: Amy Ransom Arnold
Join us as we explore the foundations of design: the dynamics between visual organization, content, form, and creative problem solving. We will focus on exploring, understanding, and utilizing design process, elements, and principles through a series of exercises and directed problem solving. Materials used will vary, including pencil, paint, modeling clay, ink, paper, scissors, light weight board, glue, etc. This class will challenge and strengthen the visual and spatial skills of both the beginner and intermediate student. We will also explore how ideas about design can be applied to help move your personal creative work forward.https://amyransomarnold.squarespace.com/
Fall 2016 : Class : Start or Grow: Beginner and Intermediate Drawing and Painting Session II: Janly Jaggard
If you have always wanted to draw or paint but never had the time or courage – the time is now! Janly is an experienced instructor who will show you the ropes, open doors and help you learn how to see and render the real world. If you are in the intermediate phase of working but want to develop personal style, Janly will guide you without imposing her style on you. Beginners will draw from observation and work towards painting if they wish. All students work with their medium of choice. www.janlyjaggard.com
Fall 2016 : Class : Start or Grow: Beginner and Intermediate Drawing and Painting Session I: Janly Jaggard
If you have always wanted to draw or paint but never had the time or courage – the time is now! Janly is an experienced instructor who will show you the ropes, open doors and help you learn how to see and render the real world. If you are in the intermediate phase of working but want to develop personal style, Janly will guide you without imposing her style on you. Beginners will draw from observation and work towards painting if they wish. All students work with their medium of choice. www.janlyjaggard.com
Winter and Spring 2017 : Workshop : Developing Your “Color GPS”: Frank Hobbs
Rich, luminous, vibrating color is a quality shared by great perceptual painters such as John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla, Isaac Levitan and others, past and present. Their secret: an unshakeable sense of orientation in the value scale. Like the GPS units many of us use in our cars, these painters navigate color space with an infallible sense of direction. In this workshop we will work outdoors from the local landscape and in the studio to investigate the powerful link between tonal values and the universe of color. Whatever your experience level, this workshop will provide keys to developing a richer, more varied color palette while addressing the fundamentals of luminosity, volume and space in landscape painting. All fine art media accepted. http://frank-hobbsart.com
Winter and Spring 2017 : Workshop : Watercolor Along the Garden Path:
Enjoy a stress-free approach to watercolor and learn to utilize the unique qualities of this medium to create vibrant, expressive florals. Workshop will include demonstrations and significant one-on-one instruction. Discussion will cover photographic references and how to use them to give life and energy to the subject. While concepts of art and design such as color theory and composition will be discussed, Paige encourages each student to follow their own unique path to completing paintings, with the goal of instilling enthusiasm and confidence in the student. Depending upon student interest, Paige will also demonstrate her technique of waxing a painting and mounting it onto a wood panel for a modern presentation. www.pswyatt.com
Winter and Spring 2017 : Workshop : Silkscreen Painting: New Methods and Mixed Media:
Students will experiment with new techniques and combining various media with silk screen printmaking. Projects include creating monotypes, hand coloring, photo stencils, paper stencils, and incorporating painting with printmaking. The workshop will include lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on projects with a final critique. www.frednichols.com
Winter and Spring 2017 : Workshop : Modernizing the Techniques of the Masters: Jan Olsson
Flemish Renaissance masters used egg tempera underpaintings for oils, developing shadow and highlights in gray then applying oil glazes to establish local color. This workshop introduces modern updates to these methods. Working from photographs and using acrylic paints, students create a tonal underpainting of their subject. Subsequent layers of colored transparent glazes are applied, followed by opaque brush strokes to complete the painting. This process quickly renders volume and depth, while preserving the texture and personality of the underpainting’s brushstrokes. www.janolssonart.com
Winter and Spring 2017 : Workshop : : Priscilla Long Whitlock: Priscilla Long Whitlock
Do you have a small painting that you would like to paint in a larger size, but don’t know where to start? Bring two or three small studies and we will work on making a large rendition. Be ready to warm up, work fast and stay loose. Study size should be about 9×12, 11×14, 12×16 (or squares). A list of possible large format sizes will be available in the materials list. Oil paints, acrylics and oil sticks welcome. We will discuss viewpoint, viewing distance, scale, composition, materials and mark making. Demos and warm ups. www.priscillalongwhitlock.com
Winter and Spring 2017 : Workshop : Travel Sketching Workshop:
Next time you’re on vacation and are struck by a sight you’d like to record, don’t snap a photo, reach for your sketchbook instead! This one-day workshop will get you started. You’ll learn how a minimum of time and equipment can actually work to your advantage. Using a technique devised by the instructor and featured in recent issue of Drawing, you will see how you can start capturing such varied possibilities as scenery and architecture, activity and commotion, fellow travelers and interesting faces and figures. Most of all, you’ll see how travel sketching – far from simply recording your trip – can become a treasured component instead.