Winter and Spring 2017 : Workshop : Life Painting: Portraiture with Breadth, Unity and Atmosphere:
This workshop will focus on the benefits and practical considerations of painting with a live model. Topics include setting up your studio and the use of natural light, choosing canvas or linen, white or toned surfaces, and which colors to use for flesh tones. Discussion will cover more advanced concepts such as: “losts and founds”, how unity is achieved in a portrait, placing a head on the canvas, capturing the “big look”, and how not to get caught up in the details. One hour demo each morning followed by painting time and one-on-one critiques. For oil painters. www.henrywingate.com
Winter and Spring 2017 : Class : Monday Mornings on Beverley Street: Mary T. Echols
Join a great group of fellow BSSS members in looking at and discussing art and how it works. Enjoy sharing ideas and information, while learning about the many forms of art – both past and present. Participants will cultivate an enhanced appreciation for art and an improved ability to express artistic opinions. For all levels of education and experience. http://coartgallery.com/artist/echols/echols.html
Winter and Spring 2017 : Class : Working with the Figure: Drawing and Painting: Jeffery Stockberger
Throughout history, the human figure has been one of Art’s most enduring and challenging subjects. This class will focus on expressing the figure through drawing and painting from the live model. We will look at the masters both old and new, discuss color, composition and the creation of a pictorial space for the figure to exist. We will work through some of the challenges this essential subject presents through group and individual instruction. Participants are welcome to work in their chosen medium; a basic suggested supply list will be provided. www.jefferystockberger.com
Winter and Spring 2017 : Class : Indirect Painting – Second Session: 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
Winter and Spring 2017 : Class : Indirect Painting – First Session: 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 : Art as Exploration: Critique Class: Robert Stuart
Participants bring their work in any media for constructive review. The goal is growth as an artist through a deepening discernment of strengths and challenges in one’s work. Artistic development will also be supported with the study of current art exhibitions and topics in contemporary art. Exhibition catalogs, articles on art, and pertinent visual material will be presented and discussed at the beginning of class. The remaining time will be equally divided among participants to present and discuss their work. www.robertstuart.net
Fall 2016 : Class : Monday Mornings on Beverley Street: Mary T. Echols
Join a great group of fellow BSSS members in looking at and discussing art and how it works. Enjoy sharing ideas and information, while learning about the many forms of art – both past and present. Participants will cultivate an enhanced appreciation for art and an improved ability to express artistic opinions. For all levels of education and experience. http://coartgallery.com/artist/echols/echols.html
Winter and Spring 2017 : Class : Start or Grow: Beginner and Intermediate Drawing and Painting – Second Session: 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 : Class : Start or Grow: Beginner and Intermediate Drawing and Painting – First Session: 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 : Class : Drawing for Form: Elizabeth Geiger
This course is for anyone wanting to improve the sculptural quality of their drawing. Using a variety of charcoals, we will focus on the weight and mass of objects. Each class will start with a consideration of homework drawings, followed by a short discussion with examples from instructor’s and other artists’ work. Participants will then work from observation on large, extended drawings that will take several class periods, and will spend warmer class days outdoors drawing trees.http://perceptualpainters.com/artists/elizabeth-geiger
Winter and Spring 2017 : Class : Art as Exploration: Critique Class – Second Session: Robert Stuart
Participants bring their work in any media for constructive review. The goal is growth as an artist through a deepening discernment of strengths and challenges in one’s work. Artistic development will also be supported with the study of current art exhibitions and topics in contemporary art. Exhibition catalogs, articles on art and pertinent visual material will be presented and discussed at the beginning of class. The remaining time will be equally divided among participants to present and discuss their work. www.robertstuart.net
Winter and Spring 2017 : Class : Art as Exploration: Critique Class – First Session: Robert Stuart
Participants bring their work in any media for constructive review. The goal is growth as an artist through a deepening discernment of strengths and challenges in one’s work. Artistic development will also be supported with the study of current art exhibitions and topics in contemporary art. Exhibition catalogs, articles on art and pertinent visual material will be presented and discussed at the beginning of class. The remaining time will be equally divided among participants to present and discuss their work. www.robertstuart.net
Summer 2017 : Workshop : Understanding and Enjoying Art: Al Gury
How do methods, materials and styles of art influence what artists do and the choices they make? This one day survey will provide a useful approach to art history – the How and Why of art, both past and present. Al has many years of experience as an artist and professor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Bring your art questions, no matter how simple or complex, and join us for a lively conversation about art and culture! Slide lecture, Al’s art examples and discussion will provide an enjoyable morning in the studio. No art experience required. www.algury.com
Summer 2017 : Workshop : Alla Prima Painting: Focus on Flowers: Al Gury
The alla prima or direct painting method seeks to capture an image in one painting session – perfect for recording the fleeting beauty of fresh flowers. Painters are encouraged (but not required) to bring fresh garden flowers to create still life arrangements in the studio. Lectures, critiques, demonstrations and plenty of painting time will help participants weigh aesthetic choices and compositional ideas. There will be opportunities to ask and answer questions regarding painting in general, and alla prima painting in particular. Oil, acrylic, watercolor and pastel artists welcome. Al is author of Alla Prima: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Direct Painting. www.algury.com
Summer 2017 : Workshop : Sculpt and Draw the Portrait: Elise Schweitzer
This workshop will focus on one of the most intriguing subjects in representational art: the portrait. Through a combination of drawing and sculpting exercises, we will explore the planes of the face and the expressive possibilities of our features while mastering the inner anatomical structure of the human head. A small hand held sculpture will be created in clay, and drawing exercises will reinforce learning. There will be a live portrait model each afternoon. Demos and lots of individual attention will be provided. www.EASchweitzer.com