SEDONA ARIZONA
The Plein Air Landscape:
“Clearing up some of the mystery in creating convincing illusions in your plein air and studio painting”
Sedona, AZ October 18-22
5 Days
Price: 575.00
Max Enrollment: 15
In this workshop, through clearly explaining concepts, and through multiple demonstrations, I will clear up some of the mystery of the process of creating illusions in your paintings. The milage required to learn the concepts is up to you, but I can help you comprehend the relationships in your VALUES, the importance of SHAPE to design and believability, how see and understand EDGES, and I will show you some different ways of applying paint in order to juxtapose TEXTURE and brush effects.
Day Planner (See Below for more in-depth description):
Monday, October 18 ”BLOCK-INS”
9:00am meet at Sedona Art Center(SAC) in uptown Sedona.
9-9:30 carpool/convoy to a destination around Sedona.
9:30-11:00 Block-in Demo and group block-in painting session.
11:00-12:30 Paint as many block-ins as you can I will be walking around helping.
12:30-1:00 lunch break(sack lunches; not provided)
1:00-4:00 Another block-in Demo and group painting session.
4:00-5:00 Head back to SAC for Question, Answer, and Critique session.
Monday Oct. 18 We will meet at SAC and carpool/convoy to a destination around Sedona. We will focus on blocking in paintings. Every painting starts with a strong “block-in,” and no matter how advanced one is at painting, doing a day of block-ins will help. Bring 5 to 10 panels on this day no larger than 8X10(preferably smaller) because we are going to “GET AFTER IT.” I will do a demonstration and talk about design, values, and the importance of shape to composition. Then everyone will go off on their own and start their block-ins. I’ll be walking around and giving instruction on a person to person basis for the remainder of the morning. Upon finishing one block-in, you’ll turn your easel and do another, and so on. We’ll break for a lunch (please bring a sack lunch) and continue. By the end of the day we should have completed at least 5 block-ins each. You won’t believe what you’ll accomplish mentally on a day like this.
Tuesday, October 19 “START TO FINISH”
9:00am meet at SAC in uptown Sedona.
9-9:30 carpool/convoy to a destination around Sedona.
9:30-10:30 Painting Demo start to finish with timer (1 hour).
10:30-12:30 Group Painting session and me walking around helping individually.
12:30-1:00 lunch break (sack lunches; not provided)
1:00-4:00 Another Timed Demo and group painting with me walking around for individaul attention.
4:00-5:00 Question, Answer, and Critique session
Tuesday October 19 We will meet at SAC and carpool/convoy to a destination around Sedona. I will do a demonstration with a timer, a small canvas, a big brush, and a pallet knife. The timer is meant to loosen people up, forget detail and focus only on the effects of light. After the Demo, everyone will pick out their spots and paint start to finish(no timer yet). If you get done, start another painting. We’ll take a lunch break(please bring a sack lunch). After lunch I will demonstrate again with a timer, and then everyone will paint with a timer set for 1 hour. W’ell have time for two of these sessions. Please bring small canvases, bigger brushes than you’re comfortable with, and a pallet knife.
Wednesday, October 20 :”START TO FINISH TIMED and ENLARGE FIELD STUDIES TO LARGER CANVASES”
9:00am meet at SAC in uptown Sedona.
9-9:30 carpool/convoy to a destination around Sedona.
9:30-10:30 Painting Demo start to finish with timer (1 hour).
10:30-12:30 Two Group Painting sessions with timer (1 hour) and me walking around helping individually.
12:30-1:00 lunch break
1:00-4:00 Meet back at SAC for a Demo in the Studio of blowing up a field study to a large canvas (30X40).
4:00-5:00 Question, Answer, and Critique session
Wednesday October 20 We will meet at SAC and carpool/convoy to a destination around Sedona. I will do a demonstration with a timer. After the Demo, everyone will pick out their spots and paint 2 start to finish sessions with a timer. If you get done early, start another painting. We’ll take a lunch break and meet back at SAC for the afternoon. In the afternoon, I will demonstrate enlarging a field study to a 30X40 canvas. I will talk about changes necessary to composition when dealing with larger canvases, how to create convincing effects and perspective on a larger scale, and troubleshoot some of the inherent problems when painting larger. You will see the large painting unfold in the time from after lunch to the time of Q andA. The painting will then be finished onFriday afternoon.
Thursday, October 21 “START TO FINISH TIMED”
9:00am meet at SAC in uptown Sedona.
9-9:30 carpool/convoy to a destination around Sedona.
9:30-10:30 Painting Demo start to finish with Timer.
10:30-12:30 Two Group Painting sessions with TIMER and me walking around helping individually.
12:30-1:00 lunch break (sack lunches; not provided)
1:00-4:00 Demo and TIMED group painting with me walking around for individaul attention .
4:00-5:00 Question, Answer, and Critique session
Thursday October 21 We will meet at SAC and carpool/convoy to a destination around Sedona. I will do a demonstration with a timer. After the Demo, everyone will pick out their spots and paint start to finish with 1 hour on the timer. If you get done, start another painting. We’ll take a lunch break(please bring a sack lunch). In the afternoon, we’ll repeat the morning timed activities.
Friday, October 22:”START TO FINISH and ENLARGE FIELD STUDIES TO LARGER CANVASES”
9:00am meet at SAC in uptown Sedona.
9-9:30 carpool/convoy to a destination around Sedona.
9:30-10:30 Painting Demo start to finish.
10:30-12:30 Group Painting session with me walking around helping individually.
12:30-1:00 lunch break
1:00-4:00 Meet back at SAC for finishing the demo in the Studio of blowing up the field study to the large canvas.
4:00-5:00 Question, Answer, and Critique session
Friday, October 22 We will meet at SAC and carpool/convoy to a destination around Sedona. The last day we’ll work on some AM field study work and I’ll be walking around to give assisstence where needed. I’ll also demo again if there is interest. Usually by this time of the workshop, students know my teaching style and like me to work on that which suits their individual needs best. I’ll make the planning of this day according to what people want. After a lunch break we’ll meet back at SAC to finish the enlargment of the painting started on Wednesday.
Paper towels (Viva brand works great)
Brush cleaner jar with agitator (a jar needs something to scrub the bristles on, that’s the agitator. A spring, or piece of hardware cloth folded up in the bottom works great.)
Odorless paint thinner (I recommend Sunnyside or Gamsol brand)
At least 15 small canvases or panels for the field (no bigger then 8 x10 please, smaller is preferred)
A Portable Easel (French Easels work well)
Sunscreen
Bugspray
Painting medium of your choice (I use Vasari)
Paint:
Titanium White
Cadmium Lemon Yellow or Cadmium Yellow light
Cadmium Orange
Burnt Sienna
Alizarin Crimson
Ultramarine Blue
I’ve outlined the concepts of SHAPES, VALUE, EDGES, and TEXTURE. Click HERE for more information.
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