Description: Will paint a figure from life and discuss choices for setting up the pose, composition, color harmony, lighting, pacing, and bringing the painting to a decent level of resolve. We'll also discuss the language of describing paint in order to better understand our mixtures. Joseph will explain his approach to figure painting and demonstrate by painting along and illustrating his ideas about the approach. Previous drawing experience is highly recommended. www.onejoseph.com

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Description: In this intense 3-day workshop students will work on using field studies and other reference materials to create studio landscape paintings. The class will start with an abbreviated lecture on the fundamentals of sound painting, including a discussion of the importance of drawing, value, design, and color. Students will also focus on seeing in terms of mass and form rather than detail and line. From these fundamentals, students will proceed to work on their own studio landscape paintings. Students should bring reference materials such as plein air sketches, field studies and photographs.

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Description: Create stronger paintings by gaining a better understanding of how to produce and use dramatic lighting effects. Included in this workshop are ways to improve backgrounds, edges, and composition, all of which contribute to the mood of the painting and the emotional response of the viewer. Multiple still life arrangements will be provided. Falk makes it her mission to give each student as much individual attention as possible.

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Description: This workshop will allow students to paint from the reference of their choice; animals, old trucks and buildings - whatever inspires them. The instructor will bring a selection of photos that students can work from, or they may bring their own. How to take and choose good reference photos will be discussed, along with the fundamental aspects of painting a good picture: values, edges, where to start, where to stop, and much more! There will be instructor demonstrations and plenty of student painting time- students will do lots of studies, don't be surprised if your masterpiece is a 15 minute study! Join Tom, and his wife, SAS instructor Jean Chambers for a workshop that you are sure to enjoy.

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Description: This portrait workshop will have some real characters! Working from live models, this class will focus on human features and what makes each of us different: aging qualities, how to approach wrinkles, painting gray hair, beards, and other interesting features of costumed, character-type models will all be explored. We will cover the usual suspects: drawing, value, color and composition. Painting with a limited palette will be good practice in color mixing, and as always, keeping your painting in harmony will be stressed.

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Description: In this mini-workshop, students will learn how to use photos as “thumbnail sketches” instead of simply copying them, so that photographs become a stronger source of inspiration and imagination. Students will also learn how to create a strong composition by focusing light direction in order to emphasize the focal point and create mood. Please bring lots of photos to work from, and plan to have fun! There will be instructor demos and as much individual attention as possible.

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Description: In this three day workshop, the artist will focus on putting together an Impressionistic still life full of fresh color. Our subjects will be daisies, roses and sunflowers, paired with melons, cherries and pears. We will explore basic concepts in composition, and sources for ideas on subject matter. We will also cover the effective use of light and value in creating vivid and lively subjects.

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Description: Painting the Grand Canyon in plein air is a grand experience, yet very challenging. This workshop requires hard work and dedication from each student. The course is designed to give the student complete focus on the canyon while learning what to select from the canyon�s expansive view. Helping students arrange pleasing compositions while creating the feel, mood and essence of the Canyon is the main goal. Careful consideration has been taken to select prime painting location suitable for this class. The daily schedule will be split into early morning and late afternoon painting sessions, with break time in-between. This will allow the students� working hours to be during the richest and most dramatic times of day, while giving them some free time to explore the canyon. Demonstrations will also be used in the teaching process, as well as individual critiques and some lecture time. Some outdoor painting experience is required to take this class. There will be an orientation for students on Sunday, September 16th at 5pm to kick off the workshop. Daily Schedule: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Morning session 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. midday break 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. afternoon session Students participating in this workshop will also have the added bonus of a lecture and walking tour with the Director of the Grand Canyon Field Institute, Mike Buchheit, who will help students get the most out their experience at the Canyon. Tuesday, September 18th, 1pm. During an easy walking tour along the South Rim, Mike Buchheit, longtime director of our host Grand Canyon Field Institute, will provide a natural and cultural history overview of Grand Canyon National Park. The discussion will include topics ranging from geology to archaeology, as well as a brief history of the arts at Grand Canyon. The setting for the latter will be the historic Kolb Studio, the one-time home and place of business for the famed photographers and filmmakers Emery and Ellsworth Kolb. Today Kolb Studio stands as one of the premier art venues in Grand Canyon Village.

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Description: Will paint a figure from life and discuss choices for setting up the pose, composition, color harmony, lighting, pacing, and bringing the painting to a decent level of resolve. We'll also discuss the language of describing paint in order to better understand our mixtures. Joseph will explain his approach to figure painting and demonstrate by painting along and illustrating his ideas about the approach. Previous drawing experience is highly recommended. www.onejoseph.com

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Description: In this intense 3-day workshop students will work on using field studies and other reference materials to create studio landscape paintings. The class will start with an abbreviated lecture on the fundamentals of sound painting, including a discussion of the importance of drawing, value, design, and color. Students will also focus on seeing in terms of mass and form rather than detail and line. From these fundamentals, students will proceed to work on their own studio landscape paintings. Students should bring reference materials such as plein air sketches, field studies and photographs.

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Description: Create stronger paintings by gaining a better understanding of how to produce and use dramatic lighting effects. Included in this workshop are ways to improve backgrounds, edges, and composition, all of which contribute to the mood of the painting and the emotional response of the viewer. Multiple still life arrangements will be provided. Falk makes it her mission to give each student as much individual attention as possible.

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Description: This workshop will allow students to paint from the reference of their choice; animals, old trucks and buildings - whatever inspires them. The instructor will bring a selection of photos that students can work from, or they may bring their own. How to take and choose good reference photos will be discussed, along with the fundamental aspects of painting a good picture: values, edges, where to start, where to stop, and much more! There will be instructor demonstrations and plenty of student painting time- students will do lots of studies, don't be surprised if your masterpiece is a 15 minute study! Join Tom, and his wife, SAS instructor Jean Chambers for a workshop that you are sure to enjoy.

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Description: This portrait workshop will have some real characters! Working from live models, this class will focus on human features and what makes each of us different: aging qualities, how to approach wrinkles, painting gray hair, beards, and other interesting features of costumed, character-type models will all be explored. We will cover the usual suspects: drawing, value, color and composition. Painting with a limited palette will be good practice in color mixing, and as always, keeping your painting in harmony will be stressed.

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Description: In this mini-workshop, students will learn how to use photos as “thumbnail sketches” instead of simply copying them, so that photographs become a stronger source of inspiration and imagination. Students will also learn how to create a strong composition by focusing light direction in order to emphasize the focal point and create mood. Please bring lots of photos to work from, and plan to have fun! There will be instructor demos and as much individual attention as possible.

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Description: In this three day workshop, the artist will focus on putting together an Impressionistic still life full of fresh color. Our subjects will be daisies, roses and sunflowers, paired with melons, cherries and pears. We will explore basic concepts in composition, and sources for ideas on subject matter. We will also cover the effective use of light and value in creating vivid and lively subjects.

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Description: Painting the Grand Canyon in plein air is a grand experience, yet very challenging. This workshop requires hard work and dedication from each student. The course is designed to give the student complete focus on the canyon while learning what to select from the canyon�s expansive view. Helping students arrange pleasing compositions while creating the feel, mood and essence of the Canyon is the main goal. Careful consideration has been taken to select prime painting location suitable for this class. The daily schedule will be split into early morning and late afternoon painting sessions, with break time in-between. This will allow the students� working hours to be during the richest and most dramatic times of day, while giving them some free time to explore the canyon. Demonstrations will also be used in the teaching process, as well as individual critiques and some lecture time. Some outdoor painting experience is required to take this class. There will be an orientation for students on Sunday, September 16th at 5pm to kick off the workshop. Daily Schedule: 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Morning session 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. midday break 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. afternoon session Students participating in this workshop will also have the added bonus of a lecture and walking tour with the Director of the Grand Canyon Field Institute, Mike Buchheit, who will help students get the most out their experience at the Canyon. Tuesday, September 18th, 1pm. During an easy walking tour along the South Rim, Mike Buchheit, longtime director of our host Grand Canyon Field Institute, will provide a natural and cultural history overview of Grand Canyon National Park. The discussion will include topics ranging from geology to archaeology, as well as a brief history of the arts at Grand Canyon. The setting for the latter will be the historic Kolb Studio, the one-time home and place of business for the famed photographers and filmmakers Emery and Ellsworth Kolb. Today Kolb Studio stands as one of the premier art venues in Grand Canyon Village.

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Description: Will paint a figure from life and discuss choices for setting up the pose, composition, color harmony, lighting, pacing, and bringing the painting to a decent level of resolve. We'll also discuss the language of describing paint in order to better understand our mixtures. Joseph will explain his approach to figure painting and demonstrate by painting along and illustrating his ideas about the approach. Previous drawing experience is highly recommended. www.onejoseph.com

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Description: In this intense 3-day workshop students will work on using field studies and other reference materials to create studio landscape paintings. The class will start with an abbreviated lecture on the fundamentals of sound painting, including a discussion of the importance of drawing, value, design, and color. Students will also focus on seeing in terms of mass and form rather than detail and line. From these fundamentals, students will proceed to work on their own studio landscape paintings. Students should bring reference materials such as plein air sketches, field studies and photographs.

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Description: This workshop will be focused on how to use beautiful oil colors to paint from life models. Students will learn effective ways to paint human figures from 25 minute quick studies, to a one-day length session incorporating the Alla Prima approach. Class will start from a relatively simple, limited color palette for quick paintings, to full color palette for longer paintings. Different techniques will be demonstrated and practiced: such as premixing unique colors, matching the right values with expressive or exaggerated color temperatures, the application of various thin and thick brushworks, and more. www.henryyanart.com

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Description: This enjoyable portrait painting class will offer the student the opportunity to work from life under the guidance of an accomplished artist. Robert will offer simplified concepts which will help students build a solid foundation in the fundamentals of portrait painting. Clearly expressed principles regarding values, form modeling, color and edges will demystify these sometimes confusing topics. This class will be an informative, non-intimidating introduction (or re-introduction!) to painting the portrait, questions and class discussions will be encouraged. Individualized attention will be give to each student.

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Description: Painting Landscapes in the studio from Photographs. Topics studied in this class will be: Composition, Value, Color Brush work Eliminating the clutter and turning simple into stunning. � Choosing the right photos, using studies and other studio methods before you take off on the major piece. Suggestive canvas sizes: 8x10 up to 12x16 Students are welcome to bring photos; photos will be available for use.

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Description: This workshop will take place in the beautiful Grand Teton National Park, just outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The format for this class will incorporate both morning and afternoon painting sessions, to take advantage of different lighting situations. There will be daily demonstrations by the instructor as well as one-on-one instruction out in the field. The emphasis will be drawing, color, value, edges and brushwork, in order to create a competent painting on location in a painterly fashion. The workshop will kick off with a short orientation meeting on Tuesday afternoon. There will be an optional evening painting session for those who wish to continue painting past the typical workshop hours. This class is suitable for all levels, but some experience color mixing out of doors is required. I look forward to a great workshop this year in some really fine painting locations that will feature mountain and river scenes in this historic National Park. www.johnhughesstudio.com Portable easel and transportation are required- Students will get a special rate at the Flat Creek Inn in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for this workshop.

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