Spring 2012
Patrick McCay
Explore, Exploit - Express!
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MAW010 10 Week McCay (FB 9)
Feb. 10th - April 22nd
Tuesdays, 6:00 pm - 8:50 pm
A visual art studio course designed and developed to: “get your drawing and painting beyond the mundane and mechanical cliché!” A class designed to elevate individual personal expression with formal instruction that synthesizes traditional, technical strengths with the visual abstraction of form in a variety of media. Learn to focus on your painting and drawing with authority; take expressive control and command of your entire canvas while exploring and exploiting more original concepts and images. Overcome self-conscious fears in “open choice” assignments, to reveal broader more exciting, effective and visually complex paintings and drawings.
Prerequisite: Intermediate painting or drawing skills.
Limit: 15
Tuition: $265
Materials: Open to all painting and drawing media.
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Seascape Painting with Stapleton Kearns
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MAW013 3 Days Kearns (FB 9)
Fri - Sun. 9:00 am (Mar. 23 - Mar. 25)
Seascape is the most of abstract form of realist painting. There is an anatomy to the sea, but once you know that, you can make endless arrangements. Stapleton will teach principles of design and color using the seascape as a model. Rather than being just a seascape class, this workshop will explore how paintings can be made in the studio and out of your imagination. The workshop will begin at 9am and run till about 6 pm. There will be an opportunity to join the artist at a local inexpensive restaurant either one or two nights.
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Prerequisite: Open to all levels of expertise.
Limit: 15
Tuition: $300
Materials: View Materials List as a PDF
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Coming Summer 2012
Dan Thompson
Long Pose Figure Painting from Direct Observation
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MAW012 1Week Thompson (AM 303)
Mon. - Fri. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm (July. 23 - July. 27)
This workshop focuses on the great strategies of figure painting, from gesture to modeling. Students will study and experience, through practical application, a variety of individually powerful concepts which, when layered through long pose, comprise an adaptable, effective approach to the human figure in oil. The instructor will teach using demonstration lectures as well as individual critiques and demonstrations. The participant will be enabled to create at least one painting that can visually record the essence of the concepts presented. This long pose workshop has been designed for students at intermediate or advanced levels of proficiency, but beginning students are welcome to join, with the expectation that they will produce several figure paintings. Students will end the week with an improved grasp on how to articulate a more unique and personal vision.
Prerequisite: Beginning figure Painting and Drawing.
Limit: 15
Tuition: $650
Model Fee: $55
Materials: View Materials List as a PDF
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Robert Liberace
Understanding the Figure Through Anatomy
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MAW014 3 Days Liberace (AM 303)
Mon. - Wed. 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (July 9 - 11)
For centuries artists have known that a comprehensive understanding of anatomy has a profound influence on their art. From dissecting cadavers to poring over ancient texts, artists such as Davinci and Michelangelo studied the human form not only to improve their own artwork but also to satisfy their deep curiosity. This class, inspired by the great tradition of anatomical study, explores the intricacies of the human figure in order to craft more solid and spirited drawings. We will study the connections and character of the main muscles of the body and render them both as they are under the skin and as they influence the surface form. The morning period will be devoted to ecorche drawing stressing the particular relationship of muscle and bone. The afternoon period will focus on rendering the figure in a traditional manner with an emphasis on technique and style.
Prerequisite: Intermediate level figure drawing skills.
Limit: 15
Tuition: $530
Materials:View Materials List as a PDF
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Mordançage with Elizabeth Opalenik
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MAW 5 Days (FH 003)
Wed –Sun. 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun. 9:00 am – Noon
(Aug. 15-19)
Mordancage is an acid etch process where the chemical solution bleaches a gelatin silver print as it softens the emulsion in the shadows, lifting that emulsion from the photographic paper. These floating veils of emulsion can be removed by jets of water, rubbing or manipulated per your vision in the redeveloping stage. Each resulting image appears three dimensional where the emulsion has been stripped away or allowed to reform on the paper creating a unique new image.
In this workshop we shall begin with a brief history of the Mordancage process and the work of Jean Pierre Sudre, the French photographer that created the1960 formula we use today. As her mentor and friend for over 15 years, Elizabeth learned the process directly from this master in his Provence atelier.
Together students shall mix the chemistry and begin with an instructor demonstration on understanding the test strips to discover proper exposures for negatives or photograms. The first day we will explore photograms to learn the basics and move into ideas and images that make the process exciting. Days in the darkroom will be spent testing various paper and redeveloper combinations, experimenting with oxidation and toners to alter color, and deciding to save or not to save the veils. Discussions will also focus on intent for the final image. Many papers, chemicals and notebooks with formulas will be supplied. Information on negatives or other materials to bring shall be sent prior to the workshop. By the end of the week, students will have a safe working knowledge of the process, and leave with archival processed images.
Prerequisite: A working knowledge of the darkroom.
Limit: 13
Tuition: $495
Lab Fee: $50
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