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Weekly Classes (Click on class name for description)
Monday
- Watercolor: Loosening Up!
- Color with Soft Pastels on hiatus
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday, Weekend and Weekday Workshops
- Travel Painting; the Basics
- Figure Painting and Drawing Open Studio
- Process of Abstraction; A Color Workshop
- Painting Workout
- Monoprint without a Press with Golden OPEN
- Lin Fischer Expressive Figure Painting
- Mural Painting
- Stunning Abstracts with Soft Pastels (A mixed media workshop)
- Free Golden Paints Lecture
- Figure Drawing Wkshps: Structure and Anatomy
- Abstraction from Nature
Workshops Abroad
MONDAY
Watercolor: Loosening Up! Continuing
Mira M. White, instructor
Mondays: January 9 – March 19, 2012 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Tuition: $ 250 (10 meetings)
Our watercolor class is structured specifically for continuing watercolorists who want to move forward in their exploration of color, composition and experimental techniques. We explore a variety of motifs and methods: some landscape, figure, floral, and abstract. This class is informal, with continual demonstration and assistance from the instructor. Students work at their own pace. The emphasis in these classes is always on building luminous layers of color, regardless of the imagery. I hope you will join us! Supply list upon registration
Register: 925 947-5773 (limited enrollment)
Mira M. White, instructor
On hiatus Monday evenings
7-10 pm Tuition: $ 250 (10 meetings)
This class is a great opportunity to experiment with and experience both traditional and innovative approaches to the use of soft pastels. While this medium promises immediate sensory pleasure with its vibrant color, it also permits tremendous freedom in mixed media applications. This approach to pastels is unusual and is built upon the premise that we will be painting ; we work with this medium both dry and wet. The class is structured to accommodate both adventurous beginners and continuing pastelists . There will be color and texture exercises, studies in monochromatic and limited palettes as well as work that utilizes the full spectrum and saturated color. All imagery, both representational and abstract is workable. Supply list upon registration
Register: 925 947-5773
TUESDAY
Tesia Blackburn, Instructor
Tuesdays January 10 – March 13, 2012 12 – 3 pm
Tuition $325.00 10 sessions
Come and stretch your boundaries; artists of all disciplines will benefit. Explore abstract art, pure form on the painted surface. Transform reality or develop completely nonrepresentational imagery. Class supports your process, from accessing your creative source and gathering ideas, to developing your concepts and visual vocabulary. Emphasis on composition, color, shape, movement and texture. Experimentation is encouraged; use collage, mixed media and non-traditional media to enhance your work. Demonstrations, activities and individual attention as well as group critiques. All levels welcome. Some paints, gels and mediums provided.
Register at my website http://www.acrylicdiva.com/teachinghtml
NOTE: If you have not taken a class with Tesia please email her before registration to insure you are in the appropriate class
WEDNESDAY
Painting the Essence – Creating good habits by working fast
Hilary Lambert, Instructor
Wednesdays: January 11 – March 14 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Tuition $250 10 classes
A class devoted to get you started in painting with the proper foundation of knowledge and skill. Using the still life as our subject, students will be working on skills in drawing, composition,value and color. Lessons are structured to introduce the basic stages of process, which when followed will produce great results in a painting. Continuing students will benefit from a return to basics while working on more complex projects.
Contact Hilary Lambert at hilary@millsgallery.com for materials list and to register www.millsgallery.com 925-708-6497
THURSDAY
Painting: From Concept to Completion
Patsy Taylor, Instructor
Thursdays, January 12 – March 15 9–12 noon
Tuition: $225; 10 classes
Painting is fun, exciting, challenging, and rewarding. Come explore the multitude of various aspects that go into developing a successful painting. Sessions will include demos, exercises, and individualized instruction. All levels of experience welcomed. If you have previous work, please bring one of your recent pieces to the first class and come prepared to paint. Beginners: help selecting materials and supplies provided first class. All levels welcome.
Registration: ptaylor.artist@gmail.com or call 925-435-0156; www.patsytaylor.com
Expressive Figure Painting Group
Thursdays ongoing 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
No instructor. $25 per session.
To register call Nancy Robinson at 925-372-3651
This 3-hour ongoing group includes a peer discussion at end of class. Explore the dynamics of painting and drawing from a live model, sharing the cost of studio time and model fees. A friendly and fun group. Although it is geared towards expressive figure painting, all painting and drawing styles are more than welcome!
FRIDAY
Patsy Taylor, Instructor
Fridays, January 13 – March 16 9 – 12 noon
Tuition: $225; 10 classes
The first step in all art is learning to draw. Learning to draw with confidence is the desire of every artist. This course is designed to provide the basics of drawing and to help develop your confidence in all areas of drawing. Whether you have never drawn before, believe you can’t draw (you can!), or want to improve the drawing skills that you already have, this course is for you. We will cover all the basics: value, proportion, perspective, and composition. We will also work on line quality, expressing texture, creating space, and using design principles in our drawings. Lessons will include exposure to a variety of drawing materials and mediums. Instructor provides plenty of individualized attention and instruction.
Materials list: 18” X 24” pad of newsprint (rough, not smooth), a sketch board (large enough for your pad of paper), vine charcoal (soft), a kneaded eraser, and a chamois. A sketchbook journal for personal notes and drawings is a plus, but not a requirement.
Registration: ptaylor.artist@gmail.com or call 925-435-0156; www.patsytaylor.com
SATURDAY, WEEKEND AND WEEKDAY WORKSHOPS
Jody Mattison, Instructor
January 28-29 (revised dates), 2012 Saturday and Sunday, 11-5 p.m.
Workshop tuition:
Two days $180, only $100 for participants registered for 2012 Painting in Costa Rica or Italian Summer (see Workshops Abroad, below)
One day $95, only $50 for Paint in Costa Rica and Italian Summer registrants.
Day One will focus on the packing and carrying logistics; the what, why and how of your paint, brushes and equipment; and a quick overview of painting basics. We will go over the different possibilities for packing and transport; equipment options, how to pack paints etc. We will also cover painting basics; this will be a pleasant review for some and great new information for others.
Day Two will be a plein air painting primer and test run while indoors. We’ll pack together and work as if we are in the field: painting a still life we’ll take it slow and go through the steps together. Bring your camera (for pictures of each stage) and a notepad.
All media welcome; oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastels. If you have them, bring your current travel easel(s), pochade box and tripod, paints, brushes, equipment etc. Be sure to bring some canvas boards that fit your set-up. If you don’t have travel equipment, bring your regular painting materials with canvas boards (nothing larger than 11 x 14). If you don’t have either, call me and we’ll figure it out ahead of time! (I can lend an easel set-up to anyone just starting, and charge a small fee for the paints and canvas board.)
email jmattison@jodymattison.com to register and for materials list www.jodymattison.com
Figure Painting and Drawing Open Studio
Monthly, 1-5 p.m. Sunday January 22, Saturday February 18, Sunday March 18, Sunday April 22
Jody Mattison and Doug Riggs, coordinators no instruction
$25 pre-register, $30 drop in (per class)
Four great hours of painting the model (or drawing, if you prefer) We usually begin with 20 minutes of gestures or a short pose, then work on a 3 1/2 hour pose. Sometimes nude, sometimes clothed
email jmattison@jodymattison.com to register
Process of Abstraction; A Color Workshop
Mark Eanes, Instructor
Saturday January 21 and February 4, 10-4
Tuition: $190 for the two days.
There will be a minimum of 6 students, and a maximum of 8.
Elements of Abstraction and the knowledge of Color will be the focus of this two day workshop. These are the most challenging and rewarding formal elements in painting for many students. This class will be useful to those students who work representationally— the most important foundation for observational painting is the understanding of Abstraction and Color.
Day One will involve students engaging in rigorous painting exercises, including collage work, with a focus on composition, design, and devising personal strategies for understanding color. Color mixing and historical perspective will be an essential part of the work. Instructional texts will be discussed and recommended. Students will learn how to mix secondary and tertiary colors, as well as earth tones, skin tones, and a variety of grays, both warm and cool.
Students will have two weeks to continue their personal approach and investigation (i.e. Homework assignments, including a museum trip).
Day two will be devoted to work that requires more time and layers of thought and activity. As usual, there will be many examples of other artists to view and discuss, and time will be devoted to personal critique of students’ work.
Patsy Taylor, Instructor
Saturday, February 25 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM (1 hour lunch break)
Tuition: $90 for one session
Description: It is often said that you will learn more by painting one hundred paintings than by painting one. In this class we will be painting rapidly from still life, developing our brushwork skills and confidence in applying paint. We will begin by painting one canvas per hour, in the mornings and slow down to two in the afternoons. The focus will be on painting what is essential without getting wrapped up in the details. Come and “workout”! Level: Intermediate to advanced.
Materials list: your painting supplies, oil or acrylic; supports (10 canvas boards or other supports: a mix of 8 X 10”, 9 X 12”, 11 X 14”); snacks and/or lunch (lots of places to eat in studio center)
Registration: ptaylor.artist@gmail.com or call 925-435-0156; www.patsytaylor.com
Monoprint without a Press with Golden OPEN
Tesia Blackburn,Instructor
Saturday February 11, 2012 11 am to 5 pm CANCELLED
Tuition $95.00
Register at Tesia’s website http://www.acrylicdiva.com/teachinghtml
This workshop will introduce this exciting and versatile medium. The monoprint is created by painting directly onto a plate and hand burnishing. This is a unique method of working in multiple images, incorporating the immediacy of painting with printmaking methods. By repeating and reworking personal imagery and symbols, a rich rapport develops between the artist and the print. This unique workshop will focus on innovative techniques to enable printing without using a press. Class time will be spent exploring transfer, embossing, stamping, rubbing, and texture. No prior experience necessary.
Golden Acrylic Colors, gels and mediums, various items to print with, some extra plexiglas, burnishers, provided.
Lin Fischer, Instructor
Sun, February 19, 2012, 10am – 5pm
Register: lsglenn@gmail.com or call Lynn Glenn at 925-820-5158 for information
Come join us for an all day painting class with model, designed to make your work more expressive and free.
Hilary Lambert, Instructor
Saturday and Sunday, to be re-scheduled
Tuition $220
Learn how to paint a mural on canvas. Two day workshop using Acrylic Paint. Many of the techniques of faux, color matching, glazing with Benjamin Moore Paints. Bring your ideas for your bathroom, family room, or kitchen and we will make it happen.
Contact Hilary Lambert at hilary@millsgallery.com for materials list and to register www.millsgallery.com 925-708-6497
Stunning Abstracts with Soft Pastels ( A mixed media workshop)
Mira M. White, instructor
March 10-11, Sat/ Sun 10 am-4 pm
Tuition: $ 200 ( Instruction only)
We are going to have a great time playing with soft pastels in a variety of experimental ways: under-paintings with acrylics , watercolors or pastel diluted with rubbing alcohol. (No turp. solvents in this workshop). We will be layering both dry and wet processes. Lots of exuberant mark making on several surfaces! We hope to address a couple of major questions that artists often ponder: When is a painting considered abstract? When does a pastel artwork become a developed painting?
Register: 925 947-5773 (limited enrollment)
Tesia Blackburn,Instructor
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:30-9:30 pm
The Golden lecture/demo is a two-hour free educational presentation on acrylic paints, gels and mediums: an advanced technical explanation of acrylics, and their inherent possibilities. It covers information about the different types of pigments, different viscosities and types of paints, grounds and color mixing. Various gels and mediums are demonstrated. You will learn how to extend paint to save money, and how to mix paints with gels to create unique textural surfaces. Learn how to use different products to make surfaces for watercolors, graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, oil and soft pastels. Techniques for the use of iridescent and metallic paints will be shown. The lecture covers lightfastness for pigments, proper acrylic priming techniques, and health and safety concerns.
Free Packet of Literature and Samples. No materials needed.
for information http://www.acrylicdiva.com/contact/
Figure Drawing Workshops: Structure and Anatomy I & II
Sherry Kwint-Cattoche, Instructor
Two Day Workshops, Saturdays 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Workshop # I: March 24 & 31, 2012
Workshop # II: May 5 & 12, 2012
Fee: $250 each or $450 for both (Includes model)
Workshop #I Registration Deadline is 3/19/2012
Work from the model concentrating on anatomy and structure of the figure. Learn skeletal and muscular landmarks to enhance the gesture and proportions in your figure drawings.Focus on the underlying structures and anatomical landmarks of the figure. Improve your observation skills and refine drawing techniques.
to register email Sherry at cattoche@aol.com
Tesia Blackburn,Instructor
Friday-Sunday April 6,7,8, 2012 11 am to 5 pm
Tuition $275
A wealth of natural source material is right out the door. Nature contains everything needed to create strong, interesting and compelling abstract paintings. Using nature as our source material we will start the day at the Lafayette reservoir. After a brief lecture and demo, we will do simple sketches in preparation for an afternoon of painting back in the studio. Tesia will cover topics such as designing a strong composition, using contrast, texture and color in combination and much more. Days two and three will be spent painting from preliminary work done at Lafayette Reservoir. Additional compositional studies will be done in the studio as well. For a complete itinerary, materials list or more information, please email Tesia.
Register at Tesia’s website http://www.acrylicdiva.com/teachinghtml
WORKSHOPS ABROAD
Jody Mattison, Instructor
March 17 to 25, 2012
Come join me for a eight days of painting and relaxing in beautiful Costa Rica… , in the coastal region of Guanacaste! Workshop fee is $450, 10% discount for early registration. Lodging (limited) is currently $300 per person plus $25 airport transportation each way if you fly in with the group. for an email brochure, contact me at jmattison@jodymattison.com or visit jodymattison.com
Jody Mattison, Instructor
Week one: June 12 -19, 2012
Week two: June 19 – 26, 2012
Enjoy painting and leisurely touring the beautiful Tuscan and Umbrian areas of Italy. Every day is filled with beautiful sites, lovely walking tours, and picturesque views to paint.
Lodging will be at the rustic Torre del Grano, an ancient roman watchtower set on a hill overlooking two castles in the beautiful Niccone Valley. On the Umbrian-Tuscan border, quaint hill towns and local villages are all a short drive away, with wonderful places to eat, to sit and enjoy an espresso with the locals.
Cortona, Perugia, Assisi and Gubbio are some of the places we will visit. Each week will have a different itinerary; you are welcome to register for one or both weeks. The schedule is flexible; there will be plenty of time for painting and sightseeing.
Costs:
Two weeks, painting workshop and room, double occ. $1150
Two weeks, one non-painting guest and room, double occ. $705
Two weeks, single supplement $600
One week, painting workshop and room, double occ. $725
One week, one non-painting guest and room, double occ. $425
One week, single supplement $350
for details, contact me at jmattison@jodymattison.com
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