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Hi Everyone,
Covid Update:
Our painting workshops will now move to an on-line platform via zoom or be rescheduled to 2021.
We are updating information as quickly as possible. If you are currently registered for a workshop we will be in touch soon. Thank you!
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DAVID MICHAEL SLONIM
5 Wednesdays via Zoom!!!!
Sept 30 - Oct 30, 2020
Painting: Experimenting, Risk Taking & Growth Tailored For any Painting Style
Max: 16
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Would you like to paint better than you ever have before? PAINT YOUR STYLE In this workshop you can paint your way -- Abstract. Realism. Impressionism. Surrealism. Still life. Landscape. This workshop is open to anyone in any medium who wants to take their work deeper, further, faster. David will share his 30+ years of extensive study and knowledge; distilled for you and served up with the encouragement to fearlessly take risks. |
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YOUR GROWTH IS THE PRIORITY
Your growth as an artist will accelerate as we study great artists and unlock the universal secrets of image structure. Join us and learn how the ABSTRACT STRUCTURE is what makes a painting a good painting, regardless of style or genre.
David will demonstrate how the master's paintings throughout art history were built on an abstract structure even when the finished painting was representational.
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At a primal level, it's this abstract image structure that moves us-- through the use of line, shape, space, value, color, and texture.
IMAGE STRUCTURE TOPICS LINE STRUCTURE: Beautiful art has beautiful bones supporting the whole. VALUE STRUCTURE: Paintings that move us distribute light and dark to convey feeling. COLOR STRUCTURE: Great paintings, like great music, are a tension resolved by harmony. Mastery of the abstract visual language is the key to captivating your viewers and is accomplished through the skillful use of the universal principles of design, composition and visual communication. |
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Just some of the many topics we'll cover:
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There will be power point presentations, demos, exercises, and games to isolate the key principles, discussions and demonstrations. There'll be individual painting time at your easels with personalized one-on-one instruction, encouragement, critique and feedback.
Each day will end with a group critique and recap of what we covered that day. Workshop content has been carefully designed to help you reach your personal goals. |
David's demos are not step-by-step "how to paint a finished painting". Instead, he demonstrates a mindset, an attitude of exploration, and risk-taking to help you become the best version of yourself as an artist.
You'll paint lots during this workshop as that's the best way to good paintings. It will be inspiring and fun, with an upbeat atmosphere and you'll go home ready to create your best work yet!
You'll paint lots during this workshop as that's the best way to good paintings. It will be inspiring and fun, with an upbeat atmosphere and you'll go home ready to create your best work yet!
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Everyone will receive printed handouts on the workshop content so you'll have a permanent record of everything covered. We'll steal from the masters, laugh a lot and eat a little chocolate. Because chocolate. "Come, be encouraged and inspired in a fun, upbeat atmosphere and go home ready to create your best work yet." - David |
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David has been a professional painter for over thirty years and is represented by numerous galleries: THE HAMPTONS | Quogue Gallery, BOSTON | Newbury Fine Arts, JACKSON HOLE & SCOTTSDALE | Altamira Fine Art,
See more of David's work at: www.davidmichaelslonim.com &
www.davidslonimpresents.com
See more of David's work at: www.davidmichaelslonim.com &
www.davidslonimpresents.com
5 Wednesdays via Zoom!!!!
Sept 30 - Oct 30, 2020
Max: 16
Level: Intermediate to advanced (Must be familiar with your tools and materials and able to paint independently)
Medium: Acrylic, watercolor, gouache, collage, or oils. pastels. (David will paint in oil)
Hours: 9 am pacific to 4:00 pm each Wednesday.
Tuition: $845.00 + 5% tax Canadian. Email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan
Sept 30 - Oct 30, 2020
Max: 16
Level: Intermediate to advanced (Must be familiar with your tools and materials and able to paint independently)
Medium: Acrylic, watercolor, gouache, collage, or oils. pastels. (David will paint in oil)
Hours: 9 am pacific to 4:00 pm each Wednesday.
Tuition: $845.00 + 5% tax Canadian. Email us here if you prefer alternate payment plan
GREG HARGREAVES
ABSTRACTING THE LANDSCAPE: NATURE RE-IMAGINED
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Join us for this fun, paint-filled week and learn Greg’s unique approach to intuitive landscape painting.
No matter what level of abstraction you prefer, recognizable subject matter or pure abstraction, this workshop has been designed to help you find your way. Greg will share with you the fundamental foundations of all his paintings, his four key pillars of success: Composition, Colour, Texture and Stroke. |
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With an emphasis on FUN, your goal will be to make each painting different and or more satisfying than the previous one.
With just a few key elements to remember and no "recipes" to follow, you just need to stay open to play and to delight in the randomness of nature and your imagination. |
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You’ll use unconventional painting tools and will begin to view each of them as an opportunity. It is exhilarating to let go of control and learn to respond to your mark making, letting the paint lead the way. |
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Through experimentation you will become aware of the mark and learn how to utilize it in translating the landscape.
We’ll play with opposites; warm & cool, thick & thin, textured & smooth, light & dark, neutrals & brights and many more. |
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While always looking to nature as our inspiration, we’ll be making it all up in this workshop. No reference images needed! We won't be looking to the old masters, or hitting the books but will instead begin to flex our intuition muscle, learn to trust our feelings and allow them to guide our decisions. |
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Greg will present inspiring demonstrations along with a few invaluable step-by-step power-point presentations of his process from beginning through completion. You will see his finished paintings and the stages each one of them went through. Such a great learning tool! Throughout the week, you’ll be given a few assignments to help keep you focused along with tons of painting time. There'll be lots of one-on-one time with Greg along with a constructive critique or two sprinkled in. |
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Greg holds nothing back and with his guidance and your hands-on practice you’ll learn how to incorporate all four of Greg's key pillars of success into your own work too!
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By the end of the week, you will have discovered the delight in painting and experienced the true joy of creating.
As Greg likes to put it: Painting for the sheer fun of it! |
Medium: Acrylic
Level: All Levels
Further announcements coming soon!
Level: All Levels
Further announcements coming soon!
Visit Greg's Etsy shop: HargreavesArt