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Oil Painting for Everyone: A Beginners Guide to Capturing Light and Form in the Landscape
The workshop is especially designed for the beginner.
We’ll cover all the basics of painting with oils: How to mix oils and apply the paint strokes, how to use a photo and map out your composition and how to confidently apply the paint!
Beginning Oils: Still Life with Limited Palette
Exploring the many colors in a subject using only the primary colors.
Create paintings using three principles: line, tone and color. We will begin with a simple still life drawing on canvas followed by demonstrations and discussions of tone (the lights and darks that build depth) and then introduce color. Using only the primary colors we will discuss color theory and practice mixing colors for our paintings. This is a perfect workshop for the beginner. Paintings will be completed step by step with simple demonstrations and one on one instruction. Expect a safe learning atmosphere, lots of fun and great relaxing music.
Embracing the Unknown in Landscape Painting
As landscape painters, even when we become proficient at painting our desired subjects, the work can sometimes lack a deeper energy or sense of wonder. Often, the power of art lies beyond the subject, and within the interaction between artist and materials. I find that getting to that special place involves a balance of control and chaos. And chaos can be scary!
During this class, we will delve into some landscape painting fundamentals such as composition, value structure, and massing to develop a strong foundation from which we can play and experiment. Later, we will get into some creative constraints and non-traditional paint application techniques to get you out of your comfort zone and into the unknown. This class will include some lecture, discussion of paintings from throughout history, demonstrations, plenty of time for creative experimentation, and critiques.
While we will be working mostly from reference photos (or previously made landscape studies), the concepts in this class will also apply well to onsite observational and imaginative work. This class is open to acrylic and/or oil painters of all abilities.
Free the Art!
Locals join The Bascom annually for this summer kick-off to all things kid creative. Explore drawing, painting, mixed-media, and more!
Free the Art! runs from 10am - 1pm on June 19th, 20th, and 21st for young artists ages 7-12. And like the name says, it's FREE!
How to Nail Color Harmonies and Color Pops for Killer Skies and Atmospheric Paintings
"Using my simplified values and design techniques, I will step by step show you how to add harmonious color pops and atmospheric skies that take your paintings to a moody, atmospheric level in a fun and positive way.In addition we will cover new mental tips that automatically enhance your abilities. I have further researched new techniques to help you advance more easily and swiftly .We will continue to cover how to easily establish a great design , strong value base foundation and make great shapes, and use of the illusive but powerful edges tool. We will paint together step by step some great paintings or you can paint what you desire from your own images. Looking forward to working with you." - Bill Davidson
The Landscape “In-Between Realism and Abstraction”
This class will merge the knowledge of the fundamentals of classical landscape painting as a foundation, combined with the understanding of the basic principles and elements of abstraction in order to loosen up in your painting. Pushing one’s landscape artwork with a variety of mediums and tools as a way of loosening up and going beyond the basics, as well as heavy discussion on changing design and composition to push outside the obvious.
Painting with Confidence and Style - Landscape and Still Life in Oil Paint
This workshop will emphasize the understanding of what we see in the physical world, and how to best interpret that with paint. The excitement of painting is not just in gaining skills, but also in developing and realizing your unique interpretive ‘voice’ or style. We’ll present several modules which which will help build specific skills and help you gain confidence. We’ll also discuss communicative concepts such as expressive brushwork, harmony and design. Learn ways to handle complex subject matter with great ease and with simple gestures. They’ll be several demonstrations and practice studies, plus a lot of one-on-one assistance. You will be challenged to think in new ways about oil painting. Expect a focused, yet relaxed, atmosphere with lots of fun and camaraderie. |
Painting Vibrant Flowers in Oil
This 3-day workshop will teach you how to paint flowers in oil, achieving vibrant, clean color using a loose, fresh, direct method. There will be demonstrations, instruction, critiques and guidance from Pat while you paint. You will learn approaches to understand and simplify flower shapes, depict form thru observation of light and shadow patterns, mix color and paint vases and containers. We will do a painting together with photo supplied on day one, then you will work from your own fresh flower set-ups on days 2 & 3.
The Art of Abstract
Bring your sense of adventure and creativity for this workshop The Art of Abstract.
This workshop is designed for the new and experienced Abstract Artist working with acrylic painting materials. You will learn to be generous with yourself. Get out of your comfort zone, let loose your creativity, get rid of that inner critic that has you stuck. By the final phase of our exploration, you will be able to put the beautiful finishing touches on your own abstract painting.
From Realism to Abstraction
Join me in my 16th year teaching palette knife and particular brush techniques using Cobra water mixable oils. (Or your own choice) My class is always called From Realism to Abstraction with focus on how the landscape is always the main focus and can be abstracted. |
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