One-Day: Smartphone Photography Workshop with Howard Rose: April 27, 2019

by Grace Lucarelli | Nov 3, 2018 | Past Classes and Workshops

One-Day: Smartphone Photography Workshop with Howard Rose: April 27, 2019

One-Day: April 27, 2019, 10 am – 2 pm
$60

An Intensive Photography and Editing Apps Workshop

Bring your smartphone (iPhone 5, 6, 6+, 7, 7+ (or higher) or similar smartphone).
1 hour: Understanding your camera
1.5 hours: Outside photography at Elderfields or nearby
1.5 hours: Working with editing Apps
(Bring lunch or snack.)

Spend the day learning the essential elements of your iPhone. We will cover the four most important categories for creating superior photographs on your smartphone. This is a great workshop for anyone who wants to take better pictures and get to know their cellphone camera better!

Understanding your camera. 15 of the most important tips for getting ready to use your camera: settings, using the three shutters, assuring clear focus, adjusting the exposure, organizing your photos into albums, HDR shooting, Auto-focus lock, back-lit situations and more.
Deciding what to photograph. How to capture what you feel about the image you want to photograph. Is it exciting, mysterious, painterly, or inspirational – create a work of art! Convert it to black & white or vibrant color.
Creating the best design in your camera. Looking for the focus, identifying the direction of light, finding the best angle and horizontal position. Best time of day to shoot. How to look for a variety of shapes and color, and many more ways of getting outside the box and wind up with professional looking photos.
Photography and Editing Apps. We will review many of the most exciting photography editing apps that you will use to turn your photos into a continuing, memorable, body of work. You will never settle for a mediocre photographs again. Adjust the shadows, the mood, the exposure and finally understand how to replicate all of the adjustments that you might have once created in a darkroom. These apps are not just filters. Howard will show you more than 10 of the most sophisticated editing apps that are easy to use, understand and implement for all of your future photography.

You can register with your credit card via Paypal (below) and mail with your check to The Art Guild.

WORKSHOPS: Cancellations by the student – more than 90 days: full refund. Under 90 days: $25 non-refundable registration fee is included in the workshop tuition. Tuition is non-refundable within 14 days of the start of the workshop.

Ceramic Workshop Off The Wheel with Patricia Bridges – January 27, 2019

by Grace Lucarelli | Nov 1, 2018 | Past Classes and Workshops

Ceramic Workshop: Off The Wheel, with Patricia Bridges, Sunday, January 27, 1-4:30pm $90M/$125NM

Clay is one of the most seductive mediums with it’s tactile lure and relaxing nature. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of clay and surface decoration by creating functional or sculptural objects and prepping them for the kiln. You will be introduced to the incredible medium of clay by learning about its properties, how to shape and form it, join it and manipulate the surface. Through exploring texture and shape you will make your own art in clay.

Master Potter, Patricia Bridges is a full time professional studio potter, dedicated to excellence in craftsmanship. She has been designing and crafting practical, high-quality ceramics for over three decades. Her work ranges from wheel thrown functional ceramics for the kitchen, table and home to more decorative work off of the potter’s wheel. Based in Port Washington, Bridges has been teaching ceramics for over 10 years and has a large following of dedicated students. Bridges Pottery can be found online at www.bridgespottery.com

Designed for those who are new to clay, or those who simply want to further their skills. Open to all levels. Be ready to get muddy!

Materials and firings are included.

Logical Perspective Workshop (Part 1) with Howard Rose, July 13

by Grace Lucarelli | Nov 1, 2018 | Past Classes and Workshops

Logical Perspective Workshop with Howard Rose
July 13 (Part 1) • 10 am – 2 pm • $60

One point, two point and three point perspective – it’s in every drawing and every design that you will create as an artist. Learning to see perspective without the complicated measurements will make it second nature in your designs and drawings. You have to get good at it to create realistic work.

Is it right or is it wrong?

If you get the basic concepts of vanishing points and understanding the idea that objects get smaller as they recede, you will get accurate perspective lines in your initial designs with minimal effort.

Don’t get discouraged by looking at YouTube videos. They will look so very complicated and – they are!

You will leave this workshop, with a clear and logical understanding of all of the basic rules of perspective. You will be able to create accurate perspective visually without measuring and getting lost in the details.

Howard will supply a 36-page Perspective Workbook that will cover everything you need to know.

Bring to class a 12-inch ruler, pencils, eraser and blank 8.5 x 11 white paper (nothing special).

Look forward to seeing you!

Howard Rose

Duane Keiser: Premier Coup Oil Painting – January 19-20, 2019

by Grace Lucarelli | Oct 30, 2018 | Past Classes and Workshops

SOLD OUT!
Duane Keiser: Two Day Workshop – Premier Coup
January 19 & 20, 2019
$375 Members/$410 Non-members

Through painting sessions, demos, and critiques, Duane Keiser will lead a challenging two-day workshop on premier coup painting. Premier coup, or “first strike,” is a painting done with the intent of finishing it in one sitting. Like Jazz, premier coup can be wonderfully improvisational while also requiring a high degree of precision and control. Duane will share his various strategies, techniques, and ways of thinking about painterly exploration of a subject within the confines of a moment.

Duane Keiser studied painting under Raymond Berry at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia and Lennart Anderson at Brooklyn College in NYC. His “A Painting a Day” blog has been written about in numerous publications, including USA Today, The New York Times and The Huffington Post. Using a makeshift easel made from a cigar box, he makes a postcard-sized painting each day and posts them to his blog where collectors can bid on them via eBay. The project is ongoing and can be seen at duanekeiser.com. He is also known for his “painted animations.” A modern take on the still life, these videos combine traditional painting, animation, and time-lapse. He has exhibited at Fischbach Gallery, Allan Stone Gallery and, most recently, the New York Academy of Art. His work resides in several corporate collections and hundreds of private collections worldwide, including the Gregory Peterson Collection. This interview has a good overview of Duane’s “A Painting a Day” project: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-seed/duane-keiser-a-painting-a_b_2776043.html

Bending Reality – Color Theory Workshop w/Patti Mollica – Aug. 24-25, 2019

by Grace Lucarelli | Oct 30, 2018 | Archive

Bending Reality – Color Theory Workshop w/Patti Mollica
Aug. 24-25, 2019 • 10 am – 4 pm
$300 M/$335 NM

Ever underwhelmed with landscapes that are “all green”, or urban scenes that are “all grey” or any subject that features less than exciting colors?

How do you translate your subject into colors that convey a more personal expression and response? How do you choose, mix and paint colors that you don’t actually see? How do you harmonize these colors and work with the color wheel / color schemes to assure that your painting will hold together in the end?

Learn how to harness color to make dynamic & creative color choices!

Attendees will learn how to:

– Translate colors that convey a more personal express and response

– Choose, mix and paint colors that you don’t actually see

– Harmonize colors and work with the color wheel or color schemes to assure that your painting holds together

If you have ever asked any or all of these questions, this workshop is for you! Patti Mollica, author of “Color Theory, an Essential Guide to Color” will be teaching the strategy behind working with color schemes and pushing color choices to the next level. If you are ready to embark upon new level of color exploration, don’t miss this workshop.

Take your understanding of color to a new level in this intensive hands-on workshop. Learn how to harness color to make dynamic, harmonious and creative color choices in your artwork. All skill levels are welcome!

Patti Mollica believes that truly great painting is not about the “subject matter,” but rather the way an artist communicates beauty, sensitivity and integrity in whatever is painted. Flowers, gardens and sunsets are no more worthy as painting subjects than a subway station full of weary commuters, or a closeup of an old rundown building with cascading fire escapes. She believes that a painter’s job is to show the viewer the inherant beauty of all subjects and scenes, most especially the ones that are not commonly thought of in an artistic light.

Although she is equally comfortable working in both oils and acrylics, she feels that the new developments in recent years to acrylics make them a perfect vehicle for infinite versatility and personal expression. This is explored and illustrated in depth in her book, “Modern Acrylics“. She has also recently authored “Color Theory” and “Getting Started in Acrylics“, available in art stores worldwide and online at Amazon.com.

For more about Patti, please visit her website: mollicastudio.com

WORKSHOPS: Cancellations by the student – more than 90 days: full refund. Under 90 days: $50 non-refundable registration fee is included in the workshop tuition. Deposit is non-refundable within 14 days of the start of the workshop.