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ONLINE Mini Session Watercolor with Denis Ponsot Tues PM

by Grace Lucarelli | Oct 14, 2020 | Past Classes and Workshops

ONLINE Mini Session

WATERCOLOR WITH DENIS PONSOT

3 TUESDAYS, 6:30pm – 9:30pm EST

Fee: $120 Members | $155 Non Members

Dec 1, 8, & 15

With over twenty years’ experience teaching, Instructor Denis Ponsot has designed this informative class to demonstrate all the “shop tricks” in watercolor painting. Both beginning and experienced students will learn to avoid common pitfalls and advance their abilities. The focus will be on students individually, helping them realize their full watercolor potential. Explore a variety of watercolor techniques with an emphasis on developing one’s own style. Includes demonstrations of color and design, wet on wet, and dry-brush techniques. Students choose to paint from still life arrangements, photos, or their own subjects.

“We look forward to the next class the minute each one is completed! He is engaging and informative….and shares all of his techniques, experiences and varied artistic expressions with the class while giving superb directives for the current work in progress.”

About Denis

Award-winning artist, Denis Ponsot has worked in all of the various media but prefers to work in watercolor. He also teaches watercolor painting, oils, mixed media, and drawing from introductory to advanced levels to children and adults.

He says, “Teaching is my greatest inspiration. The combination of teaching and painting has helped to make my artistic experience complete. Working with students is important to me because I enjoy helping them with their painting and drawing problems. I am able to encourage them to experiment with their own ideas. I take pleasure in helping my students expand their artistic horizons beyond their expectations.” Denis teaches at The Craft Students League and The Kids Club in Manhattan and at the Art Guild in addition to accepting commissions in watercolor, oil, and portrait painting.

Denis has developed watercolor portfolios in three areas: “Landscape,” “Flowers and Still Life” and “The Figure and Portraits.” His work can be viewed on his Facebook page @DenisPonsot or at www.denisponsot.com.

ONLINE Mini Session Watercolor with Denis Ponsot Wed AM

by Grace Lucarelli | Oct 9, 2020 | Past Classes and Workshops

ONLINE MINI SESSION WATERCOLOR WITH DENIS PONSOT

3 Classes!

WEDNESDAYS, 10 am – 12 pm EST

Dec 2, 9, & 16
Fee for Fall Session: $99 Members / $135 Non-members

“We look forward to the next class the minute each one is completed! He is engaging and informative….and shares all of his techniques, experiences and varied artistic expressions with the class while giving superb directives for the current work in progress.”

About Denis

ONLINE Art of the Mark: A workshop in Abstraction with Laura Shabott and Alana Barrett

by Grace Lucarelli | Sep 25, 2020 | Past Classes and Workshops

ONLINE: The Art of the Mark: A workshop in Abstraction

with Laura Shabott and Alana Barrett

Friday, December 18th | 10am – 3pm
$125 Members/$160 Non-members

In this online course, we will discuss how mark-making is a fundamental part of abstract painting. You will study Hans Hofmann’s theory of push/pull, the precursor of Abstract Expressionism in a slide presentation, demonstration, and guided exercises that transform your range of mark-making. In the afternoon, we will move to hard-edge abstraction, with a slide presentation of contemporary artists, a demonstration, and guided exercises to learn this essential abstraction skill.

About the Blue Chair Series:

The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown is down the street from me. I was a week-long returning resident in a large bright studio with a huge roll of Fabriano paper and water-based paints. I made these abstracts prompted from a still life on the floor with cleaning equipment dipped in paint and wide brushes duct taped to broom handles. Later, I found out the room was a studio that Hans Hofmann used when he lived in Provincetown.

ABOUT LAURA SHABOTT

Artist Laura Shabott received a studio diploma from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS in 1995. Concurrently, she discovered Provincetown and settled there. About her art, Emily Mergel writes in Artscope Magazine “Shabott continually draws inspiration from abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann and breaks forms into their most evocative essentials…She seizes the opportunity to burst the gallery walls, speaking with intentional gesture in visual vocabulary all her own.”

Shabott has shown with Berta Walker Gallery, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, Four Eleven Gallery, Provincetown Art Association and Museum and Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. She is represented by Berta Walker Gallery.

ABOUT ALANA BARRETT

Artist Bio: Alana Barrett is a recent graduate of the University of Miami, and she has a degree in Studio Art and a minor in biology. She is a multidisciplinary artist that works across a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional mediums, including painting, woodworking, electronics, and fabrics. Her work spans a variety of subject matter from robotic sculptures to hard-edged abstract paintings. All of her work, however, is united by playful spatial relationships and whimsical perspectives, as well as a re-engagement with an almost kindergarten style of learning through her curious nature and willingness to experiment. She is currently teaching at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, as well as the Lighthouse ArtCenter.

Artist statement: I paint to experiment, play, and discover. My studio practice is process-driven – in that I am more concerned with the process of discovering something new on the canvas than the end result. Teaching art has recently become a large part of my practice as well; it has helped me develop a sort of consciousness and vocabulary to the typically intuitive decisions I make as I paint, thus empowering me to dive deeper, play harder, and take bolder risks as I work. Her work can be viewed at: www.alanacbarrett.com Instagram: alanacbarrett

Natural Elements with Howard Rose

by Grace Lucarelli | Aug 26, 2020 | Past Classes and Workshops

NATURAL ELEMENTS WITH HOWARD ROSE

Fall II: MONDAYS 9:30am – 12pm

October 19, 26, Nov 2 & 9 (4 weeks):
$250 Members/$285 Non-members

**Flex Class: Weather permitting class will be held outdoors.

As one of the best plein air teachers, Howard Rose will show you how to translate what you see onto a canvas.

Getting good at painting a scene that you would walk by a thousand times, and never pay attention to, could be the most exciting part in this journey to become a great painter.

We are the artists…We don’t accept the given image because we want to make sure our design is as good as can be. We can change the shapes, move things around, push the light for drama and add atmosphere when you might not see it in your chosen image.

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About Howard Rose

Howard Rose graduated from the School of Visual Arts, NYC, and Graduate studies at C.W. Post, and the New School in NYC. Since 1974, he was head product

Since 1974, he was head product designer for a major leatherwear company in Santa Monica. In 1980 he started his own graphics and product design company on Long Island. In 1989, Howard saw the paintings of a western painter named John Nieto. The amazing colors and large sized paintings of American Indians caught his eye and he hasn’t looked back since. Howard has studied with Artists, Alfred Chadbourn. Charles Sovek, Matt-Smith, and Ovanes Berberian. He had is ﬁrst art studio in Roslyn, NY for 18 years where he taught and specialized in landscapes.The beaches of Long Island became his favorite subjects including the dunes, waves, and sky’s found in some of the most beautiful beaches in the country.He teaches oil painting classes in multiple venues on Long Island,including the Art Guild, League of Long Island, National Art League and runs classes at his studio in Syosset, Long Island. Howard runs many varied workshops including; Color Mixing, Iphone,photography, Design and perspective and an intensive Calligraphy and Penmanship course.His articles and instruction techniques have been published in various magazines, including “Artists”, and “American Artist” Magazine. He runs annual workshops in Tuscany, Paris, Venice,Barcelona, and many locations on the east coast. He runs plein air workshops all over the east coast.

There’s a Trick for That! Realistic Facial Features with Rob Silverman

by Grace Lucarelli | Aug 9, 2020 | Past Classes and Workshops

There’s a Trick for That! Rendering Realistic Facial Features with Robert Silverman
4 Weeks • THURSDAYS • 1-4pm

Fall: Sept 10, 17, 24 & October 1

$230 Members / $265 Non Members

*** Outdoor Classes are under a tent so that social distancing can be practiced. Face mask guidelines must be followed and tables will be cleaned between classes. Guidelines will be provided to all students upon registration.

THERE’S A TRICK FOR THAT The Keys to Rendering Realistic Facial Features: Eyes, Nose, Mouth and Ears

If you want to draw or paint expressive Portraits, it is not enough to try to copy what you see, trying to mimic every contour as you become frustrated with the model moving ever so slightly. If you know what to look for, you will render realistic form with confidence!

Working from a live model, this Workshop will provide you with the knowledge and experience that reveals the patterns to every key Feature on the head. Through demonstrations, handouts, exercises and personalized crItiques, you will be provided with the strategy and insight to identify and replicate the unique characteristics of the sitter’s Head and Individual Features.

The 4 session Workshop includes demos, handouts and personalized critique including:

The effect of light on the form and choosing an optimal lighting set-up to reveal the key features.
The overall structure of the head with keys to placement of each feature
Compositional guidelines to optimally position the head on the canvas.
Information regarding application of any medium to produce a convincing final rendering and likeness

Materials List

MATERIALS

OIL
For experienced painters, bring the colors you are comfortable with. Please use Turpanoid as a substitute for turpentine. Beginners may want to try water soluble oils (Lukas Berlin from Jerrys Artarama is an inexpensive option). Light to medium toned (similar to the color of sand paper or a midtone grey) stretched canvas or panel, 11×14, 12×16, or 14×18 preferred. A hand-held mirror is recommended, as well as a View Catcher or equivalent.

BRUSHES
A selection of brushes each from 2 (2 brushes), 4 (3 brushes), 6 (1), 8 (1) sizes—Princeton Aspen are a good choice. Please have mostly filberts and a few small rounds.

Paper Towels
Palette; or 12×16 Richeson gray palette pad
Palette knife

COLORS (limited palette† is ok)
Cerulean Blue†
Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue†
Chromium Oxide Green†
Viridian†
Alizaron Crimson†
Burnt Sienna†
Raw Umber†
Flesh
Yellow Ochre†
Naples Yellow
Cad Red†
Cad Orange
Cad Yellow†
Titanium White†
Ivory Black†

CHARCOAL OR PASTEL (as option to oil)
Canson Mi-Teinte 3 or 4 total sheets (for padding) of middle grey color such as light blue, light grey or wave green or 12×16 Canson pad of various colors of greys (use smoother side of paper)
–sharpener, and/or single-edge razor blades; emory board (works better than sandpaper blocks)
–paper stumps, and paper towels–kneaded erasers–chamois (chammy) cloth
Pastel: Bring our own set of pastels or buy nupastel prismacolor or faber-castelle hard pastel set of 36 (I will also have pastels you can experiment with on hand).
Charcoal: White charcoal pencil and hb, 2b, 4b, 6 (Generals brand charcoal pencils preferred).

Rob Silverman's Bio

Rob Silverman’s innovative techniques have been featured in American Artist Workshop Magazine and The Art of the Portrait, the official publication of the Portrait Society of America. His work has appeared at Crosby Street Gallery and Spring Studio Gallery in Soho, the Art League of Long Island, Edward Hopper House, The Art Guild of Port Washington, The National Art League, the Lockwood-Mathews Museum, as well as the National Arts Club and Salmagundi Club.

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