The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Arts' workshops are offered in July, October and March. The workshops give part-time students a taste of the intensity and momentum offered in the full-time program. It has been a successful way for potential full-time students to experience the instruction given by The Atelier teaching staff.
The day-to-day study in this program creates momentum for individual growth. We give intense one-on-one instruction tailored to individual needs.
Students begin by drawing a plaster cast or still life in charcoal, developing their ability to render accurate proportions and value relationships. As students progress, they are introduced to the fundamentals of oil and/or pastel techniques, composition and color.
The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Arts' workshops are offered in July, October and March. The workshops give part-time students a taste of the intensity and momentum offered in the full-time program. It has been a successful way for potential full-time students to experience the instruction given by The Atelier teaching staff.
The day-to-day study in this program creates momentum for individual growth. We give intense one-on-one instruction tailored to individual needs.
Life drawing is at the core of any serious program of fine arts. In the class, students draw from the figure in pencil. Each drawing is created over a period of several sessions, developing the student's eye for accurate proportions, gesture and anatomy.
This class includes a lecture and hands-on workshop. Joy's lecture will discuss how to present your art professionally on an artist's budget, designing an efficient workspace, and the basic tools of the trade needed to repurpose and craft beautiful one-of-a-kind frames. She will give a demonstration on constructing a frame, glass cutting, and assembling a framed piece of art with basic framing tools. You will walk away with a list of tools and knowledge to create your own winning combinations.
Joy Wolfe had a custom framing business for many years and also worked as an interior designer helping her clients with art and framing selections. Many of her past clients were established painters in Minnesota. She is well versed in creating beautiful and stimulating aesthetics with fine art as the focus. She has had the pleasure of working alongside artists at every level and now chooses to work with emerging artists who are looking to grow their art into a business.
This two-day workshop includes a lecture and demonstration on the use of controlled lighting for a consistent light source resembling natural light. The hands-on portion of the workshop will be a day and a half of working together on still-life setups using various artificial lighting techniques. We will go through a series of steps that will demonstrate some of the various lighting options, as well as using light and shadow as part of the compositional element. Once a satisfactory setup has been established with both the still life and the lighting, participants will be given the option to paint a color sketch of the still life from their setup or continue by working with different light and or setups. If painting, this will enable you to work through the process of painting with and from artificial light.
Full lecture, demonstration and workshop Length: 2 days Tuition: $250 Limit: 10 students
As a practicing painter you may have heard the quote, “Value does all of the work, but color gets all of the credit!” Though this is true, in this workshop Bridget hopes to help students discover that color does a whole lot of work, too. The workshop will start with color definitions, discussion of the color wheel, and color-mixing exercises you can work on to improve your color seeing. Then students will advance to the practical application of these skills by painting a “block-in” of color notes for a simple still life. The second and third days will focus on understanding how the color of the light source affects your subject. Students will paint a still life under a warm light source and then paint the same still life again the following day under a cool light source to study color temperature. If you are intrigued by color and would like a few more tools to think about practical application of color in your work, Bridget would love to work with you. Some understanding of value will be helpful as value will be discussed, but the focus of the class will be on color.
Steven will discuss both an analytical and emotive approach to painting the human figure with an emphasis on color and value relationships in a related atmosphere. The class will consist of a model pose in both cool and warm light. The development of form through observation and interpretation of plane shifts projecting and receding from the eye will be stressed.
Aspects of anatomy, proportion, and movement will be discussed along with the development of an Alla Prima technique that involves both scumbling and glazing. Learning to see is a selective endeavor. Understanding is an extension of our mind's eye. We will look at color as value and temperature as form.
There will be two models in one long pose. Steven will set up one in cool light and the other in warm light and discuss different lighting situations. Students will be able to choose to paint the portrait or the clothed figure.
The course will involve lectures, discussion of materials demos and critiques, on a daily basis. The artist talk or lecture will run in tandem with workshop and will be focused on the same subject matter as workshop.
This workshop introduces and builds upon the essential principles of color study and their practical application in painting. Through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, students will deepen their understanding of how to observe, interpret, and utilize color relationships with greater sensitivity and accuracy to reflect the lighting condition, the complexion of the model and the environment. While principles regarding tonal relationship will be discussed as well, the primary focus of the workshop is the effective use of a chromatic palette.
Instruction is tailored to each student's skill level rather than following a fixed schedule. While individualized guidance is central to the course, this workshop is best suited for students with drawing foundation.
Students will learn the following concepts and their practical applications:
Calibration of Color Relationships: Learning to adjust color to reflect specific lighting conditions.
Color Studies in Varied Lighting: Exploring the same figure in different lighting situations to understand shifts in tone and hue.
Light Key: Establishing the overall color relationship dictated by the light source.
Local Color vs. Color of the Light: Differentiating between the inherent color of an object and the influence of light on its appearance.
Material Handling: Understanding how paint application and texture affect color relationships.
Application: We will discuss the impact and various ways color and tonal study principles can be applied in the context of a longer pose painting.
Model poses will range from 1 to 6 hours in the beginning of the workshop and will end with a 2-3 day pose. This workshop is ideal for students with basic drawing experience who are ready to deepen their understanding of color.
In this workshop, students will work in the Alla Prima method to paint three still-life paintings, one each day. Alla prima translates to “in the first” and is a wet-intowet painting technique.
Students are encouraged to bring their own props to create meaningful paintings. Each morning, the instructor will do a demonstration, and in the afternoon, students will work on their paintings and receive individual critiques. An emphasis on mark making, painting loosely, expressive color, and how to make a picture will be discussed. All levels are welcome.
