THIS CLASS IS FULL - please email livandchiuartstudio@gmail.com to be put on the waitlist
**This is a three and a half (3.5) day in-person workshop**
Workshop begins with an Evening Session, Lecture and Introduction: Thursday Jan 18, 5pm - 8pm
Workshop continues with 3 full days: Friday Jan 19 - Sunday Jan 21, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Price: $780
Composition involves the entire relationship of parts to whole, from the individual brushstroke to the largest shape. It is only through solid creative composition that a painting becomes powerful and unique. In this workshop you will explore the organization of value, structure of the rectangle, manipulation of pictorial space and the role of color and mark-making. Maggie will work with you to gain new insight and skill in composition. Working from the still life, you will emphasize light as the organizer of color and shape. Aesthetic principles and painting techniques will be presented while individual attention and group critiques will help you evaluate your work. Maggie's gestural style is classically derived, yet contemporary.
Previous painting experience advised.
LECTURE - The Hidden Order and The Language of Painting
This lecture, in varying forms, provides the introduction to most painting workshops. Maggie Siner, accomplished painter and inspiring teacher will lead you on a voyage into the inner world of the artist’s visual thinking. This slide presentation explores some of the great masterpieces of painting and reveals how paintings use form, space, light and color for expressive purposes. Her ability to communicate about painting and her expertise provide a rare opportunity to look at great paintings from a creators point of view. It is a fascinating analysis that will change the way you look at painting and open a deeper appreciation of art.
About the Instructor
Maggie Siner has over three decades of teaching experience in art schools, academies, universities and ateliers around the world. She exhibits her paintings, drawings and sculpture in Venice, Paris, London, New York, Washington DC, Atlanta, Boston, etc., and her work is in hundreds of collections. She studied at Boston University (BFA 1973) and American University (MFA 1976) and spent much of her adult life living in France, Italy and China. Noted for an inspiring teaching style that is intelligent, structured, generous, stimulating and unique, she has taught at Xiamen University in China, Institute d'Universitès Americaines in France, the Washington Studio School, the Savannah College of Art and Design, American University, Lacoste School of the Arts in France, etc. See website: www.maggiesiner.com
To register, please fill out the registration form HERE. After your registration form is approved, you will receive a confirmation email for the payment option. Please make sure to read our STUDIO POLICY. Please make sure to include students’ names in the memo. Thank you.
Payment methods:
Zelle: livandchiuartstudio@gmail.com
Venmo: @livandchiuartstudio
Apple Cash: 510-289-5472
Studio Supplies:
Palette (wood or glass, minimum 12x16 inches)
Palette knife
Palette cup for medium
Assorted white bristle brushes (sizes 4, 8, 10, 12, 18, etc.)
Cotton rags (such as old T shirts)
Clips
Masking tape
Small sketchpad, charcoal, pencil
Cheap wooden yardstick
Paints:
Cadmium Yellow Light
Cadmium Red Light
Alizarin Crimson
Ultramarine Blue
Cerulean Blue Hue (or Viridian)
Raw Umber
Titanium, Mixed, or Flake White (large tube)
Medium:
Prepared medium of your choice, or linseed oil
Solvent:
Odor-free Turpenoid (Gamsol)
Brush washer or large jar with screen insert and top.
Airtight container for transporting used solvent
Painting Surfaces:
4 primed canvases, any sizes 16 x 20 to 24 x 30
6-8 additional smaller painting surfaces such as unmounted canvas pieces,
cardboard, masonite panels, watercolor paper or heavy drawing paper
Three Objects:
Each a single unified color with matte finish (not shiny), not necessarily an
interesting object in itself but rather an interesting shape. Could be something simple
such as a box or vegetable, but more complex is better. Please don’t bring anything
valuable.
