**This is a three and a half (3.5) day in-person workshop**
Workshop begins with an Evening Session, Lecture and Introduction: Wed. Jan 15, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Workshop continues with 3 full days: Thursday Jan. 16 to Saturday Jan. 18, 9:30am-4:30pm
Price: $780.00
A painting is a collection of colored shapes in relationship to each other, and a convincing painting balances the nuances of all these relationships. For a painter, everything depends on color. Color is a perceptual event: a sensation, not a theory. How then does a painter make sense of color and learn to use it, not only as a decorative and expressive tool but as a convincing transformation turning what we see into the medium of paint? How does a painter become a colorist? It is not about using bright colors but about handling nuances and seeing color relationships.
Working from still-life we will consider the phenomenon of light (the source of color) and the basics of visual perception (the arrival of color). We will develop a vocabulary for clearer color thinking, and then work through and manage the relativity and malleability of colors as they change and react to each other. Color relativity is the most basic fact of our perceptual system and successful painting depends on it!
Previous experience required.
LECTURE - The Hidden Order and The Language of Painting
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 painting 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:
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Siner began her studies at the Art Students League of New York, graduated from Boston University (BFA) and American University (MFA) and has lived for extended periods in France, China and Italy. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums for over 40 years and is in hundreds of collections around the world.
Siner is also a devoted teacher who has influenced a generation of painters. She has been on the faculty of L'Institut Américain and the Lacoste School of Art in France, a visiting professor at Xiamen University in China, artist in residence at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Dean of Faculty at the Washington Studio School and teaches workshops in the USA and abroad. She is a frequent guest artist and public speaker much appreciated for her lectures on the internal workings of painting.
In 1976 she moved to France, taught painting and art history at European university programs and exhibited in Aix-en-Provence, Paris and Marseilles. She also studied medicine at the Faculté de Médecine in Marseilles, taught anatomy at Georgetown Medical School and completed facial reconstructions to assist law enforcement in the US. In 1991 she lectured in major art academies in China. Since 2008 she has spent much time painting and exhibiting in Venice, Italy, enamored of that city's ever-changing surfaces.
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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.
