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TRAVEL SKETCHING AT THE EVANSTON ART CENTER
August 2/3; Sat/Sun 10:00am - 2:00pm
How best to combine your love of drawing and travel? Learn to maximize your time as you sketch your vision and draw landscapes using elements of composition. Learn basic forms of line and color and gesture as applied to landscapes and the use of color to enhance renderings. Using water-based pens and colored pencils, students bring travel sketch books to Chicago Botanical Gardens and the Cuneo Estate in Libertyville.
Please contact EAC for more information and registration.
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INTERMEDIATE OIL PAINTING: LANDSCAPE
August 25 - 28, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek. Join us in lovely Door County Wisconsin for this intensive three-day workshop painting the inspriational grounds surrounding the Peninsula Art School. Please contact peninsulaartschool.com for registration and further information.
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LANDSCAPE PAINTING and DRAWING in COREA, MAINE
TWO-DAY WORKSHOP Friday/Saturday August 16/17 $140. Spend the day drawing and painting in the untouristed, picturesque lobstering harbor of Downeast Maine. Learn how to extract your vision from the landscape. Emphasis on composition, gesture, form and value. Students will begin with black and white mediums and progress to finished compositions in the color mediums of their choice. Please contact Rosemary or Gary at Chapter Two for registration. chaptertwocorea@aol.com, 207.963.7269. Workshop fee does not include food or lodging. Lodging suggestions can be provided by Chapter Two.
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NAKED COLOR: COLOR in the LANDSCAPE. WORKSHOP at the CHAPTER TWO GALLERY in Downeast COREA, MAINE
August 15th from 10:00 - 4:00 $75.00. For artists who wish to look for color beyond green at the beautiful landscapes in the un-touristed fisherman's harbour. Color theory review and plein-aire application. Please contact Rosemary or Gary at Chapter Two for registration. chaptertwocorea@aol.com, 207.963.7269. Students will work in the color medium of their choice, including gouache, pastel, oils, acrylics, and colored pencils. Workshop fee does not include food or lodging. Lodging suggestions can be provided by Chapter Two.
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GOUACHE PAINTING at the EVANSTON ART CENTER
Saturday/Sunday July 12/13. Gouache is a versatile opaque water-based paint. This Workshop is an introductory course that will focus different methods of gouache application, including flat and painterly styles. Please contact the Evanston Art Center for registration and more infomation.
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TRAVEL SKETCHING AT THE EVANSTON ART CENTER
Five Sessions; Wednesday evenings from 7:00 -10:00. May 7th - June 24th. Using water-based sketch pens and aquarelle colored pencils, learn how to quickly, expressedly, and effectively capture the landscapes of your travels. Color theory, gesture, composition and line will be emphasized in this class. Please contract the Evanston Art Center for more information and enrollment.
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TRAVEL SKETCHING AT THE CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDENS
JULY 22,23,24 2008 from 10:00 - 4:00. This Workshop will combine your love of travel and drawing. Using the beautiful landscapes of the Chicago Botanic Garden, students will learn how to best capture the essence of a scene using gestural line, composition, and color. Travel sketch pens will be available for purchase. Please contact 847 835 8261 for information and registration, or go online at www.chicagobotanic.org/school.
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PLEIN-AIRE PASTEL LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP: SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
July 28,29,31 August 4,5,7 9:00 -12:30
Intensive two-week study of the beautiful Grant Park and Lakefront landscapes near the Art Institute. Pastel technique and landscape composition, gesture and form. Please contact the Division of Continuing Studies as the School of the Art Institute for registration and more information at 312-899-5130.
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IRISH LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP WITH NINA WEISS Deadline passed.......... Please check back for 2009 Dates and Prices!
Come see the beauty of Ireland through artist’s eyes! The Irish Landscape Workshop with Nina Weiss takes students to the dramatic and timeless landscape of Irelands’ west coast. Designed for artists and art lovers at all artistic levels, this workshop allows students working in various mediums an intensive exploration of the rustic and rolling landscapes meeting the Atlantic Sea north and west of the city of Galway. Students will experience the natural beauty of the Irish Landscape while enjoying the comfort of four-star hotels, gourmet dining, and the charm of local food, crafts, and music. Our seaside accommodations allow for exploration of both land and seascapes. Working a plein-aire, students will learn to extract their visions from these inspirational landscapes through sketches, drawing, painting, and photographic reference.
Workshop fee includes all lodging, instruction, transportation in Ireland, day trip, most meals, and studio space. Please contact Nina at 847 748 8520 to request brochure and application, or download a catalogue from this website. Airfare not included. Based on double occupancy.
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MONTHLY CRITIQUE AND WORKSHOP SPRING 2008
SPRING SCHEDULE: Tuesday evenings March 18, April 29th, May 27th. This is a monthly class for students working independantly in various mediums (including pastel, gouache, acrylic and oil paints) who wish to recieve feedback and group inspiration in a studio setting. We will critique finished works, and works in progress. Students will then have studio time to work and recieve instruction. from 6 - 9:00 pm. We meet at the PETER JONES STUDIO located at 1806 West Cuyler on the corner of Cuyler and Ravenswood, on the 2nd Floor. One block North of the Irving Park CTA Brown Line Stop, and just West of the Metra tracks Please note that Ravenswood runs on both sides of the Metra Tracks. You must be on the Western side of the tracks in order to find the Gallery.
Please contact Nina via email or call at 847 748 8520. Students can pay by-the-class, but: IT IS NECESSARY TO RSVP for each class you will attend. The fee for each class is $47.
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ITALIAN LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP WITH NINA WEISS Deadline Passed.........Please check back for 2009 Dates and Prices!
ITALIAN LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP WITH NINA WEISS June 26th - July 8th $2,125
At the Monastero SS. Annunziata, Todi, and La Torretta, Casperia. Study, paint and draw the breathtaking landscape surrounding the medieval hill town of Todi, in Umbria. Todi is a sophisticated town of gothic palazzi, narrow winding streets, and a magnificent central piazza. The town is surrounded by vineyards, olive groves and sunflower fields. Casperia, an hour south of Todi in the Lazio region, nestled in the beautiful Sabine hills, offers a striking landscape, in a tiny, medieval, traffic free town of winding cobblestone streets. Working on site, students will learn to extract their visions from this inspirational landscape, working with pastel, gouache, charcoal, and pencil. In Todi, students will be housed and take meals in a newly rennovated monestary. La Torretta in Casperia is a rennovated 15th century villa with stunning views from all rooms. Studio space is available. Price includes field trip to Orvieto, Deruta and Tivoli; twelve nights and thirteen days, most meals, coffee and wine, transportation to and from Leonardo da Vinci Airport, daily support van to landscape sites, instruction, Application and deposit required. Call 847-748-8520 for more information and literature. Please see homepage for downloadable catalogue, or contact Nina for catalogue and application.
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