2022 Workshops Schedule
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JAN 15
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PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE IN PASTEL
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Lydia Pottoff
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Painting the Landscape in Pastel
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January 15, 2022, 9am-4pm
Workshop date & location changed because of Fire Instructor: Lydia Pottoff Boulder Public Library 1001 Arapahoe Avenue Boulder, Colorado 8030 Member $55.00
AG/Partner $65.00 Non-member $75.00 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out. Workshop:
This one-day workshop is designed for both beginners and intermediate pastel enthusiasts. I will guide you through my process of painting a landscape from sketch to completion. I’ll discuss the importance of creating a value ‘roadmap’ thumbnail sketch to help you in your planning stages. Then we’ll discuss looking at various compositional strategies and the process of underpainting and layering pastel. You are welcome to bring your own photos or work from the ones I supply. |
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About the Instructor
Lydia Pottoff
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Working in both oil and pastel, Lydia Pottoff creates impressionistic landscapes and figurative works that capture a moment in time. In her work she explores the innate connection each of us has to the truth and beauty of the natural world. A passionate outdoorsperson, she often backpacks into the high country with her painting gear to share those moments that others might miss.
Her artistic career began with a Bachelor of Arts in both graphic design and fine art. After several years as a designer and then art director, she became a partner in a Colorado creative agency for over twenty-five years. A desire to create a more personal vision led her back to fine art and in the last twenty years she has pursued her passion in painting in both plein air and studio work. The late Elizabeth Mowry continues to influence both her approach and attitude toward painting nature and capturing the magic within. Lydia teaches classes and workshops. And, over the last year she has been a featured demonstration artist for several local arts organizations. Her work has received numerous awards in both state and national competitions and her pieces are held in private collections throughout the U.S. |
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Please Note: There is a $5.00 materials fee because Lydia is supplying some of the items needed for this class - details below. You can pay the fee during the workshop.
Below is a list of supplies that will be helpful for the class. Most of these supplies can be purchased at Meiningers or Guirys but typically pastels have to be purchased online from Dakota Pastels, Guirys, or Jerrysartarama in sets. Meiningers in Denver has a fairly large selection of open stock pastels.
I also have three standing easels and a small tabletop easel to share.
If you have a plein air (or portable easel) that you are comfortable using please bring it.
- Set of soft pastels (as many as you have). (I use Terry Ludwig, Senneiller, Girault, Rowney and Schminke.) It is important to have a range of light and dark values. The Senneiller can be challenging since they have larger ends due to the mold process. This needs to be sanded off. I can show you how to do that. A good starter set is the basic landscape set on Terry Ludwig.
- Some hard pastels – Creta Color or NuPastels. Especially orange and browns, pinks and purples for underpainting.
- Masking tape (no colored tape). I prefer black artists tape or just plain masking.
- A small sketchbook, pencil and eraser
- 3 markers 20%, 50%, 90% (Primacolor Premier Markers,dual tip) and a fine black tip Sharpie
- Paper Towels
- 2 or 3 Cheap Brushes - synthetic brushes, no natural bristle - flats in 1/2”, 3/4”, 1”sizes recommended. (I use Silverwhites.)
- A few pastel pencils, white, gray, medium brown, dark brown, brick, light blue and light yellow. I use Conte and Schwan Stabilo, Carb Othello.
- A selection of photos that YOU have taken to use as reference.
- A large backing board (foam core) for your easel to mount your paper on.
I also have three standing easels and a small tabletop easel to share.
If you have a plein air (or portable easel) that you are comfortable using please bring it.
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Member $55.00 AG/Partner $65 Non-member $75 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out. Workshop registration is limited and fills fast! Register now to reserve your seat. Contact Steve Markman with questions: smarkman@me.com |
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Louisville Center for the Arts 801 Grant Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 (We recommend parking on Spruce) |
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JAN 11
18, 25 |
Playing with Fire and Clay: Raku Tiles
Tuesday Evenings |
Pete Wysong
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Playing with Fire and Clay: Raku Tiles
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January 11, 18, 25, 2022, 6pm-9pm
Three Consecutive Tuesday Evenings Instructor: Pete Wysong LOUISVILLE ART CENTER 801 Grant Ave, Louisville, CO 80027 Member $00.00 price to come
AG/Partner $00.00 Non-member $00.00 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out. In this workshop, participants will learn how to design and cut ceramic tiles in slab form. Additive and subtractive techniques will be demonstrated for creating a relief sculpture on the tiles.
Composition, techniques, subject matter, and appropriate tools will be discussed. Surface texture and clay slips or terra sigillata will be used for creating a smooth, black surface on the tiles. Some raku glazes will be available for accents, but the emphasis will be on the burnished, raw clay surfaces. The final firing of the pieces in the raku kiln will happen as a group and participants are welcome to observe, or participate in the process. |
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About the Instructor
Peter Wysong
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I am an art educator and artist working and living in north Boulder. My ceramic work is always changing but I have always worked with raku pottery and sculpture, as it embodies my interests in all things ceremonial, natural, and mythical. I explore other mediums including pastel, printmaking, and more recently welded metal mixed with raku elements.
I am interested in textural form and blending sculpted elements with thrown forms. My glazing is minimal, challenging the viewer to concentrate more on form, shape, and line, rather than color. However, I do love to include color and experimental surfaces in the firing process. Raku is a 500 year old Japanese technique, surrounding the Japanese Tea Ceremony. Pots are taken directly out of the kiln at 1800 degrees F. and placed into combustible materials that catch on fire and create a carbon-rich environment that interacts with the clay. |
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Please Note: There is a $10.00 materials fee.
Materials provided:
Optional Materials for participants to bring:
- Raku Clay
- Glazes
- Terrasigillata
- Drawing paper
- Straight edges
- Brushes
- Trimming/carving tools
- Sponges
- Stencils
- Magazines, images for inspiration
- Tile templates-squares, various sizes, shapes
- Sponges
Optional Materials for participants to bring:
- Ruler
- Pencils,sketchbook
- Photos, magazines for images
- Pottery Tool Set(Guirys, McGuckins in Boulder: these typically include a small sponge, trimming tools, needle tool, wooden rib, wooden trimming tool. These sets are approximately $7.00)
- Any tools to make impressions in the clay(sticks, jewelry, small dowels,tubes)
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Pricing: to come
Member $xx AG/Partner $xx Non-member $xx LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out. Workshop registration is limited and fills fast! Register now to reserve your seat. Contact Steve Markman with questions: smarkman@me.com |
Location:
Louisville Center for the Arts 801 Grant Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 (We recommend parking on Spruce) |
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FEB 5
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The POWER OF X-RAY VISION
An Anatomical Primer for Artists |
Denise Chaudhari
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The POWER of X-RAY VISION
An Anatomical Primer for Artists
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February 5, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: Denise Chaudhari LOUISVILLE ART CENTER 801 Grant Ave, Louisville, CO 80027 Member $55.00
AG/Partner $65.00 Non-member $75.00 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out.* Learn to sharpen your X-RAY vision SUPERPOWER in this in-depth figure-drawing workshop! From the inside out, we will investigate how complex underlying structural anatomy can be “seen” on the body’s surface. Utilizing a simplified and artistic approach to understanding basic human anatomy, you will begin to recognize how the primary skeletal structures (the spine, pelvis, shoulders, skull and limbs) create visible surface “landmarks” critical in accurately expressing the human figure. Through skillful observation, we will analyze how the shapes and relationships of these structures define the pose and the form. You will learn how to keep your drawings fluid and expressive by interpreting the motion and directionality of the anatomy. We will learn the “rules” of human proportion long established by the great masters, and how we can "break" those rules when faced with difficult or foreshortened poses.
This workshop will include working from an anatomical skeleton as well as two hours of instruction while drawing from a live model. *Discount code is in your membership confirmation email. |
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Denise Chaudhari
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No stranger to the art world, Denise Chaudhari is a creative professional by day and an enthusiastic champion of art and local artists by night. Beginning her art education at the Rhode Island School of Design, Denise quickly learned the value of figure drawing as a requisite fundamental for all visual arts disciplines. Though she graduated with a BFA in Industrial Design, the skills learned while life drawing have played an important and consistent role in Denise’s artistic and creative development.
Denise has since established a widely varied design career including product development, graphic design, and technical illustration for companies as large as Microsoft and as boutique as Top Pot Doughnuts. Currently, Denise is the creative director for an industry-leading technology company based in Boston, as well as the creative director of Firsthand, producing independent fine art and craft markets, and is the owner/operator of The Drawing Room, where she teaches classes and workshops and hosts weekly non-instructional open nude figure sessions. For those just starting out, or those who wish to expand their own experiences in figure drawing, The Drawing Room provides an opportunity for everyone to experience a little bit of art school, close to home and in an intimate setting. For more information, or to register for classes, workshops, or open drawing sessions, please visit The Drawing Room’s website: www.figuredrawing123.com |
SOME OF DENISE'S WORK
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- Sketchbook OR Drawing Pad with at least 50 sheets (the larger the better!)
- Soft Pencil (2B or softer),Charcoal (vine or compressed) or Charcoal pencil
- Kneaded Eraser
- Optional/Suggested: Newsprint Pad, Blending Stump or Chamois, Pencil Sharpener
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Member $55.00
AG/Partner $65.00 Non-member $75.00 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out.* Workshop registration is limited and fills fast! Register now to reserve your seat. Contact HELEN HARRISON with questions: HHELENHH@GMAIL.COM *Discount code is in your membership confirmation email. |
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Louisville Center for the Arts 801 Grant Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 (park on Spruce) |
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MAR 19
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Modern Calligraphy for Beginners and Beyond
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Natalie Carrasco
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Modern Calligraphy for Beginners & Beyond
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March 19, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: Natalie Carrasco LOUISVILLE ART CENTER 801 Grant Ave, Louisville, CO 80027 Member $55.00
AG/Partner $65.00 Non-member $75.00 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out.* This workshop was designed with beginners in mind and will introduce you to the basics of dip pen calligraphy in a modern style. We'll go over letter structure, talk tools of the trade, explore ink options, discuss creative project ideas, and have plenty of time to practice newfound skills. If you've ever wanted to learn the art of calligraphy without feeling the pressure of perfection, this whimsical workshop is for you!
Supply Kit is required: $20.00 per person (cash is preferred, but I can also take a card via Square or a personal check) *Discount code is in your membership confirmation email. |
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About the Instructor
Natalie Carrasco
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Natalie Carrasco is an artist and calligrapher based in Northern Colorado. With a love of letters and a passion for paper, calligraphy seemed to be the perfect marriage of the two when Natalie picked up her first dip pen in 2012. Nearly a decade later, she remains enthralled with the artform and teaches classes and workshops where the only rules are: have fun and learn something new.
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SOME OF NATALIE'S WORK
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- REQUIRED MATERIALS SUPPLIED BY NATALIE.
- $20 PER KIT.
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Member $55.00
AG/Partner $65.00 Non-member $75.00 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out.* Workshop registration is limited and fills fast! Register now to reserve your seat. Contact HELEN HARRISON with questions: HHELENHH@GMAIL.COM *Discount code is in your membership confirmation email. |
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Louisville Center for the Arts 801 Grant Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 (park on Spruce) |
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APR 20, 21, 22
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Let's Face It!
Portraiture: The Art of Capturing Character |
Judith Dickinson
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Let's Face It!
Portraiture: The Art of Capturing Character
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SPECIAL 3-DAY WORKSHOP WITH JUDITH DICKINSON, A NATIONALLY KNOWN PORTRAIT ARTIST
April 20, 21, 22, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Instructor: Judith Dickinson LOUISVILLE ART CENTER 801 Grant Ave, Louisville, CO 80027 Member $160
AG/Partner $180 Non-member $200 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out.* The essence of a person is personality and character. The goal of this workshop will be to go beyond likeness to capture the character of our subject.
*Discount code is in your membership confirmation email. |
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PAINTS: Titanium white Ivory white Naples yellow light and deep Yellow ochre Raw sienna Sap green Kings blue Ultramarine blue Cadmium yellow medium and light Cadmium orange (Grumbacher) Cadmium red light Bright Red Cadmium red deep Burnt umber Ivory black Transparent red oxide red (Utrecht) If you don’t have all of these colors, please don’t feel like you have to purchase them. We can make do with what you have. MEDIUM AND BRUSHES: The following is what I use, whatever you have or are used to is fine. Medium: I use Gamsol and Walnut Alkyd Brushes: I use “Rosemary” brushes, Shiraz, flats size 1-3, rounds 2/0 and 0. For fine detail, I use Isabey Kolinsky Sable brushes, size 2 (6227Z) Linen canvases (24/20) will be provided and the cost will be part of the workshop. PHOTO-REFERENCE: A digital copy will be sent to each participant in advance, a hard copy photo will be available at the workshop. |
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Judith Dickinson
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Judith considers her love, passion, and ability to create and reproduce beauty to be a truly spiritual experience. She is thankful that God has entrusted this gift to her to use and to share with others. Judith began painting in oils at 8 years of age under the tutelage of an artist who observed her talent and offered to teach her, she has now been painting professionally for more than 45 years. She was honored to have been selected to paint the official portrait of Colorado Governor Bill Ritter that is currently hanging in the Colorado capital building. Judith’s extensive body of work includes a series of paintings of African widows and orphans (Judith and her husband have a non-profit to help orphans and widows in Uganda and Rwanda). Though her love and passion is for portraiture and figure, Judith also paints western paintings, depicting the character and strength of Native Americans and western people.
Judith and her husband have been married for 49 years and have 4 children and 10 grandchildren. Artist Statement Portrayal of light in the depiction of the beauty of my world is my main goal to accomplish. I believe my responsibility as an artist is to “talk” about the particular world in which I live. My greatest love is to show the character, the story, and the beauty of the people who surround me. Since I now live in the west, I try to bring emotion and character to my paintings of Native Americans and the people of the west. Also, because we work in Africa, I feel compelled to honor these beautiful and courageous people; and to tell their stories by painting them. Lastly, I want to take commissioned portraiture to the level of going beyond mere “likeness” to capture the heart and personality of the subject. Selected Commissions
Gallery Representation
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SOME OF JUDITH'S WORK
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PAINTS:
If you don’t have all of these colors, please don’t feel like you have to purchase them. We can make do with what you have.
MEDIUM AND BRUSHES:
The following is what I use, whatever you have or are used to is fine.
Linen canvases (24/20) will be provided and the cost will be part of the workshop.
PHOTO-REFERENCE:
A digital copy will be sent to each participant in advance, a hard copy photo will be available at the workshop.
- Titanium white
- Ivory white
- Naples yellow light and deep
- Yellow ochre
- Raw sienna
- Sap green
- Kings blue
- Ultramarine blue
- Cadmium yellow medium and light
- Cadmium orange (Grumbacher)
- Cadmium red light
- Bright Red
- Cadmium red deep
- Burnt umber
- Ivory black
- Transparent red oxide red (Utrecht)
If you don’t have all of these colors, please don’t feel like you have to purchase them. We can make do with what you have.
MEDIUM AND BRUSHES:
The following is what I use, whatever you have or are used to is fine.
- Medium: I use Gamsol and Walnut Alkyd
- Brushes: I use “Rosemary” brushes, Shiraz, flats size 1-3, rounds 2/0 and 0. For fine detail, I use Isabey Kolinsky Sable brushes, size 2 (6227Z)
Linen canvases (24/20) will be provided and the cost will be part of the workshop.
PHOTO-REFERENCE:
A digital copy will be sent to each participant in advance, a hard copy photo will be available at the workshop.
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April 20, 21, 22, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: Judith Dickinson Member $160 AG/Partner $180 Non-member $200 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out.* Workshop registration is limited and fills fast! Register now to reserve your seat. Contact HELEN HARRISON with questions: HHELENHH@GMAIL.COM *Discount code is in your membership confirmation email. |
Location:
Louisville Center for the Arts 801 Grant Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 (park on Spruce) |
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MAY 14
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Drawing Your World: A Simple Approach to Urban Sketching
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William Yu
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Drawing Your World:
A Simple Approach to Urban Sketching
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SKETCH, DRAW, AND PAINT EVERYWHERE YOU GO
May 14, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Instructor: William Yu LOUISVILLE ART CENTER 801 Grant Ave, Louisville, CO 80027 Member $55.00
AG/Partner $65.00 Non-member $75.00 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out.* Urban sketching is a great way to capture your world and your travels. In this class we will learn how to draw, sketch, or paint on location.
Keeping a sketchbook is an essential tool for experimenting, practicing, and recording visual ideas. Drawing inspiration from the mundane to the monumental. Have you ever wanted to have a unique visual record of your life, travels, and ideas? Or just have something to do while on vacation besides shopping and eating (not that there is anything wrong with that)? Then this workshop is for you. Open to participants of all levels. In this class you will learn:
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WILLIAM YU
SOME OF WILLIAM'S WORK
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- sketchbook: recommended size 4"x6" or larger. Preferably a size that is comfortable to hold. suggestions:
Stillman & Birn Beta, Delta, Zeta Pentalic Recycled Traveler Sketchbooks
Strathmore Softcover 400 Series Drawing Art Journals - fineliner pens - 0.1mm, 0.3mm, 0.5mm sizes. Recommended brands are Windsor and Newton, Faber-Castell Pitt, Uni Pin.
Other:
- graphite pencils in various hardness, HB, 2B, 6B
- ball point pen
- fountain pen
- brush pen
- rollerball pen
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May 14, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: William Yu LOUISVILLE ART CENTER 801 Grant Ave, Louisville, CO 80027 Member $55.00 AG/Partner $65.00 Non-member $75.00 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out.* Workshop registration is limited and fills fast! Register now to reserve your seat. Contact HELEN HARRISON with questions: HHELENHH@GMAIL.COM *Discount code is in your membership confirmation email. |
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Louisville Center for the Arts 801 Grant Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 (park on Spruce) |
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JUN 25-26
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Paint the Town: A Plein Air Workshop
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Scott Roebuck
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Paint the Town
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JUNE 25-26, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: SCOTT ROEBUCK LOUISVILLE ART CENTER 801 Grant Ave, Louisville, CO 80027 Member $110
AG/Partner $130 Non-member $150 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out.* Learn to use shape, perspective, color, and brushwork in plein air to design captivating artwork. A big focus will be on quick studies and simplifying a scene inorder to capture the beautiful neighborhood and town around you. By focusing on design, painters will find they can create wonderful plein air studies that can stand on their own or be used to develop larger works of art. Since design is the focus, feel free to work in your choice of medium. I often paint en plein air with oil and watercolor/gouache but feel free to use acrylic, pastel or a drawing medium.
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I would prefer you bring whatever you are most comfortable with, but you must have some version of a plein air easel, solvent (Odorless mineral spirits for oil ,water for watercolor or acrylic), solvent container, brushes and/or palette knife, paint, rag/paper towel, pencil, sketch pad, palette, plenty of canvas/paper (small size like 6x8 at least 6), bag or backpack. Please do not bring paper or canvas larger than 9x12 unless you are more experienced and prefer that. I would suggest sticking with 6x8 in order that you can do more studies. If you are not sure what to bring here is a minimalist-ish list:
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About the Instructor
SCOTT ROEBUCK
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Scott grew up in Chicago, and was first introduced to art by his grandfather who was an avid painter and cartoonist. Initially tennis was Scott's passion and he spent much of his childhood on the tennis court. He continued playing tennis through college but he also became more serious about art and began to draw.
His first career was as a tennis pro but in his spare time he focused on his art working in watercolor, acrylic, then oil paint. Scott then trained to be a science teacher but always made time to work on his art. The next few years Scott moved around from Chicago to Phoenix and then to the UK. This exposed him to different artists and techniques, pushing him to continually improve his own work. Now back in the US, in Colorado, he is enjoying the new landscapes that are inspiring him more than ever to experiment and hone his art skills. Recent Awards:
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SOME OF SCOTT'S WORK
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I would prefer you bring whatever you are most comfortable with, but you must have some version of
If you are not sure what to bring here is a minimalist-ish list
- a plein air easel
- solvent (Odorless mineral spirits for oil ,water for watercolor or acrylic)
- solvent container
- brushes and/or palette knife
- paint
- rag/paper towel
- pencil
- sketch pad
- palette
- plenty of canvas/paper (small size like 6x8 at least 6) Please do not bring paper or canvas larger than 9x12 unless you are more experienced and prefer that. I would suggest sticking with 6x8 in order that you can do more studies.
- bag or backpack.
If you are not sure what to bring here is a minimalist-ish list
- Aluminum or steel tripod easel
- Gamsol (oil) or water (watercolor, acrylic)
- Brush cleaning tank
- Flat/filbert or round 2 #6, 2 #4, 2 #2, small palette knife
- 4 rags
- Palette
- Paint: Cadmium yellow light, permanent alizarin, ultramarine, phthalo green, yellow ocher, large titanium white
- #2 pencil 5x7 sketch pad
- 6-6x8 piece of canvas or paper taped to a board.
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June 25-26, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: Scott Roebuck LOUISVILLE ART CENTER 801 Grant Ave, Louisville, CO 80027 Member $110.00 AG/Partner $130.00 Non-member $150.00 LAA and BAG Members: To get the discounted price, use your member code during check-out.* Workshop registration is limited and fills fast! Register now to reserve your seat. Contact HELEN HARRISON with questions: HHELENHH@GMAIL.COM *Discount code is in your membership confirmation email. |
Location:
Louisville Center for the Arts 801 Grant Avenue, Louisville, CO 80027 (park on Spruce) |
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