Strengthen Your Visual Sensitivity and
Creative Visual Language
with Michael Orwick
This workshop is designed to explore the
fundamental reasons behind a painting's success.
Think of walking into a gallery and
instantly being grabbed by a painting from clear across the room.
What is it that reaches out to you and pulls you to get a better look?
Learn what it is that first draws you and how the painting continues to
cast such a spell that you have to get within sniffing distance to learn
all you can.
Through informative conversations
and step-by-step demonstrations students will gain an understanding of
the interrelated components of painting, including value, shape, color
and edge relationship. You'll be painting right alongside Michael Orwick
with time for each student to receive personal attention and friendly
critiques.
Michael will discuss the benefits
and drawbacks of photo references. He will provide some reference
material and students should bring landscape photos from home which they
would like to work on. Michael will emphasize emotion, color and
composition, and how to make a photo into a spirited painting.
Starting with composition, emphasis
will be placed on strengthening students' skills of editing and
selection as well as clarifying light effects for more powerful,
personal design. Study the power and importance of balance, unity,
variety, interest and contrast through the tonal and color aspects of
your paintings.
Students will learn about mixing
colors from a limited palette, while still achieving dynamic light and
shadow effects with lively color. Discover how values and temperature
work to keep your paintings in harmony.
Take home your own light filled
masterpiece along with improved painting methods and theory.
Bonus; Get ready for painting
outdoors with a Plein-air equipment overview and suggestions list.
Evening discussions/mini
demos/critique
Class size is very small, so
register early
Price:
$625
includes 5 days instruction, delicious lunches, unlimited studio time
We have some easels, tables, paper
towels, plastic containers, etc you are welcome to use. We like to go
out together for dinner on Thursday night as a group.
