Workshops, Classes, & Demos
Video tutorials are now available for download on my Video Instruction page and for streaming at Made for Artists (with more to come in future)!
UPcoming
Keeping it Fresh: Quick Studies in Oil
Location: Art Students League of Denver: 200 Grant St Denver, CO 80203
Dates: 9am - 4pm, Fri-Sun Aug 16th - 18th, 2024
Cost: non-members: $360.75 members: $306.64
Prerequisites: Previous oil painting experience
Description: This fast-paced 3 day workshop invites students to explore the world of small, quick, alla prima paintings (under 1hr). Composition is paramount—we will focus on big relationships (shape, value, color). We will stress value structure and brushwork in monochrome, then dive into color theory with a split primary palette. Building confidence through decision-making is a primary goal of this workshop.
Charcoal Minis: Quick Study Techniques
Location: TBA
Dates: 9am - 4pm, Saturday and Sunday Sep 7th - 8th, 2024 (two days)
Cost: $250
Prerequisites: Previous drawing experience (we will be reviewing charcoal techniques and light logic, but not the basic practice of drawing shapes/forms/perspective).
Description: This weekend workshop focuses on the practice of creating miniature studies (quickly and easily!) in charcoal. These full-value drawings will aid you in identifying and arranging the main components of a composition, the large shapes and values that create them, and the relationship between soft and hard edges that helps create atmosphere and focus. They fit beautifully into a sketchbook practice (though we will be working on larger paper). Though modest in size, these studies contain all the important building blocks for detailed, large-scale drawings and paintings and are a wonderful way to explore ideas before committing to a large canvas. They are also exquisite little gems in and of themselves!
***Registration info coming soon! Join the mailing list to be notified.
Chromatic Kinship: Investigations in Color Environment and Relationships
Location: Arvada, CO
Dates: 9am - 4pm, Oct 24th - 27th, 2024 (four days)
Cost: $550
Prerequisites: Previous oil painting experience
Description: Color in painting is so much more than identifying the local color of an object and attempting to match it! It is a fluid world of relativity and relationship, forms, reflections, and echoes. Like reverb in music, it helps objects feel like they inhabit a dimensional space filled with air and light. In this workshop, we will investigate these properties. Simple still life arrangements with colorful settings, reflected color, and surfaces ranging from matte to glossy will aid us in exploring the nature of the light source and its effects on color in both light and shadow. If you’ve ever struggled to achieve a sense of harmony, or find your shadows to be a bit dull, or your lights to be monochromatic, this workshop will equip you with an approach and framework for creating glow, belonging, and harmony in your paintings. This skill set beautifully and readily transfers to challenging aspects of figure, interior, and landscape painting.