Spring classes start Monday, April 5 at Paint Creek Center for the Arts in lovely downtown Rochester, MI. I am offering watercolor, pastel, and portrait classes both virtual and irl. Class sizes are limited due to COVID, and PCCA adheres to all guidelines. Visit this page soon to register. Art is long, and Time is fleeting.
Paint Creek in the Park, watercolor, 9x12 inches, 2020
The 2020 Members Biennial Exhibition at Paint Creek Center for the Arts opens today, October 3, and continues through the month. I am showing four pastels from Naples, Florida. They depict the vastness of the Gulf of Mexico, and the stunning twilight cloud formations over Naples Bay. Each piece is on 9x12 inch cartón, a type of board commonly used by the Impressionists for pastel. Each is double matted and beautifully framed in a 16x20 inch bamboo frame. Gallery price is $1200.
PCCA is located at 407 Pine Street in charming downtown Rochester, MI. Call (248) 651-4110 for hours. You can also view the virtual exhibition on the Paint Creek website.
Naples Bay Eight, pastel on cartón, 9x12 inches, 2019
Fall classes start Monday Sept. 14 at Paint Creek Center for the Arts in beautiful downtown Rochester, MI. I am offering a range of classes both virtual and irl, including portrait, pastel, and watercolor. Beginners and advanced students are welcome. Class size is limited to six students due to COVID-19, so register soon here.
Molly, pastel on paper, 20x16 inches, 2020
Well, I’m doing portraits, mostly in pastel. This one is of my friend Robert Poplack. He teaches painting at the College of Notre Dame in San Francisco, and is an excellent artist himself. Visit his website and see for yourself!
Robert, pastel, 24 x 18 inches, 2020
Join me via Zoom for another round of pastel portrait classes. Anyone, anywhere can sign up! Three sessions, two hours each, great price. The first round was very successful and a lot of fun, but class size is limited. Register through Paint Creek Center for the Arts here.
Heather, pastel, 24 x 18 inches, 2020
My Spring classes at Paint Creek Center for the Arts begin April 7. I will be teaching Portraiture, Oil Pastel, and Watercolor. Classes are open to all levels of students, but I especially welcome beginners!
To learn more and to register for the Portrait class, visit here. To discover the unique medium of Oil Pastel, go here. If you want to explore the freshness of Watercolor, try this.
See you in the Spring! 🌷
Red Flowers, watercolor, 8 x 6 inches, 2019
Still room in my Paint Creek Center for the Arts watercolor class. Beginners welcome. Learn color mixing, brush control, and cool special effects! Paint beautiful flowers and palm trees! Think summer! Featuring a special study of a famous Monet landscape. Details and registration here.
Spring Bouquet, watercolor, 8x10 inches, 2009
I am excited to be offering Oil Pastel at Paint Creek Center for the Arts in beautiful downtown Rochester, MI. Oil pastel is a unique fine art medium used to create works that are somewhere between drawing and painting. Unlike chalk pastel, oil pastel is made with a wax and oil binder. Invented for Picasso in Paris in 1948 by Sennelier, they quickly became popular with artists as an immediate and direct alternative to painting. In this class you will work from a floral motif or another subject of your choosing, and will learn a variety of techniques using a bristle brush, a solvent, and simple scraping tools. Class begins Tuesday morning, January 14.
On Wednesday morning, January 15, I am teaching Watercolor Pastel Mingle, where we explore how these media can be used together to enliven your work. There will be specific exercises and demonstrations, and all levels are welcome. For details and to register visit here...https://bit.ly/2Fi4ltj
Figurine with Rose, oil pastel on cartón, 1990
My Naples Art classes start November 5. Tuesday mornings I am teaching ‘Portrait Drawing is More Than Likeness’. Good portraiture is not only about the sitter but the artist as well. This is a fun class where we use simple drawing materials in an expressionistic and experimental manner, while also learning about the proportions of the head and tips on how to achieve likeness. Learn more here… https://bit.ly/32NFasP
Wednesday morning is ‘Pastel & Watercolor Mingle’. Here we learn how these two media used together can produce unexpected but pleasing results. See how pastel worked over a dull watercolor can bring it to life. Explore alcohol washes over pastel. You will work from a floral motif or photo reference. Register here… https://bit.ly/2pS4Ndt
I just completed two paintings for the Manitou Music Festival annual poster competition. The festival takes place in Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes, along the shores of Lake Michigan. The concert is organized by Glen Arbor Arts Center, where I was artist-in-residence in 2014. South Manitou Island Lighthouse is located on South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan, 16 miles west of Leland, Michigan. The North Manitou Shoal Light, also known as The Crib, is located in Lake Michigan, southeast of North Manitou Island in Leland Township, Michigan.
South Manitou Light, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches, 2019
North Manitou Shoal Light, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches, 2019
Beginning October 7, I will be teaching “Painting Sea & Land In Watercolor” and “Nuts & Bolts of Portrait Painting” at the Naples Art Association in beautiful downtown Naples, Florida.
In watercolor the focus will be on how color, value, and line are used to paint what you see. We will explore wash, transparency, layering, wet-into-wet, and wax resist. We will also discuss paper types and how to stretch watercolor paper. This class meets four times on Monday mornings. To learn more and to register visit here.
In portrait we will learn how the head is “put together”. We will start with a demonstration on setting up your palette, then working with a live model or from photographs, we will do a breakdown of the proportions of the head. We will also explore lighting and how to mix flesh tones. Classes will include demonstrations and a lot of one-on-one help, as well as tips on getting a likeness. This class meets four times on Tuesday mornings. To learn more and to register visit here.
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