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“Building Block” Workshops
“Building Blocks” are workshops focused on teaching selected painting processes and techniques. Each topic is a separate day-long workshop that starts with a lecture including handouts and a demo and/or slide show. After a short lunch break we do guided exercises to give you a deep understanding of the day's topic. Unlike most workshops, the goal is not to produce a painting. Instead the emphasis is on acquiring new skills that you can apply when you are painting in your studio.
Each workshop is devoted to a topic, and the topics build on each other. Some workshops may be taken separately, but the starred topics have pre-requisites as shown below under "Show Details." Workshops run from 11 - 4 and are $65 each. Some workshops have a charge for materials. Workshop size is limited to 6 students, with a minimum enrollment of 3 students. Payment must be received 2 weeks before the session is scheduled to occur. All sessions are held at my studio in southern Leelanau County.
For Pastelists
Introduction to Materials - $20 materials charge - Show Details
A hands-on exploration of all the major pastel papers and pastel lines currently on the market, with an identification of their strengths and weaknesses. Includes personalized recommendations about what materials to use based on the students’ interests, budget, and existing materials. This session is primarily lecture and demonstration and is intended for artists who are new to pastel. (All materials are provided)
Designing with Values: Notan - $12 materials charge - Show Details
A simple but compelling value structure makes for a strong painting. This session focuses on learning to see values and how to simplify those values into “notans,” which are specialized thumbnails that help you distill a scene to a simple and harmonious grey-scale design. Exercises cover how to use simple tools to create and evaluate notans and how to use a notan to create a value painting. (All materials are provided)
*Designing with Values: Color - $12 materials charge - Show Details
(Pre-requisite: Designing with Values: Notan) This session teaches you how to use the Munsell color system and various simple tools and techniques to correctly identify the attributers of a color, and covers how to translate a notan into a value-correct color study or painting. It also explores ways our perception can mislead us as artists and how to use that knowledge to make our paintings appear more realistic. Includes exercises in assessing pastels by value, hue, chroma and temperature, as well as three key application techniques essential for maximizing the luminosity of pastel paintings. (Bring your easel and pastels; paper is provided.)
*Managing Your Pastel Box - Show Details
(Pre-requisite: Designing with Values: Color) Covers practical topics on how to manage your pastel box over time, including organizing your pastel box contents, keeping them clean, and replacing used or lost “favorites.” Surveys different types of pastel storage options and identifies key features of good storage solutions. (Depending on the interests of the participants, will cover storage options for both studio and travel/plein air painting.) This session also includes individual advice on how to (re)organize your box. (Bring all of your pastels plus your pastel box)
*Underpainting Methods: Grisaille - $12 materials charge - Show Details
This session focuses on how to use a notan as a guide to underpainting using a grisaille-based technique, where you apply a single color to establishes the light and dark masses of your painting. You then apply color over the grisaille, which guides your subsequent choice of color value. This technique is very useful for establishing a strong value structure to your painting and helps build textural effects. It is especially effective on toned papers. (Bring your easel and pastels; paper is provided.).
Underpainting Methods: Color - $12 materials charge - Show Details
This session surveys a number of different approaches for applying the first layer of your painting (the underpainting) in multiple colors. It covers a variety of techniques that include using watercolor, thinned oil, acrylic and washed or rubbed-in pastel; provides tips on which technique works best with which papers; and explores different under-color selection strategies. Directed exercises include practice with both dry and wet techniques on different types of pastel papers. (Bring your easel and pastels; paper is provided.)
Making Marks - $12 materials charge - Show Details
This session explores the different ways pastel can be applied to enliven your finished paintings and subtly reinforce what your want to communicate in your painting. It explains the importance of edges and how to use them effectively, and, via a slide show, how outstanding paintings often include unique types of mark making. There are focused exercises to expand your mark-making repertoire, along with recommendations on how to grow your mark-making skills over time. (Bring your easel and pastels; paper is provided.)
Cancellations must be received 2 weeks in advance for a refund provided the cancellation does not cause the workshop size to drop below the minimum enrollment of 3 students. Make-ups: If you are unable to make a session that you signed up for, you may take the session at no extra charge the next time it is scheduled.
To sign up for one or more workshops, contact Candace at candacepetersen.art@gmail.com.
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