Category Archives for Workshops and Teaching
Tucson Art Academy Online – Phil Starke Workshop Schedule
PHIL STARKE
AUGUST 12 -SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
MORE INFO AND REGISTRATION here
WEEK 1 | COMPOSITION AND VALUES
In this lesson the focus is to SIMPLIFY. Simplify the shapes, make sure the proportions are correct, and reduce the values of each shape. Complete with one dark and one light value, then block in the local color by using the color wheel to determine the correct color.
WEEK 2 | BLOCK IN COLOR AND BROKEN COLOR
In this lesson we focus on breaking up the large areas of simple color. The broken color is a color change, not a value change. This will be an important part of this weeks lesson.
WEEK 3 | BRASS AND GLASS
This week the focus will be how to approach different surfaces. Metals, such as cooper and brass, are very reflective. We will look for the extreme values. The highlights and accents while keeping the color stronger with middle values. We will finish by looking for subtle color changes and softening the shapes edges.
WEEK 4 | IMPRESSIONISTIC APPROACH
This approach is geared towards stronger color and center of interest. Think big and simple. Shapes not contour. Instead of starting with a value drawing and color block in we will use loose transparent washes of color with very little, to no white. This will help you to loosen up, not worry so much about your drawing skills, and stay away from rendering.
More info and registration here.
Tucson Art Academy Online – Phil Starke Workshop Schedule
PHIL STARKE
AUGUST 12 -SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
MORE INFO AND REGISTRATION here
WEEK 1 | COMPOSITION AND VALUES
In this lesson the focus is to SIMPLIFY. Simplify the shapes, make sure the proportions are correct, and reduce the values of each shape. Complete with one dark and one light value, then block in the local color by using the color wheel to determine the correct color.
WEEK 2 | BLOCK IN COLOR AND BROKEN COLOR
In this lesson we focus on breaking up the large areas of simple color. The broken color is a color change, not a value change. This will be an important part of this weeks lesson.
WEEK 3 | BRASS AND GLASS
This week the focus will be how to approach different surfaces. Metals, such as cooper and brass, are very reflective. We will look for the extreme values. The highlights and accents while keeping the color stronger with middle values. We will finish by looking for subtle color changes and softening the shapes edges.
WEEK 4 | IMPRESSIONISTIC APPROACH
This approach is geared towards stronger color and center of interest. Think big and simple. Shapes not contour. Instead of starting with a value drawing and color block in we will use loose transparent washes of color with very little, to no white. This will help you to loosen up, not worry so much about your drawing skills, and stay away from rendering.
More info and registration here.
Painting and Teaching in Sheridan, Wyoming
I recently taught a workshop in Sheridan Wy, which is a small town nestled against the Big Horn Mountains. Here the class is spreading out to paint on Goose Creek Road. One of the problems is trying to pick a view; there is so much to paint there.Sheridan is full of history, ranches and beautiful landscape. The Big Horns aren’t as dramatic as the Rockies to the west but they have a subtle beauty to them that I find more interesting. The mountains are more rounded and have rocky outcroppings that pull your eyes over the shapes.
There are also layers of valleys and streams with huge cottonwoods and winding
dirt roads. One of the problems is getting permission to travel and paint on private land but everyone was very accommodating and happy to have us there. A lot of the mountain roads were pretty rough. I made a mistake of driving to Sheridan in a car to save gas money and ended up blowing out a couple of tires.
The students were well prepared, they had no problem with the roads, heat and bugs, no one wimped out half way through the day.
There was some complaining about the amount of green we had to paint but that’s plein air painting in June. It makes you appreciate winter colors. I do hope to return and do some more painting and teaching there, maybe in the fall and winter. It’s a very friendly, paintable place.
This 10×10 demo was near Goose Creek Road, the spring flowers were in abundance and helped cut some of the green. I wanted to demonstrate that you can focus on the values and temperature and push the color any direction you want.
This photo is a good example of the cloud shadows that floated by every day. They helped break up the mountains and introduce different colors.
Painting and Teaching in Sheridan, Wyoming
I recently taught a workshop in Sheridan Wy, which is a small town nestled against the Big Horn Mountains. Here the class is spreading out to paint on Goose Creek Road. One of the problems is trying to pick a view; there is so much to paint there.Sheridan is full of history, ranches and beautiful landscape. The Big Horns aren’t as dramatic as the Rockies to the west but they have a subtle beauty to them that I find more interesting. The mountains are more rounded and have rocky outcroppings that pull your eyes over the shapes.
There are also layers of valleys and streams with huge cottonwoods and winding
dirt roads. One of the problems is getting permission to travel and paint on private land but everyone was very accommodating and happy to have us there. A lot of the mountain roads were pretty rough. I made a mistake of driving to Sheridan in a car to save gas money and ended up blowing out a couple of tires.
The students were well prepared, they had no problem with the roads, heat and bugs, no one wimped out half way through the day.
There was some complaining about the amount of green we had to paint but that’s plein air painting in June. It makes you appreciate winter colors. I do hope to return and do some more painting and teaching there, maybe in the fall and winter. It’s a very friendly, paintable place.
This 10×10 demo was near Goose Creek Road, the spring flowers were in abundance and helped cut some of the green. I wanted to demonstrate that you can focus on the values and temperature and push the color any direction you want.
This photo is a good example of the cloud shadows that floated by every day. They helped break up the mountains and introduce different colors.
Online Still Life Workshop Coming Up Soon
I’ve got an online workshop coming up on July 15 through the Tucson Art Academy Online.
WEEK 1 | COMPOSITION AND VALUES
In this lesson the focus is to SIMPLIFY. Simplify the shapes, make sure the proportions are correct, and reduce the values of each shape. Complete with one dark and one light value, then block in the local color by using the color wheel to determine the correct color.
WEEK 2 | BLOCK IN COLOR AND BROKEN COLOR
In this lesson we focus on breaking up the large areas of simple color. The broken color is a color change, not a value change. This will be an important part of this weeks lesson.
WEEK 3 | BRASS AND GLASS
This week the focus will beContinue Reading