Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: James Coulter
Course Title: Basic Painting and Design Part I: From Still Life to Landscapes
Course Meets: 01-14-2012 - 02-18-2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tuition: $270
Description: This class is all about the basics and keeping things simple. It is designed for beginning and intermediate painters. Through a series of exercises and drills students will learn how to mix values with color and control saturation. Application of paint layering with variety in brush work will also be covered. You will learn the sequential steps in the painting process and how to use different ways of thinking and emotions within each step, as well as the importance of variety within all elements of painting. You will discover how the main motif of your painting will be a factor in ALL decisions you make in the orchestration of visual energy. We will work on what you need to concentrate on as an individual to broaden the technical range of your painting abilities and applications. The focus will be on all elements of the painting process, with a minimum of thumbnail drawing and composition concepts covered. The exercises will be done from simple still life references. This class will not be about making a finished painting, but geared more towards the development of sound painting skills. www.jamesmcoulter.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Elaine Coffee
Course Title: Composing Figurative Paintings from Photographs
Course Meets: 02-01-2012 - 03-07-2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tuition: $270
Description: There are times when "photo-sketching" for a painting is the only possibility, especially if it involves public interiors: restaurants, bars, museums, for example. This six-week class is designed for those interested in multi-figure slice-of-life painting. Work on the schematics of composing a painting from several photos and, like central casting, choosing people, gestures and elements that will enhance the finished work. The instructor will do step-by-step demonstrations in building a painting. Students can bring their own photos to work from or select from some that will be available. www.elainecoffee.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Robert Lemler
Course Title: Alla Prima Portrait Painting
Course Meets: 02-27-2012 - 04-02-2012
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuition: $225 + $35
Description: Working from the model, students will explore the art of painting the portrait from life. This class is primarily about painting the head in a convincing, representational manner. Initially, emphasis will be placed on shape and tonal relationships. Students will have the chance to paint a number of simple two to three tone head studies, and then we will move into color relationships. The poses will gradually lengthen over the course of the weeks, as we begin to seek orchestration of shape, value, color, and edge. The related topics of composition and pictorial design will also be addressed. Students can expect instructor demonstrations, and plenty of individual attention. www.robertlemler.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Nancy Chaboun
Course Title: The Long Pose
Course Meets: 03-10-2012 - 03-31-2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $360 + $35
Description: Just as the title suggests, this class will feature a model in a single pose each day, giving the students an opportunity to work six hours on their painting. The model will be placed in a variety of costumes and environments to help light the fire of creativity! Composition, form, values, paint quality and edges will all be stressed. Demonstrations, discussions, and one on one instruction are all important aspects of this class, as is fun! www.nancychabounfineart.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Elaine Coffee
Course Title: Composing Figurative Paintings from Photographs
Course Meets: 03-19-2012 - 04-16-2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tuition: $225
Description: There are times when "photo-sketching" for a painting is the only possibility, especially if it involves public interiors: restaurants, bars, museums, for example. This six-week class is designed for those interested in multi-figure slice-of-life painting. Work on the schematics of composing a painting from several photos and, like central casting, choosing people, gestures and elements that will enhance the finished work. The instructor will do step-by-step demonstrations in building a painting. Students can bring their own photos to work from or select from some that will be available. www.elainecoffee.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Robert Lemler
Course Title: Painting the Model Indoors and Out
Course Meets: 03-29-2012 - 05-03-2012
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $225 + $35
Description: This class will offer the student the opportunity to work from the model both in the studio, under artificial light and outside in direct sunlight (on School property). Experienced painters understand the value of limiting the number of tones used to interpret the subject, which is what this class is all about. Working from the costumed model, students will seek to interpret the subject in a limited tonal range, using only four or five values. Guidance will be offered regarding drawing, color, and design. Please join me for this informative and enjoyable class! www.robertlemler.com
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Medium: Oil Painting, Pastel
Instructor: Judith Spitz
Course Title: Discover and Develop Your Unique Painting Style
Course Meets: 01-23-2012 - 02-27-2012
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $270
Description: Each week Judith will demonstrate in oil and/or pastel, while identifying basic painting techniques such as shape, color, temperature, edges, composition and perspective in her own unique style of painting. With the use of photographs, Judith will impress on students the importance of painting what they SEE, not what they think they know. Students will learn to apply these techniques to build their own styles while improving their individual expertise. They will not only learn from the instructor but from each other in a highly charged, fun and motivational environment! Critiquing will clarify a students understanding of strengths and weaknesses, in a completely POSITIVE learning setting. The critique is to further every students understanding of progress and NEVER to impede that progress either for the student or for the class. Students will be encouraged to photograph their weekly painting progress. Group discussions, individual instruction, and question and answer periods will be part of the class. www.judithspitz.com
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Medium: Oil Painting, Watercolor
Instructor: Suzanne Falk
Course Title: Beginning Oil Painting: Realism Tips and Techniques
Course Meets: 02-04-2012 - 03-03-2012
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $225
Description: There are many steps required to learn the fine art of realism. We will start with choosing the proper surface, then on to canvas preparation, all the way to the final steps of varnishing a painting. Beginning artists will start to learn some tips and tricks to create a realistic, finished painting. In this class we will break down some of the basic steps of how to paint a variety of surfaces like glass, metal, fabric, fur, hair, and skin tones. We will also focus on color mixtures, preparing our canvas, and setting up still lifes while keeping design and story in mind. Drawing skills are helpful but not required. A camera will be used during at least one class. Water-media welcome. This is a good continuation class from Beginning Oil Painting with a focus on Realism. www.suzannefalk.com
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Medium: Oil Painting, Pastel
Instructor: Allen Garns
Course Title: Painting: The Right Shape, the Right Color, the Right Value
Course Meets: 02-22-2012 - 03-28-2012
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuition: $225 + $35
Description: My former teacher Dan McCaw used to say that all you need for a good painting is the right shapes with the right color and the right value. It is a simple but powerful idea. This class will focus on those fundamentals. You will learn to see shapes, simplify values and develop a stronger sense of color. Specific exercises will be combined with open painting of still life set-ups and costumed models that will be valuable for painters of all levels. I will do some general demonstrating, but most of the time you will be painting with individual attention tailored to your needs. Pastels and oils are welcome. www.allengarns.com
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Medium: Oil Painting, Pastel
Instructor: Allen Garns
Course Title: Painting in the City, Plein Air
Course Meets: 02-25-2012 - 03-24-2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tuition: $225
Description: If you love historic architecture, urban landscapes and painting, this is the class for you! This urban adventure will examine slashing light, angular shadows, volume, depth, space, textures and more. The class is an exciting opportunity to explore traditional methods of painting in a city setting. After spending the first day in the studio, students will spend the remaining classes painting on location in various places around Scottsdale and downtown Phoenix. The instructor will give demonstrations in both oil and pastel. There will be an emphasis on composition, how light defines form, values, drawing, and other fundamental principles. We will also talk about seeing and how to see the amazing beauty that is right in front of our eyes. You truly get all this and more when you go into the city to paint. www.allengarns.com
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Medium: Oil Painting, Pastel
Instructor: Judith Spitz
Course Title: Discover and Develop Your Unique Painting Style
Course Meets: 03-26-2012 - 04-30-2012
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $270
Description: Each week Judith will demonstrate in oil and/or pastel, while identifying basic painting techniques such as shape, color, temperature, edges, composition and perspective in her own unique style of painting. With the use of photographs, Judith will impress on students the importance of painting what they SEE, not what they think they know. Students will learn to apply these techniques to build their own styles while improving their individual expertise. They will not only learn from the instructor but from each other in a highly charged, fun and motivational environment! Critiquing will clarify a students understanding of strengths and weaknesses, in a completely POSITIVE learning setting. The critique is to further every students understanding of progress and NEVER to impede that progress either for the student or for the class. Students will be encouraged to photograph their weekly painting progress. Group discussions, individual instruction, and question and answer periods will be part of the class. www.judithspitz.com
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Medium: Acrylic, Oil Painting, Watercolor
Instructor: Amery Bohling
Course Title: Explore Your Medium
Course Meets: 04-04-2012 - 04-25-2012
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuition: $180
Description: Your Choice! Do you love the soft texture of pastel? Do you wonder at the amazing color blends of watercolor? Are you challenged by working with acrylic or oil? This class will help you discover the medium of your choice. These mediums have different blending and application techniques. However, there are certain basic elements that are consistent with any beautiful piece of work. Points of interest in this class will be drawing, line, composition, perspective, color and light. How to capture color and light differs with your medium. In this class you will explore this by working from your favorite photos or still-lives that are set up in class. Join us, have fun and learn at the same time. www.amerybohling.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Bill Lundquist
Course Title: The Really Useful Oil Painting Class
Course Meets: 01-09-2012 - 02-13-2012
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuition: $270
Description: Each artists brush stroke is as individual as his or her own signature. These signature techniques are developed through experimentation and individual preference. The qualities of good drawing, exciting value ranges, interesting composition, appropriate color and unifying edge development combine to make paintings successful. This class will help you to learn and appreciate those essential painting elements and stir the creative process. www.billlundquist.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Robert Lemler
Course Title: Introduction to Portraiture
Course Meets: 01-11-2012 - 02-15-2012
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuition: $270 + $35
Description: A great introduction to painting portraits, this class will give the student an opportunity to paint many small studies from the model each week. Whether you are approaching this subject for the first time or are interested in re-visiting the fundamentals, this class is for you. Emphasis will be given to the beginning parts of the process. Likeness is a result of well orchestrated large shapes and value relationships. The many unfinished beginnings which we will paint each week will set the foundation students need to move their efforts forward toward the more finished portrait. Lemlers Alla Prima Portrait Painting class is a great continuation of this class. www.robertlemler.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: James Coulter
Course Title: Basic Painting and Design Part I: From Still Life to Landscapes
Course Meets: 01-14-2012 - 02-18-2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tuition: $270
Description: This class is all about the basics and keeping things simple. It is designed for beginning and intermediate painters. Through a series of exercises and drills students will learn how to mix values with color and control saturation. Application of paint layering with variety in brush work will also be covered. You will learn the sequential steps in the painting process and how to use different ways of thinking and emotions within each step, as well as the importance of variety within all elements of painting. You will discover how the main motif of your painting will be a factor in ALL decisions you make in the orchestration of visual energy. We will work on what you need to concentrate on as an individual to broaden the technical range of your painting abilities and applications. The focus will be on all elements of the painting process, with a minimum of thumbnail drawing and composition concepts covered. The exercises will be done from simple still life references. This class will not be about making a finished painting, but geared more towards the development of sound painting skills. www.jamesmcoulter.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Jane Wingfield
Course Title: Absolute Beginning Oil Painting Part II
Course Meets: 01-26-2012 - 03-01-2012
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $270
Description: This class is a continuation of Janes "Absolute Beginning Oil Painting Class Part I". You will have fun applying previous knowledge of the basics, further developing skills in color, light and composition. You will learn brushwork techniques and gain confidence and satisfaction by mastering the basics while painting from still life set-ups.
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Bill Lundquist
Course Title: The Really Useful Oil Painting Class
Course Meets: 01-09-2012 - 02-13-2012
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuition: $270
Description: Each artists brush stroke is as individual as his or her own signature. These signature techniques are developed through experimentation and individual preference. The qualities of good drawing, exciting value ranges, interesting composition, appropriate color and unifying edge development combine to make paintings successful. This class will help you to learn and appreciate those essential painting elements and stir the creative process. www.billlundquist.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: James Coulter
Course Title: Basic Painting and Design Part I: From Still Life to Landscapes
Course Meets: 01-14-2012 - 02-18-2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tuition: $270
Description: This class is all about the basics and keeping things simple. It is designed for beginning and intermediate painters. Through a series of exercises and drills students will learn how to mix values with color and control saturation. Application of paint layering with variety in brush work will also be covered. You will learn the sequential steps in the painting process and how to use different ways of thinking and emotions within each step, as well as the importance of variety within all elements of painting. You will discover how the main motif of your painting will be a factor in ALL decisions you make in the orchestration of visual energy. We will work on what you need to concentrate on as an individual to broaden the technical range of your painting abilities and applications. The focus will be on all elements of the painting process, with a minimum of thumbnail drawing and composition concepts covered. The exercises will be done from simple still life references. This class will not be about making a finished painting, but geared more towards the development of sound painting skills. www.jamesmcoulter.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Elaine Coffee
Course Title: Composing Figurative Paintings from Photographs
Course Meets: 02-01-2012 - 03-07-2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tuition: $270
Description: There are times when "photo-sketching" for a painting is the only possibility, especially if it involves public interiors: restaurants, bars, museums, for example. This six-week class is designed for those interested in multi-figure slice-of-life painting. Work on the schematics of composing a painting from several photos and, like central casting, choosing people, gestures and elements that will enhance the finished work. The instructor will do step-by-step demonstrations in building a painting. Students can bring their own photos to work from or select from some that will be available. www.elainecoffee.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Robert Lemler
Course Title: Alla Prima Portrait Painting
Course Meets: 02-27-2012 - 04-02-2012
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuition: $225 + $35
Description: Working from the model, students will explore the art of painting the portrait from life. This class is primarily about painting the head in a convincing, representational manner. Initially, emphasis will be placed on shape and tonal relationships. Students will have the chance to paint a number of simple two to three tone head studies, and then we will move into color relationships. The poses will gradually lengthen over the course of the weeks, as we begin to seek orchestration of shape, value, color, and edge. The related topics of composition and pictorial design will also be addressed. Students can expect instructor demonstrations, and plenty of individual attention. www.robertlemler.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: James Coulter
Course Title: Basic Painting and Design Part II: From Still Life to Landscapes
Course Meets: 03-03-2012 - 04-07-2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tuition: $270
Description: This class will focus on how to orchestrate all of the elements addressed in Basic Painting and Design Part I into a successful painting. My goal is to give you some technical information and painting concepts to help you develop your own personal set of judgments and solutions to fit your individual personality and painting style. We will be doing drawing and painting exercises with still life set-ups, and a mixture of references from life and photos. Thumbnail sketches will also be part of the process. We will learn how to prioritize the following elements in relation to the main motif of our painting: how to choose a subject; dynamic re-design and simplification of a scene; linear versus painterly drawing; deciding on a dominant value and color temperature; refractive focal point; application and layering of paint and variety in brush and palette knife work; how to see and use value, temperature, and intensity of color to create atmospheric perspective; how to use a sequence of emotional levels, brush sizes, and paint thickness in the process of a painting. www.jamesmcoulter.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Nancy Chaboun
Course Title: The Long Pose
Course Meets: 03-10-2012 - 03-31-2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $360 + $35
Description: Just as the title suggests, this class will feature a model in a single pose each day, giving the students an opportunity to work six hours on their painting. The model will be placed in a variety of costumes and environments to help light the fire of creativity! Composition, form, values, paint quality and edges will all be stressed. Demonstrations, discussions, and one on one instruction are all important aspects of this class, as is fun! www.nancychabounfineart.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Elaine Coffee
Course Title: Composing Figurative Paintings from Photographs
Course Meets: 03-19-2012 - 04-16-2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tuition: $225
Description: There are times when "photo-sketching" for a painting is the only possibility, especially if it involves public interiors: restaurants, bars, museums, for example. This six-week class is designed for those interested in multi-figure slice-of-life painting. Work on the schematics of composing a painting from several photos and, like central casting, choosing people, gestures and elements that will enhance the finished work. The instructor will do step-by-step demonstrations in building a painting. Students can bring their own photos to work from or select from some that will be available. www.elainecoffee.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Nancy Chaboun
Course Title: Figure Painting: The Vignette
Course Meets: 03-28-2012 - 05-02-2012
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $270 + $35
Description: Compelling set-ups are an important component of this class. Each week the students will have a chance to paint a new, inspiring scene with a costumed model in a beautiful setting. They allow the student to move beyond the "studio exercise"� phase, and into the more exciting aspects of creating a painting. Emphasis is placed on design, value relationships, and emotional content. Discussion, reference examples, and plenty of individualized instruction will be provided to help each student reach their personal goals. www.nancychabounfineart.com
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Medium: Oil Painting
Instructor: Robert Lemler
Course Title: Painting the Model Indoors and Out
Course Meets: 03-29-2012 - 05-03-2012
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuition: $225 + $35
Description: This class will offer the student the opportunity to work from the model both in the studio, under artificial light and outside in direct sunlight (on School property). Experienced painters understand the value of limiting the number of tones used to interpret the subject, which is what this class is all about. Working from the costumed model, students will seek to interpret the subject in a limited tonal range, using only four or five values. Guidance will be offered regarding drawing, color, and design. Please join me for this informative and enjoyable class! www.robertlemler.com
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