Calendar of Village Arts Classes & Workshops, Through Nov. 2006
(From Village Arts Newsletter) Calendar of Village Arts Classes & Workshops:
July 2006
Tuesday Night Painters
Tuesday Nights 6:30-9:30 p.m.
$12 model/teacher nights, $6 still life nights
If you are interested in the camaraderie of painting with a lovely and eclectic group of painters Tuesday Night Painters may be for you! This ongoing group of artists focus on still lifes or models each week and share ideas, stories, books, art news and critiques with one another. To join, please contact Village Arts to be put on the keeper's list for that group. August 2006
Plein Air Weekend Painting With Peter Granucci
Saturday and Sunday, August 12 -13
9:00 am - 1:00 pm $90/2 days or $50/1 day
Many artists have been requesting Plein Air painting workshops for the summer. Peter Granucci will offer this Plein Air Weekend Workshop for those interested in learning how to paint out of doors. His current thinking is to paint in a location that has waterfalls, a pond or stream and will make a decision based upon the needs and desires of the participants. The Village Arts Studio will be reserved for indoors in case of rain.
Summer Tonalist Tuesday
Tuesday, August 22
9:00-4:00 $10 per person
The Tonalist Tuesday painters are getting together this August to continue to work on techniques they have been studying with Dennis Sheehan for the past few years. While Dennis takes some bereavement time off, the group intends to gather monthly, sharing and supporting one another with the rich learnings they have gleaned from this beloved teacher. The painting group fee is will be dropped to $10 per person per day and may continue into the fall until Dennis returns.
September 2006
Fundamentals of Art Level I: A Yearlong Course of Study with Peter Granucci
Saturdays (1 per month/ 9 months.)
Sept. 2006-May 2007 9:00-4:00
Tuition: $720
This yearlong course is designed for serious students interested in learning the critical foundations of drawing. Taught by master teacher Peter Granucci, classes meet once a month for formal teaching and demonstrations. In the afternoons, students apply what they have learned while receiving individual support and from the instructor. Drawing exercises and readings are given for homestudy in-between sessions. This art course includes the study of value scales, creating form, perspective. Mediums used: pencil and charcoal. Students purchase their own materials and a few suggested books. Offered yearly with advanced study potential. (Tentative dates: Sept. 2, Oct 7, Nov 4,
Dec 2, Jan 13, Feb 3, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5,
June 2 -snow day make-up.)
Advanced Painting Course: A Nine Month Course of Painting with Peter Granucci
1 Sunday per month, September 2005-May 2006
9:00-4:00 Tuition: $720
This advanced yearlong class will be an in-depth study of painting. Studies will focus on the creation of good form and proportion. Color and it's uses will be covered as well as the development of strong compositions, the use of values, texture, pattern and transition within a painting. It will focus on helping you gain the in-depth skills necessary for creating art that is fully and independently your own. In this workshop you will learn the major elements that go into creating a developed idea and painting. We will study how to create complex paintings and drawings that read as clear and inspired ideas. This work and knowledge will aid your facility and therefore your speed and vision. Landscape, still life, and the human form, will be covered based on students' interests and inclinations. Each student will be treated as an individual and encouraged to develop their own style and interests, creating work based on tried and true concepts that are present in all art. Material list available. Dates: Sept. 11, Oct. 9, Nov. 13, Dec. 4, (Jan-May 2006 dates upon request).
Afternoon Introduction to Oil Painting: Materials & Basic Concepts with Rosemary Ladd
Sunday, September 3
12:00-1:00 pm $10
Have you always wanted to be an oil painter, but have no idea
where to begin? In this introductory offer you will learn about the basic tools you need to get started on your adventure of becoming an oil painter. All materials will be provided so there is no need to invest in supplies until you are ready and know what you want. No matter what your style; large or small, abstract or representational, this intro will help you get going. Beginner's will be offered this intro prior to each cycle of Rosemary's Sunday Painter's classes. This single session is also a wonderful boost to prepare beginning artists to join other weekly painting groups or classes offered at Village Arts of Putney. If you need help with materials Rosemary would be happy to speak with yo.
Sunday Painters Oil Painting Classes with Rosemary Ladd
4-week September Cycle: Sundays, 3, 10,17, 24
1:00-4:00 pm Tuition: $100/4 sessions
Rosemary Ladd of The Putney Painters will again be offering 4-week cycles of classes for oil painters through Village Arts of Putney. Classes will be "hands-on," with instruction and critique tailored to participant's specific needs.* Beginner's are welcome, with the suggestion that they take the additional "An Introduction to Oil Painting" just prior to the 4-week painting class. A materials list is available. Each cycle of classes has the potential of continuing forward with multiple cycles upon agreement with Rosemary.
Tonalist Tuesdays with Dennis Sheehan
Third Tuesday per month (usually!)
9:00-4:00 $75 per person
Sept. 2006-June '07 (dates TBA)
Dennis Sheehan has been working with painters in the Tonalist Tuesday group for several years in advanced techniques in developing underpaintings. Best known for his richly luminescent, tonalist paintings, his work has been compared to great masters as Innis, Corot and Rembrandt. Sheehan's Tonalist workshop begins with a lively morning demonstration followed by individual critiques and instruction with participants throughout the day. Advanced techniques include adding new layers of pigment (thick color) and glazing (thin color) as well as how to manipulate and use photographs in designing new compositions. This group often consists of professional artists who desire further professional development and the stimulation of painting together.
Painters sign up and pay for three months in advance for this group. (Tentative dates: Sept. 3, Oct 8, Nov 5, Dec 3, Jan 13, Feb 4, Mar 4, Apr 8, May 6, June 3 -snow day make-up.)
Evening or Morning Figure Drawing Group
Wednesdays beginning September 6:30-9:30
Fridays beginning September 3, 9:00-12:00
$12 (includes model fee) *Instructor's fee extra
Are you interested in drawing or painting the figure? Artists have been requesting the revival of a VA figure drawing/painting group with the possibility of a monthly drawing instructor. Village Arts will provide two options: a Wednesday night group or a Friday morning group. Peter Granucci will be available once a month for instruction based upon the needs of the group.
Minimum of 7 participants. Seeking monitor for group to organize and pay models for trade.
The Putney Painters with Richard Schmid & Nancy Guzik
Alternate Saturdays (ongoing)
9:00-4:00
The Putney Painters is an ongoing invitational painting group put together by with Richard Schmid and Nancy Nancy Guzik at Village Arts of Putney for the past six years. The group focuses upon representational and impressionistic painting including portraiture, still lifes and landscapes. The group shows together locally and around the country. The current Putney Painters are (in alphabetical order): Nancy Guzik, Dennis Sheehan Kathy Anderson, Rosemary Ladd, John Smith, Jack Keledjian, John Kilroy, Dick McNeil, Andrea Schiedler, Raphy Kertenian, Richard Schmid, Lauren Woodward Simons, Katie Swatland, and Richard (Ritchie) Ehler. Honorary lifetime Putney Painters include Timothy Thies and Molly Hyde who are missed very much.
October 2006
Plein Air Painting Workshop with Albert Handell & Anita Louise West
Monday-Friday, October 9-13 9:00-5:00 p.m. Tuition; $575
Village Arts of Putney welcomes Albert Handell and Anita Louise West for a week long plein air workshop for pastelists and oil painters during Vermont's most colorful season.
*An invitation is being extended to artists who attend this workshop to stay for a 6th day to plein air paint with Albert, Louise, Richard Schmid, Nancy Guzik and The Putney Painters! Albert and Richard, old painting friends from way back, desire to bring their two painting groups together, Saturday, October 14th to celebrate the joy of painting and friendship. A picnic luncheon will be provided in the Secret Garden at Village Arts for the group. To reserve your space contact Penelope at 802.387.8548 or email her at <villarts@sover.net>. Reservations for accommodations should be secured as soon as possible due to the busy leaf-peeking season. Saturday fee of $15 covers snacks and picnic luncheon. (Sept. 19, Oct. 17, Nov. 21, Dec. 12 (2007 dates TBA).
Beginner's Class: Fearless Oil Painting With Putney Painter, Andrea Scheidler
Friday evening, October 20 6:30-9:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday October 21 & 22
10:00 am -4:00 pm $150
Want to start a new painting pastime or develop a professional skill? Are you "all at sea" in advanced painting workshops? Missing basic skills? Trying hard and feeling frustrated? Striving for beauty and dissatisfied with your art?
Through 30 years in art education Andrea Scheidler has developed techniques to help beginners, reluctant and fearful students to take advantage of higher learning experiences. A member of the Putney Painters, Andrea has studied with Richard Schmid, Nancy Guzik, Clayton Beck, Peter Granucci and David Rohn. She has had several one woman shows, group shows and is represented by Village Arts of Putney and Susan Powell Fine Art in Madison, CT.
Andrea says: "I learned my beginning art skills by the seat of my pants. Trial and error is inevitable, but as a practice, endless experimentation can just wear you out. I think there are better ways to learn."
Get ready for fun. Andrea's goal for this class is for you to lay your "ifs, ands, and buts" aside and all be painting with enough understanding to take advantage of higher level workshops. You will learn basic skills, get comfortable in a class setting, and complete simple, beautiful paintings that will help you to have confidence in this new world of oil painting. Limited to 10 participants. Ask questions and start on a path to achieve your artistic dreams!
November 2006
Flower and Form in Oil Painting Workshop with Diane Rath
(visiting teacher from The Palette & Chisel, Chicago)
Monday-Wednesday, November 6 - 8
Tuition: $300.00 plus small shared flower fee
After studying techniques of the Dutch and Flemish Masters, Diane Rath created her own way to incorporate their methods of underpainting, glazing and scumbling into what would best serve her work and lifestyle. Diane would love to share what she has learned with you, believing it will open all sorts of new doors into how you can create regardless of the subject matter you choose to paint.
In this three-day workshop, the main emphasis will be on How to Paint Form - Understanding how light hits an object - it's beginning, how it travels, how it ends. When we understand the logic of it, then we can translate it into paint with clarity using our tools of color, thickness, value and edge quality. This will greatly enhance the confidence in how you see and share it with others. The subject matter will be flowers and will give you exciting new venues during the upcoming winter months and have you ready to share and sell in early spring when everyone wants to see flowers again! Good examples of this can be seen on Diane's website by mid July - the Peony Paintings under "New Paintings" www.dianerath.com
INFO AT:
Village Arts of Putney 114 Westminster Road, Putney, Vermont 05346
802.387.8548 <villarts@sover.net> www.VillageArtsofPutney.com