   
Workshop dates and locations
Currently I have two locations for my workshops
Ruidoso,
NM and Pentwater MI
Oil Rub-Out Drawing workshop
June 10-13
ART
CENTER TRAVERSE CITY
720 South Elmwood Avenue
Traverse City, MI 49684-3005
(231) 941-9488
$375
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No one knows
who invented the “rub-out” technique. Art historians have dated the
technique back to the time of Michelangelo. The schools at that
time required its mastery before students were allowed to explore
color. The traditional oil colors used are burnt umber and burnt
sienna (the two raw pigments can also be used). The support used
here is board or canvas. It is then acrylic gessoed and sometimes
textured, then gessoed again. The whole process is subtractive art
and teaches the student light and dark values by reversing their
usual experience of developing the illusion of form by first placing
dark and working toward the light. This wipe out, wipe off, rub
off, or “rub-out” works from dark to light, accomplished by the use
of fingers and a cotton/polyester rag, and is the next step in
progression toward full color painting. There is virtually no brush
work. Use of this technique, usually “loosens up” the art student.
Such is a quality most artists aspire to attain.
Contact
Virgil for a list of supplies needed for this class. |
"Painting In Charcoal"
Portrait Workshop
January 21-23
Innsbrook Village and Resort, Ruidoso, NM
$375 |
This 3 day workshop
is intended to increase an artist ability to take their art work to
a higher level of realism, regardless of their current level of art
education. Learning to draw is all about learning to “see” deeply
and profoundly, gaining confidence in our creative abilities, and
then applying what you've learned. This will be accomplished by
using the time-honored “grid” system invented in the 16th
century by the German painter Albrecht Durer. This system of
drawing eliminates confusion and getting lost, and teaches one to
draw proportionally. Virgil will demonstrate these techniques and
work individually with each person. Students will learn how to
capture the personality with reflective light, skin tones, and
techniques with paint brushes, charcoal, and other tools.
Materials fee $25.00 which includes handouts, payable to instructor
on Friday morning before class begins. |
"Painting In Charcoal"
Portrait Workshop
Feb 16-20, 2011
Innsbrook Village and Resort, Ruidoso, NM
5 day workshop
$625 |
This five day
workshop will take you from a beginning charcoal painting on canvas,
all the way to a completed oil painting, ready to hang on the wall.
Regardless of your current level
of art education, you can be a beginner, or advanced artist for this
class. Learning to draw is all about learning to “see”.
We will be using the time-honored “grid” method invented in the 16th
century by the German painter Albrecht Durer. This system of
drawing eliminates confusion and getting lost, and teaches one to
draw proportionally. Virgil will demonstrate these techniques and
work individually with each person. Students will learn how to
capture the personality with reflective light, skin tones, and
techniques with paint brushes, charcoal, and other tools. The first
half of the class students will create a finished portrait in black
and white, then will be shown how to prepare the canvas for applying
the oil wash.
Materials fee $35.00 which includes handouts, payable to instructor
on Friday morning before class begins. |
"Painting In Charcoal"
Portrait Workshop
March 7-11, 2011
Sedona Arts Center
Sedona, Arizona
$690 |
This five day
workshop is intended to increase an artist ability to take their art
work to a higher level of realism, regardless of their current level
of art education. Learning to draw is all about learning to “see”
deeply and profoundly, gaining confidence in our creative abilities,
and then applying what you've learned. This will be accomplished by
using the time-honored “grid” system invented in the 16th
century by the German painter Albrecht Durer. This system of
drawing eliminates confusion and getting lost, and teaches one to
draw proportionally. Virgil will demonstrate these techniques and
work individually with each person. Students will learn how to
capture the personality with reflective light, skin tones, and
techniques with paint brushes, charcoal, and other tools. The first
half of the class students will create a finished portrait of a
human, using these techniques, and the remaining half will be spent
drawing a portrait of a horse, which will include anatomy and other
skills to create a realistic and “believable” horse portrait.
Materials fee $25.00 which includes handouts, payable to instructor
on Friday morning before class begins. |
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