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Alvaro Castagnet
The Passionate Painter
Watercolor - Plein air
April 16 - 20, 2012 - Wait List
Santa Fe, NM
Cost $695
Intermediate to Advanced
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Do you want your paintings to
say more? Alvaro will
demonstrate how to infuse
passion, manipulate values, and
achieve depth and volume with a
unified message. Draw on your
emotions and render your feelings
into the mood and mystery of the
experience. Painting will be done
amid the old buildings downtown
and about Santa Fe. This
workshop is for resilient painters
who want plainspoken feedback
and critiques. Alvaro Catagnet is
author of Watercolor Painting
with Passion. His work has been
featured in International Artist,
Watercolor Magic and The
Artist’s Magazine.
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Stimulate emotions and transmit
vitality and interest with passion,
mood and mystery! Alvaro will
demonstrate how to achieve
depth and volume, manipulate
lights and darks, and infuse
passion with a unified message.
Painting will be done in the
amazing Historic District of Santa
Fe. This workshop is for resilient
painters who want plainspoken
feedback and lots of painting
action. Alvaro is author of
Watercolor Painting with
Passion. His work has been
featured in International Artist,
Watercolor Magic and The Artist’
s Magazine. In 2010 Alvaro
received the Shanghai Zhujiajiao
International Watercolour Biennial
Award.
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Charles Reid
Two Weeks to Choose From
Watercolor - Plein Air and Studio
June 4 - 8, 2012 - Wait List
Portrait and Figure
or
June 11 -15, 2012 - Wait List
mixed subject
Bend, OR
$795 (includes model fees)
Intermediate to Advanced
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Achieve the correct color, edge
variety, and tonal value on the
first try. Charles returns to teach
his approach to painting with the
goal to simplify and avoid
overworking. Using contour
drawing, Charles will help you
concentrate on interconnecting
shapes rather than separate
objects. Choose the first week for
portrait/figure focus or the
second week for mixed subjects
including portrait/figure. Charles
is the author Charles Reid’s
Watercolor Secrets and Charles
Reid’s Watercolor Solutions, and
many more. He is a member of
the National Academy of Design.
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Sherrie McGraw
The Beauty of Visual Ideas in Realism
Oil - Studio
June 18 - 22, 2012
Bend, OR
$795 (includes model fees)
Beginning to Advanced
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Go beyond the limiting label of
“style” and learn instead how
painting really works. Sherrie
McGraw will demonstrate still
life, portrait, and nude figure
painting explaining how each bit
of information can further that
idea. She will teach you how to
recognize an idea in your set-up
and then stay true to that idea.
Once you know what the
intention is for a painting, your
technical proficiency will catch
up, pulling you forward on the
journey to becoming a better
artist. McGraw is the author of
The Language of Drawing.
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Mary Whyte
The Best of Watercolor
Studio & Plein air
July 9 - 13, 2012 - Wait List
Bend, OR
$795 (includes model fees)
Beginning to Advanced
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Landscapes and Figures
May 4 - 11, 2013
Tuscany, Italy
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Join Mary Whyte for an
extraordinary workshop in
watercolor. Paint still life, the
landscape and the clothed model.
Mary will demonstrate and guide
you through the techniques of
planning your compositions,
drawing, mixing color and
creating great backgrounds. She
will show you how to work with
the model, avoid mistakes and
give personal critiques and great
tips for marketing your work.
Mary’s work is in many
corporate and museum
collections, and has been featured
in International Artist, American
Artist, Artist Magazine, and
American Art Collector
magazines, as well as on CBS
Sunday Morning.
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Kim English
Paint Instinctively
oil - Plein Air
July 9 - 13, 2012
Bend, OR
$725 (includes model fees)
Beginning to Advanced
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Learn how to swiftly capture
gesture, light, and form!
Discover how to paint quickly
and accurately concentrating on
the “process”. Working with a
model, numerous small studies
will be painted daily. Techniques
for achieving a spontaneous
controlled approach will be
practiced. A working palette will
be developed simplifying the
comparison of color and value, an
essential part of picture making.
Kim’s Gold Medal artwork has
been featured in Southwest Art
Magazine, Artists Magazine, and
in the book Figure Drawing
Workshop by Carole Katchen. He
has also self-published a book of
his work.
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Birgit O'Connor
The Essence Within the Flower
Watercolor - Studio
July 16 - 20, 2012 - 5 spaces available
Bend, OR
$595
Beginning to Advanced
some knowledge of watercolor helpful
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Matilija Poppy, Red Cannas,
Rhododendrons, White Tulips,
Water Droplets, ohhhh . . . the
possibilities. Birgit O'Connor will
teach you how to simplify a
composition to create stunningly
beautiful paintings. Learn how to
move and blend water and color
to create large smooth washes in
the petals. Using values in
shadows and choice
backgrounds, you can turn a
delicate flower into a bold
dramatic painting that makes a
statement. Birgit O'Connor is the
author of Watercolor in Motion
and Watercolor Essentials. She is
a contributing editor to The
Artist's Magazine and Watercolor
Artist.
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Lian Quan Zhen
Exclusive Plein Air Opportunity
July 23 – 25, 2012
Watercolor Landscape
July 26 - 27, 2012
Chinese Accordian Book
Bend, OR
5-days $625
3-days $450
2-days $325
Beginning to Advanced
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Get fresh results now. Lian will
teach his techniques on color,
design, and composition as he
takes you step-by-step through
several finished paintings at many
inspiring locations. His energy
and teaching will amaze and
delight you. You can join Lian for
3-days of landscape painting, 2-
days of Chinese Brush Painting in
accordion books, or all 5 days of
painting in absolutely beautiful
settings. Lian is the author of 3
North Light Books: Chinese
Painting Techniques for Exquisite
Watercolor, Chinese Watercolor
Techniques: Painting Animals
and Chinese Watercolor
Techniques for Exquisite Flowers.
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John Seerey-Lester
Wildlife in Oil or Acrylic
July 23- 27, 2012
Bend, OR
$795
Intermediate to Advanced
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Execute wildlife paintings with
true characteristics. John will
teach you the elements of
anatomy, fur, feathers, water,
snow, grass, mist, fog and more.
He’ll give lessons on design and
composition, how light affects
different objects, clever contrast
use, the illusion of distance and
atmospheric perspective. John
has written several books. His
latest, Legends of the Hunt, has
won several awards, and is
appreciated as a unique view of
historic hunting in the early
1900s. He is currently working
on Volume II. Prestigious
museums and galleries worldwide
collect John’s paintings. (Possible
taxidermy models)
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Richard McKinley
Pastels from Field-Sketch to Finish
plein air and studtio
July 30 - August 3, 2012 - wait list
Bend, OR
$655
Intermediate to Advanced
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Master pastelist Richard
McKinley will demonstrate the
techniques and fundamentals
necessary to structure a
successful landscape painting.
Working on location you will
learn how to produce a concise
field-sketch, an exciting
underpainting, and determine the
necessary finishing touches that
make a painting work. Through
individual attention, group
critiques, and class discussions,
you will leave with a clear
understanding of the universal
basic of painting. Richard is a
dedicated instructor with a wealth
of information. His intensity,
focus and energy are legendary.
He is a signature member of the
PSA, PSWC-DP, and NPS.
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Mark Mehaffey
Experiment for Fun, Design for Success
Studio
August 6 - 10, 2012
Bend, OR
$595
Beginning to Advanced
Comfort with Basic Materials a Must
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Achieve the strongest paintings
possible by starting with what’s
important to you. In this fast
moving, fun, mixed water media
workshop Mark will teach you to
simplify subjects to create
emotion and mood. You will
work intuitively with shape,
color, line and especially texture
to produce an abstraction with a
personal focus and a
representational work based on
personal reference choices. A
variety of ‘slippery surfaces’ will
be explored. Mark is the author
of Creative Watercolor
Workshop. Mark is a signature
member of the NWS, AWS,
TWSA, and many more.
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Lana Grow
Aqua Media Acrylic and Collage
Experimental and Energizing
Studio
August 13 - 17, 2012
Bend, OR
$595
Brave Beginner to Advanced
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Expand your creative limits. Get
fired up and excited to paint with
Lana Grow. Be ready to try one
thing after another as you move
from transparent to translucent to
opaque! Explore the use of
acrylic paint, heavy and soft gel
mediums, gesso, gold leaf,
textures, stamping, stenciling,
transfers and collage. Color
mixing and basic design elements
will be presented through
demonstration and visual aids.
Lana L. Grow is a signature
member of the AWS, Red River
Watercolor Society, Society of
Layerists in Multi Media and the
International Society of
Experimental Artists.
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David Taylor
Staying Afloat in Watercolour
plein air
August 27 - 31 CORRECT DATES
PLEASE DISREGARD THE BROCHURE
DATES
Newport, OR
$625
Intermediate to Advanced
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Capture the fleeting moments!
David Taylor will show you the
best way to tackle painting the
rugged coastline, the sea with its
character, the calm waters and
boats in the beautiful harbor, and
Main Street along the harbor
offering movement, color, and
atmosphere. He will encourage
your creativity and individuality
and give you insight into
portraying the subject in simple
terms, helping you get fresh,
spontaneous results. David is the
coauthor of Solving Mysteries in
Watercolor with Ron Ranson.
His work has been featured in the
International Artist Magazine.
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John Salminen
Realism Through Design
Watercolor Studio
September 24 -28, 2012
Portland, OR
$695
Intermediate to Advanced
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Use design to strengthen and
enhance your paintings. John will
help you in all aspects of painting
a representational cityscape or
town scene – choosing the
subject, adding mood and
creating emotional content,
lighting the scene for dramatic
effect, using photo references in
a meaningful way and most
importantly, strengthening and
enhancing representational
painting through design. This is
an invaluable opportunity to gain
new painting insights and lots of
one-on-one individual help. John
is a signature member of the
AWS, TWSA, NWS and many
more. (May include outings to
gather local references).
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Frank Francese
A Breath of Fresh Effects
Plein air
September 24 - 28, 2012
Portland, OR
$595
Beginning to Advanced
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Liven up your painting with bold,
vivid color. Frank will show you
how to breathe life into your
paintings with glowing color,
accurate values, and great
composition. Get fresh effects
with Frank’s unique style of
painting; allow the pure color to
mingle on the paper to bring
vitality to your paintings. Come
create eye-catching landscapes,
cityscapes and waterscapes at
carefully thought out locations.
Frank’s work is often featured on
the cover of Watercolor Artist
and The Artist’s Magazine. He is
a signature member of NWS,
TWSA, WW, WHS, WFWS,
SDWS, TSW and CWS.
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