Winter Teaching

Young Woman Drawing, 1801
Marie-Denise Villers (French, 1774–1821)
Oil on canvas

This semester I will be teaching one class and leading two seminars:

Portrait Drawing or Painting in Oils
Main Line Art Center
Semester: Winter 2010
Medium: Drawing and Painting
Class Level: Intermediate
Class Schedule:
Start: Jan 28, 2010 End: Apr 1, 2010
Time: Thursdays from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Member - $302.00 Non-Member - $344.00

Explore the fascinating art of the portrait through drawing or painting from the model in a variety of long and short poses. Individual guidance will be given as we study different techniques. Demos will focus on the anatomy of the head and basic facial proportions, seeing values and ways of describing texture. Drawing experience and previous experience with oils is recommended.

I will also be running a two part Beginning to Blog seminar
(please note, space is limited)
at MLAC on two Saturdays, March 20 and March 27 from 10-12 am:
The Artist's Blog I: Nuts Bolts
Semester: Winter 2010
Class Schedule:
Start: Mar 20, 2010 End: Mar 20, 2010
Time: Saturdays from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Member - $15.00 Non-Member - $20.00
The Artist's Blog II: Content Counts
Semester: Winter 2010
Class Schedule:
Start: Mar 27, 2010 End: Mar 27, 2010
Time: Saturdays from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Member - $15.00 Non-Member - $20.00

At the Wayne Art Center, I'll be co-leading a seminar:
Painting People from Photographs
Nancy Bea Miller & Alex Tyng
Saturday, March 13, 2010
10 AM-2 PM
$100 MEMBER / $125 NON-MEMBER

Although slavish copying from photos is discouraged by most well-known portrait and figurative artists working today, many of these same artists use photographic references in the process of creating exceptional work. Through power-point presentation we will look at many examples of art painted from life and at least partially from photos. We will compare and evaluate a variety of reference photographs and discuss the pros and cons of different lighting. We will also have time for hands-on experimentation as we practice taking our own photographic references. Participants are encouraged to bring a digital camera with cable attachment or card-reader laptop computer.

For information or registration

Main Line Art Center:
610-525-0272

Wayne Art Center:
610-688-3553

New Class Starting Next Week

Figure in the Landscape
all levels
Tuesdays, 10 am to 1 pm.
Starts May 5, goes for six weeks.
$145

One of my painting students offered me the use of her wonderful farm in Berwyn, PA: outbuildings, spring house, creek, woods, fields, pond, paddock with horse etc. I'll have a model available for those who care to pursue that aesthetic line, but people can paint whatever they want! There is a barn in which to paint the model on any rainy days, and also covered porches and loggias for the sun sensitive, and best of all for women landscape painters: access to bathrooms!

For more information or to register, call the Wayne Art Center at 610-688-3553 or click here.





A few winter images of the farm. It is an amazing place!

Spring Teaching

SPRING TEACHING

I am teaching several classes next semester at both the Main Line Art Center and the Wayne Art Center.

At MLAC in Haverford, PA:
Figure Drawing and Painting
Class Level: All Levels
Day: Tuesday
Time: 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Start: Mar 31, 2009 End: May 26, 2009

and

Painting with Oils
Class Level: All Levels
Day: Thursday
Time: 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Start: Apr 2, 2009 End: May 21, 2009

For more info click here.

Through the Wayne Art Center:

The Figure in the Landscape
all levels
Tuesdays, 10 am to 1 pm.
Starts April 28, goes for six weeks.

This is a new class and I am very excited about it! One of my students offered me the use of her gorgeous farm in Berwyn, PA: outbuildings, spring house, creek, woods, fields, pond, paddock with horse etc. I'll have a model available for those who care to pursue that aesthetic line, but people can paint what they wish! There is a barn in which to paint the model on any rainy days, and also covered porches and loggias for the sun sensitive, and best of all for women landscape painters: access to bathrooms!

For more info or to register, click here.