ELIZABETH ROBBINS

Still Life
January 21-25, 2013
Tuition $625

This class will focus on the art of "The Still Life" with an emphasis on florals.   From the moment of conception to the finish, Robbins will discuss what makes a painting successful and what is meant by the "flow of light".  "Painting is very much like music.  There is rhythm in a melody just as there is rhythm to a painting"  says Robbins.  Student will gain a better understanding of composition, temperature changes, color harmony, atmosphere, and the importance of lost and found edges.  Robbins emphasizes learning the fundamentals of painting but also emphasizes that once these fundamentals are learned,  you need to let your heart take over and paint from your heart.

BEGINNER TO ADVANCED
PORTABLE EASEL NECESSARY
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS

Elizabeth Robbins (who formerly painted under the name of Pruitt) was raised in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. As a child, her Grandmother would help her identify various wild flowers at their cabin above Oakley, Utah. This is where her love of flowers began. "I still have the book where I pressed and categorized wildflowers with my paternal Grandmother”.  She has been  featured in American Artist Magazine,  American Art Collector, and was chosen as an “Artist to Watch” in the Jan 2009 issue of Southwest Art.  She has won several awards including “Best Still Life” three times at the NOAPS National Exhibit and the Tuffy Berg Award at the 2008 CM Russell.  Robbins is a Master Signature Member of the American Women Artists, a Signature Member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painter's Society.

 She is represented by Mountain Trails Gallery, Palm Desert, CA www.mountaintrailsgallery.com; Legacy Gallery, Jackson, WY  www.legacygallery.com ; among others.  Also see her website at www.elizabethrobbinsart.com.

 PAM INGALLS

Oil
Still Life/Portrait
January 31 - February 3, 2013
Tuition $525 + model fee

Learn to paint from life in the Russian Impressionist's tradition. The class is set up to take each student at their own level through the basics of oil painting - exploring value, color temperature, intensity and edges with still lifes and portraits. We will examine the light on simple subject matter, and discuss the importance of allowing one’s choice of subject matter to come from within. Please arrange your schedule so that you can arrive early enough on Wednesday  watch the evening painting demonstration, with plenty of time for questions afterwards.  The demo will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the school. Thursday through Sunday will be an immersion into painting “liquid light.”

“I love to enter into the atmosphere of what I’m painting. When I meet a person, walk into a room, or even pick up an orange, I have a feeling about them. There’s an essence that belongs to just that moment. I get to be with that feeling as I translate it into the poetry of paint.”

BEGINNER TO ADVANCED
PORTABLE EASEL NECESSARY
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS

Pam Ingalls is in love with the transforming quality of light on ordinary objects and scenes, and portraits. Raised in Spokane, Washington, she was first inspired by her artist parents, Richard and Marjorie Ingalls. She studied art at the Academia Di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy and earned an art degree from Gonzaga University in Spokane.

After exploring a few side paths—among them, pursuing social justice aims and building a house—Pam returned to her true passion under the mentorship of Russian Impressionist, Ron Lukas (a student of Sergei Bongart). She has also studied with Richard Schmid and Burt Silverman. Her widely collected, award-winning work has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, and Africa. Pam lives and works along the shore of The Puget Sound on Vashon Island, Washington.  She is represented by various galleries throughout the United States.  See her website at www.pamingalls.com for more examples of her art. 

 MICHAEL WORKMAN

Oil
Landscape - Indoors
February 4 - 8, 2012
Tuition $895

For Michael Workman, the act of painting usually starts with an emotional response to the landscape and is ultimately completed by the viewers through their emotional responses to the painting. A delicate balance is achieved in his paintings between realism and abstraction. The landscape can be dramatic, moody and subtle. Michael Workman's art is blended in a play between opposites on a variety of levels: classicism and romanticism, thin and thick paint, warm and cool colors, careful planning and spontaneity. "That flirtation between yin and yang is by design, because in Workman's view, mastering those opposites is a source of unparalleled magic." (SouthWest Art, September 1996).

This will be primarily an indoor class.   Michael will be painting throughout the week, thus allowing the participant to see first hand how he addresses these same subjects in his own work. Michael will demonstrate and lecture for all the students, while allowing plenty of one-on-one time for discussion and critique designed to help each student achieve their own personal vision. Students should already have basic drawing skills and prior experience with landscape painting. 

In this class, we will paint mostly from photographs, so bring photos that you might want to work from and a camera, as there is some fantastic subject matter in the area.  We will talk a lot about what makes good photos for painting and what to look for when you are out in the field.  This is mostly a landscape class so don't bring photos of people, pets etc. 

Bring a lap top computer if you have one. It is really nice to be able to edit photos and paint from the laptop screen. 

Michael encourages self-direction and personal discovery and wants to help students find their own way to solve art problems.  If you have a palette of colors that you feel good about use them.  However, for those who want to know exactly what he does, the school will be sending out his supply list about 45 days before the class begins. 

For the students that want to do a "paint along with Mike" which is something he has been doing in workshops lately where everyone paints from the exact same image on the same size panel etc.,  bring a rigid 12"x12" panel primed with gesso and ready to paint on.  Other than that panel, bring what you are comfortable with.   

If you have some images of some recent work bring those so he can see where you are.  People always ask  what books he recommends.  Here is a couple to think about buying if you don't already have them: John F. Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting and Edgar Payne’s book on composition.

INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED
PORTABLE EASEL NECESSARY
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATIONS

Michael received both a BA and an MFA degree in studio art from Brigham Young University.  That training is evident in the symmetry of Michaels’s compositions, his nimble blending of old master techniques with modern ideas and his delicately restrained use of light and color.  On a number of levels, his paintings are a harmonious blend of opposites: classicism and romanticism, thin and thick paint, warm and cool colors, careful planning and spontaneity.   

Workman’s work has been featured in numerous one person shows around the country.  He has been published in most of the major art publications in the United States.  See his work at www.workmanstudio.com.  He is represented by Meyer Galley East in Santa Fe, N.M.(www.meyereastgallery.com).