Workshops - 2020

Figure Painting Workshop

Workhouse Arts Center - Lorton, Virginia Studio Incamminati In Your Town
Monday, March 23 — Friday, March 27, 2020 Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tuition: $625
This workshop is designed for both beginning and experienced painters and will guide them through a series of exercises which teach the sequential stages necessary to paint a figure from life. Students will learn concepts and exercises taught at Studio Incamminati including finding the dynamic gesture, understanding light and shadow with a monochromatic grisaille, and understanding form with a limited palette ‘duo-tone”. Instructor demonstrations will include building a painting from simple shapes to complex form, and will clearly illustrate all concepts taught. Students use these fundamental exercises as a basis for building and developing a figure painting. The exercises will build in length and complexity and include finding the important anatomical landmarks of the figure and building form with values The student will leave the workshop with fundamental skills and exercises they can use in their ongoing growth and development, and a clear understanding of a sequence for moving through the opening and middle stages of a painting of the model from life.

Portrait painting fundamentals for art educators*

 Monday - Friday, July 6 - July 10, 2020 Time: 9 .a.m. - 4 p.m. 
Tuition: $550 / $350 for Art Educators

Through a series of exercises, students learn principles and direct painting necessary for painting a portrait from life using fundamental portrait painting concepts from the Studio Incamminati curriculum. Exercises begin with a dynamic approach to grasping the gesture of the head, teaching students to simplify and build from simple to complex. Studies progress from a monochromatic “grisaille” painting to value and limited palette studies. Concepts covered include construction of the head, simple planes, anatomical landmarks, value relationships and modeling form. Limited palette exercises explore developing light on form, temperature and the basic Zorn palette. Paint handling, edges, and the stages of developing a portrait will be explored in this direct, alla prima approach. Morning sessions include shorter exercises, followed by longer afternoon poses. The last two days students study and paint a longer portrait. Daily instructor demonstrations and discussions clearly explain the concepts taught, and explore ways in which educators can apply the concepts and skills to the classroom. All levels of artists are welcome and can benefit from the instruction.

Composition and Color in Still Life for Art Educators*

Natalie Italiano Monday - Friday July 13 — July 17, 2020 Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 
Tuition: $550 / $350 for Art Educators

This workshop focuses on the basic principles essential to creating a still life painting. Students begin the workshop with a series of value, color and composition studies during the first two days. Concepts dealing with form, light, temperature, values and paint handling are introduced at this stage. The concept of "color study" is explored as it applies to still life painting. The instructor demos and discusses each concept, followed by exercises where students put these concepts into practice. During the last three days, students have the option of creating one painting combining the skills they learned in the first two days or continuing with a series of one day studies enabling them to further develop their skills. All levels of artists are welcome.

  Register online or by Phone: 215-592-7910  www.studioincamminati.org                                                                                 *This introductory class is open to all artists.