   
Currently I have two locations for my workshops
Ruidoso,
NM and Pentwater MI
If there is a group of 6-15 people that would like to
take either my "Drawing" or "Rub-Out" workshop, please call me and we'll
schedule one in your area. Winter phone No. is 575-354-3352 and summer
phone No. is 231-869-4233
Oil Rub-Out Drawing 3 day workshop
$375 per student |
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
5 Day
$690 per student |
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.
Contact
Virgil for a list of supplies needed for this class. |
Painting In Charcoal
Portrait Workshop
3-day
$375 per student
|
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.
Contact
Virgil for a list of supplies needed for this class. |
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