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Paint a Masterpiece
2010 Spring Workshop
Have
you ever wished you could paint a Rembrandt, a Turner, a Monet? Now's your chance.
Paint
a masterpiece, with your watercolor paints. Landscape, still
life, portrait, architectural - all levels will enjoy this
workshop.
Learn what makes for a great painting by
examining paintings of the Old Masters. Each student will choose a
favorite masterpiece to paint - in watercolor.
We
will explore the fascinating history of pigments and strive to use
a color palette in harmony with the colors available to the artist
in their point in history.
May 19 to June 23
held Wednesdays from 9:00 am to noon
Location: Images
Art Gallery
7320 W. 80th Street
Overland Park, Kansas
Cost: $135 for six, 3-hour classes
Registration Form
Supply List
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Copying a masterpiece is a
time-honored
method of learning to paint. As you look closely at how the artist depicted the
subject he painted, you will become intimate with the shapes,
colors, values, and subtleties of the original painting.
You may wish to paint the entire
masterpiece, or you may choose to paint only a portion of it.
Paint large, or small. Include details or simplify. While you enjoy the challenge of copying
another's painting, you will be adding to your store of watercolor
knowledge and increasing your skill as an artist.
Just looking through some art books of
the
paintings of the Old Masters is inspiring. Do you like landscapes?
Still lifes? Are you inspired by religious wall panels or murals
from the early Renaissance? The fantastic realism of the Flemish
painters. Or how about more modern Impressionism? The choice is
yours.
This workshop is going to be a great time
of painting for us all.
The Flute Player*, 1630, Henri ter
Bruggen; Glass With Four Tulips, 1615, Ambrosius Bouchaert;
Mortlake Terrace: Early Summer Morning, 1826, Joseph Turner; Girl
With the Pearl Earring, 1665, Vermeer; Russian landscape, 1861, L. Kamenev; Still
Life With Bowl of
Citrons, 1640, Giovanna Garzoni; Still Life With Quince, Cabbage,
Melon and Cucumber, c.1600, Juan Sanchez Cotan; The Annunciation,
c.1448, Fra Carnevale; Poppy Field at Giverny, 1885, Claude Monet.
*Henri ter Bruggen's "The Flute Player"
painted in watercolor by Valda Robison
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