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Whether painting from the model, exploring abstraction, working from the landscape, or learning about the ancient process of traditional Chinese brush painting, our painting workshops will leave you wanting to dip your brushes again and again!
PAAM Painting Group
Thru December 19. The cost for 8 sessions for $75 or $10/session.
The group will meet twice a week in a studio at the PAAM in 4 hour blocks, Tuesdays 12-4pm and Thursdays 9:30-1:30pm. The idea is to have some structured time and space for painting, without the guidance of a teacher. All styles, media and levels are welcome. Still-lifes and/or project ideas will be offered each session, with no obligation to participate.
Project ideas are welcome from everyone. We will benefit from informal critique of each others’ work, and the general group atmosphere for talking about and making art.
PAAM provides easels and stools, and some props for still-lifes, and we will bring all of our own painting supplies. All kinds of painting are welcome, but Gamsol is the only acceptable solvent (no turpentine).
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PAST CLASSES:
Painting and Drawing Critiques with Selina Trieff in Wellfleet
November 10, $275
Join us in Wellfleet at renowned artist teacher Selina Trieff's studio to receive feedback on your paintings or drawings. In addition to Trieff's insight, the group will also help you to see what is and isn't working in a piece. Critiques will occur during each session along with time to work after critiques are completed. The weekly schedule allows students to receive feedback on a piece, go home and work on it, and then bring it back to the group to see how its progressed. This workshop provides a safe, comfortable setting to receive creative feedback. Trieff encourages students to experiment, push their own boundaries, and work outside of their comfort zone.
The work of known artists is utilized to illustrate a variety of issues and approaches during our sessions together. Please bring four to five original pieces of work to each session. You may also want to bring paper and pen for notes or a sketchbook. Any drawing or painting materials can be used.
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Selina Trieff studied with Hans Hofmann in New York and Provincetown. She received a BA from Brooklyn College where she studied with Ad Reinhardt and Mark Rothko. She is represented by the Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown, George Billis Gallery in New York, and the Ruth Bachofner Gallery in California. She has shown extensively in the U.S. and in Europe. Her work is represented in many public and private collections, and she has taught at various colleges and art schools. |
Painting Workshop with Megan Hinton
November 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, and 17, 1-4pm
With morning access from 9:30am, $375
This course is premised upon a love for and fascination with painting. This three-week course meeting twice a week will allow for students to have independent work time but also be involved with group discussion, class exercises, and demonstrations by the instructor. The course will introduce students to approaches of abstraction and representation, how they are different, and how they can be used together. A dialogue about important artists throughout the history of painting will be introduced. All levels of experience from the beginner to advanced student of painting are welcome.
Students are encouraged to bring in reference material to paint from and appropriate, i.e. sketches, photographs, and imagination. Participants can work in any type of water or oil-based paint, i.e oils, water-based oils, acrylic, or gouache.
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Megan Hinton’s paintings and works on paper have been exhibited throughout North America. She shows her work at the South Wharf Gallery in Nantucket, MA and The William Scott Gallery in Provincetown, MA. Hinton holds degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and New York University. She has been awarded the Dorothy Getz fellowship from Ohio Wesleyan, the C-Scape Dune Shack artist’s residency from the Provincetown Compact and two print studio fellowships from the Women’s Studio Workshop in the Catskills of New York. In 2011, Hinton had her first solo museum show at the Cape Cod Museum of Art and a three-person exhibition at PAAM. She is an avid traveler and admirer of the ocean, both of which inform her work. www.meganhinton.com
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The Abstract Experience with Elke Albrecht
November 7-10, 1-4:30pm, $300
Abstract art is more about the artist than the subject matter. Participants in this workshop will find their personal way to create abstract art. They will be led into engaging with experimental, playful and intellectual exercises that will help them find or deepen their way into abstraction.
Exercises will include understanding, improving and minimizing composition; responding to emotions; black and white collages and abstracting the room, among others. Students may work on 2 or 3 paintings simultaneously which would be desirable. Participants will discover the unnoticed forms in their daily life that can be turned into strong artistic statements.
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| Elke Albrecht had her first solo show at the OK Harris Gallery (NYC) in 2009, where she is now represented. She recently had her third exhibition in 2011, and in a dramatically different direction, is preparing for a fourth show later this year. Her new work “Mirrors” is a painting-installation that involves very large canvases which will create a three dimensional space. The subject matter consists of portal like shapes that are either painted in dark blue or drawn and filled out with graphite. In 2008 and 2009 she was included in the prestigious NYU small works exhibition, juried by the Stephen Haller Gallery and OK Harris Gallery. Her artistic talent easily propelled her through an MFA at the University of Art and Design Halle Burg Giebichenstein, Germany. She continued studies at the National Academy of Fine Arts and The Art Students League of New York. She had been invited into many juried shows, among which were the Ceres Gallery and the Uta Scharf Gallery New York/Berlin. Her work has also been included worldwide in many private collections as well as The Owings Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. |
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Landscape Painting from the Imagination with Michael McGuire
October 25-28, 1-4pm, $300
This course is intended for all levels of painting and will be a studio painting class. You are encouraged to visit several landscapes you enjoy and even photograph to use as memory tools. The class itself will work with only from the memory as the subject. This should allow for the combination of different landscapes to fill your surface with blocks of color and contrasting shapes building to the completion of your ideas.
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Michael McGuire is a local painter with a gallery in Provincetown and studio in North Truro. A graduate of Massachusetts College of Art, with a degree in Sculpture, he began transitioning to painting 25 years ago and works primarily with oil, painting landscapes and seascapes that reflect the local surroundings. His work is also shown in galleries in Palm Desert; New York City; Nantucket; Vieques, PR; New Hope, PA; and Mexico.
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Contemporary Approaches to Fresco Painting with Bunny Pearlman
October 11-13, 10-2:30, $275
A variety of techniques of painting on plaster with various painting mediums will be discussed and explored. Students will also explore non-traditional ways of working on and with plaster by scratching and abrading, by building up and carving into the surface, by incorporating natural and other found objects and even by breaking the slabs of plaster and putting them back together.
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Bunny Pearlman moved from California to Provincetown in 1973. Her career as an artist began in New York -- her birthplace -- with her first exhibited painting at age ten winning a prize from the Jewish museum. She has a BFA from the University of Florida and an MFA in Painting from the University of Southern California with post graduate studies at Cal State Sonoma. Her works are in many public and private collections including The Ringling Museum, The Pasadena Art Museum, The Cape Cod Museum of Art, The Arad Museum (in Arad, Israel) and PAAM. In Provincetown her work was exhibited at the East End Gallery which she directed from 1987 until 2004 and most recently at Gallery Ehva.
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Pearlman returns to Provincetown after a five year stint directing the art program and teaching art at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley California after returning from Israel where she taught a variety of classes at the WUJS institute in Arad including contemporary fresco technique. Other teaching credits include visiting artist/teacher at Provincetown High School, Director of the Graphics department and teacher of graphics and mixed media at New College and Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota and the Pasadena Art museum in California.
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Autumn Inspiration: Underpainting and Glazing with Amy McKinnon and MJ Levy Dickson
October 15, 9:30-4:30pm, $150
This course primarily deals with glazing and finessing a transparent paint layer to impart luminosity and support embellishments such as highlights and core shadows. The first part of the class will be spent painting a grisaille which is a monotone painting that acts as a support for the subsequent layers of color using acrylics so students can spend the remainder of class applying glazes. We’ll explore Burnt Umber, Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Yellow Ochre and how the primary colors, red, yellow, and blue and the color wheel interact and play into these tones.
For the second part of the class students may use oil or acrylic paints to glaze. We will discuss the "rules" for painting oils over acrylics, talk about and utilize different glazing mediums, and examine pigments that are naturally more transparent and there uses for painters. Students will discover how to create the feeling of the autumn season in a personal way and become more aware of the change of light and the variety of earth tones on Cape Cod. Students may bring any surface they choose to paint on such as furniture, a piece of wood or Masonite, an oar, a wooden spoon, a bicycle, a flower pot, or anything that comes to mind. Traditional canvas is also fine.
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| Amy McKinnon received her MFA from Tulane University and BFA from Moore College of Art and Design. She has taught drawing and painting at Tulane University, and Hartwick College. McKinnon currently works in technical support and research at Golden Artist Colors and Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors. She has previously worked at the Pennsylvania Art Conservatory restoring paintings and antique frames. McKinnon’s solo exhibitions include Morrisville State University Butler Library Gallery, Morrisville, NY; Smithy Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY; and in New Orleans at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Carroll Gallery, Poets Gallery, and Mish Pupa Gallery. She has also exhibited her work in Atlanta, Miami, and Philadelphia. She is the recipient of grants from the Pollock Krasner Foundation and Joan Mitchell Foundation. |
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MJ Levy Dickson explores global interconnectedness through her artwork and has discovered a common denominator in the natural world, through touch, color, light, mood, and subject that transcend conventional land and water boundaries. Recently, she was artist-in-residence at the Perkins School for the Blind and traveled to Iceland and the Caribbean to exhibit her work. She hopes to use her environmentally-focused pieces to communicate the importance of preserving our beautiful natural surroundings worldwide. Dickson studied with Jan Cox while in the Diploma Program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and has a BFA from Tufts University, as well as an MFA in Art Education from Boston University. She has taught at MIT, the Boston Architectural Center, Lesley University, and the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, as well as privately with all age groups. Dickson works with a variety of mediums in her paintings and drawings to convey a composite relationship between mood and subject.
www.mjlevydickson.com
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No Fear Painting: A Plein Air Painting Class with Mary Giammarino
September 6-9, 1-4:30pm, $300
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| “We do well the things we see already painted in our mind’s eye.” – Charles Hawthorne
Study the landscape by applying the fundamental concepts and techniques of plein air painting. We'll limit our color palette and the time spent per painting to allow ourselves to study color, atmosphere, and composition without getting caught up in the literalness of the subject or its details. Working quickly trains us to keep pace with the ever-changing landscape, to trust our instincts, and to be spontaneous. Working together we will create paintings that are honest and fresh. This workshop includes morning access to the studio during non-class time.
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Mary Giammarino graduated from Greenfield Community College with an Associate’s Degree in Fine Art and continued her college work at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on an art scholarship. In 1989, she began studying painting at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, working with Hilda Neily, John Ebersberger, and Cedric and Joanette Egeli, returning every year to paint and study the Cape Cod light. She has had numerous solo shows and exhibitions in Provincetown, Philadelphia, and Vermont. She lives in Vermont with her sculptor husband, John Cassin, and their two German Shepherds, and conducts workshops in plein air painting at PAAM and in Brattleboro, Vermont. www.marygiammarino.com
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Painting with Robert K. Roark
September 12-16, 11-2pm, $300
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Classes cover both basic and advanced painting techniques. Theory, color, composition and drawing are also taught. Students may work from a still life arrangement or bring in their own objects or photographs to paint from. Each student works at his or her own level and Roark gives ongoing demos throughout the classes.
The class is open to any medium and all levels of experience. Students may bring paintings they’re working on, paintings they want to start, favorite photos to work from, etc. Students can contact PAAM to be put in touch with Robert with any questions about their level, materials, or class procedures. This workshop includes afternoon access to the studio during non-class time.
Robert K. Roark has taught and painted professionally since 1960. He received his formal training at the Art Students League of New York, the National Academy Museum and School, and the Cape Cod School of Art under such noted artists as William Draper, Frank Mason, and Henry Hensche. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors and is in many private, corporate and museum collections throughout the U.S. and abroad. |
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Introduction to Watercolor Painting in the Asian Style with Bruce Iverson
September 16, 9:30-4:30pm
$100 plus a $25 materials fee
This workshop will be a unique, meditative exploration into learning the nature and techniques of traditional Chinese brush painting. Through instructor demonstrations and hands-on projects using the “Four Treasures,” students will explore the ancient and elegant art of painting bamboo and kanji characters in hand ground ink with traditional brushes and rice paper. No art experience is necessary. The instructor will provide all class materials (bamboo brushes, ink, inkstone, and rice paper). Learn how to paint this traditional subject in ink and color with elegant and beautiful results. Participants will leave the workshop with two completed projects. Bamboo is the symbol for flexibility, nobility, and strength.
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Bruce Iverson is an artist who has specialized in Chinese Brush Painting (sumi-e in Japan) since 1972 with master Chinese brush painters Jean Shen, Ning Yeh, and IHsiung Ju. He has exhibited in group and juried shows throughout the United States and has had several one-man shows in New England. He has traveled to China for a deeper understanding of the context of brush painting and is a juried member of the New Hampshire Art Association. His work is grounded in a three thousand year old tradition in which the tools, techniques and philosophy of this Asian art form have had a lifelong resonance. Additional information about Bruce can be found at his website www.iversonarts.com.
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Introduction to Push and Pull with Robert Henry
October 3-7, 1-4pm, $350
This course will focus on oil painting using abstract principles based on the teachings of Hans Hofmann that start with the flattening of perspectival space in order to create a more active space in the painting. Students will be developing compositional skills, stressing the relationship of forms and colors. The goal is to create paintings that seem to breathe, paintings in which the forms and colors seem to push and pull forward and back in relation to each other in order to establish a monumental scale. Participants will be encouraged to work quickly and actively, to use paint generously and make radical changes in the structure of the painting at any stage in the development of the painting.
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Robert Henry’s numerous one-person exhibitions include the Cortland Jessup Gallery and Barbara Inger Gallery in New York, the Janus Avivson Gallery in London, and the Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown. His work hangs in the permanent collections of Brooklyn College, the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Columbia University, Pace University, and many others. He is Professor Emeritus at Brooklyn College.
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Plein-Air / Outdoor Landscape Painting with Charles Philip Brooks
October 4, 5, and 6, 9:30-1:30, $300
Students will paint landscape or seascape subjects on location in oils, carefully studying light, color, form, and atmosphere. Impressionist and Tonalist oil painting techniques will be addressed.
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One of the most sought-after Contemporary Tonalist painters working in America today, Charles Philip Brooks is an enthusiastic and dedicated teacher. With twelve years of experience and dozens of exhibitions to his credit, he paints the evocative landscape with sincerity and strength. He has conducted painting workshops in cooperation with many noteworthy institutions, including the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 1212 Gallery, and the Columbia Museum of Art. As Artist in Residence at the Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences, he conducts a full-time atelier-style teaching studio.
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Light is the Subject: Still Life Oils/Pastels with Rosalie Nadeau
October 6, 13, 20 & 27, 9:30-12:30pm, $250
| "Hone your visual skills by learning to see significant contrasts in value and temperature to bring light and life to your paintings!!!"
Rosalie relishes dramatic light to depict her subject matter both in and out of the studio. During her informative demonstrations and individual instruction at your easel, Rosalie shares encouraging methods to bring brilliance and presence to your paintings, and works with your unique approach to best express your individuality. Paint with oils and/or pastels. All levels are welcome.
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A master plein air painter and inspiring teacher, Rosalie Nadeau balances powerful color with classical form. Her vibrant paintings illustrate feature articles in the magazines: Pastel Artist International, American Artist, The Pastel Journal, Cape Cod Life and in the following books: The Pastel Artist’s Bible; Painting the Impressionist Landscape; Pastel School; and Painting Shapes and Edges. On Cape Cod, Trees Place Gallery shows her oil paintings and Left Bank Gallery shows her pastel paintings. Her work was selected for the permanent collection of the Cape Cod Museum of Art. She has earned prestigious signature memberships in the Pastel Society of America, Connecticut Pastel Society, the Maryland Pastel Society and Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod. Visit www.rosalienadeau.com to view images. |
Abstract Representational Painting in Wellfleet with Megan Hinton
September 12-16, 9-Noon, $300
| Designed for painters who are interested in approaching their work in a lyrical and process-oriented fashion, this workshop explores principals of abstraction. The focus is distancing oneself from representation and direct observation to reach abstraction, while maintaining sense of objectivity. Challenging the way one sees to reconstruct students’ approach to painting is emphasized.
Students are encouraged to bring in reference material to paint from and appropriate, i.e. sketches, photographs, and imagination. This reference material is used as a departure point from direct observation of typical subject genres. Various painting techniques and approaches are demonstrated and introduced to encourage an overhaul of conventional approaches to painting. Participants can work in any type of water or oil-based paint. Some painting experience is recommended. Directions to the artist’s studio are supplied upon registration.
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Megan Hinton’s paintings and works on paper have been exhibited throughout North America. She shows her work at the South Wharf Gallery in Nantucket, MA. Hinton holds degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and New York University. She has been awarded the Dorothy Getz fellowship from Ohio Wesleyan, the C-Scape Dune Shack artist’s residency from the Provincetown Compact and two print studio fellowships from the Women’s Studio Workshop in the Catskills of New York. In 2011, Hinton will have her first solo museum show at the Cape Cod Museum of Art and a three-person exhibition at PAAM. She is an avid traveler and admirer of the ocean, both of which inform her work. www.meganhinton.com |
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