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Over one-hundred years ago, Charles W. Hawthorne devised a unique way to teach his own method of painting. Instead of focusing on line and form when composing a painting, Hawthorne stressed the importance of carefully observing "color spots" and the representation of light and shadow. To help his students understand this concept, Hawthorne posed models with their backs to the bright sun, often wearing hats or beneath umbrellas. As their faces fell into deep shadow, students were unable to see the models' features clearly, and were forced to focus on broad areas of color rather than details. The featureless faces became known as "mudheads." Of this approach Hawthorne said, “My artist friends are surprised at my having students paint a model out-of-doors, something which they consider extremely difficult. But I consider it the quickest way to get under your skin the idea of the way to paint everything.”
In this workshop we’ll explore Hawthorne’s practice of studying the figure out-of-doors, as a foundational approach to painting as we work to capture light, form and color. This workshop includes afternoon access to the studio during non-class time. |
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Rob Longley first came to Provincetown in 1971 to study painting with Henry Hensche at the Cape Cod School of Art. Previously he studied with two of Hensche’s protoges, Dick Goetz and Betty Warren, and he graduated from Boston University with a BFA in 1973. After studying with Hensche for a number of years, Rob realized that Provincetown and lower Cape Cod provided both the subject matter and the community atmosphere that he wanted for continuing his career as a painter, so he has returned every summer since then to paint and to teach the Cape School methods. Rob currently shows his work at the Hilda Neily Gallery in Provincetown, and the Arts Exclusive Gallery in Simsbury, CT. Rob has won numerous awards for his work, including, most recently, an award from the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society, as well as grants from the State of New York and a Greenshields Foundation grant (awarded to promising young artists). He lives near Albany, NY during the winter months.
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