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VIVA ESPANA!!
October 22 - 29, 2011
Painting the Lush Life
La Serrania, Mallorca, Spain
www.laserrania.com
$1395 earlybird price, till March 31, $1495 regular price
Contact Tim Pennell, at La Serrania, for a breakdown of the pricing.
Engage in the pleasure of making art “on location” in the lushness of Mallorca. We’ll explore experimental drawing and painting techniques here at La Serrania and on several sites around the island. We’ll develop a generous description of drawing through the use of cut-outs, tracing, transfer, brush-work and mark-making techniques. Exercises in observation and composition will prepare the way for making larger works. You will be encouraged to freely experiment with your original work, allowing one drawing to morph into another. Feel your confidence and your originality grow as you learn to translate what you see into drawings and paintings.
There will be field trips to the local market and other sites for inspiration. Participants will bring a small art kit (see below), and other basic materials will be provided. Suitable for all levels. No previous experience is necessary, just a willingness to experience yourself and your surroundings anew.
Materials fee: $40
Note: I recommend these books on drawing:
Zen of Drawing, Frederick Franck, Bantam Books, NY, 1993 & other Franck books. Describes an individual approach to drawing
The Natural Way to Draw, Kimon Nicolaides, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1941. Excellent technical information
The Drawing Book, edited by Tania Kovats, Black Dog Publishing, London, 2007. Beautifully illustrated with many styles of drawing
Participants Should Bring:
ART KIT
Materials are limited to what you can travel with easily Here are suggestions for what to include in your art kit:
scissors and small utility knife (retractable blade)
glue stick, scotch tape
small bottle for water (for painting outdoors)
small bottle for gesso (you can fill it from our studio supply) drawing pencils and/or pens and/or markers and/or colored pencils
paint brushes: some small, some larger
small water color set or set of markers
packet of blank postcards for water coloring
a sketch book/s in sizes you are comfortable with
notebook and pens for writing
A convenient bag to carry your supplies in
A white outfit (we wear white at our festive last dinner)
Optional: small set of acrylic paints, camera, small mat to sit on outdoors
Feel free to add other materials you enjoy working with. I recommend having one sketch book that measures at least 9” x 12”, or you may prefer working on a portfolio of loose papers.
In choosing your supplies, think PORTABLE and think COMPACT, because we will be supplying the basic items.
Do arrive with your supplies in hand. There may be time for shopping during the week, but you’ll want to be prepared to start on the first day. Only limited art supplies are available locally.
Materials supplied:
Gesso, drawing papers, gels and mediums, charcoal, ink and some paint. |
Tim Pennell serving dinner
the dining room with our paintings
watercolor by Lois Graessle on location in Campanet
book page detail, Sharon Jensen & blot painting, Lois Graessle
a patio of one's own
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