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Was down in Cincinatti as my other post reports, with our hosts/owners of Wetcanvas, F&W Publications..and had a great time filming, working with professional people in a fun environment. I believe we put together a most dynamic experience for people…
My new online course is ready, starting March 7th-
“Alla Prima Bootcamp- Four Weeks to Confident Painting”
Alla Prima…start to finish in one session.
The art of being in control…being direct and confident.
The art of mastering the brush, the efficiency and urgency of each well placed mark…bearing right color and value.
An axiom of a “brushstroke laid, is a brushstroke stayed”…and then the joy of abandon, yet with purpose…to deconstruct- (destroy edges, effect form to capture “air” and envelope your subject with atmosphere) and then rebuild…yet all in one session.
How to choose a color theme by detecting the nature, mood, key of light… in essence painting the color of light and its illumination of all things. How to be expressive, emboldened with a color palette strategy to say, “okay…nature you I will not ‘copy’ today…but you will be my model, my reference for I have an idea in mind instead.” === and proceed to create a color mood.
My new course for ANU (Artist Network University) “Alla Prima Bookcamp- Four Weeks to Confident Painting” will help those newer and intermediate with oils with foundations in setting up palette and why, practical use of color with traditional color palette strategies, brushstroke handling and managing your palette arrangement…and give strong exercises to advance early one in your painting endeavors…and solid direction.
That said…the course is also very much ADVANCED…because over all my years instructing, teaching workshops come to mind the many many questions of artists and this course intimately opens up…pushing and giving you control over the brush.
What comes to mind in demonstrating is how often I have heard comments how direct, how with “few strokes” the painting comes to life and develops, and that I seem “to make it look easy.”
This course will reveal and demonstrate how to approach painting as I know it, to develop that brush confidence, efficiency, directness to start and finish. You will have an exercise the third week that you will be talking about a long time, and I am confident will push you well forward and on your way.
The fourth week will go from local color (seen) to demonstrate and instruct how to impose color mood. To embrace risk, get out of that comfort zone to discover (and sometimes with delightful surprise) through what I call “color palette strategies” how to use nature as your model. Instead of “slavishly copying” take an idea of mood and make it happen. Perhaps a cloudy day you wish was not. Perhaps that mood of light you saw setting up on location, that when ready suddenly changes. How do you go back to what you saw, that “thing” felt with its stronger compulsion…ignoring what nature is now suddenly presenting?
The course’s last week may intimidate some, “might seem scary to the feint of heart” as I like to say. But it will be most informing, and may for more experienced painters be that breakthru they were looking for. And yet for newer painters, most informing with a sense of the right direction to aspire and develop.
This is the week I break open and share what a good many have asked, the various color strategies…and just how simple it can be embracing setting up, and committing to a simple assigning of yourself. We will have fun…
The course has many hours of video instruction, demonstration, my speaking and explaining each step of the way as well as many tips and insights along the way. If I can say, an overwhelming amount of information.
You have assignments each week, and I then offer my thoughts and critiques of your efforts end of each week. Following the course end, F&W guarantees you will retain access to all the videos to go back over, rewatch…glean more information.
These two paintings are an example of some of what week four will cover, same subject…same season (winter)… one, setting up the efficient and purposeful color palette to paint the local (that observed) color.
Brush control in the alla prima mode of attacking the subject, and then deconstructing and rebuilding yet all in one sitting/session. The second painting here demonstrates electing a mood other than what nature is presenting.
Perhaps it represents what “was” seen…what quickly left as you were setting up, or sitting at home instudio just playfully enjoying time painting color mood.
Anyway…this represents what I was doing this past month, traveling to Cincinatti to film with F&W Publications…working quite hard in studio, with filming crew to produce an online course I believe addresses most critical advances for painters wanting to learn the alla prima method of direct painting, and develop confidence.
I’m very pleased of our efforts, very much impressed with the professionalism of the F&W crew and my director and producer…to bring this opportunity to bear. I hope you’ll check the course information out…be sure to click on the tabs of “Overview”…”Lesson Plan”…”Materials”…and a bit about myself as instructor.
Awesome!https://www.artistsnetworkuniversity.com/courses/alla-prima-bootcamp
Larry Seiler- Signature Member IPAP; Signature Member American Impressionist Society AIS
Main website! https://larryseiler-artist.com/Larry, there appears to be no option to pay via Paypal. I have dollars in my account I wanted to use, as using my credit card from France incurs extra charges and not a good rate.
C&C always wanted and thanks for looking. Marion
ArtbyMarion Website...Art of Flowers Blog
My Etsy
Thanks Larry.
C&C always wanted and thanks for looking. Marion
ArtbyMarion Website...Art of Flowers Blog
My Etsy
Thanks for the answer Larry. So far F&W haven’t contacted me. It’s a shame, as I have the money available in Paypal.
I am also confused as I pay for Johannes’ paintalongs with Paypal.
Marion
C&C always wanted and thanks for looking. Marion
ArtbyMarion Website...Art of Flowers Blog
My Etsy
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