Fridays: 4 week daytime workshops

October 25- Nov 15, 2019 , 1230-330pm, 4 weeks  Price: $ 195.00

Landscape Painting in Acrylic Materials Not Included

We will be learning many paint techniques that help create a landscape. Techniques we will try are scumble, graduated blend, stipple, spatter, drybrush, impasto paint with a palette knife, schlapitka and sgraffito. We will create a constructed landscape and then work from some images by artists. We plan to be exposed to art by the Group of Seven, the Impressionists and more current artists like Kim Dorland. Your own explorations and paintings from these inspirations are the goal.  We will learn how to translate a small images on to a larger canvas along with how to create the perfect composition using a composite picture you create. Working from photographs of real places is expected in weeks 2-4.We work with instructors to keep required supplies to a minimum.  For those materials you need to purchase, we offer a one time 20% discount in the shop for each registration.

Materials List: you really need at least the items in bold. All of the below items can be purchased at ARTiculations store, First class materials supplied by ARTiculations. Please bring all materials each week to class.

Paint: Golden-Holbein –big tube of titanium white ,  carbon or mars black,  light and medium yellow, red, magenta ,ultramarine blue, pthalo blue . The more colours you have, the more variety and less mixing you do but more disharmony in painting, pick colours you like.Variety of brushes: –round synthetic no 4 or 6 or 10, flat hogs hair 6,8, 10 or 12 Other items: – palette, pencil, erasure, paper towel . Yogurt or sour cream containers with lids work great as paint can be saved for next week. Surfaces: mixed media paper pad/paper for studies plus, the surfaces listed in the weekly outline

Friday Nov 22- Dec 12 , 2019  1230-330pm  Acrylic Painting Workshop – Abstract Techniques  Price: $ 195.00

This workshop will help students  explore abstraction with several inspirations  as jumping off points. We will learn many technique sin painting. Paint to music, poetry as well as using the elements and principles of design as vehicles for making.  The Elements consist of: Line, Shape, Form, Colour, Value, Texture & Space. The Principals are: Pattern, Contrast, Emphasis, Balance, Scale, Harmony, Rhythm, Unity & Variety.  We will explore these concepts with several images of the students choosing. Having painting ideas will help move this  aspect of the workshop along. This workshop will generate many small studies for larger works.  This course is suitable for the creative  beginner to an advanced student.We work with instructors to keep required supplies to a minimum.  For those materials you need to purchase, we offer a one time 20% discount in the shop for each registration.

Materials List: you really need at least the items in bold. All of the below items can be purchased at ARTiculations store, First class materials supplied by ARTiculations. Please bring all materials each week to class.

Paint: Golden-Holbein –big tube of titanium white ,  carbon or mars black,  light and medium yellow, red, magenta ,ultramarine blue, pthalo blue . The more colours you have, the more variety and less mixing you do but more disharmony in painting, pick colours you like. Variety of brushes: –round synthetic no 4 or 6 or 10, flat hogs hair 6,8, 10 or 12  Other items: – palette, pencil, erasure, paper towel. Yogurt or sour cream containers with lids work great as paint can be saved for next week. Surfaces: mixed media paper pad/paper for studies plus, the surfaces listed in the weekly outline

When– From Sept 16 to Sept 30, 2020.  1 or  2 week options ,   leaving Toronto Sept 16/222 overnight, arrive in Rome morning of Sept 16 or the 22, 2020 . This is cancelled this year due to covid 19 but will return ( hopefully )  at a similar time in 2021.

Package includes: -Pick up and drop off at the Rome airport and transport to Villa which is about 2 hours from Rome.  -7 or 14 nights shared accommodation with own bathroom in an authentic Tuscan farmhouse -6 or 12 days of painting classes- plein air mostly (4-5 hours per day) with Lauren Renzetti -3 meals per day, with wine included with dinner prepared by inhouse gourmet chef -A Visit to Cetona and a visit to Orvieto- nearby Tuscan towns.

Cost for 1 week double occupancy/sharing a room $1600 each or $2000single private for one week- single private room/bathroom

Cost for 2 weeks $ 2750each, sharing a room  or $3500single private room and bathroom for 2 weeks

Note price does not include flight cost (estimated at $1000)

Art Making Schedule:

Sunrise drawing /painting -1hr.- Optional

8:30-9:30am Continental Breakfast

Possible Technique building -1hr.

Painting session outside 1-3 hr.

1-2pmLunch

Painting session outside 1- 3 hr.

7:00 Dinner

Here is a sample itinerary that was shared with the 2017 tourist and painting program. I may include the opportunity to paint/draw the sunrise and sunset depending on the views available to us. They will always be optional.