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Saturday July 20, 2024

Dandelion Spring Farm, Bowdoinham, Maine

Landscape & Color explores abstraction, color, and mark through the lens of landscape painting. This workshop will briefly look at the traditional elements and principles of landscape painting, and use these tools to inform and create compelling abstract work of art. This workshop is designed to provide the structure necessary to enter an abstract painting language with intention and ease, while still providing space for freedom and intuition. Landscape & Color is designed to help the artist better understand composition, value, color, and most importantly, how to become a looser and more expressive painter.

Providing a farm to table experience in between creating, provides nourishment in so many ways. At Dandelion Spring Farm we believe that by engaging all of our senses through sharing nutritious food, we are setting a table for conversations about larger cultural and environmental issues related to our communities. We look forward to welcoming you to our working farm as a grounding point to nurture your creativity.

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Landscape & Color explores abstraction, color, and mark through the lens of landscape painting at Dandelion Spring Farm. This workshop will briefly look at the traditional elements and principles of landscape painting, and use these tools to inform and create compelling abstract works of art. This workshop is designed to provide the structure necessary to enter an abstract painting language with intention and ease, while still providing space for freedom and intuition. Landscape & Color is designed to help the artist better understand composition, value, color, and most importantly, how to become a looser and more expressive painter.

What to expect: The morning will be spent exploring a few sequential exercises both onsite and in the studio. There will be a one hour lunch with vegetables and herbs sourced from the farm. The afternoon will be painting plein air, outside. Amanda will demonstrate all exercises before artists embark on their own work. Artists will leave the class with preparatory composition and value studies and a miniature series of color study paintings.

Providing a farm to table experience in between creating provides nourishment in so many ways. At Dandelion Spring Farm we believe that by engaging all of our senses through sharing nutritious food, we are setting a table for conversations about larger cultural and environmental issues related to our communities. We look forward to welcoming you to our working farm as a grounding point to nurture all of our skill sets and community.

When: Wednesday 6-8pm; March 1 - April 6

Where: Slow River Studio, Topsfield, MA

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When: Wednesday 6-8pm; March 1 - April 6

Where: Slow River Studio, Topsfield, MA

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Workshop: Landscape, Color & Abstraction

Location: The Ipswich Museum, Ipswich, MA

Date: Saturday November 12, 2022

Time: 9am-3pm (break 12-1pm)

Landscape & Color explores abstraction, color and mark through the lens of landscape painting. This workshop will briefly look at the traditional elements and principles of landscape painting, and use these tools to inform and create compelling abstract work of art. This workshop is designed to provide the structure necessary to enter an abstract painting language with intention and ease, while still providing space for freedom and intuition. Landscape & Color is designed to help the artist better understand composition, value, color, and most importantly, how to become a looser and more expressive painter.

What to expect:  The morning will be spent exploring a few sequential exercises and the afternoon will be an open studio format. Amanda will demonstrate all exercises before artists embark on their own work. Artists will leave the class with preparatory composition and value studies and 3-5 color study paintings.

All supplies are provided by the instructor.

REGISTER HERE via the Cambridge Art Association

Location: Cambridge Botanical Gardens, Cambridge, MA

Dates:

• Tuesday May 24, 10am-1pm

• Tuesday May 31, 10am-1pm

• Tuesday June 7, 10am-1pm

• Tuesday June 14, 10am-1pm

Held at various outdoor locations in and around Cambridge, this workshop uses the landscape as a way to enter the language of abstraction and the world of plein air painting. Each guided plein air session will use the surrounding landscape of the New England springtime as inspiration to explore relevant topics such as expressive mark-making, composition, color relationships, and value differentiation.

The class will begin with several drawing exercises to assist artists in locating a composition, loosening up, and identifying value structure. Artist will then begin to engage their canvas using direct painting techniques. Each artist will aim to create a painting in the alla prima technique (wet into wet), with the goal being to finish the painting by the end of the painting session.

REGISTER HERE via the Cambridge Art Association

Location: Cambridge Botanical Gardens, Cambridge, MA

Dates:

• Tuesday May 24, 10am-1pm

• Tuesday May 31, 10am-1pm

• Tuesday June 7, 10am-1pm

• Tuesday June 14, 10am-1pm

Held at various outdoor locations in and around Cambridge, this workshop uses the landscape as a way to enter the language of abstraction and the world of plein air painting. Each guided plein air session will use the surrounding landscape of the New England springtime as inspiration to explore relevant topics such as expressive mark-making, composition, color relationships, and value differentiation.

The class will begin with several drawing exercises to assist artists in locating a composition, loosening up, and identifying value structure. Artist will then begin to engage their canvas using direct painting techniques. Each artist will aim to create a painting in the alla prima technique (wet into wet), with the goal being to finish the painting by the end of the painting session.

REGISTER HERE via the Cambridge Art Association

Location: Cambridge Botanical Gardens, Cambridge, MA

Dates:

• Tuesday May 24, 10am-1pm

• Tuesday May 31, 10am-1pm

• Tuesday June 7, 10am-1pm

• Tuesday June 14, 10am-1pm

Held at various outdoor locations in and around Cambridge, this workshop uses the landscape as a way to enter the language of abstraction and the world of plein air painting. Each guided plein air session will use the surrounding landscape of the New England springtime as inspiration to explore relevant topics such as expressive mark-making, composition, color relationships, and value differentiation.

The class will begin with several drawing exercises to assist artists in locating a composition, loosening up, and identifying value structure. Artist will then begin to engage their canvas using direct painting techniques. Each artist will aim to create a painting in the alla prima technique (wet into wet), with the goal being to finish the painting by the end of the painting session.

REGISTER HERE via the Cambridge Art Association

Location: Cambridge Botanical Gardens, Cambridge, MA

Dates:

• Tuesday May 24, 10am-1pm

• Tuesday May 31, 10am-1pm

• Tuesday June 7, 10am-1pm

• Tuesday June 14, 10am-1pm

Held at various outdoor locations in and around Cambridge, this workshop uses the landscape as a way to enter the language of abstraction and the world of plein air painting. Each guided plein air session will use the surrounding landscape of the New England springtime as inspiration to explore relevant topics such as expressive mark-making, composition, color relationships, and value differentiation.

The class will begin with several drawing exercises to assist artists in locating a composition, loosening up, and identifying value structure. Artist will then begin to engage their canvas using direct painting techniques. Each artist will aim to create a painting in the alla prima technique (wet into wet), with the goal being to finish the painting by the end of the painting session.

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Don't miss this opportunity to draw in the historic Paint Factory, on the grounds of Ocean Alliance on Rocky Neck.

Pick your subject: massive old machinery, weathered brick industrial buildings. And, that gorgeous view of Gloucester Harbor.

Leading us with be artist Amanda Hawkins. Bring Pencil, pastel, charcoal or water-based media for class. (No oils or acrylics.) Bring your own easel. Note, to get to the meeting space upstairs, there are 17 steps up a narrow flight of stairs.

For questions or more information, write to RNAC.workshops@gmail.com

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Location: Ipswich Museum, Ipswich, MA

Landscape & Color explores abstraction, color and mark through the lens of landscape painting. This workshop will briefly look at the traditional elements and principles of landscape painting, and use these tools to inform and create compelling abstract work of art. This workshop is designed to provide the structure necessary to enter an abstract painting language with intention and ease, while still providing space for freedom and intuition. Landscape & Color is designed to help the artist better understand composition, value, color, and most importantly, how to become a looser and more expressive painter. What to expect: The morning will be spent exploring a few sequential exercises and the afternoon will be an open studio format. Amanda will demonstrate all exercises before artists embark on their own work. Artists will leave the class with preparatory composition and value studies and 3-5 color study paintings.

Supplies provided by instructor for $70 fee.

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Location: Cultural Center, Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester, MA

Landscape & Color explores abstraction, color and mark through the lens of landscape painting. This workshop will briefly look at the traditional elements and principles of landscape painting, and use these tools to inform and create compelling abstract work of art. This workshop is designed to provide the structure necessary to enter an abstract painting language with intention and ease, while still providing space for freedom and intuition.

Landscape & Color is designed to help the artist better understand composition, value, color, and most importantly, how to become a looser and more expressive painter.

What to expect: The morning will be spent exploring a few sequential exercises and the afternoon will be an open studio format. Amanda will demonstrate all exercises before artists embark on their own work. Artists will leave the class with preparatory composition and value studies and a miniature series of color study paintings.