Upcoming Workshops:
(5 day workshop)
Monday, July 23 - Friday July 27th, 2012 at Gibsons School of the Arts, Gibsons, BC
www.gibsonsartschool.net Phone: (604) 886-9349 or (604) 885-2220
Students will explore the challenges of portraiture over 5 days, working from models. Students will cover proportions of the head, building convincing features, the importance of tone, colour mixing and value, and techniques to help them make lively and engaging portraits in oil. David is very much a hands-on teacher, painting alongside his students and demonstrating every step of the way. Although this is intended as an oil class, acrylic painters are welcome.
(3 day workshop)
Friday, August 17 - Sunday, August 19th, 2012 at Alta Lake Station House, Whister, BC
www.artswhistler.com Phone: (604) 935-8410 Email: info@artswhistler.com
Working from models, students will explore the challenges of portraiture over 3 days. Students will cover proportions of the head, building convincing features, the importance of tone, colour mixing and value, and techniques to help them make lively and engaging portraits in oil. David will be painting alongside his students and demonstrating every step of the way. Although this is intended as an oil class, acrylic painters are welcome.
About David's Workshops:
Art is for sharing. Teaching has been a path of giving back, sharing knowledge, study and growth for me ever since I became a professional artist.
I have taught in schools, colleges, summer programs , art clubs and societies across North America . I enjoy it- and student evaluations consistently tell me I am good at it. It has enriched my life as an artist.
I offer a variety of workshops throughout the year, ranging from one, two or three days, to a full five day program, covering either portrait painting, figure painting or basic oil techniques [ focusing on still life motifs]. Classes can be tailored for beginners or advanced students. Last year I took a group to Spain, painting the landscape plein air and several portraits of local characters, over 12 days. I hope to again.
Whatever the subject, I teach by example, through continual demonstrations and hands-on individual attention to each students work.
All my workshops begin with a talk on why we are doing what we are about to do, what our aims will be and the key information I hope to communicate, followed by an initial demonstration.
A one day portrait workshop covers basic drawing of the head, the importance of tone, building the big shapes and rendering a lively alla prima head study. Over two days I stress the vital role tone plays in creating form and space, beginning in black and white paint, then progressing to colour. On the second day students paint a more developed study using the full palette of colours.
Whatever the subject, I talk about the technical aspects of handling oil paint, why I love it, techniques that make it work for you,the use of mediums and the range of expression the paint offers. I discuss proportions, composition, the interplay of lights and darks, warms and cools, tips to render convincing features and how to use the colours in my suggested palette. Although this is the focus of my basic oil techniques course, this information is often demanded by students painting anything .
A five day workshop gives time and scope to make tonal and temperature studies, to explore the use of glazes and to develop several head studies and a final more finished piece, whether portrait ,or figure. It is a chance to more fully explore the techniques that can really make a picture come alive.
Watch this page for details of forthcoming classes, workshops and demonstrations.
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