Master Artist Workshops
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Still Life Painting in Acrylic or Oil with Donna Bland
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced
Thursday-Sunday, September 12-15, 2024
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
$200 deposit/$600 members/$650 non-members
Using demonstrations each day and individual assistance at each easel, Donna will explain her process of creating vibrant paintings. She will demonstrate values and color mixing and composition. Donna always asks the goals set by her students so that she might help fulfill that goal. This still life workshop is designed for indoor studio with individual set-ups.
In Donna’s three-step process of painting, she will first create the still life composition on the canvas. Second Step, she will create values of shadow and light patterns. Third Step, Donna will add the color, modeling fine details and highlights.
Bland lives and paints in the Austin, Texas area. Painting daily in her studio, plein air or teaching a workshop, subjects are unlimited. She loves to learn, create and share what she has experienced in finishing a painting. No words to describe the joy in painting outdoors in the Texas Hill Country, Colorado or Mexico. She is a member of Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society, the Austin Plein Air Painters, American Women Artists and Artists of Texas. She has received numerous awards and has paintings in corporate and private collections. When she first started painting in Georgia, Bland was taught to paint scenes that interested her. Painting what interests her adds a feeling of excitement into her painterly strokes. Painting outdoors (en plein air) is a wonderful way to study light and shadow as the day unfolds. Bland – “Painting a portrait is especially fun because I get to know the people or create a scene from a person’s life. From outdoor scenes, to portraits, to still life – I love it all.” Each canvas is the opportunity to create a new design made of various colors and shapes. She formally studied art at The Student Art League of New York, Scottsdale School of Art, University of Georgia and Tyler Junior College in Texas. And, has been fortunate to paint with modern day masters throughout the United States as well as Europe. Continuing to study and read works by John Singer Sargent, Nicolai Fechin, Richard Schmid, Joaquin Sorolla and Emile Gruppé lends it’s influence in her work. For more information, visit donnabland.com.
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Photo Courtesy of Artist: Donna Bland, Blue & White, oil on canvas © 2023
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Watercolor Painting with Tony Couch
Skill Level: Beginners, Students, Hobbyists & Professional Artists
Monday, October 7 – Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Thursday, October 10, 2024; 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
$200 deposit/$600 members/$650 non-members
The workshop sessions begin as Couch completes a painting, explaining what he is doing, and why, as he paints. Students paint in the afternoons, after which Couch critiques all the day’s completed work, including his own. Anyone 18 or older is eligible to enroll. An optional slide show/lecture on the principles of design – including color and composition – will be presented in the afternoon of the first day.
Couch received a Bachelor Degree in Art from the University of Tampa, and did further work at Pratt Institute in New York. Simultaneously, he worked as an artist for Associated Press and freelance illustrator while studying watercolor painting with Edgar A. Whitney, ANA. His first book, Watercolor: You Can Do It, became North Light Publishing’s all time best selling book on painting. It has been the textbook for several college art departments and has been translated into Chinese for markets overseas. A follow-up book on technique went through three printings and was translated into Japanese for that market. A third, Tony Couch’s Keys to Successful Painting was also published by North Light. His watercolor instruction articles have appeared in Palette Talk, The
American Artist, Australian Artist, North Light Watercolor Magic” and “the artist” magazines. His work is included in twelve art instruction articles and publications by other artists in the US., Australia and the UK. He has produced 10 “How To” Videos and DVDs, some of which are used in colleges and in various state educational systems via television. He conducts workshops throughout the US and abroad.
Couch has won over 70 national awards and his work has been included in three annual exhibitions of the National Academy of Design. For more information, visit tonycouch.com.
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Photo Courtesy of Artist: Tony Couch, When the Snow Melts, watercolor © 2023
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Watercolor Floral with Alan Shuptrine
Skill Level: All skill levels are welcome.
Friday & Saturday, November 1 & 2, 2024
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
$400 members/$450 non-members
Join nationally renowned watercolor artist, Alan Shuptrine, for a floral/mist and lace watercolor workshop. Focusing on regional floral landscapes, Alan will teach students how to create a watercolor from dark to light using wet and dry-brush techniques, how to utilize lighting and distance to create your composition and applying detail in the foreground. At the end of this two-day workshop, participants will have a finished composition of their own.
A painter known for his watercolor technical ability, sensitive and thought-provoking paintings, Shuptrine has extended his reputation from a renowned master craftsman and water gilder to a nationally acclaimed watercolorist. His paintings are collected nationally, in both corporate and private collections. Born the son of recognized painter, Hubert Shuptrine (1936-2006), Alan has continued the legacy of realism that both Andrew Wyeth and his father Hubert established.
A resident of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Shuptrine’s pursuit of the arts includes schooling at The Baylor School (Chattanooga, TN); The University of the South (Sewanee, TN); and The University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN). His style is Realism with highly detailed and dramatic lighting in his landscapes and figurative paintings surrounded in usual fashion of his masterful framing, sometimes in carved and intricate gold leaf designs. Shuptrine’s medium is primarily watercolor which he applies and controls in various techniques, from wet-in-wet to drybrush. He prefers to handcraft, carve, and gold leaf his own frames for his paintings.
In 2019-2020, Shuptrine kicked off a literary collaboration with National Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year, and Appalachian Trail expert, best-selling author Jennifer Pharr Davis. Davis and Shuptrine continue to provide national speaking engagements. This fine art, coffee-table book is self-published and titled I Come From A Place. The book features the collection of paintings by Shuptrine and accompanying verbiage by Pharr Davis. For more information, visit alanshuptrine.com.
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Photo Courtesy of Artist: Alan Shuptrine, Pink, watercolor © 2024
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Art Journaling: Visual Storytelling with Leslie Wood
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced
Friday, January 24 & Saturday, January 25, 2025; 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
$350 members/$400 non-members
In this two-day workshop, we will explore the many different sides of art journals from getting past the blank pages to tips and techniques in capturing your words and imagery. An art journal is a combination of visual and written imagery that captures thoughts, ideas and images in a visual way. They can be travel logs, dream diaries, art techniques, therapy logs, storybooks, or anything. Anything goes in an art journal from using mixed media and collage, to paint, to pen and charcoal.
This workshop will show you some fun techniques to get past the blank white pages staring at you. It will introduce you to the different types of books and products that are commonly used for journaling. You will learn some techniques for working in journals that will aid in the creation of the pages in your own journal to start of your journey into this medium.
Wood has been creating art ever since she can remember. She has a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, but after working for a few years, decided to go back to college and take art classes. She enrolled with the University of Alabama in Huntsville and studied photography, sculpture and painting. Over the years she expanded her creative skills with numerous master-led classes. Her work varies from mixed media and art journaling to sculpture and jewelry making. Her recent solo exhibitions include Dreams and Reality: The Artwork of Leslie Wood at Carnegie Visual Arts Center and Evelyn Burrows Museum, Visiting Artist Exhibition at the Huntsville Art League and an exhibition at Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment in Huntsville Alabama. An avid art journaler, her journal work has been published numerous times in Somerset Studio’s ART Journaling magazine including a feature in the 2016 Winter and 2017 Spring editions. You can find her work at local shows such as Monte Sano Art Festival and Panoply Arts Festival. For more information, visit lesliewoodarts.com.
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Photo Courtesy of Artist: Leslie Wood, Living a Dream, mixed media © 2024
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Spontaneity in Your Painting in Acrylic or Oil with Linda Ellen Price
Skill Level: Beginner to Advanced
Friday & Saturday, February 7 & 8, 2025
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
$400 members/$450 non-members
Join Linda Ellen Price for a fun workshop to take your art to the next level. Learn about color theory and mixing colors. Instruction will include still life, figurative and purely imaginative work. Discover ways to loosen up your brushwork through impressionistic techniques. Demos and individual assistance at each easel provided throughout the two-day workshop.
Price, featured artist at the Museum Gala in 2003, is both a portrait painter and a painter of creative works. She is a registered nurse who found art to be her true calling. A student of Russian artist Max Heldman, her travels to Russia and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg were inspirational to her painting. Her works range from sepia tones to vibrant colors. She has a home and studio on a 60-acre retreat in Northeast Alabama. She is a member of several art organizations including Oil Painters of America and Portrait Society of America. She has been featured in art publications such as American Art Collector, Art and Antiques, Southern Accents and Veranda. Her works are part of both private and public collections throughout the United States, Canada, South America and Europe. Price is represented by Beverly McNeil Gallery in Birmingham and Portraits Inc. For more information, visit lindaellenprice.com.
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Photo Courtesy of Artist: Linda Ellen Price, Happy Girl, Happy Dog, oil on canvas © 2024