Painting the Figurative Subject, Principle and Practice - Robert Lemler
Description: This five day painting workshop will offer the student an opportunity to study the art and practice of painting the figurative subject from life. Students will enjoy painting portraits as well as the nude and costumed model. Through lecture and demonstration, Lemler will share principles of academic figure painting which will guide the practitioner's understanding of tone, color, and edge relationships. "The gamut of paint, in color and value, is far smaller than the corresponding gamut in our visual world. Shape, tone, color, edge, and texture are to be interpreted relative to one another, not copied piecemeal!" With this understanding, the student of painting seeks the simplification and orchestration of these interdependent elements of painting. The real quest is for unity of design and concept. Topics addressed will include: pictorial design, posing and lighting of the subject, "warm" and "cool" light sources, and more!
Dates: Monday-Friday, September 15-19 , 2008, 9am-4pm
Fees: TBA
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Instructor Bio: Robert Lemler, educated at the University of Northern Arizona, is a respected and dedicated artist and teacher. His award winning paintings are widely exhibited in finer galleries throughout the country and are marked in numerous corporate and private collections. A signature member of the Oil Painters of America, Lemler has been honored with gold metals in the national exhibitions of the Oil Painters of America and the Pastel Society of America, exhibited with distinction in such venues as the Allied Artists of America as well as the Midwest Pastel Society and was the winner of the Grumbacher Hall of Fame Award in 1996. He has been an energetic member of the Scottsdale Artist's School cadre, at various times as Program Director, board member and for over a decade has worked as an articulate and passionate teacher of life classes in the classical tradition. www.robertlemler.com
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