Drawing & Painting on Location

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1 For more information visit our website at or us at Come to our Sculpture Garden OPEN HOUSE, Small Works Art Show & Iron Pour Benefit Saturday, June 21st, 11 4 (rain date Sunday, June 22) Drawing & Painting on Location SA 1 EN PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE PAINTING WORKSHOP Sean Beavers, 5 Days June 9-13, 10:00 3:00 Daily Limit 12 Tuition $430 Materials list sent upon registration This workshop is designed to teach students the fundamentals of painting on location through the study of light, color, value and atmosphere through close observation of nature along with a look at tools and techniques. With an understanding of these principles students can more easily meet the challenges of plein air painting: working directly from nature, constantly changing light, and capturing the essence of a landscape quickly. Each Day will be split into two parts, an in studio discussion of materials and techniques, and painting on location in the seacoast area. Students will need a portable easel, painting supplies, drinking water, food and sun protection. SA 2 GARDEN LANDSCAPE IN WATERCOLOR Dewitt Hardy, 5 Days June :00 4:00 Daily Limit 12 Tuition: $240 This landscape painting workshop is designed for elementary and advanced watercolor students, painting in the gardens at Sanctuary Arts. Designed and informal garden landscapes are our topics as we strive to capture changing light and shadow. We will begin with simple garden landscape and progress to more complex spatial and formal pieces. We will stress mastering large shapes in light and shadow; space, both linear and atmospheric, and elementary color. Bring a French or watercolor easel if you have one, or you may bring a TV tray or small folding table. A materials list will be sent to each student to bring to the first class. SA 3 PAINTING THE FIGURE IN THE GARDEN & STUDIO Christopher Pothier, 5 Days August 4 8, 1:00 4:00 Daily Tuition $240 Model Fee $60 This oil painting class focuses on placing the figure in a setting, outdoors (weather permitting) or indoors, to achieve a specific mood. In the outdoor setting, we would place the clothed figure in a garden setting, with trees in the distance, and paint the scene as we see it. For the indoor setting, we will stage the model with props. The idea of making a complete painting, along with the environment in which the model is placed, is essential for this class. Not only will we focus on the technical aspects of painting the figure, but also realize the importance of the space which surrounds it.

2 SA 4 DRAWING IN HISTORIC GARDENS Carol Morley, 4 Weeks Thursday 10-1 June 5-26 Materials list sent upon registration Sit amongst the poppies, peonies, irises and roses and experience the pleasure of drawing flowers in some of the loveliest historic gardens in the local seacoast area. Draw in a sketch book with colored pencils and capture the natural way flowers grow in the garden under the guidance of a botanical art instructor. There will be techniques to capture groups of flowers as well as individual features. The gardens to be visited are in Portsmouth, North Hampton and South Berwick. Rainy days will be held in the classroom. (there will be one outdoor make up class July 3) All levels of students welcome SA 5 OUTSIDE / INSIDE; Water Media Dustan Knight, 4 Weeks Friday 9:30 12:30 June 6 27 This all level water media class emphasizes sketching, designing, working with values, progressing into color and painting techniques in acrylic, watercolor and gouache. This class is designed to work outside on location or, depending on the weather, in the studio using photos and sketches. Basics of landscape painting are broken down into simple weekly exercises which are demonstrated by the Instructor and then mastered by participants. Fun and informative (Instructor demos in pencil and watercolor). Studio Painting, Drawing & Printmaking SA 6, A & B FLOWER PAINTING IN OIL Amy Brnger SA 6 A, 6 Weeks Wednesday 9:30 12:30 May 21- July 2 (no class June 18) Tuition $270 SA 6 B, 4 Weeks Wednesday 9:30 12:30 July 16 August 6 This class is for flower lovers who want to learn to paint them in oil. Students will work on one painting per class, and the focus will be on making quick, loose paintings of florals, and having fun while doing it! While some experience with oil painting is helpful, beginners are welcome. Materials list will be sent upon registration. SA 7 FUNDAMENTALS OF OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING Heather Lewis, 6 Weeks Wednesday 2-5 June 25 July 30 Tuition $270 Here s a great class for beginning drawers and folks who want a refresher! Using age-old techniques and exercises, students learn how to draw what they see, building confidence, skills, and learn important drawing fundamentals like- using a viewfinder; understanding the picture plane, composition, siting and measuring, effective use of value and line. Instructor Heather Lewis s encouraging and interactive teaching style puts students at ease, inspires learning and makes for a really fun class. SA 8 ACRYLICS! Eve Corey, 5 Weeks Wednesday 6 9 July 2 30 Tuition $230 Do you like to paint with oils? Me, too. Until I discovered the immediacy of acrylics! Acrylics will allow you to immediately create luminous and vibrant paintings with subject matter ranging from still life, landscape, abstraction and more. We will be experimenting with a wide variety of techniques; from impasto to stain and experimenting with different grounds; from canvas, board, paper and glass. All levels welcome. SA 9 PORTRAIT PAINTING IN OIL Alan Ammann, 8 Weeks Thursday 6 9 June 12 July 31 Tuition $290 Model Fee $80 This eight week course will provide a step-by-step process for painting a human portrait. Beginning with a study of the structure and proportions of the human face in general, students will learn how to observe the unique characteristics of a face that contribute to an individual likeness. From there, students will create monochromatic, oil-on-canvas drawings with a live model. These drawings will serve as the foundation for fully realized oil-on-canvas portraits as students explore traditional lighting of the subject, the way in which light and shadow define the contours of the face, and the expression with oil paint of light and shadow on skin. Two Tulips by Amy Brnger

3 SA 10 WATERCOLOR WITH PIZAZZ! Dustan Knight, 4 Weeks Wednesday 6 9 June 4-25 This is an all level class that helps you make the most of watercolor! From splashes to transparent washes we will explore what makes watercolor watercolor! Each class will introduce an aspect of the medium that is delightfully unique. Dustan is a popular, long time instructor with years of experience teaching college students and adults. She helps make the study of the watercolor medium feel positive and playful,; emphasizing the creative expression of every individual. SA 11 ATMOSPHERIC PORTRAITS IN PENCIL Joshua Langstaff, 7 Weeks Tuesday 2 5 June 17 July 29 Tuition $280 Model & Materials Fee $95 In this class, we will work with a live portrait model to create pencil portraits on hand toned paper. Using classical techniques, students will focus on accurately blocking in light and dark shapes. Once these are found we will work towards both the dark and the light to create an accurate tonal impression of the model. Gouache paint and powdered graphite will be used to increase the value range of the drawings. This method produces drawings of unusual atmosphere for the graphite medium. SA 12 FIGURE PAINTING IN THE MANNER OF REMBRANDT Joshua Langstaff, 7 Weeks Tuesday 6 9, June 17 July 29 Tuition $280 Model & Materials Fee $105 In this course we will attempt to replicate the technique of Rembrandt in the creation of a figure painting. In the first meeting, we will create a study to use as a guideline for the long painting and learn how to hand tone a support. Working on the toned canvas we will construct an under-drawing directly on the support. The remainder of the class time will be spent finishing one painting while working with a live model. We will be using a limited palette similar to the palette used by the Dutch Master. SA 13 CAPTURING COLOR IN PASTEL Norma Machado, One Session Saturday 9 4, August 9 Tuition $140 This workshop is designed for both novice and beginner as well as the pastellist who wants to take a refresher course. The student will learn the language of color by exploring various techniques of pastel painting, learning how to achieve color harmony, and how to use color to create aerial perspective. The hands on painting session will be primarily in a landscape theme. Personal critiques and individual guidance will be given. Bring a bag lunch. Materials list will be sent upon registration. SA 14 SUMMER PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP Shane Chick, 4 Weeks Saturday 11-2 July 5-26 Lab Fee $40 This workshop is perfect for the printmaker who has a busy schedule and has made plans to vacation during the summer months. Class will not only offer access to a great etching/relief press but also the advice and tutelage of Shane Chick. You will be provided wood or linoleum to carve, a variety inks and mediums, tools that are always sharp and a fun creative atmosphere of fellow artists. All skill levels are encouraged to attend as Shane will tailor your experience to match your creative desires. So start drawing and/or appropriating some fun images folks and sign up to turn your ideas into an edition of beautiful prints. SA 15 REDUCTION WOODCUT PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP Shane Chick, 8 Weeks Friday 6-9 June 6 July 25 Tuition $290 Lab Fee $65 This workshop will be an introduction to reduction relief printing using a wonderfully soft linoleum product that cuts and prints effortlessly or harder birch plywood that is a little more difficult to cut. Beginners will learn basic technical skills related to both color and black and white printing while advanced students will be taught more complex techniques. Using the printing press or a wooden spoon you can print one of a kind images or a whole edition of prints. A group order for paper will be placed after the first class.

4 Stone Carving, Jewelry, Stone Wall, Foundry SA 16 SOFT STONE CARVING Antoinette Prien Schultze, 8 Weeks Friday 10-1 June 13 August 1 Limit 7 Tuition $290 Lab Fee $40 This class will focus on the creation of form in soft stone. Students who prefer carving in hard stone are welcome to do so. Each student can carve an object of interest to them or one will be suggested. Study and contemplation of the material's qualities and mass will determine the posture of the object to be carved. Students gain experience in the use of hand tools and will be introduced to several power tools. From the roughing out through to the finishing process the focus will be on balance, proportion, and refinement through shadow and light. Stone may be purchased on site or you may bring your own. Tools needed will be discussed at the first class. This class takes place at Antoinette's sculpture studio in Eliot. SA 17, A & B INTRO TO JEWELRY Alice Carroll, 9 Weeks 17 A Monday 10 1 June 2 July B Monday 6 9 June 2 July 28 Tuition $300 Lab Fee $50 This is a beginner class on basic jewelry making techniques. We will cover traditional techniques and their variations, with some helpful bench tips. Through demonstrations and lots of time to work, students will learn basic techniques such as sawing, soldering, riveting, forging, forming, and stone setting. An ongoing discussion of design and the translation of ideas into three-dimensional form will be a significant part of this introductory course. SA 18 THE ARTFUL DRY STONE WALL Steven Carpenter, 4 Classes 9:00 3:00 Saturday, July 19 & 26; Saturday & Sunday, August 2 & 3 Tuition $295 Learn a bit of the history of stone walls and our New England Heritage in this four day workshop with a master stone wall artisan and sculptor. The first class will journey to local sites to view Steven s designed and built stone work, review the necessary tools for the construction of a dry stone wall, and journey to a quarry to select interesting and appropriate stone. You will learn how to set stone, without mortar, from the base stone to the capping stone. In the process you will be taught to safely move stones from small to large, become familiar with the hammer and chisel for cutting stone, and train your eye to recognize and understand how shapes and textures of stone can come together to create a work of art. SA 19 BRONZE CASTING: Using the Organic Burn Out Method Lauren and Josh Dow, 4 Classes Monday, 5-8 July 14 -August 4 Material fee: $125 (5lbs of metal included) Have you been holding on to a beautiful tree branch that you know you ll use one day? Maybe it s a pet fish that you ve saved in the freezer for just the right moment. Here is your chance, Green Foundry presents the opportunity for your saved treasures to last forever; direct burn-out bronze casting. This workshop will focus on using any organic material to create a bronze casting. Create an exact replica of any organic matter using a high heat mold. The mold is fired and the debris from the original object is removed and bronze is cast in its place, leaving a perfect reproduction of the original piece of driftwood or lace. Please join us for this innovative course!

5 Creativity Coaching, Adobe Photoshop, Wordpress Website Design, Nature Journals SA 20 CREATIVITY COACHING Heather Lewis, 6 Weeks Thursday 2 5 June 26 July 31 Tuition $260 The intention of this session is to provide an opportunity for working artists and artisans to identify and discuss current challenges with other working creative folks, and to set both short and long term goals. Guided discussions will focus on aspects of the creative process, your personal approach to art making, looking at who you are, where you are going in your work and why. SA 21 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, The Basics Kim Ferreira, 8 Weeks Tuesday 6-8 June 10 July 29 Tuition $230 Adobe Photoshop is a complex graphics and image editing software and paint program. It has become a mainstay with artists to edit and manipulate images and to create promotional materials such as business cards and postcards. If you've ever used any software program to edit graphics or images before, then the Photoshop interface may seem familiar to you and some things may be quite easy to learn. Photoshop is by far the most extensive program available and offers the most features and options. Have fun learning the basics as well as a few more advanced features. This course will require that you have a laptop computer with the Adobe Photoshop software and images of your own artwork. (The instructor will be using Adobe Photoshop CS4 - but the majority of the features and tools discussed are present in other versions of Adobe Photoshop.) SA 22 BUILD A WEBSITE IN WORDPRESS Kim Ferreira, 8 Weeks Wednesday 6 8 June 11 July 30 Tuition $230 Bring your own laptop Wordpress is not only a popular blogging tool, but also a user-friendly content management system, which makes it perfect for building websites for artists so that they can update their resume, images and other content whenever they want instead of having to go thru a webmaster. Students will build a website in Wordpress from start to finish using a portfolio theme supplied by the instructor. The site will include a home page, about page, portfolio page, contact page and even a blog. It is recommended that students have a basic understanding of formatting images (cropping, sizing, etc) in either photoshop or similar image editing software. Additional cost includes hosting and domain name. (Currently this is $53.88/12 months thru GoDaddy). We will sign up together for the hosting and domain name at the first class, students will need to sign up using their own credit cards as the billing for hosting occurs yearly. SA 23 A & B NATURE JOURNALS: Small & Simple Handmade Books Suzanne Lee, One Session Each SA 23 A Monday 10 3:30, June 16 SA 23 B Monday 10 3:30, Aug. 11 Tuition $95 Materials Fee $10 Make a journal using beautiful hand-made rice papers, exciting combinations of natural dried leaves, your own hand-blocked ginkgo and Japanese lace leaf prints, a unique form of fabric collage, or combinations of old sketches and paintings with small treasures...a special small shell, ticket stub or partial photo. No previous experience is needed. This is a great way to use all those wonderful fabric and natural scraps you've saved forever, if you choose, but this workshop includes all materials for a finished book. We are proud of the caliber of our professional artist/instructors. For biographical information, please view our website,

6 WORK/ STUDY TRADES AVAILABLE (especially cleaning & gardening help). CALL AND INQUIRE. COURSE REGISTRATION FORM Name: Home Phone: Address: Work Phone: City: State: Zip: No. Course Title Tuition Mail check to: Sanctuary Arts, 117 Bolt Hill Road, Eliot ME Lab Fee Phone: (207) We accept credit cards on our website at or you may call for information about our payment plan. 117 Bolt Hill Road, Eliot, Maine Summer 2014 Tulips No. 3 by Dustan Knight Total