Light Breaking Through, by Kathleen B Hudson
2018 Workshop Schedule
Carmel Visual Arts offers a compelling line-up of fine art workshops from world-class professional artists. Both painting and photography workshops throughout the year are available. Select a workshop below to find out more and register. Ned Mueller (Studio Landscape) Nov 2017 2018 Painting Workshops Photography Workshops Jan 2018 (No workshops scheduled) Feb 2018 Sean Cheetham (Studio) Kerik Kouklis (Studio) March 2018 Angus Wilson (Studio) April 2018 Julie Houck (Studio/Plein Air) Paul Kratter (Plein Air) May 2018 Albert...
read moreA little bit about “Pocket Sketching”
It may not be as perfect or as beautiful as a fine plein air oil painting, but a Pocket Sketch, as taught by Kath Macaulay in her upcoming Pocket Sketching workshop at Carmel Visual Arts, will be personal and meaningful and just as ‘fresh’. This workshop is for the beginner wanting a launch into creating original art anywhere, and also for the professional who wants extreme portability, freshness of impression, with no clean-up. As a rather telling example, please note the “Fountain” by Kath and the “Boboli Gardens” by John Singer Sargent,...
read moreDaniel Keys Workshop a Success!
Our two back-to-back workshops with the prolifically proficient painter and all around nice-guy Daniel Keys was attended by 16 students the first week and 12 the second. He placed brush-stroke limits on us and joked about how we would paint differently if he was charging $10 for each stroke. Smudging and blending and muddying the paint on the canvas was something that he showed would make weak images. Simple, bold, clean strokes that are made on purpose create paintings that are appealing. Daniel, using a lighting source to illuminate his...
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