We're a unique company in that we only offer painting workshops by experienced premier plein air painters of today- painters of a diverse background, some who are classically trained and others who have been protégés of well known master painters. We also donate 50% of our profit to charity. For our Madrid Plein Air Tour which is highlighted on our website, we chose the Union Rescue Mission Collection, a Fine Arts Donor Program located in Los Angeles CA to donate to. For our upcoming Plein Air Tour in Segovia in 2006, we have chosen to donate 50% of our earnings to AmeriCares Foundation, specifically to help hurricane Katrina and Rita victims.
Our workshops provide the student with training by masters in their own right, while ensuring that the students' needs are being met and that their accommodations are comfortable and enjoyable.
Our workshops’ focus on painting landscapes, still-lifes and models from life, so our attention is placed primarily on painting en plein air. And our workshops take place on location painting landscapes, village or town scenes and an occasional model or still-life outdoors. In case of inclement weather, indoor models or still-lifes with either artificial or natural light.
Faculty Information:
Our workshop instructors Gay Faulkenberry and Camille Przewodek strive to teach newcomers as well as experienced painters their own approach to painting en plein air. Our teachers will concentrate on working individually with students in order to maximize individual learning. Students will come away more aware of surroundings, the effect of light and its movement, color shifts of warm and cool, and how design occurs naturally. Our instructors’ focus is utilizing value, color, soft and hard edges, using the correct color palette for the conditions of the day and time, simplifying nature and seeing the big shapes, and various visual approaches to aid in producing a successful painting. For the advanced student that has a firm grasp of the mechanics of painting, our instructors will demonstrate the important elements of mood, passion and attitude that make a good painting even better. The student will learn to see the big picture, knowing exactly what it is he or she is trying to achieve with their painting. In our workshops, students will have the benefit of working with an exceptional instructor. Our goal is to not only provide the student with the highest caliber instruction, but also inspiration and a maintained level of excitement for painting that will carry them far beyond their workshop experience.
Other Activities:
"Enjoy a day off with us as we visit museums in Madrid. (Tuition price includes: 7 days of instruction in and around villages surrounding Segovia. All transportation costs, excluding air fare. Shared accomodations with 2 people per room).
Facility Information:
For our workshop in Segovia Spain: the first 8 participants to enroll, stay in a charming stone house in the little village of El Cubillo, 30km from Segovia and just north of Sierra de Guadarrama. The house's interior has been designed in the best rustic style of the area. It's equipped with a lounge, a kitchen, a fireplace, a library with parlour games, phone and TV. Participants 9-15 stay in a nearby charming hotel. Hotel info will be posted on our website once we're accepting enrollments 9-15. Spouses or non-painting guests are welcome in the hotel for the cost of the accommodations. Breakfast is included in the price for both accommodations. Air fare is not included. Transportation provided from Barajas Airport (MAD) one day prior to the workshop and to Barajas Airport (MAD) the morning after the workshop.The first 8 participants to enroll, stay in the house. Participants 9-15 stay in a nearby charming hotel. Hotel info will be posted on our website once we're accepting enrollments 9-15. Spouses or non-painting guests are welcome in the hotel for the cost of the accommodations. Breakfast is included in the price for both accommodations. Air fare is not included. Transportation provided from Barajas Airport (MAD) one day prior to the workshop and to Barajas Airport (MAD) the morning after the workshop.
Notes:
Air fare and expenses such as lunches and dinners, extra tours,
tipping, phone calls, laundry, beverages, room service, rental
cars and other personal expenses were not included.
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