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FROM: THE ARTISTS GALLERY theartistsgallery.org
608 NORFOLK AVE.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23451 757-425-6671 OR 757-428-3176
Figure Drawing Two Day Intensive Workshop
Come improving your figure drawing skills with Rita Marlier and Martine Strohmeyer.
" Draw from a live model for two days (four 2-hour model sessions): Sunday May 3 and
Monday May 4, 2009.
" The workshop will begin promptly at 10 am and continue until 5:00 PM each day with a
thirty minute break for lunch provided by The Artists Gallery at 608 Norfolk Ave,
Virginia Beach, VA.
Daily Timeline
Sunday May 3rd 10-10:30 introductions & set up 10:30 -12:30 drawing the model
12:30-1:30 critique Lunch provided 1:30 2:00 2:00-4:00 2nd model 4:00 to 5:00.
Monday May 4th 10:00-12:00 drawing the 3rd model 12:00-1:00 critique lunch
provided 1:00 -1:30, 1:30- 3:30 drawing the 4th model final critique 3:30-5:00 PM
" Please pre register with Martine Strohmeyer martine4art@cox.net or 757-425-6671 or
428-3176
" The total cost for the two days is $175.00, including all model fees. Cash or Checks
only Please make checks to Martine Strohmeyer.
Learn how to see the figure in multiple ways: with emphasis on gesture, volume, space, anatomy or expression. Basic figure drawing experience is strongly suggested.
Rita Marlier has exhibited her figure sculpture extensively in Hampton Roads for the last 35 years. She has an MFA in Sculpture from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh where she taught at Carlow College before coming to Norfolk. Locally she taught figure drawing and figure sculpture at the Norfolk Museum Art School and later at Old Dominion University from 1980 to 1995.
Martine Strohmeyer, MFA is an award winning working and teaching artist. She is a former Instructor for the Governors School for the Arts of Virginia and the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia. Martine regularly teaches and exhibits her work in Universities, Art Centers and Museums throughout the Eastern United States. She is a popular visiting artist and she has judged and /or curated over 100 exhibitions. In 2004, the National Foundation of the Arts recognized her as a Distinguished Teacher in the Arts for Advancement in the Arts in Washington, D.C. As the recipient of many grants and fellowships, she travels the world as a student and an art instructor. Her artwork is in many private and public art collections.
Class goals:
" Improve ability to observe
" Develop visual organization skills
" Understand mechanics and systems of creating spatial illusion
" Develop ability to literally and abstractly interpret forms
" Develop visual sense of style
" Develop process for articulating aesthetic ideas
" Develop critical vocabulary and ability to defend opinions
This is participatory workshop. All attending participants should bring supplies for drawing. Bring materials that you are comfortable working with, whether it is a clipboard with paper and a pen, a sketchbook and pencils, or your laptop and a pressure sensitive tablet.
Art Supplies: Suggested
" Medium and soft vine charcoal and/or Charcoal pencil
" Erasers, kneaded and rubber Black and white pastel or conte' crayon
" Assortment of graphite pencils
" 18x24 drawing pad
1 sheet of black pastel paper
" 2-3 sheets of charcoal paper in gray or mid-tone neutral colors (18"x 24")
" Drawing Board
Please bring your own easel if possible the gallery has a few to loan.
Martine Strohmeyer 757-428-3176
Artists Gallery- Encaustic Sampler Workshop
Martine Strohmeyer Instructor
Saturday May 9, 2009 10:00 AM-1:00PM
Class Fee $60.00 includes all materials, class size limited to ten students
En-caus-tic - 1. painted with wax colors fixed with heat. 2. a work of art produced by an encaustic process.
Mon-o-type - 1. a one of a kind print. 2. a print made without a repeatable matrix.
Come and explore the seductive media of Hot Wax. The Encaustic Monotype is an exciting, contemporary process with a painterly approach to printmaking. This process is experimental, freeing, and can be used successfully with a wide range of imagery and styles. Encaustic mixed Media is fun and experimental.
Encaustic paint is beautiful and durable. Made from beeswax, pigment and damar resin it offers endless possibilities for astonishing surface qualities. The layering process offers beautiful depth and transparency. The creative potential with this media are endless.
Monoprinting and fusing techniques is combined with contemporary approaches, such as collage, image transfer, and some traditional painting methods. Students will learn about the preparation of supports and grounds, and about the safe and archival uses of this medium.
You will create a variety of work on a variety of media. This is a great class for the experienced artist searching for a new way to express their vision and for the less experienced artist to have immediate success.
Encaustic Monotype Process
The encaustic monotype combines the ancient painting medium of encaustic with the popular monotype process. Encaustic sticks (beeswax and pigment in solid form) are used to draw on a heated metal plate. The wax melts instantly and it is manipulated with brushes and other tools. Paper is laid on the plate, the back of the paper is rubbed with a barren, and the image is transferred to the paper. Viscosity of the encaustic media is controlled by temperature.
This process provides new possibilities and advantages:
The encaustic becomes one with the paper; the wax will not crack. Encaustic works on paper are easy to handle, store, and ship. With encaustic monotypes, the results are immediate. The paint dries within seconds and it can be reworked anytime later.
No Prior Experience with monotypes or encaustic is required.
Work on paper, Xerox, photographs, canvas, linen, and other experimental surfaces. Prints may be mounted to foam core with PMA (positionable mounting adhesive) or framed as a print.
Instructional Goals
Basic Instruction of Principles & Elements of Design and the History of Encaustics.
Techniques of making encaustic monotypes both basic and advanced
Demonstrations and experimentation of various techniques and materials
Examples of artwork illustrating different Encaustic techniques
Mounting and matting information
Promote individual creativity in a participants search for and discovery of expressive images and special projects
Group and individual critiques
Martine Strohmeyer
martine4art@cox.net or 757-428-3176 or 425-6671 for more information
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