Expressive Color Painting
5 days
July 26 - 30
Aug 9 - 13.
Class is 9AM - 5PM
Classes are in small groups - 4 to 6 participants
Private classes and group classes available please contact for details
In the tradition of the many artists who have found inspiration in Santa Fe, I want to share my enthusiasm for this place with other artists. I find the colors and textures
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of Santa Fe to be completely unique and wonderful. From the architecture to the gardens and all the cultures of art displayed, your eyes are saturated with ideas and feelings.
Santa Fe is not only an international art market, it is a place where “being” is an art form. Just walking around town and along the dirt paths is a transforming experience. Cradled by the vision of mountains, the crisp clean air, the stunning skies and sunsets, the wisps of pinion on the wind, music everywhere, amazing spices and foods, your senses are seduced in Santa Fe. With that entire new stimulus, it’s a blessing to have something to do with it!
In my five day workshop, we discuss and learn ways to communicate with color, use techniques in different mediums to create texture and depth and have time to paint!
and try new things. Each class is small; everyone is respected and receives ongoing private attention. We visit galleries, museums and discuss styles and uses of color and composition in order to encourage a unique style for each participant. We go as a group out to dinner, enjoy music events and enjoy the new friendships that have been formed through the shared passion of art. Working in my studio four blocks from the Plaza and a mile from Canyon road, students are part of the creative community that is continually creating and renewing the tapestry that is Santa Fe.
This course is for those who have a strong desire to take better pictures while traveling. To enroll in this class you must already have a solid understanding of
your camera’s basic features and functions. In the first two meetings we will explore the following:
• Buying the right camera for the right trip
• Utilizing more advanced camera settings
• Composing better images
•
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Using natural and artificial light
• Capturing people in candid situations
• Avoiding the pitfalls of traveling with camera
gear
• Why you need medical and personal articles
insurance
We will hold camera walks daily to put to use what we learn in the classroom to capture the essence of the area. We will then review on the projection
screen to critique.
Hank Miller is a world traveler and professional photographer for commercial and real estate clients in Marin County, CA and Hawaii. Hank also instructs classes for the local community college and continuing education. From his early days as
a youth in the American South with his Brownie to photojournalism while serving as a Naval Aviator in Vietnam to the present, Hank’s passion was and remains photography. Hank has published a book, “Digital Photography for Travelers”, availableon line. Find information about Hank at
Saturday, June 26th, 1-4 pm
In the Community Gallery- 201 W. Marcy (at the Sheridan intersection)
Harriette Tsosie will give a short talk on the history of encaustic (pigmented wax) painting and demonstrate her encaustic process. Tsosie has been painting with wax for seven years. She is president of the Encaustic Art Institute and is represented by the Institute
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as well as FLUX Contemporary, Albuquerque.
Sallyann Paschall
Saturday, July 24th, 1-4 pm
In the Community Gallery- 201 W. Marcy (at the Sheridan intersection)
Sallyann Paschall will do an encaustic demonstration of not only basic encaustic techniques but techniques that incorporate collage elements into encaustic work. The basic demonstration will be followed by a chance for the audience to experience encaustics for themselves. Each participant will be given a small block of wood with which to experiment. Each person may then take their newly made work of encaustic art home with them.
Russell Thurston
Saturday, August 7, 1-4 pm
In the Community Gallery- 201 W. Marcy (at the Sheridan intersection)
One of the more challenging aspects of encaustic painting is creating fine details. Over the years, Russell has developed various ways of adding oil paints, oil sticks, and dry pigments to facilitate detail work. While these methods can be difficult to control and require some skill: they offer additional choices in encaustic painting.
More specifically, Russell will demonstrate:
1) How to etch or emboss the surface of an encaustic painting with various tools and then apply oils, oil sticks, or pigments.
2) How to handle the differences in how the oil media responds to heat versus how wax responds.
3) How to use wax paper to mask parts of the painting to create particular effects such as fine details.
Russell will also cover the basics of straight painting with oils, oil sticks or pigments on the surface of a painting, then scraping with tools to remove some of the oil color, followed by heating with a gun or lamp to fuse the surface.
This year celebrate our 297th Santa Fe Fiesta through a pinhole! We will use this unique and joyous time as a catalyst for great imagery and memories.
Join the town as we gather to cast away our troubles and burn "Old Man Gloom" better known as "Will Shuster's Zozobra", we won't let him burn
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before our exclusive shoots!
See our families take the town in "Desfiles de la Gentiles", our local pet parade. Experiencing the camera obscura first hand we will gain an intimate understanding of the way light moves and images are revealed all while enjoying marching bands go by upside down and backwards!
Camp is held at the historic home of Olive Rush, currently the Friends Meeting House. The space is a beautiful adobe home with a rambling back yard situated about half way up Canyon Road.
In this beautiful small group setting we will build our 4x5 super wide pinhole cameras and get a hands on approach to the geometry of photography.
We will expose and develop images with photographic film and paper. Negatives will be digitally scanned for quick viewing while our printing will be done in the alternative process of Cyanotype and Van Dyke.
Enjoy a harvest of wonderful pinhole imagery and green chili and explore the history, art and techniques of this beautiful and intuitive process in its simplest and most rewarding form.
This time of year is the most beautiful in our beloved Santa Fe and we hope that you join camp obscura for adventures in pinhole photography
Cost: $575. Deposit: $100 non-refundable to reserve your spot . Double occupancy- Private room available at additional cost.Includes: Room- 5 nights, all meals, sessions w/Molly (group and individual), painting workshop w/all art materials.
Pojoaque River Art Tour
Phone: 505-455-3496
Where: Nambe and Pojoaque, Pojoaque Pueblo to San Ildefonso Pueblo
Sixteen miles north of Santa Fe, The Pojoaque River Art Tour, known for its tri-cultural nature, professionalism and the quality, freshness, and variety of its exhibitors, is a terrific small tour of the artists and artisans of the Pojoaque Valley, doable in a day, by car or bicycle. The route includes homes and studios and vineyards from Pojoaque Pueblo to San Ildefonso Pueblo, through
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the traditional farming communities of Nambe, Pojoaque, Jacona, Jaconita, and El Rancho, along and off of County Road 84 in northern Santa Fe County. It incudes pueblo arts, traditional Spanish tinwork and weaving, contemporary and traditional pottery, traditional and abstract painting, metal and bronze sculpture, in other words, a true reflection of the full spectrum of the artistic traditions of Santa Fe, set in the inspiring autumn beauty of northern New Mexico.
Offerings change frequently, please let us know the dates you will be visiting and we will let you know what is on the schedule.
Have you ever wanted to set the beautiful piece of turquoise or other stones you couldn't resist buying? Here is your chance to wear your rock and learn the art of silver smithing for jewelry making. You do not have to be of Indian Blood to appreciate and love their work. The Navajo Indians inspired me to become a jeweler years ago!
This is a fast pace class that gives you an opportunity
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to learn basic skills in silver soldering and stone setting while creating your own original work. You will have the hands on experience of using a torch, jewelers saw, shop equipment, hand tools and more. I work with
"Natural Stones"in Santa Fe if you need a stone!
Our two summer stonecarving workshop sessions are both 7 DAY intensive courses. Both Sessions are open to participants of all levels of experience, from beginner to professional. Director of the workshops, MARK SAXE, makes certain that participants of all levels enjoy one-on-one instruction in a supportive atmosphere and an unequalled opportunity to study with the best instructors in the
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field. For more information, please contact Mark Saxe at (505) 579-9179.
We are an easy commute from Santa Fe (about 50 minutes), and attract students from all over the world. In 2010, we will hold our 10th annual summer series.
When: July 12-18, 2010 & August 7-13, 2010
Time: Check Websites For Information
Cost: $850 for seven days including 2 cubic feet of limestone and homemade lunch each day
The Personal Shrine by sculptor and photographer, Walter W. Nelson / writer Douglas J. Preston at the base of Pedernal Peak, beloved mountain to Georgia O'Keeffe.
“As we return to our origins, as we contemplate the dust from which we came from and the dust to which we will return, as we seek an understanding with nature of our place in the universe, we create a shrine in the landscape
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to honor a loved one we have lost.
“Using only natural materials – rocks, grasses, branches, flowers, leaves, colored sands, and perhaps ashes, we will each create our own personal shrine in the natural landscape in a place so remote it will not be known to anyone but you and the other participants in this workshop. The shrine will be created from nature, to return to nature; only your photographs, writings, and drawings will travel away with you.
Walter W. Nelson
Comments: This workshop is a combination sculpture, drawing, writing and photography workshop, by the same two fellows that retraced Coronado Journey in 1989 traveling 1000 miles / 70 days. "Cities Of Gold, Retracing Coronado" by Dougals J. Preston
