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Impressionistic Landscape Painting
Taught by Carolyn Gibbs
Saturday, 9 AM – 3 PM
June 14
Landscape painting presents unique challenges of composition and rendering—what to leave in, what to leave out, what to simplify, where to hone in. Exercises in rendering landscapes impressionistically will help you develop a clearer sense of the underlying structure and relationships among visual elements in a landscape.
Fee: $60 (Associates $55)
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Two Watercolor Excursions with Rick Demont
Prerequisite: watercolor painters with some experience; limited to 10 participants.
Excursion 1: Mt. Lemmon, 8 AM – 4 PM, Tuesday, June 17
Excursion 2: Madera Canyon, 8 AM – 4 PM, Thursday, August 28
from Andrew Rush: “I consider Rick one of the major modern landscape painters of Arizona. His body of work reflects a deep and poetic understanding of the desert. He works directly and almost entirely on-site. Rick will share and demonstrate how he chooses a site and how he approaches the day’s painting. He will coach his fellow painters as they work, and complete the day with a group critique and suggestions for their own practice.”
Fee: each excursion $65 (Associates, $55); both excursions, $120 (Associates $100)
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Figure Drawing Marathon
Conducted by Andrew Rush, Paul Mohr, and Susan Johnson
Saturday and Sunday, 9 AM–4 PM
May 31 and June 1
Once in a while it is energizing to one’s work to set up a schedule for drawing so intense that time stops, one forgets to be careful, and the process of just looking and working generates a flow that leaves the mind behind. We will have two days beginning with a slide show of inspiration, followed by a) continuous drawing from changing models; b) short critique breaks, with individual critiques on request; c) work from two-model stations.
We will provide snacks, fruit, power bars for those who don’t
want to stop even to eat. Bring your own drawing tools, plenty of paper, fixative, and leave your cell phones at home so the weekend can be about you and drawing. Limited to 12.
Fee: $135 (Associates $120)
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Drawing with Clay: An Introduction to Bas-Relief Drawing
Taught by Gerrie Young, with demonstrations by Andrew Rush
Sunday, 10–4 PM
June 1
An introduction to connecting the elements of drawing to the 3D medium of low-relief clay. How to transfer sketches from a 2D to 3D medium. No experience necessary, just a gentle tug from your imagination will easily connect you from one art medium to another. You may find a sculptor in there waiting to be let free!
Fee: $65 (Associates $55), (includes all materials plus a firing fee)
Playing with Multiples: Monoprint and Drypoint
Taught by Cristina Cardenas
Two Saturday and Sundays, 9 AM – 1 PM
June 21, 22, 28, 29
Working small (ca. 4 in. x 6 in. plates), you will experiment with combining two printmaking techniques—monoprint and drypoint—to create a series of related, yet individual, works. This is a terrific opportunity to deepen your understanding of a visual idea, taking it to places you never dreamed of! Basic tools, ink, press provided; metal plates and paper available at cost.
Fee: $125 (Associates $110)
from Andrew Rush: “With roots in the distinguished Mexican tradition of Rivera and Kahlo, Cristina Cardenas may be new to The Drawing Studio, but she is well known as an artist and an engaging teacher. She has taught and exhibited for over 20 years, and I consider her one of Tucson’s major artists.”
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Jewelry: Bezel-Making
Taught by Sam Patania
Four Saturday afternoons, 1 – 4 PM
July 19 – Aug. 16 (no class Aug. 9)
Bezel making is a fundamental skill for anyone interested in making
jewelry. Bezels can be used to hold any adornment onto any piece of
jewelry—rings , bracelets, pendants or belt buckles. Bring your found
objects, turquoise or diamonds and learn to set them in a bezel. I will be
making a bracelet with turquoise on it for the demo and will teach you to
make a bezel for whatever type of material you want to bring. Basic
soldering will be taught in this class as well as jewelry design and
engineering.
Fee: $135 (Associates $120); includes some materials
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Breaking Drawing Habits
Taught by Katie Cooper
Saturday, 9 AM – 4 PM
August 9
Break out of that rut! This all-day workshop will begin with “diagnostic exercises,” helping you identify all-too-comfortable drawing habits, then guide you through the practice of individually tailored exercises to break free of them.
Fee: $65 (Associates $55)
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Monoprint and More
Taught by Midge and Jan Angevine
Two Saturday and Sundays, 9 AM – 4 PM
August 16, 17, 23, 24
This workshop will combine morning instruction in the basics of monoprinting (which involves “painting” on a plate with ink and transferring, via a press, the image to paper) for those new to the process, and open lab for those more experienced printers working in monoprint or in compatible combined techniques (intaglio, drypoint). Inks are oil-based, and require the use of solvents. Good ventilation, cooling, and protective gear provided. Inks, plates, breyers, press provided; paper available at cost.
Fee: $190 (Associates $170); either weekend, $120 (Associates $105); single day, $65 (Associates $55)
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Try It! Festival
Taught by Teaching Artists of The Drawing Studio
Saturday and Sunday, 8 AM – 4 PM
Sept. 6 & 7
TDS will offer a weekend extravaganza of hands-on art experiences in a range of art media and genres. Multiple two-hour workshops will be scheduled throughout the two days, so you can mix and match and try as many or as few as you like. Details will be forthcoming on the website (by summer) and in the Fall newsletter (out in early August), but for now SAVE THE WEEKEND!
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