Winter Classes

THE DIRECT EXPERIENCE ~ ALLA PRIMA STILL LIFE AND COLOR/LIGHT LAB ATELIER

Wednesday 9:30 am-4:00 pm                                
December 28 - Feb. 15, 2012      
                                      
Thursday 9:30 am – 4:00 pm                                                
December 22 - Feb. 9, 2012

305.00
8 weeks    

Ability level: all levels
Explore Direct Painting, Alla Prima Painting. We will cover all aspects of Direct Painting: composition, observation, light, color, methods, techniques, materials and fundamentals including skills of execution and expression. Each class offers new and challenging exercises, which will hone skills.

THE DIRECT EXPERIENCE

Morning Session Only Wednesday 9:30 am-12:30 pm                                       
December 28 - Feb. 15, 2012

Thursday 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
December 22 - Feb. 9, 2012

185.00
8 weeks
Ability level: all levels

PORTRAIT AND FIGURE OIL PAINTING AND DRAWING
Wednesday 6:30-9:30pm                                                                                                                     
December 28 - Feb. 15, 2012
  235.00    (includes model fee)
8 weeks    
Ability level: all levels     
Learn to accurately render the human form. You will develop your technical skills for drawing and painting in oils by studying light, values, color and by gaining an understanding of edges and planes.                                     

PASTEL & ALL MEDIA CLASS
Thursday 6:30-9:30 pm                                        
December 22 - Feb. 9, 2012
      
185.00                                       
8 week 
Ability level: all levels
This class will allow you to explore subjects while building skill and confidence in your handling of your medium.
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Still Life Workshop - Great Success

Still Life Workshop with Emphasis on Design II was a

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Still Life Workshop with Emphasis on Design with John Kilroy

Back by popular demand!

Still Life Workshop with Emphasis on Design

December 10, 2011
10:00 to 5:00
80.00
This workshop will take you through the process of creating a still life with intention, from the beginning to end.  Do you know why things work in a set-up and why they don’t.  Do you consider borders, tangents, placement, readability, focus, space, color harmony, lighting, etc.   Don't just put something up there and expect a masterpiece.  Design is more than “don't stick it in the middle.” 

Decisions on the intention/the idea when creating a still life painting.  The happened upon, the contrived, traditional vs. modern, vignettes or edge to edge paintings.  What are the underpinnings of what makes a good painting—still life or not. 

Picture making is a lost art and its value is scarcely understood today.  This workshop will give methods to arrive at concrete discernment, clear perception and critical thinking which hopefully leads the artist to make informed decisions about their art.

Leave your preconceptions at home, the only requirement for this workshop is a desire to learn. Plan on a working lunch.

John Kilroy Fine Art Academy
379 Liberty Street, Suite 218
Rockland, MA 02370
781-925-0582

kilroy@johnkilroy.com
www.johnkilroy.com

Great Open Studio

We had a Great Open Studio.  November 19 & 20, 2011
Thanks to everyone who visited.