About the Workshop:
In this fast-paced one day workshop, we will learn to start with a Notan sketch, make an underpainting, then use a system where we match colors to values by numbers and paint the scene in front of us in a new and colorful way. This concept is what “paint by numbers” is based on, and is a great exercise for plein air painters.“Value does all the work, color gets all the credit!”
Timeline:
10am Demonstration of process and Notan
Everyone has time to do a Notan
1:30pm Demo Value sketch and fill in “color as value” chart
Everyone has time to do a Value sketch and color chart
2:30pm Demo Notan underpainting on surface
Everyone has time to underpaint based on Notan
3pm Demo Substituting color as value and lead group step-by-step
Through the process starting with darks and working to lights.
4pm evaluation and group critique
Key take aways:
Color can be substitutes based on value (any color, any value, the wilder the color the more Fauvist the painting will look!)
Always start with a value sketch which identifies 5 values (minimum)
Know your focal point and identify it before you make the painting (in the value sketch)
Try not to tone and tint with black and white, instead use warm and cool
Materials:
About the Instructor:
Shawn Dell Joyce was raised on her family’s citrus farm in the Rio Grande Valley. The young woman moved North and studied painting and drawing at the University of North Texas. After graduation in 1986 she began her career as an artist’s apprentice in NY’s SoHo area, and worked in the studios of many prestigious artists including Jeff Koons, Mark Kostabi, and Ronnie Cutrone. Her love of the landscape called her North to the Hudson Valley, where she began teaching a series of plein air painting classes in 2000 throughout the Hudson Valley. Her classes became so popular that she hired other artists, and founded a plein air school with an Arts and Agricultural mission based on the historic Hudson River School. Now in it’s 20th year, The Wallkill River School continues to bring cultural tourism to the Hudson Valley region through plein air painting workshops and events on local farms, historic sites and open spaces. She is still honored as founder and on the board of directors. She teaches workshops in pastel and plein air techniques across the country, and is endorsed by Ampersand Pastelbords who supply materials for her demos and workshops. In 2017, she was hired by UArt to do a plein air pastel workshop. She has also worked the plein air event circuit and participated in many prestigious events around the country, bringing home awards for her loose and colorful paintings. She recently placed 1st in the 2018 Inverness Plein Air Festival, and 3rd in the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival. Last year she placed 1st in the Quick Draw at the 2017 Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival, and People’s Choice in the International Plein Air Paint Out 2005 in Niagara Falls. She is a signature member of International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), and has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines like the New York Times, Plein Air Magazine, Pastel Journal Magazine, and Tampa Bay Magazine, and featured on the Plein Air Podcast. She has participated in many national exhibits and plein air festivals, and is represented by galleries in NY and Florida. Her works have been widely collected by corporations and families around the world including the Georges Pompidou Museum in France and the Museum of Modern Art in NY.
Cost
$57.50 for TRA Members, $72.50 for Non-Members, if paid online. $50 for TRA Members, $65 for Non-Members, if by cash or check. If you are paying by cash or check, please register here and mail your check to TRA and email Judy Milsaps.
Supply List:
Worksheets will be provided along with Ampersand samples
Bring your favorite media (oil, pastel, watercolor, acrylic, gouache)
Bring a surface to paint on-12x16-16x20
Bring a brush and container for underpainting
Pencil & eraser
