A three-day workshop with Susan Carlin-
The
Narrative Figure Inside.
When: Friday,
Saturday, Sunday February 20, 21, 22 with a welcome reception the evening of
Thursday February 19.
Where: Whistle
Stop Corner, 330 Lamar, San Antonio, TX 78202
Fee: $365.
Includes instruction, model fees, reception and lunch each day
Who: For artists who want to feel more comfortable and better equipped
in painting the figure, both from photographs and from life. This workshop will
focus on telling a story with our paintings. Workshop limited to 12 artists. Artists
may work in the medium with which they are most familiar. Susan will be
demonstrating in oil. This particular
workshop is for intermediate artists (or for advanced artists for whom this
subject matter may be newer).
Welcome Reception
Thursday: Come hungry Thursday evening and party! Enjoy plentiful
refreshments and wine, meet the other artists, choose your spot in the studio
and set up your easel and supplies.
Friday: Artists will have the opportunity to practice
photographing the model in a variety of poses in order to create references for
narrative paintings where the setting and situation in relation to the figure
create a story for the viewer to enjoy. Although not a requirement, artists
will especially benefit from this workshop by bringing along a laptop or iPad and
a camera in order to practice editing the images and preparing them to be
painting references. Much of the first day will be spent in this way.
Composition is key.
Saturday: After a demonstration by Susan, artists will
be painting from the references they prepared. Each artist may choose whether
to make many small painting ‘starts’ or to work on one painting all day.
Artists may work from their monitors or from photographs made from their references.
We will focus on improving accuracy in drawing and value, relating the figure
to the surroundings by color and shadow to create a mood or feeling response in
the viewer.
Sunday: In two long sessions, artists will be working
from the live model in poses to create narrative paintings. Photographs may be taken from each artist’s
perspective in order to continue work on the painting after the workshop.
We can host up to 8 artists in our guest rooms at Whistle
Stop Corner. $180. for three nights in Guesthouse, $240. for three nights in
Cottage. Contact us for availability: us@whistlestopcorner.com
210-602-8562
