Announcement:
Paint Your ♥ Out Workshops
Offered by The Chestnut Group
Workshop Available to the Public
May 9th thru May 16th, 2011
For any plein air painter wanting to learn more.
Or, any painter wanting to paint en plein air.
Or, anyone who's just PLEIN inerested.
Most of these instructors are also members of
The Chestnut Group.
To sign up for these workshops please reply directly to
chestnutnews2@comcast.net
Then send your check (made out to The Chestnut Group) for the workshop fee to:
Rachel Blair
240 Boxmere Place
Nashville, TN 37215
May 9-16, 2011
The following workshops have some available spots:
Lori Putnam - From Study to Studio, enlarging a plein air sketch into a larger studio work - $50
Date - May 9, Monday
Description – This one day workshop will improve your skills for using plein air studies, sketches, and paintings to produce larger, studio-sized works. This is not a class on painting technique, so any medium is welcome.
Type of Workshop – Full Day, morning demo
Hours – 9 am to 4 pm
Location –Southgate Studio, The Factory, 230 Franklin Road
Level - Intermediate to Advanced
Class Limit – 15
Supplies – 2-3 plein air works AND printed reference photo of the location in which these works were painted (if available).
Easel that will accommodate a larger canvas
One canvas (20x24 or larger)
Sketchpad and pencil
Paint, brushes, odorless mineral spirits, mediums you prefer to use
Paper towels or rags, trash bag
Notes – Bring your lunch, bottled water provided.
Haden Pickel - Focus on the Figure - $50
Date - May 9, MondayDescription – We will focus on the figure as a trigger for our imagination. There will be a live model. It will be a day of many quick sketches/paintings in order to encourage spontaneity.
Type of Workshop – Full Day, morning demo
Hours – 9 am to 4 pm
Location – Belle Meade Plantation, 5025 Harding Pike, 37205 – use Leake Ave. entrance
Levels – All Welcome
Student Limit – 12
Supplies – Your usual plein air easel and set-up
Good brushes. I prefer a variety of filberts. Sizes #2-8. Use what you like. Brushes should be flexible and not stiff, so the paint can be easily loaded onto the brush and will flow off the brush.
Odorless Mineral spirits in a travel container
Canvases...Bring 6-10 canvases, your favorite size is fine. We will be doing quick poses and paintings so 8 X 10 or 9 X 12 will be good. Please feel free to paint larger if you want.
Your favorite palette. Be sure to include THE BASICS:
WHITE CADMIUM YELLOW LIGHT ALIZARIN CRIMSON ULTRAMARINE BLUE
Any other colors that you like. i.e. SAP GREEN can be very handy when plein air painting. And earth colors like Sienna and umber are handy.
Here is my usual palette.
TITANIUM WHITE CADMIUM YELLOW LIGHT CADMIUM ORANGE
CADMIUM RED LIGHT ALIZARIN CRIMSON THALO GREEN
ULTAMARINE BLUE LIGHT COBALT BLUE LIGHT YELLOW OCHRE LIGHT
TERRE ROSA BURNT SIENNA RAW UMBER BLACK
Notes – Bring your lunch, drinks provided.
Kevin Menck -
Establishing Value Structure in Landscape Painting - $50
Date - May 10, Tuesday
Description – The class will be an overview of materials and techniques I use including a
brief introduction to the three color palette. It will focus on isolating and identifying the masses
in a landscape and being able to accurately establish the values and their relation to each other.
Type of Workshop – Full Day, morning demo
Hours – 9 am to 4 pm
Location – Leiper’s Creek Gallery, Leiper’s Fork
Levels - All Welcome
Class Limit – 12
Supplies – plein air setup – Questions? Call Kevin at 646-8663
Notes – Bring your lunch, bottled water provided.
Tommy Thompson -
Values are as important in Painting as they are in Life - $50
Date - May 10, Tuesday
Description – While emphasizing values, Tommy will touch on composition, aerial perspective, edges, photographing artwork.
Type of Workshop –Full Day, morning demo
Hours – 9 am to 4 pm
Location – “Crossfire”, Preston and Beth Ingram’s Farm – 5540/5550 Leiper’s Creek Rd, Franklin, Tn – Directions will be sent to students when you sign up.
Levels - All Welcome
Class Limit – 15
Supplies –List will be sent to students when you sign up.
Notes – Bring your lunch, drinks provided.
Kim Barrick - Painting the Impressionist Garden - $50
Date - May 10, Tuesday - Rain Day, Wednesday the 11th
Description – Join Kim for a short demo and a day painting in her 20 year old cottage garden. English roses, iris and lots of colorful wildflowers abound. Enjoy the morning painting with Kim and touring her studio. You will be on your own to paint in the afternoon and then Kim will give a review from 3 to 4 pm.
Type of Workshop – Full Day
Hours – 10 am to 4 pm
Location – Kim’s Garden – 1134 Sewanee Rd, Nashville, 37220
Levels - All welcome who are comfortable painting on their own.
Class Limit – 20
Supplies – Visit her website to view supply list – www.kimbarrickstudio.com
Notes – Bring your lunch, bottled water provided.
Diane May - Spring Blooms - $40
Date - May 11, Wednesday
Description – You will be painting whatever is in bloom, en plein air, after Diane’s morning demo.
Type of Workshop – Half Day
Hours – 9 am to 3 pm
Location – Diane’s Garden – 228 Ensworth Place, Nashville, 37215
Levels - All Welcome
Class Limit – 12
Supplies – plein air setup, # 4 Filbert brush, boards of 6x10, 8x10, 9x12
Notes – Bring your lunch, bottled water provided. Call for parking instructions – 297-8126
Jean Gauld-Jaeger - Portrait Painting from Life - $50
Date - May 11, Wednesday
Description – An experienced portrait artist and member of the Portrait Society of America, Jean teaches the principles of portrait painting and color mixing for a variety of skin tones. Students will paint a live model and will concentrate on head and shoulders only.
Type of Workshop – Full Day, morning demo
Hours – 9 am to 4 pm
Location – Southgate Studio, The Factory, 230 Franklin Rd. ,Franklin, TN
Levels - All Welcome
Class Limit – 6
Supplies – Paint, any brand.
Permanent Rose, Cadmium Scarlet, Lemon Yellow OR Cadmium Yellow Light, Ultramarine Blue, Ivory Black, Titanium White
Brushes - any you have as long as there are sizes # 4, #6, and #10
Canvas – 1 cotton duck or linen canvas already stretched on 16 x 20 OR 20x24 stretchers
Odorless spirits, digital camera, French paint box easel if you have one, acrylic paint in burnt umber and cerulean blue for toning your canvas if you have it.
Notes – Bring your lunch, bottled water provided.
Bill Barnes – Fine Art – Works for Me! Subtitle –
Life B. C. (before computers) - $35
Date - May 12th, Thursday
Description –Described by peers as a true student of art because of his desire to continually explore and learn, Bill has a wealth of commercial and fine art that he will display and discuss with you. It will include the influence of Surrealist school of arts, classic photography, 3D drawing and the way these influences have been integrated into the way he thinks about his work. He offers encouragement in finding new opportunities.
Type of Workshop – Half Day, Show and Tell and stories about Bill’s works and techniques
Hours – 11 am to 1:30pm
Location – Green Hills Library, 3701 Benham Ave. 37215
Levels - All Welcome
Class Limit – 30
Supplies – An open mind
Notes – Bring a snack, bottled water provided.
Paula Frizbe and Pam Padgett – Watch, Learn, Paint! - $50
Date - May 12, Thursday
Description – Paula and Pam’s emphasis will be on the basic elements of good painting. The three building blocks they will concentrate on are: Value, Color, and Composition. You will learn how these three important elements work together and how to control each element to see the big picture.
Type of Workshop –Full Day, morning demo
Hours – 9 am to 4 pm
Location – Belle Meade Plantation, 5025 Harding Pike, 37205 – use Leake Ave. entrance
Levels - All Welcome
Class Limit – 18
Supplies – Plein air setup
Canvas Panels – 4 – any one size under 11x14
Bristle brushes – Natural Filberts or flats, sizes 4-6
Oil Paint – Any palette you are comfortable with. If you wish to use their palette:
Cad. Yellow Light Cad. Lemon Yellow Cad. Red Deep Hue (Winton 6) or Napthol
Aliz. Crimson Ultramarine Blue Titanium White
Notes – Bring your lunch, Bottled water provided.
Gayle Levee –
How to Get Depth and Distance in Your Paintings -$50
Date - May 13, Friday
Description – Transform a flat canvas into a world of distant views and open landscapes. You will learn the nuts and bolts of linear perspective as well as shortcuts to achieve atmospheric perspective in your paintings.
Type of Workshop – Full day, morning demo
Hours – 9 am to 4 pm
Location – Southgate Studio, The Factory, Franklin, TN
Levels - All Welcome
Class Limit – 12
Supplies – plein air setup
Burnt Umber Cad. Red Cad. Yellow Untramarine Blue White and Black
Canvas Paper, #6 and #10 Filberts, Gamsol for cleanup
Notes – Bring your lunch, bottled water provided.
Dean Shelton – How to Start Painting Your Heart Out - $50
Date - May 14, Saturday
Description – Students will learn Dean’s method of constructing a painting from choosing the subject; breaking the canvas into large areas; big brush block in; stating and restating the shapes, colors, and values.
Type of Workshop – Full Day, morning demo
Hours – 9 am to 4pm
Location – The Little Shop Around the Corner, 117 3rd Ave. North, Franklin, TN
Levels - All Welcome
Class Limit – 10
Supplies – #6 oil brush. Plein Air setup.
Titanium White Cad. Yellow Light Magenta Red Ultramarine Blue
Notes – Bring your lunch, bottled water provided.
Beth Inglish and Megan Nordmann – The Art of Marketing - $35
Date - May 16, Monday
Description – Beth, a Nashville artist, and Megan, with Nashville Arts Magazine, along with Gayle Levee and Cathleen Windham, will host a panel discussion about marketing your art. Discussion will include using online tools, employing a broker or representative, selling your art without a gallery presence, looking at currently available tools, creative ways to find buyers.
Type of Workshop – Half Day
Hours – 10 am to 12pm
Location – Glen Leven, 4000 Franklin Road, Nashville, TN
Class Limit –30
Supplies – Bring a chair!
Notes – Bottled water provided.
Mindy and Scott Orman –
Photographing Your Original Artwork - $35
Date - May 16, Monday
Description – Mindy and Scott are well known Nashville photographers. The workshop will be a discussion of how to get the best photographic copy of your original artwork by using a professional photo lab or your own digital camera.
Type of Workshop – Half Day
Hours – 1 pm to 3pm
Location – Glen Leven, 4000 Franklin Rd., Nashville, TN
Class Limit – 30
Supplies –Bring a chair!
Notes – Bottled water provided.
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To sign up for these workshops please reply directly to
chestnutnews2@comcast.net
Then send your check (made out to The Chestnut Group) for the workshop fee to:
Rachel Blair
240 Boxmere Place
Nashville, TN 37215
