LONGYEAR 2009 WORKSHOP SERIES

May 16           
Something from Nothing:  The Art of Collage.  Nat Thomas will help participants explore the basic compositional skills involved in creating an original image by combining different elements from existing sources.

June 20    SOLD OUT       
Printmaking.   Spend a few hours in Gerda van Leeuwen’s studio for an introduction to monotype techniques and creating positive/negative images utilizing tracing and stencil work on thin Asian papers.

July 11
Papermaking.  Longyear’s favorite papermaker, Janice DeMarino, will teach you how to cast paper from various fibers and inclusions. 

July 2              
Watercolor Landscape Painting.  Robert Axelrod invites you to accompany him to an extraordinary environment, where he will instruct you on the fundamentals of painting watercolor landscapes.

August 15
Monotype – The Painterly Print.  This popular workshop with Helene K. Manzo focuses on three types of monotypes (one-of-a-kind, hand-pulled prints), giving participants the tools to insure the spontaneity and experimentation that have always characterized this unique medium.

August 22       
18^th Century Doll Making.  Susan Whittenburg will explore the mechanics and details of creating a fabric doll in the 18^th Century style.

August 29       
Using Color and Value in Painting.  John Hopkins is a master in acrylics.  This workshop will take place plein air, weather permitting, and will stress the use of value in creating a painting.  Participants will work with the color wheel, hue, value and intensity to create a work of art.

September 19 
Intermediate Level Watercolor.  Richard Simms will utilize an indoor environment to assist intermediate painters with a grasp of composition and drawing refine their utilization of light, medium and dark values, positive and negative space and working with a limited palette.

This program funded in part by the NYSCA Decentralization Program, administered in Delaware County by The Roxbury Arts Group.  The fee to participants is $15 per workshop (materials included) and $10 per life drawing session.

 For further information on any of these fine artistic offerings, or to enroll, phyllis@longyeargallery.org or (845) 586-4109.  Advance reservations are mandatory for all workshops.