Upcoming Events:
Drawing and Painting Workshops and Lessons
Summer 2004 with Stephen Burt
Drawing with Pen and Ink. Drawing with pen
and ink is an essential tool for the artist concerned with draftsmanship.
The flexible and direct quality of drawing in ink with the quill
pen is far more expressive than technical pens and markers that
many artists rely on. The fact that ink cannot be erased requires
a decisive envisioning of the work in progress and with practice
will add a distinctive voice to your artistic repertoire. To
the artist taking up this medium however it can be intimidating
without a proper introduction to materials and process. This
workshop will give you the information and basic skills you need
to give voice to your inspiration. Saturday, May 15, 2004
10:00 am to 3:00pm
and Saturday, June 19 10:00am to 3:00pm
Master Class in Portraiture.
The drawn portrait from life or the imagination is an essential
part of an artists training. Yet many of the contemporary approaches
to this subject relay on photography or "observation"
to solve difficult problems of anatomy and form. This workshop
will give both the beginner and advanced student the tools of
the trade from a Renaissance perspective. Using proportional
models and techniques from the old masters this course will advance
your understanding of the portrait and open your eyes to the
great possibilities in this "traditional" form. We
will use pencil and charcoal in this one-day workshop after which
you will never see the portrait in the same way again
Saturday, May 22 10:00am to 3:00pm
Saturday, June 26 10:00am to 3:00pm
Chiaroscuro Drawing. Drawing
on mid-toned paper with darks and light has been a time honored
tradition since the Renaissance for artists to create expressive
compositions and as a shortcut for painters to quickly draw out
contrasts and form for use in long term painting projects. This
course will demonstrate the process of chiaroscuro drawing from
preparing your own colored paper to the completed work.
Saturday, May 29 10:00am to 3:00pm
Saturday, July10 10:00am to 3:00pm
Painting the Landscape of Maine.
This workshop is for the intermediate to advanced painter who
is looking for advancing their technique and understanding of
the landscape tradition. We will work at Portland Headlight exploring
the possibilities of paint and in particular how to record quickly,
through the sketch, information for more finished works completed
in the studio. Students will need a to bring their own supplies
(oil or acrylic) and an easel or other system for supporting
their work in progress.
Saturday, June 5 10:00am to 3:00pm Rain date June 6
Saturday, July 17 10:00am to 3:00pm Rain date July 18
Drawing Landscape in the Northern Tradition. How do you create a landscape with a particular voice,
rhythm and style? How do you make sense of the complexities of
water, wind and sky? This course will introduce you to the concepts
and techniques of the Renaissance masters with a distinctly modern
approach. Using the basic tools of pencil, charcoal and pen/brush
and ink we will use the landscape at Portland Headlight as a
means for developing a distinctive voice in the landscape tradition.
Saturday, June 12 10:00am to 3:00pm Rain date June 13
Saturday, July 24 10:00am to 3:00pm Rain date July 25
Fees are $50 for each workshop. Registration
fee is non-refundable the day of workshop. Space is limited to
no more than 8 per session. A supplies list will be provided
upon registration.
Private lessons. Private lessons are available in painting and drawing
to concentrate on you particular interests and needs at your
home or at the artists at a rate of $50 for an hour and half.
Group rates. With others, you may develop with the artist,
a workshop for your particular needs. Group rates are available
for $95 an hour with a minimum of three hours.
About the Instructor
Stephen Burt
is painter and printmaker living and working in Portland, Maine.
Educated at Rhode Island School of Design (BFA 1987) and SUNY
Purchase (MFA 1991). Burt's work can be found in numerous public
collections, The Fogg Museum at Harvard, New York Public Library,
and the Library of Congress among others. He was a recipient
of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2003.
Burt has taught painting and drawing for the
past 15 years at numerous institutions among them, Rhode Island
School of Design, Brown University, and College of the Holy Cross
where he was Professor of Painting. He currently teaches for
the Continuing Studies program at Maine College of Art
CONTACT (207) 773-1691 OR stburt@earthlink.net
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