Want to boost your drawing chops? Would you like exposure to what atelier training offers that institutional art school does not? Would you like a chance to develop a fully rendered portrait drawing? Dedicate four days in June to this intensive drawing workshop!
We'll practice specific drawing approaches in the morning and work on a fully rendered portrait drawing in the afternoon. We will cover what I call the Mulit-Lens Approach, which includes mass and line, visual impression and constructive anatomy, intuitive and analytical approaches.
Figure, Environment, and Still-Life composition within the Classical and Imaginative Realism traditions.
Mar 28-31, Tue-Fri, 9:30-4:30
$725/student
(lunch provided)
Recommended painting or drawing experience level: Medium to advanced
A successful composition design will grab a viewer’s attention from across the room. It’s the ‘lighthouse’ that invites them in to take a closer look at your drawing or painting. Without a strong design, your artwork will most likely get passed by, and viewers won’t see all the subtle details you’ve invested into it.
In this workshop, you’ll learn the fundamentals of how to create dynamic and balanced compositions in your figurative, environment, and still-life paintings. We’ll use the techniques of ‘thumbnailing’ and ‘value studies’ to experiment with our compositions within these subjects. We’ll work from the live figure, master copy, still-life, and environment reference, and then learn how to combine source material in order to create imaginative artwork.
Tenaya Sims is the founder and lead instructor of Georgetown Atelier in Seattle, WA. Currently in its 15th year of operation, Georgetown Atelier merged with Gage Academy of Art in 2016. Tenaya holds a BFA from Carnegie Melon University, worked in the video games industry, and received his classical training from Juliette Aristides and Jeffrey Watts. Tenaya has exhibited at the Salmagundi Club (New York), the MEAM Museum (Barcelona), Krab Jab Gallery (Seattle), and Abend Gallery (Denver). Tenaya won Best of Show for the prestigious 12th International ARC Salon Competition.
Hill Country Atelier is located at 741 Water Street, Kerrville, Texas 78028