Breaking Free: Mood & Atmosphere with Tony Allain
June 8 - 10, 2024
9 am - 4 pm
$590 + 6.88% NM Sales Tax
This workshop is sold out! However, if you proceed to the workshop checkout page, you can sign up for the waitlist and will be e-mailed if a spot opens up.
A note to our students: To ensure that the workshop will not be canceled, we kindly request that you sign up as early as possible. Please note that if the minimum number of students required is not met three (3) weeks before the first day of class, the workshop will be canceled. However, we offer a full refund in the event of a canceled workshop, so there is no monetary risk for you. Please take some time to review our cancellation policy.
About the Workshop
Skill level: All levels are welcome.
Materials used: Pastel
Overview:
The quest for perfection can bring with it fear of making mistakes and can result in a style which can seem inhibited. In this workshop, we will concentrate on freedom and spontaneity to add elements of semi-abstract but still keep the association with reality. If you want to bring a looser and more painterly feel to your work loaded with juicy colour and flooded with light join me and I will share some of my working methods concentrating on painting the landscape that delights and excites the viewer. Using our reference material and sketches we can bring some fresh colour and a more painterly feel to our work, q our aim is to break free from the restraints of perfection and give ourselves permission to capture the essence of the subject in an intuitive way with the freedom of brushwork that has its roots in the style of alla prima, giving a lively and vigorous mark that is instrumental in expressing mood and atmosphere.
We will learn how to simplify our approach to achieve impressionistic paintings that have a strong design and bold colour with expressive marks that use direct strokes on a textured surface to emphasise brushwork. We will look at painting Contra jour (against the light) exploring the quality of light, the colour of light and the direction of light my workshops are for those willing to go through the door marked ‘leaving your comfort zone’ and enter a world of exciting and expressive pastel application. Each day will start with a demonstration with lots of challenges and loads of individual help at the easel.
This is a studio-based workshop with the opportunities to paint and sketch plein air.
About Tony
Tony Allain is a Scottish-based artist. He is an award-winning painter, instructor, and author and has been painting for over 50 years. a member of the Pastel Society London, a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists among others. A painter of colour, light, and movement with a complete understanding of his surroundings.
Born and raised in the Channel Islands where he studied life drawing from observation and painting from life, he moved to paint and live in Cornwall to capture the unique clarity of light living on the peninsular of the West Country.
Tony has exhibited extensively over the years, his work can be found in many leading galleries as well as private and corporate collections worldwide, including the Maritime Museum, Guernsey and Queen Mary 2, and Cunard Liner. He has exhibited with The Pastel Society of America in New York, the Royal Society of Marine Artists, in London, The International Pastel Exhibition, in Suzhou, China, and the Pastel Society, in Mall Galleries, London.
A move to New Zealand in 2006 proved to be a turning point in his career with his acceptance as a Master of the Pastel Artists of New Zealand, a Signature member of the Pastel Society of America, elected an Eminent Pastelist of the International Association of Pastel Societies. His work is regularly featured in The Artist Magazine, the Pastel Journal, and the Practique des Arts.
What’s Included
Bluebird Studios offers an array of complimentary food and beverages during our workshops. Attendees can enjoy an ice breaker the evening before the first day, complimentary continental breakfast served every morning, complimentary unlimited beverages, and afternoon treats each day. We also offer catered lunches brought to the studio or the plein air site (optional for $20), and lastly, our complimentary signature lunch of Frito Chili Pie on the final day. We will spoil you!
Supplies
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