In this workshop, Charlie Churchill will set up several different animals that have been preserved via taxidermy (an owl, a fox, and a few others), and have students draw small studies in their sketch books. Churchill will then demonstrate his own method of working in oil paint from direct observation. Students will then try to emulate the method, in oils, on a small canvas.

Churchill will provide brief lectures on the depiction of animals in art history, as well as techniques in avoiding some of the more serious problems of working from photo references.

This workshop is open to artists of all skill levels who wish to learn the skill of achieving lively animal paintings, full of the spirit of Rubens, Durer, Snyders, & Landseer.

Some of the topics to be covered:
•How to achieve movement & monumentality in your animal paintings.
•How to analyze and understand animal anatomy.
•How to organize your palette chromatically to match the subject matter you want to paint.
•How warm/cool temperature values impact volume
•How brush selection impacts your work
•How to keep lights and shadows distinct (Chiaroscuro)
•How to softly blend values to make edges disappear (Sfumato)
•How colored grounds dynamically increase harmony

Friday, August 20, 2010
10am-5pm
1 hour break for lunch.
$100

Class size is limited to 12 students, to insure a high quality learning environment.

Click here to register for this workshop.
Download a supply list here.

Charlie Churchill earned a BA from Lafayette College, a BFA in Illustration, with honors, from Parsons School of Design, and an MFA in painting from The New York Academy of Art.
He has worked as an fine artist, illustrator, and educator for over 20 years.