How to Plan a Painting: A Design Boot Camp
Location: Scottsdale Location
Room: TBD
Oct 12-15, 2010
Meets 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
on Tue Wed Th Fri
Tuition: $460.00
Level: All Levels
Status: This program is completed
Henri said “a good painting is a remarkable feat of organization.” Get ready to hunker down and explore the first and foremost demand of picture making – good design: creating a beautiful and dynamic visual statement through the adaptation of an intentional plan – a coordination of parts to produce a harmonious whole. Intent and purpose trumps all particulars in the planning of a painting. The class will be seated at tables and consist of a series of exercises with a variety of mediums. We will go on an exploration of all the principles of design: proportion, dominance, subordination, movement, creating emphasis, and space, all as a means to an end. We will exploit the elements of art: value, line, texture, shape and color in our search for a UNITY OF EFFECT. You will come to understand that the viewer can only infer the intent of the painter from the evidence displayed in the design of the painting.
- Series of exercises
- Multiple media
- Artists in all mediums will benefit from this class!
Instructor -- Susan & Doug Diehl
Susan and Doug Diehl’s goal is to delight the eye through color, harmony and strong design. The two feel it’s important to understand the principles gleaned from their own experience and studies with great artists such as Rom Lucas and William F. Both artists are represented by the Sanders Gallery in Tucson, The Lawrence Gallery and Montana Trails in Bozeman. Susan is also represented by The Wadle Gallery in Santa Fe and the Cole Gallery in Edmonds, Washington. Doug is also represented by Scottsdale Fine Art.