Painting with Intention, with the Goal of Success!!

Painting with Intention, with the Goal of Success!!

Workshop | This program has been canceled

All Levels

1/11/2021-1/15/2021

9:00 AM-4:00 PM on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri

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$720.00

Stephanie has been a Putney Painter for 14 years, the group founded by Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik. Her workshop will encompass all aspects of creating a painting. Her color is based on Richard Schmid’s color charts from his book, “Alla Prima, Everything I know about Painting”. Learn to see what it is that you want before you start to paint. Stephanie believes that every brushstroke and color should be intentional. She’ll teach you how to think before you apply a brushstroke, making your paintings happen faster and with more accuracy. Learn to mix clean color! She concentrates on how to make beautiful brush strokes that will direct your viewer’s eyes through your painting. Beautiful edges and composition will also be thoroughly explored. And don’t forget values!! Build confidence on what you actually know and let go of the negative voices in your painting head. Learn to paint with confidence and certainty. All levels are welcome to come and work hard, have fun and leave a better and happier painter! Subject matter will be organic, all living things; flowers, fruit, vegetables and leaves...whatever we can find that is beautiful! (This has affectionately been referred to as “Bootcamp”) Oil and Pastel welcome. Four-day workshop with fifth day optional for additional fee. www.stephaniebirdsall.com

Birdsall, Stephanie

“I always paint from life. I believe it to be the ultimate in representational art because it is about real experience and demands the highest level of skill. When you paint from life, the subject, the environment and you interact as one together.” STEPHANIE BIRDSALL received her formal training at the City and Guilds of London Art School in England. After graduation she spent time traveling through Europe honing her skills as a plein air painter. Upon her return to the United States, Stephanie continued her study under several top artists including: Albert Handel, Ramon Kelly, and Quang Ho and has been fortunate to paint under the tutelage of Richard Schmid and the Putney Painters for the past eight years. In recent years, she has excelled at painting florals and still lives in both oil and pastel. Her work has garnered recognition and more than 50 major awards in national and international juried exhibitions. She has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London, England, Bargemon in France and at the National Arts Club in New York. Among the awards she has received are Best in Show at the Bridgeport Museum of Arts and Science, the Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award, the Degas Pastel Society Exceptional Merit Award,the Connecticut Pastel Society Herman Margulies Award and the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, John Manship Award. In 2004 her work was selected by the National Academy of the Arts for inclusion in the Arts for the Parks National Exhibition. Stephanie and her work has been featured in popular publications such as International Artist Magazine, Southwest Art, Plein Air Magazine, American Art Collector and The Pastel Journal. Public Broadcasting station WGCU aired a special on her work in June of 2005 as part of their "Expressions" television series. Stephanie's work is among the permanent collections of the Museum of the Everglades, Everglades National Monument; Florida Museum of Art & Culture, The Florida State Art Collection at the Florida