Atelier Intensive
Workshop | Available
Have you ever wanted to train at a traditional atelier to learn the techniques of the old masters, but not had the time to commit? Join Timothy Rees in this 3-day intensive, where he will o?er participants an immersion into the assignments, materials, and processes of the traditional atelier. Students will spend the first day learning traditional measuring techniques while handling charcoal to create a drawing of a historical barge plate. The next day, they will be introduced to the creation of a grisaille, or monochrome, while executing a painting of a cast sculpture. On the final day, participants manipulate a classical limited palette while learning the atelier approach to painting a figure model. This workshop allows those curious about classical methods to experience and incorporate techniques into their style later, or use it as a launching point to explore more advanced atelier assignments on their own. Experience why the atelier process has trained the most remarkable artists in Western civilization! www.reesfineart.com
Timothy Rees
Timothy Rees was fascinated with drawing throughout his youth and after high school pursued a degree in animation. The pull to painting portraits and figures was strong, however, leading him to learn the craft in the open studios of the Palette and Chisel in Chicago. After one year he joined the staff of instructors, and soon began teaching workshops locally and abroad while showing his work in galleries. He went on to develop and teach a classical art training program for the Scottsdale Artist School, then formed his own atelier, where apprentices studied under him full time. In his spare time, he recently completed a Bachelors in Justice and Ethics through University of Iowa, and formed a 501c3 nonprofit called Bridges to Art, bringing economic opportunity through arts programing to geographically remote and underserved regions of the world.
Timothy paints a range of subjects and in various techniques, but is best known for his loose all prima portraits, striking figurative abstract blended work, and naturalistic outdoor figure paintings of women and children. While some of his work has a narrative or a message, he says the most important thing with his paintings is to add to the inherent beauty of the world while exploring what it means to be human through the visual experience of paint.
He is currently represented by Arcadia Contemporary in New York City, NY; Bonner David Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ; and Susan Powell Fine Art in Madison, CT