Drawing en Plein Air with Joan Hopkins
September 3-5, 9:30-12:30. $300

This workshop will focus on the fundamentals of drawing out of doors.  By simplifying our palettes and focusing on form, light and shadow, and compositional structure, we’ll develop a graphic sense of the landscape. Participants will work primarily with monochromatic media, including graphite, charcoal and Conté crayons.

Joan Hopkins is co-owner of Golden Cod Gallery in Wellfleet, MA. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Throughout her career she has often worked on a large scale, painting expressive landscapes based on many different places: Cape dunes and marshes; Western Massachusetts farmland; Scottish mountains; and Florida wetlands. The figure in the landscape, as well as the still life, have been prominent in her work. It wasn’t until she first returned to Jamaica in 1980 that she began painting specifically Caribbean themes, starting with large images based on memories of her grandmother’s garden at Blue Mountain. Rather than providing a simple tourist point of view, her paintings describe intimately familiar, material qualities of daily life in the tropics.

Still Life Painting en Plein Air with Mary Giammarino
September 3-5, 1:30-4:30 $200

Everything Under the Sun is Beautiful, Charles W. Hawthorne

Learn the key principles of painting still lifes out of doors. We’ll start with the study of color relationships, utilizing basic shapes (the approach developed by Henry Hensche), then move on to a variety of studies to help build our observational and painting skills in this accessible and fun three-day course. Beginner to intermediate levels welcome.

Mary Giammarino graduated from Greenfield Community College with an Associates Degree in Fine Art. She continued her college work at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on an art scholarship. In 1989 Mary began studying painting at the Cape School in Provincetown working with Hilda Neily, John Ebersberger, and Cedric and Joanette Egeli. Mary has been returning to Provincetown every year since then to paint and study the Cape light. She has had numerous solo shows and exhibitions in Provincetown, Philadelphia and Vermont. She lives in Vermont with her Sculptor husband, John Cassin and their two German Shepherds, and conducts workshops in plein air painting in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Intermediate Plein Air Painting with Rob Longley
September 8-11, 9:30-1pm, $300

This workshop is a continuation of the painting approaches addressed in Rob’s summer plein air workshops, with an eye towards furthering the development of participants painting skills in the field. Studies of the streets and structures of Provincetown, as well as opportunities to paint the natural environment will be approached throughout the week. Part of the first class will be devoted to a painting demonstration by Rob.

Rob Longley first came to Provincetown in 1971 to study painting with Henry Hensche at the Cape School. Previously he had studied with two of Hensche’s protégés, Dick Goetz and Betty Warren, and he graduated from Boston University with a BFA in 1973. After studying with Hensche for a number of years, Rob realized that Provincetown and the Lower Cape provided both the subject matter and the community atmosphere that he wanted for continuing his career as a painter, so he has returned every summer since then to paint and to teach the Cape School methods. Rob currently shows his work at the Wohlfarth Gallery in Provincetown, and at the Arts Exclusive Gallery in Simsbury, CT. Rob has won numerous awards for his work, including, most recently, an award from the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society, as well as grants from the state of New York and a Greenshields Foundation grant (awarded to promising young artists). He lives near Albany, NY during the winter months.

Pastel Drawing en Plein Air with Rob Dutoit
September 9-11, 1:00pm-4:00pm
$200.

In this introductory workshop participants will learn the art of color relationships in natural light, using vibrant chalk pastels. Participants will work in locations around Provincetown, and practice what Charles W. Hawthorne described as the art of “seeing, not doing.” The workshop is ideal for individuals interested in a relaxed approach to working en plein air, while utilizing the accessible and satisfying medium of chalk pastels.

Rob Dutoit received his MFA from Parsons School of Design and studied for extended periods in France and Italy. An active Cape artist since the 1980s, he has been involved in numerous solo and group shows in Boston, New York and Provincetown, most recently at Maurice Arlos Gallery, NYC and at The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown.

Into the Garden in Brewster with Franny Golden
September 8-12, 9-Noon $300

Come study with Franny Golden in and around her Brewster studio. The location is set on over an acre of land—replete with mature gardens, birds, and deer—and abuts conservation land and old bogs. Using multiple aspects of these environs, students will be guided to create a series of works in the media of their choice: pastel, charcoal, acrylic, oil, or mixed media.  Directions to Franny’s studio will be supplied upon registration.

Franny Golden is a recipient of an NEA Fellowship (London, England), several Ragdale Foundation awards and scores of international prizes. She currently divides her teaching and painting time between Cape Cod and France. Her numerous solo shows have been exhibited in such cities as Istanbul, Turkey; Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Saratoga, CA, and the Cape Cod Museum of Art. In addition, she is a published writer, a 25-year adjunct faculty member of Cape Cod Community College, and has taught painting at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Massachusetts College of Art, the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, as well as the Museum School at PAAM.

Landscape and Composition: The Art of Observation with John Clayton
September 15-18, 9:30-1pm, $300

Painting is about learning to see. These lessons will explore experimentation with compositional elements, including patterns and colors, understanding masses, and the comprehension of the “big shapes” that make up a landscape composition. The ways in which light and shade can tell a story visually will also be explored.

John Clayton is a plein air painter based in Provincetown. He studied in New York at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts, where he won the Mrs. Robert Forbes Scholarship, The Arthur & Melville Phillips Scholarship, and an honorable mention from the Academy of Fine Art exhibition in 1998. He has also studied at the Cape Cod School of Art, where he developed an appreciation for the work and teaching of Charles Hawthorne. In 2000, he was featured in the Provincetown Art Association and Museum’s Emerging Artists exhibition, juried by Elisabeth Pearl. Clayton’s work can be found in Provincetown at the Egeli Gallery.

No Fear Painting: a Plein Air Painting Class with Mary Giammarino
September 15-18, 1-4:30pm, $275

Everything Under the Sun is Beautiful, Charles W. Hawthorne

In this course we will be studying and applying many of the fundamental techniques of plein air painting. Together, we will investigate light and its effect on our visual field and how to translate that onto a canvas. We will not employ formulas; there is no “correct” way to paint and no such thing as a “mistake.” It is my goal to equip you with the tools necessary for a lifetime of exploration with plein air painting. For Mary Giammarino's biography see Plein Air Workshops above.

Mary Giammarino graduated from Greenfield Community College with an Associates Degree in Fine Art. She continued her college work at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on an art scholarship. In 1989 Mary began studying painting at the Cape School in Provincetown working with Hilda Neily, John Ebersberger, and Cedric and Joanette Egeli. Mary has been returning to Provincetown every year since then to paint and study the Cape light. She has had numerous solo shows and exhibitions in Provincetown, Philadelphia and Vermont. She lives in Vermont with her Sculptor husband, John Cassin and their two German Shepherds, and conducts workshops in plein air painting in Brattleboro, Vermont.

The Art of Observation: Painting from the PAAM Permanent Collection, with Jo Hay
Wednesday, 12:30-4:30pm, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and November 5, 12 & 19 $325

Throughout this class students will paint directly from a stylistically varied selection of the works from the PAAM collection, with the idea of copying as closely as possible what is seen. Rather than ‘”interpreting” a particular painting, participants will explore the discipline of replicating, to better understand the work itself, and to get closer to another painter’s vision. Students will paint and sketch directly from exemplary work, including paintings by Charles W. Hawthorne, Ross Moffett, Edwin Dickinson, Irving Marantz and Blanche Lazzell. Group discussion will be a component of the workshop, as the value of this time-honored process and artistic discipline is explored. .

Jo Hay was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England in 1964. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design from Middlesex University in London. After working several years for Rupert Murdoch Publications as an art director she moved to New York City in 1990. It was there she began to explore painting. She began studying at The Art Student's League, while maintaining her career as an art director for Conde Nast Publications. In 1996 she exhibited her first piece at the Curt Marcus Gallery in New York City and has since continued to show in New York, Wellfleet and Provincetown. Now living in Provincetown, she is represented by the Kobalt Gallery.

Plein Air Building Blocks: A Studio Workshop in the Fundamentals with John Clayton
Friday, 12:30-3:30, October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 & November 7 $300

Would you like to learn to paint out of doors in the tradition of Cape School impressionists, but can’t manage a class during the warmer months? Using the approach developed by Henry Hensche, we’ll work with basic shapes and still-life materials to study color relationships, light, shadow, tone and the creation of volume, depth and pictorial space. Ways to take what you’ve learned out into the wide world will be discussed. Perfect for beginners who want to learn the basics or for intermediate painters interested in fine-tuning your skills. For John Clayton’s biography see Plein Air Workshops above.

Painting the Figure with Rob Dutoit
Wednesday, Feb 4, 11, 18 & 25 1-4:30pm $275
Wednesday, March 4, 11, 18, & 25 1-4:30pm $275
 

In this exploration of painting the figure, we will alternate between fast color/tone impressions of the figure in space, and a longer development of form on one canvas-- rubbing out and reworking as needed. The emphasis will not be on a finished product but in going beyond our preconceptions of what a figure painting is, to something fresh and realized. There will be discussion and examples of work that illustrates these ideas.
Sign up in advance for the full 8 sessions and receive a $25 discount. For Rob Dutoit’s biography see Plein Air Workshops above.