Susan N. Jarvis, Fine Art

All workshops are taught at my studio in Sugar House. They are usually held on a Saturday   morning and include printed material reiterating the principles taught in the workshop. $50 for each 3-hour workshop.

COLOR                                                                                    Saturday, June 5, 2010                             9:00 am - 12:00 noon  (workshop)                     Value, Hue, Intensity                                    Basic color wheel  (primary color)                     Secondary color and mixing grays                    Color Schemes (analogous, complimentary, monochromatic, etc.)                               Creating color charts                               Matching Color  using a knife                          Cool color vs. warm color               Atmospheric Perspective (value and hue)

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FIGURE DRAWING                                Saturday, June 12, 2010                         9:00 am - 12:00 noon  (workshop)                     1:00 - 3:00 pm (follow-up class)                       Basic Drawing is pre-requisite                  

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PAINTING BASICS                                                       Working from real life
Taking photos and using a photo             reference
Moving your images from your camera to  your computer
Good Composition/cropping your photo
Sizing Your Reference Photo
Using a Grid System
Blocking in a Painting:
Linear Method
Tonal Method
Classic Wipe-out Method

BASIC DRAWING                                Learning to paint what you see vs. what you think you see                                            Variety of line:                                             Broken, Bold, Continuous, Lost Edges, Contour, and Pure Line                        Shading:                                                       Smudging (Tonal), Cross Hatching (Linear), and Combination (Tonal and Linear)                 Using a viewfinder                                               Using a grid                                                          Aspect Ratio (width-to-height ratio)                  Positive and Negative Space  

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BASIC PERSPECTIVE
(curriculum in progress)