Developing a PASSION for DRAWING

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Sara Beth

Winter is the perfect time to work on one of the most beautiful artistic skills of them all! You will learn timeless techniques to confidently and quickly equip you to draw a still life, figure, or structure.

Friday, February 3

$75/class – Some Supplies Included -  9:00 – 3:00

1. KNOW – what the key information is you need to begin a drawing.

2. PRACTICE – quickly putting down the key information.

3. ACCURACY – learn the techniques to draw accurately.

4. DEVELOP – the drawing by putting it all together!

CLASS IS LIMITED TO 4 STUDENTS

QUESTIONS  – email me if you would like more info: sarabethfair@comcast.net

Supplies – Newsprint Pad, Sketch Book, Misc Drawing Pencils

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NEW! Still Life Painting CLASSES

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Sara Beth

SIMPLIFY

A great gift for you or a great way to create a gift for another and learn at the

same time!

Wednesday – November 30    5:00 – 9:00

Wednesday – December 7       9:00 – 1:00 (wait list)

January (date to be worked out)    9:00 – 1:00 (openings)

Sign up for one or all!

Bring any size canvas from an 11 x 14 to a 16 x 20, a big brush and your paints. I will do a quick demo and then with fun and bravura you will paint!

We  will focus on -

  • blocking it in quickly
  • getting form and depth
  • the finish!

The class is limited to four students! Sign up below to reserve your spot and then I will email you about your date selections.

A supply list will be emailed upon confirmation. If you dont want to bring your supplies or dont have them, I canprovide you with supplies (minus the canvas) for a $20 additional fee.

 

Number of Classes

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Back to the Drawing Board

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Sara Beth

Developing a PASSION for DRAWING

Winter is the perfect time to work on one of the most beautiful artistic skills of them all! You will learn timeless techniques to confidently and quickly equip you to draw a still life, figure, or structure.

January 9 – 10, 2012

$145 – Some Supplies Included

9:00 – 3:00 each day

1. KNOW – what the key information is you need to begin a drawing.

2. PRACTICE – quickly putting down the key information.

3. ACCURACY – learn the techniques to draw accurately.

4. DEVELOP – the drawing by putting it all together!

CLASS IS LIMITED TO 4 STUDENTS

QUESTIONS  – email me if you would like more info: sarabethfair@comcast.net

A few supplies are needed – I will email you the list upon registration.

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Tips for Loosening Up

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Sara Beth

Tips for loosening up

The Abstract Phase of this Painting

  1. Simplification is the key …Paint in the abstract phase without adding detail for as long as you can
  2. Remember the mood and the focal point are the emphasis, other
    things are left abstract
  3. Squint and compare everything! Squinting simplifies things naturally.
  4. Paint beyond the lines, we are not doing a coloring book.
  5. Paint with a big brush, cover broad passages simply.
  6. Paint using your full arm and the full length of the handle, we are not writing.
  7. Step back often, make sure your painting reads at a distance so it must be simple.

 

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Both November Classes Full

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Sara Beth

Both workshops in Nove (3,4 and 10,11) are full. Thank you for your interest. If you want to be put on the wait list please email me at sarabethfair@comcast.net. Thanks so much!

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New Workshop – Basic Oil Painting from a Photo

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Sara Beth

What are the basics of painting? What should you paint? How to get started? How to improve?   We will do some new fun studies to learn the basics and work to complete one painting!

November 3 and 4 or November 10,11

Thursday 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Friday 9:00 – 3:00

$145

Class Size is limited to only four students so register now if you are interested. You may bring a photo that you would like to paint.  I will have some available for you to choose from.

Location -  3405 Lookout Drive, Huntsville, Alabama
Questions – Call or email Sara Beth at 256-536-2643 or sarabethfair@comcast.net

If you are interested in having this taught as a semi or private class at another date, please contact me.

TO REGISTER: BOTH Classes arecurrently full, please contact me and I will put you on the wait list.

SUPPLY LIST TO PRINT

 

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Plein Air North Alabama Painters Group Formed

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Sara Beth

pleinairnorthalabama ~ Painters of Tennessee River Valley

We are a group of artists who meet weekly to paint the Tennessee Valley area for revelation and artistic exploration of its beauty, enjoyment, artistic encouragement, and creative sharing.

Please join our mailing list on the blog and you will be notified of our weekly painting locations. We typically meet on Saturdays from 8:00 am – 12:00 (?). Bring your supplies and enjoy the beauty.

Our Inaugural Painting Location was September 11, 2011 Burritt Museum; The Oil Painters of America 7th Annual Great Paint.

Our first Group Painting Location - Saturday, September 17 8-11am, Big Spring Park, Downtown, Huntsville, Alabama.

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Painting the Scenes of Burritt in the Fall – Fundamentals of Plein Air – September 2011

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Sara Beth

PAINTING THE SCENES of BURRITT in the FALL

NEW FUNDAMENTALS of PLEIN AIR CLASS

Burritt Museum, Huntsville, Alabama

Tuesdays, September 6, 13, 20, and 27, from          9:00-12:00.

  • An Introduction to the fundamentals of plein air painting while focusing on one of the different Venues at the Burritt. The locations will include the Mansion, Church, Barnyard with animals (sheep, hens, roosters, miniature horses, cows), and of course the fabulous view. Enjoy the setting while improving your painting abilities.
  • Beginner-intermediate artists are welcome. You must furnish your own supplies.
  • 3 classes - $120 member/$150 non member  OR 4 – classes $160.00 member/$180 non-members
  • Call 256-536-2882 to make a reservation
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The Heart of a Painting – the Heart of the Artist

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Sara Beth

Where is the heart of a painting? What is its soul? Without this foundation of depth it is clamour, noise and surface beauty that can not quench desire and hope. Can all this really exist within an object such as a painting or is it revealed in the heart of the artist who strives to journey along the path to try to translate this message?

John O-Donohue, in his book The Invisible Embrace of Beauty, writes with the heart of a true artist always seeking to journey along the pathway to find the soul in what he is seeing and saying and doing.  He writes” I love the imagination of light: How gradually light will build a mood for the eye to discover something new in a familiar mountain. This glimpse serves to deepen the presence of the mountain and remind the eye that surface can be subtle and surprising.  Light never shows the same mountain twice. Only the blindness of habit convinces us that we continue to live in the same place, that we see the same landscapes. In truth, no place ever remains the same because light has no mind for repetition; it adores difference. Through its illuminations, it strives to suggest the silent depths that hide in the dark.”

The challenge for us is to awaken fresh from our habitual blindness, to journey deep discovering the a new territory presented to us, to find the fresh beauty within and undertake the journey which is held in the challenge to translate the message given to us as seen through our soul.

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Oil Painting From A Photograph – New Workshop

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Sara Beth

I am really excited to be offering a NEW Workshop in August…

It will address problems so many of us as artists face. ..determining what to paint and making the “BEGIN” easy! How to use photos as a reference for paintings and what and how to change things so they do not look flat, stiff, and not very creative.

OIL PAINTING FROM A PHOTOGRAPH– Aug 19,20 2011

HOW TO BEGIN – HOW TO PAINT FROM PHOTOGRAPHS – HOW TO TAKE YOUR PAINTING TO THE NEXT LEVEL

AUGUST 19 , Friday, 6:00 – 8:00 and AUGUST 20, Saturday,  9:00 – 4:00

$145 – limited to 8 students

See the Worshop page for more information

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