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Master Class

JANUARY 31ST – FEBRUARY 3RD, 2024
Wednesday - Saturday, 9am-4pm each day

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Course Description

This intensive 4-day course is designed to help artists progress their work forward.

If you are stuck, lacking confidence, or feeling uninspired, then there will be plenty of helpful discussion, processes, and guidance to shift you and your work to a new place.

If you want to be pushed out of your familiar way of working for a while so that you can feel refreshed with a ‘kit bag’ of new options to add to your creative practice, then this workshop could be for you!

Come with paintings and a project that you are already doing that you would like help with or the seeds of a new thing you’d like to tackle in your painting practice. Emily will share her knowledge about handling paint and ways of finding images within the paint. She will also demonstrate exercises that can help you see with fresh eyes and remove the blocks of doubt and hesitation.

You will discover ways to revitalize your focus by unpacking the subject in a different way and asking different questions about what matters.

There will be time for one-on-one tutorials, as well as group work where feedback is shared. Your one-on-one tutorial and group critique will be videorecorded for you, to provide a source of ongoing encouragement.

And there’s the added bonus of creating in community. This course is limited in size to ensure that you get focused attention from Emily. But you’ll also get the serendipitous benefits of the energy that is unlocked with a group of committed artists are collectively exploring their individual creative horizons.

This is an extraordinary opportunity to have creative support for your painting practice that takes into consideration your way of working and your subjects of choice.

Mediums and Skill Level

  • Acrylic, Oils, or Mixed-Media artists

  • Advanced Beginners and Beyond

Pricing

  • Special pricing (through midnight, December 31, 2023): $795

  • Regular pricing (after December 31, 2023): $870

Your fee includes group and individual instruction from Emily, facility usage (including easel and wall space and tables for your materials and supplies), access to videos of feedback sessions, and hospitality (still and sparkling water, coffee and tea, and morning and afternoon snacks). You may either bring your own lunch or order from nearby restaurants and delivery services.

Please read Policies about Payment, Cancellations, and Refunds.

MATERIALS LIST

We will provide easels and small tables for each student. You must bring:

  • Drawing materials:

    • Plenty of 90-100lb drawing paper, any size (but you may want to bring at least a few larger sheets — 16” x 20”, 17” x 22” or 22” x 34” size)

    • Approximately 30 sheets of copy paper or 100gsm paper

    • Charcoal (vine or willow and chunky compressed charcoal, recommended)

    • Black Indian Ink and a soft brush

    • An eraser (white polymer or kneaded recommended)

    • Soft pencils (3B - 9B would be suitable)

    • Felt tip pens/markers

    • White and black chalk or soft pastels

  • Painting materials:

    • Lots of surfaces to work on, any size or type that you prefer

    • Generous quantities of either oils or acrylics and the mediums they need (e.g., odor-free solvent and linseed stand oil for oils and retarder, gel medium, liquid matte or glossy medium, or pouring medium for acrylics)
      If you are interested in seeing the colors and brands/grades of paints that Emily uses, download the PDF here. You DO NOT need to purchase the same supplies. We are offering this for your information if you are looking for guidance only.

    • Mixed media materials, if you choose

    • Lots of different sized brushes and mark-making tools

    • Large palette (palette paper is fine) and plenty of plastic tubs to mix paint in  

    • Optional: A few oil bars/paint sticks (such as R&F Pigment Sticks) in colors that you are drawn to (Titanium/zinc white is a particularly useful one to have, if you only invest in one pigment stick)

  • Miscellaneous:

    • Lots of cotton rags and shop towels

    • A glue stick

    • Masking tape or Artist tape (low-tack)

    • Scissors