OUR 2011 TWO WEEK PAINTING WORKSHOP IN ITALY WILL INCLUDE FOUR MINI RENAISSANCE PAINTING WORKSHOPS, OPEN-AIR PAINTING AS WELL AS TRIPS TO STUDY THE OLD MASTER TECHNIQUES IN SITU
We are delighted to offer our 2011 painting workshop to all painters and enthusiasts of the art and culture of Italy.
Our 2011 workshop (June 20-July2) includes four Renaissance painting mini-workshops in Fresco, Egg Tempera Underpainting and Glazing in Oil
and Alla Prima in Oil. Also we will conduct demonstrations in Open-air Landscape with Watercolor, Pencil and Direct Oil.
Painting demonstrations and presentations are held in the gardens and grounds of our spectacular patrician villa and on location in some of the most beautiful landscape locations in Umbria.
We will personally lead participants on wonderful excursions to Florence, Assisi, Panicale, Orvieto and Rome to see and discuss Renaissance
painting and to seek out the hidden art and cultural treasures. We will introduce workshop participants to some of the most important art and
cultural centers of Italy, as we enjoy the pleasures of the cuisine, the local wines and the gorgeous countryside. In Rome we will offer five art
tours including the Vatican and the Borghese museums, Historic Rome, a drawing/photo tour to the painting sites of Corot and more.
PAINTING WORKSHOPS TAUGHT BY CLASSICAL REALIST PAINTER AND
PROFESSOR WILLIAM PATTERSON AND CAROLYN PATTERSON
Professor and Classical Realist painter, (www.williampattersonstudio.com) a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and Professor Emeritus
at The University of Massachusetts has an extensive knowledge of the art and culture of Italy and has spent many years teaching in Italy.
He directed Programs in Europe for the University and was named College Outstanding Teacher. Recently he taught in Cortona, Italy for the
University of Georgia and continues to teach the history of painting methods and materials from a studio perspective in his classes.
Carolyn Patterson has her BFA from The Hartford Art School and works as painter in watercolor, egg tempera, acrylic and oil. She is also a Classical Realist painter and will assist during the painting demonstrations and with individual instruction.
Professor Patterson designs his painting demonstrations and presentations on painting methods of the Italian Renaissance to be very relevant for contemporary classical realist painters. He will discuss modern pigments and contemporary painting materials together with those used during the 14th and 15th centuries. Each participant will be given access to his painting handbook with instruction, recipes, materials and suppliers. Workshop participants learn and work with, Fresco, Egg Tempera, Silverpoint and Renaissance Oil methods and/or accompany either Bill or Carolyn on out door painting excursions on the extensive grounds of the estate and/or on min-excursions to some of the hill towns in the area of the villa.
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Pouncing (with powdered charcoal. Cartoon on a wet plaster fresco. |
A drawing that has been transferred to the wet plaster panel (the intonaco). |
Fresco workshop-Painting a self portrait on a fresco panel |
Individual instruction and personal critiques will be offered throughout the two week workshop Also, painters may customize their workshop. You may work at your own comfort level within your own painting/drawing goals.
PAINTING WORKSHOP HELD AT A SPECTACULAR VILLA IN UMBRIA FOR TEN NIGHTS
Our location at a beautiful and elegant villa in Umbria is an ideal setting for our 2011 Workshop.
The owners of the villa write:
“Here, amongst the greenery of olive trees, vineyards and the woods, the patrician villa has been standing since 1780.
It is situated in a quiet and scenic location. The villa has been restored including the several outer stone buildings that now house the
rooms and suites where we will stay. The Villa has kept its historic characteristics. The small park area, with its hedges, separates the
tranquility of the villa from the clay tennis court and one of the swimming pools. The other large pool is located amongst the outer buildings
just below the main villa. The 56-hectare farmland surrounding the villa produces an extremely pure olive oil, a renowned D.O.C. wine as
well as many of the genuine products used in the preparation of the meals. The traditional Umbrian cuisine served here is a delight for any
gourmet, with authentic and natural flavors obtained from recipes handed down from the ages.”
Enjoy the wonderful views and panoramas. Taste the great wines of Umbria during relaxed wine tastings. Savor the unbelievable gourmet dinners. Spend quiet time reading or relaxing by one of two pools, play tennis or golf. Enjoy the Spa. It is your workshop so feel free to plug in or plug out.
GENUINE UMBRIAN CUISINE, GREAT UMBRIAN WINES
Participants will enjoy a buffet continental breakfast and incredible gourmet dinners each day at the villa. The cuisine throughout the workshop will be truly Umbrian. Everyone enjoys Filippo’s wine tasting where he pairs wonderful Umbrian wines with a four course dinner.
STUDY EXCURSIONS ARE DESIGNED TO INTERTWINE WITH THE FOUR MINI-PAINTING WORKSHOPS
Workshop participants have the unique opportunity to study and discuss Renaissance painting concepts and methods on site in Assisi, Florence, Panicale, Orvieto and Rome where many of these important works were created, and where many are still located, with a painter who can thoroughly discuss Renaissance painting from a painter’s perspective.
ARTISTS AND ART ENTHUSIASTS ALIKE WILL ENJOY THE EXCURSIONS
The 2011 painting workshop in Italy can be enjoyed by both painters and art/culture enthusiasts who come to learn more about the history, art, culture, cuisine and wines of Italy.
THREE NIGHTS AT OUR ELEGANT HOTEL IN THE HEART OF HISTORIC ROME WITHIN A STONES THROW OF THE PANTHEON
OUR HOTEL IN ROME
Participants will enjoy our wonderful Roman hotel situated in the heart of Old Rome on the Piazza Della Rotunda and the Pantheon for a three night stay. The location is ideal because we can walk from the hotel to many of Rome’s most important artistic and sites. The hotel is elegant and most rooms have a view to the Piazza della Rotunda and the Pantheon.
Participants always enjoy the roof top terrace bar. From here we can discuss the great art we have been seeing in Rome while enjoying a wonderful vista of the city.
ROME ART WALKS
Works by Michelangelo, Raphael, Caravaggio, Bernini, Borromini
After our check in, we will lead our participants on a walk of Old Rome, which is where our hotel is located. This is the Rome of the Pantheon, Piazza Navona with its beautiful fountains by Bernini. It is the Rome of the Renaissance and the Italian Baroque. We will search out the great paintings housed in intimate chapels and on the walls and ceilings in some of the most impressive Churches of Post Reformation Rome. We will visit the only Gothic church in Rome housing works by Filippino Lippi, Michelangelo and others.
We will begin our second day in Rome with a visit to the Vatican Museums with the Sistine Chapel and Saint Peters Basilica. Early afternoon we visit the newly restored Borghese Museum and Picture Gallery with its wonderful sculpture and painting collections.
On our third day in Rome we will tour Ancient Rome. We will visit the Farnese Gardens where participants can draw in the identical locations where Corot and other open-air painters of Rome painted.
Later in the afternoon, Bill will lead a walk through the Campo di Fiore, Piazza Farnese to Palazzo Spada where we can see the famous Borromini Corridor. We will then cross the Tiber River to Trastevere, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Rome.
After walking by the American Academy in Rome, Where Bill studied as a Fellow of the American Academy for two years; we will reach the neighborhood where we will celebrate our finale dinner. Bill has been coming to this restaurant since his Academy days in 1966-67. It is still run by the same family and is one of the finest restaurants in Rome. This is truly a Roman Restaurant and we will enjoy a wonderful Roman meal with choice wines from Italy. After dinner taxi cabs will return us our hotel. Perhaps a drink on the roof top terrace would be an appropriate way to end another wonderful day in Rome and our 2011 painting workshop.
Note: All materials to do Silverpoint drawing, pigments for fresco and egg tempera, supports for fresco and gessoed panels, for tempera will be supplied to each participant.
Bring your oil paints, watercolor paints and watercolor blocks We will supply mediums- oil, liquin etc) and solvent for oil painting. Canvas pads are excellent for travel. A complete list will be sent upon registration. Bring your French or portable easel.
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