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May
23-27, 2011
Brush Stroke Boot Camp
with
Lisa Birke
SFCA
This
intensive five day course takes the very best of the popular Brush
Stroke Boot Camp Courses developed by Lisa for the Emily Carr University
Continuing Studies Program and taught at schools around the West Coast
and applies it to the natural surroundings on Quadra Island.
We
will look at colour theory, technique, brush stroke and
basics of composition and learn how to put them all together to
make a successful painting.
This workshop is suitable for those new to painting as well as advanced
painters wishing to refine their skills.
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Class size is very
small, so register early
Price:
$595 CAD
includes 5 days instruction, delicious lunches, unlimited studio time
We
have some easels, tables, paper towels, plastic containers, etc you are
welcome to use. We like to go out together for dinner one night
as a group.
Lisa Birke is a Vancouver artist working primarily in
painting, installation and performance art. Since graduating from Emily
Carr Institute (BFA 1999), Lisa has had public and commercial solo
exhibitions in Canada, the US, and the Netherlands. Using black humour
as a backdrop, her work is an eclectic mix of mass media, pop culture
and kitsch imagery. It references art history and makes observations
about consumerism, human impact on the environment, biological
manipulation, social stereotyping, and how technology is changing
identity and meaning in the contemporary world. Lisa has been an arts
educator for ten years and has given numerous lectures on her work,
travels and creative process.
"My work explores the world as seen through a mass media looking
glass. I attempt to make sense of contemporary issues and technologies
by rearranging and reflecting our kitsch and cultural signifiers back at
us in satirical and oddly arranged conglomerations. My paintings merge
traditional techniques and subjects with cartoon and abstract imagery in
painted trompe l'oeil collage tableaus. I am interested in how humanity
has evolved and where we are headed, tackling big issues in seemingly
trite manifestations but affecting contemplation through subconscious
and psychological undertones; like image-conscious advertisement gone
horribly awry."
Materials List
Course Outline
Day One:
Colour: -The power of opposites:
brightness, complements, intensity, temperature and discord
-Taking the mystery out
of colour theory through an intensive colour mixing circuit
-See colour palettes used
by artists throughout art history and understand why they work
Day Two:
Technique—Sky, clouds and atmosphere:
-Alla prima, blending, dry-brushing and scumbling
-Creating atmosphere through paint
-Loading the brush: creating energy and movement through
the brushstroke
-Underpainting: the whys and hows
Day Three:
Technique—Water and translucency, form and mass:
-Glazing techniques
-Watermarking and staining
-Layering, depth and light
-Repetitive, thick and layered brush work
Day Four:
Basics of Composition and the Picture Plane: -Visual weight and
placement
-Space, perspective and
the picture plane
-Approaches, process and
style
-Visual movement and
combining/layering technique
Day Five:
Putting it all together: -Plein Air painting
-Final Critique/Discussion
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