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BRAVURA ACADEMY & SOCIETY SEPTEMBER 2008
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OTHER GREAT PAINTOUTS-USA
www.OilPaintersOfAmerica.comAlabama, Huntsville - Oct 4Alberta, Canada- Edmonton - Sept 7Alberta - Canada - Sept 20Arizona- Jerome - Oct 18California-Lake County - Oct 11California - Coast Newport - Oct 4/5 California-Palo Alto - Sept 20California - Morro Bay - Sept 27California - Petaluma - Sept 20 California, San Jose - Aug 17Colorado- Estes Park - Sept 20Illinois - Geneva - Sept 27Kansas - Medicine Lodge - Oct 25 Kentuckey - Corbin - Oct 25Louisiana- Baton Rouge - Nov 1Maine - East Boothbay - Sept 10 Mississippi - Pontotoc - Oct 18 Missouri- Hermann - Aug 29 - Sept 1Missouri- Camdenton - Sep 6 North Carolina- Asheville - Oct 19North Carolina - Pinehurst - Oct 4South Carolina - Ravenel - Oct 4/5Texas - Fredericksburg - Nov 15 Texas - Washington - Oct 25 Wisconsin - Viroqua - Oct 4
BRAVURA! by Micaiah Hardison
Sept. 6th: Bravura Hosts OPA’s Great Paint Out in Southern California
Come paint with us at Leo Carillo Ranch, a 27-acre old California style ranch and historic park. The Ranch was built in the 1930’s to imitate much earlier times, and therefore seems much older. Old Spanish style buildings, native plants, farm tools, trees and resident peacocks are all great painting subjects. www.carrillo-ranch.orgWhen: Saturday, September 6th9:00am - 1:00pmWhere: Leo Carillo Ranch
6200 Flying Leo Carillo Lane, Carlsbad, CA 92009 More Info: There are tables & areas for a picnic lunch, there are shady and sunny areas, restrooms and ample parking available. There is plenty of room to wander and lots of photo opportunities. Admission is free. Bring food and keep painting in the afternoon or arrange to meet for lunch afterwards.Contact: Micaiah 760.707.8263 [email protected]
NEXT WEEK - EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO A SECLUDED RESERVE
This is a rare opportunity to access the 134-acre secluded reserve, not yet open to the public. Come paint Buena Vista Creek Ecological Reserve, historic Marron Adobe, heritage trees, and the nearby El Salto waterfall. Access is limited and is on undeveloped trails. Drinking water and Porta-potty will be available. The artistic Adobe is wheel-chair accessible.When: Saturday, September 13th 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: meet at the Historic Marron Adobe at the west end of Haymar Drive in Carlsbad. From Hwy 78 take College Exit, head south on College. Turn right on Plaza/Haymar Drive heading West.Contact: Micaiah 760.707.8263 [email protected]
RSVP by Mon., Sept. 8th to reserve your private access.
Sponsored By:www.PreserveCalavera.org
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2009 BRAVURA WORKSHOPS: SPAIN
Scott Christensen June 14-20th 2009
Workshop Description:
Christensen has introduced a new approach to teaching painting -- this workshop is not for everybody. It is designed for the painter who has made a serious commitment to artistic growth and is willing to engage in an intensive study of the fundamentals of outdoor painting. This workshop is structured to cover a lot of territory in a concentrated period of time.
The goal with this intensive workshop is to create an accelerated/highly structured learning environment that will help you achieve breakthroughs that have the potential to change the quality of your work.
This workshop will include classroom lectures, demonstrations, painting sessions, field study, study of deceased master works, Q&A sessions and critiques.
More about the instructor: www.ChristensenStudio.com
Jeffrrey R. Watts: June 21-27th 2009
Workshop Description:
If you have ever dreamed of painting figures in the wonderful tradition of Sorolla this is the workshop for you!
The emphasis will be on painting the figure and portrait outdoors in the Spanish landscape. We will stage Spanish themed models as we work on harmonizing color, vignettes and creating exciting, spontaneous paintings in the tradition of Sorolla, Zorn and Sargent.
This is a great workshop for all levels. Oil painting will be emphasized, however gouache painting for newer students will be addressed asan option.
more about the instructor: www.JeffreyRWatts.com
Jeffrrey R. Watts
Register Online at www.BravuraAcademy.comContact Micaiah Hardison [email protected]: +1-760-688-0582 or toll free from USA 1-877-BRAV-ARTP.O.Box 601 Cardiff CA 92007 USA
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Calender:September 7th-October 16thSOCALPAPA Paints the Peninsula www.socalpapa.com
September 12th-October 11th
OPA Eastern Regional Exhibition, Richland Fine Art, Nashville, Tennessee
September 29th
Deadline for submissions for Plein Air Painters of Hawaii Third Annual Juried Members Show.www.pleinairpainterso%awaii.com
October 17th-November 15th
OPA Western Regional Juried Exhibition, Devin Galleries, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
October 18th-19th
LPAPA: 10th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational. www.lpapa.org
November 9th-15th
Daniel Greene Workshop Retreat at Bravura Academy in Spain.www.BravuraAcademy.com
June 14-20th 2009
Scott Christensen Workshop Retreat at Bravura Academy in Spain.www.BravuraAcademy.com
June 21st -27th
Jeffrey R. Watts Workshop Retreat at Bravura Academy in Spain.www.BravuraAcademy.com
GUEST SUBMISSION: LIQUINThere are two important considerations to keep in mind when using Liquin products; first, they accelerate the drying rate of oil paint films and second, they increase the oil paint films’ flexibility.
It is important that the upper layers should not be less flexible than those beneath them. The inflexibility of oil films is something that needs to be considered for their long-term stability, as they will become increasing inflexible with age. This is generally what the fat over lean principle in oil painting addresses.
Small additions of Liquin will accelerate the drying rates of the paint film. However, the rule of thumb for adding liquin to oil color is no more than 1/3 liquin to 2/3 color. A technique to avoid would be mixing different proportions throughout a painting. For example, adding 30 percent in one layer, none in the next,
15 percent after that, and then 5 percent, in the next layer.
Because it is best for the long-term structural stability of paint films that they share a common oxidation process, we recommend that only one medium be used throughout the building up of painting films. Different oils and mediums dry at different rates depending on their individual properties. For instance Stand Linseed Oil dries by the slow steady intake of oxygen. Its oxidation is very different from the Liquin mediums that draw oxygen into their films in short bursts. Because of the extreme differences in the oxidation processes of Liquin and Stand Linseed Oil we do not recommend adjusting the drying time of Liquin by the addition of Stand Linseed Oil. Liquin is however compatible with Refined Linseed Oil and other oils used as vehicles in artists oil paints because of their similar oxidation processes.
June 14-20th 2009: Scott Christensen Workshop Retreat: SPAIN
Call: +1-760-688-0582 or toll free from USA 1-877-BRAV-ARTP.O.Box 601 Cardiff CA 92007 USA
