Workshop Purpose
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The goal of this workshop is to teach you both the strategic thinking and techniques that great master artists have utilized for centuries. J. D. Ingres said that drawing is the probity of painting. Whether you are interested in specifically creating portrait drawings or paintings, or you want to strengthen your work in general, you'll learn what it takes to create life-like illusionistic images and how to incorporate what you learn into your own personal approach and style.
Award winning classical realist oil portrait artist, Marvin Mattelson will be conducting this workshop for artists who long to elevate their artistic skills. He provides an opportunity for artists of all levels and styles to benefit from his thirty plus years of experience, both as a professional artist and as an instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
He believes that the way art is taught today limits all but the most precociously talented and clever from succeeding. If they draw or paint well, it's in spite of their methods, not because of them. Unfortunately, many artists with great potential are thwarted because they are not provided with the proper understanding and training.
Marvin has therefore created a refreshingly logical and clear strategy for all artists who want to improve.
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Workshop Specifics
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The better you draw, the better your paintings will be. The main focus of this workshop is learning practical strategies and techniques for capturing a likeness and conveying a strong sense of form.
The essence of draftsmanship is having a well-trained eye. The ability to faithfully represent what lies before you is the major contributing factor in achieving long-term success as a realistic artist.
When approached logically, mastery over your drawing is eminently learnable. Good drawing is a function of accurate and objective analysis. If you want to learn how to draw well, first you need to transform the way you see. Marvin will demonstrate and explain all aspects of his teaching, including time-tested methodologies for developing objective visual perception, and how to accurately analyze proportions.
Marvin's approach to drawing and painting is based on the idea that creating an illusionistic image requires far more than merely copying what lies before you. It requires the ability to understand and then purposefully modify what you see.
Marvin feels the most effective way of teaching is by demonstrating and explaining each and every step of his methodology. He will spend approximately one half of the workshop sessions demonstrating the following:
• How to achieve accurate drawing and values.
• How to create form and atmosphere.
• How to use edge variation to enhance reality.
Marvin will work one on one with each of his students during the class sessions when he's not demonstrating.
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Daily Class Schedule
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10:00 am -1:00 p.m....morning painting session/demo
1:00 p.m. -2:00 p.m....lunch
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.....afternoon painting session/demo
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Historical Precedence
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Marvin's approach to drawing is based on his 35+ years as a professional artist and teacher. His drawing methodologies are based on logical and intelligent observational analysis and are totally in sync with those utilized by 19th Century French Academics Charles Bargue, J.L. Gerome and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. These techniques are taught while drawing from the live model. Marvin believes that only by working from the life, and not plates in a book, can you learn to perceive and convey three dimensional structure.
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Workshop Fees & Registration
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Tuition $900.00
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