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Descriptions
Egg Tempera Painting
A comprehensive 5 day workshop covering all aspects
of egg tempera painting,
taught by Koo Schadler. It is open to all levels of painters,
from beginner to advanced.
 Day 1: The instructor will present a history
of the medium, followed by a detailed description of materials
and a painting demonstration. After lunch students will
work directly with egg tempera paint. Koo will provide each
student with a panel and a series of exercises designed
to introduce them to various methods of working with egg
tempera.
Day 2: Traditional gesso, made from rabbit
skin glue and chalk, was used by virtually all painters
prior to the advent of acrylic gesso. On the morning of
day two students will learn how to make homemade gesso starting
from scratch, with each student creating a panel of their
own. Students will also learn about other supports and grounds
for egg tempera. In the afternoon students will continue
to experiment directly with tempera paint.
 Days
3-5: Students will design a painting,
learn how to transfer their drawing to a panel, and then
execute the piece in tempera for three full days of painting.
Throughout, students will receive individual instruction
and critiques. Additionally, Koo will give several painting
demonstrations, and discuss some of the design principles
of Renaissance painting.
Day 5: The
final day will conclude with an explanation of the various
ways to finish an egg tempera painting, including how
to work with oil over tempera. Sources for tempera supplies
and recommended readings will be discussed.
Demonstrations presented in this workshop include: gesso
panel making * painting portraits in egg tempera * rocks
* decorative patterns * oil over tempera * tile floors *
skies * lettering * powdered pigments * and more
Egg Tempera II
 A
workshop that covers in-depth work in egg tempera painting,
taught by Koo Schadler. It is open to all levels of painters,
from beginner to advanced.
This course offers the opportunity for in-depth work in egg
tempera: students will spend five full days working on a painting
of their own design. Koo will provide on-going discussion
and critiques; give painting demonstrations; and discuss the
important elements of old master painting.
The Still Life in Egg Tempera
With
its ability to render fine detail, create different textures,
and build up countless layers of glazes and scumbles, egg
tempera is beautifully suited for still life. In this five
day workshop you learn how to create a luminous egg tempera
still life painting from start to finish. You begin with
the set-up: how to design a still life taking into consideration
the essential visual elements of values, light, warm and
cool, shapes, textures, and edges. While developing your
piece, Koo will work on a painting of her own, so you can
see firsthand how she develops an egg tempera still life.
In addition to painting demonstrations Koo provides ongoing
individual instruction and critiques. You may work from either
life, your own photographs, or from photos of still lifes
provided by Koo. Open to all levels of painters, from beginner
to advanced. A demonstration on the essentials of working
in egg tempera will be provided for beginning students.
The Portrait in Egg Tempera
Egg tempera is renown for its luminosity, making it an
ideal medium for rendering the human face. This portrait
workshop begins with a photography session. You will learn
how to light and pose a model, to create visually strong
photographs that already look like beautifully designed paintings.
You spend the remainder of the week developing a portrait
in egg tempera, with ongoing individual instruction and critiques
from Koo. Koo also will work on a painting of her own, so
you can see firsthand how she develops an egg tempera portrait.
You may work from your own photographs, from photos supplied
by Koo, or from a copy of an Old Master egg tempera portrait.
Open to all levels of painters, from beginner to advanced.
A demonstration on the essentials of working in egg tempera
will be provided for beginning students.
Old Master Painting Design Workshop
A workshop on the design principles of old master painting
taught by Koo Schadler. It is open to all levels of painters,
art historians, and anyone who have ever wondered about the
differences between modern and old master painting.
Does the “secret of the old masters” lie in the
materials they used, or in their methods? Not necessarily
in either. The design principles that underlie their paintings
are one of the real secrets to their mastery.
Just as words are the media of writers and notes are the
media of musicians, the visual is the media of painters. There
are two important skills a painter must have. The first is
technique, the procedure with which one applies paint. The
second is design, how one conceives of and organizes the visual
elements. Of the two, design is generally more difficult to
do well – and most important.
The old masters were masters of design. Despite their preference
for realistic subject matter, their paintings are full of
abstract visual principles. In this workshop, through study
and discussion of paintings old and new, students will learn
to recognize the visual elements that are essential to beautiful
painting. Practical experience is gained through a score of
hands-on exercises. Students also may bring work of their
own for discussion and critique.
Visual elements and principles to be studied include:
Light * Shadow * Values * Volume
Color * Chroma * Key * Temperature
Positive Shapes * Negative Shapes
Massing * Edges * Line * Paint Characteristics
Imagery * Content
Comments from Past Workshop Participants
"It has been less than a month since your excellent
introduction to egg tempera painting, and I want to thank
you for the best workshop I’ve ever taken. I really
appreciated your individualized approach to instruction.
I learned more about painting in that one week than in all
of art school."
"I want to thank you again for everything. I thoroughly
enjoyed the course and your patience. I also appreciated
the time you took to critique my work."
"Not to sound melodramatic, but your workshop has
totally blown me away... thank you again for a truly wonderful
week."
"The class was one of the most memorable and fantastic
weeks of my life! I only wish I could have learned this
stuff years ago. Thanks again for being so generous with
your knowledge."
"Thank you soooo much for the fantastic workshop.
I am very inspired and... have a feeling that the week
I spent [in your workshop] will be a pivotal one. I am
treasuring the whole experience."
"I really enjoyed this workshop and can’t wait
to take my new knowledge into the studio. You’ve given
me so much inspiration, both technically and artistically.
Many, many thanks."
"Your class far exceeded my hopes and expectations
(which were pretty high to begin with!). You gave me the
technical information I needed."
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