Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio

SARAH SEDWICK (click here to go to her website) Loose Realism: Painting the Still Life in Oils ​ April 21 - 23 $575 Skill level: all levels ​ Paint looser and more confidently during this three-day workshop with Oregon artist Sarah Sedwick! Take a step-by-step approach to alla prima oil painting, from black-and-white studies to brilliant color. Build a beautiful composition with life and movement, and get a new perspective on the still life. Instead of struggling with overworking your paintings, practice…

Henry Yan (click here to visit his web site) ​ Figure and portrait drawing with charcoals ​ June 9 - 11 Tuition: $650 Skill level: all levels ​ COURSE DESCRIPTION ​ The workshop will be focusing on drawing figure and portrait from live models, in order to improve participants’ skills in handling accurate proportions, human anatomy, rendering dark and light tones for three dimensional images etc. ​ Basic and advanced drawing skills will be demonstrated and practiced in long and short…

Teresa Oaxaca (click here to visit her website) Oil Painting Portraiture - Painting from The Live Model June 22 - 25 $750 Skill level: all levels ​ In this workshop Teresa will demonstrate and teach her approach to painting the humanist portrait in oils. We will be painting the live model in costume and surrounded by still life and florals. Teresa’s approach utilizes classical methods of the Baroque and nineteenth century blended with a modern understanding of color, brushwork and aesthetics.…

MAX GINSBURG (click here to go to his website ) Painting from Life ​ July 13 - 16 $750 (plus model fee) Skill level: intermediate to advanced ​ ​ In this workshop students will paint from a live model, alla prima (direct painting).  In an effort to express and reflect the character of the model, students will paint realistically, carefully observing form, and be inspired by the Old Masters. Max will give painting demonstrations and critique every student's work, daily.  Painting methodology will…

​ JIM LAMB (click here to go to his website) LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONS ​ July 22 & 23 Fee: $350 For artists at all levels Day 1 ​ DEVELOPING COLOR HARMONY WITH A LIMITED PALETTE I will spend the first hour demonstrating techniques for consistently and confidently mixing harmonious colors using a very limited palette.  This class will illustrate how many fantastic color combinations are possible without having to invest in 20 tubes of various expensive paint colors. After the demonstration, students will…

DOMINIQUE MEDICI (click here to go to her web site) Portrait Painting Intensive ​ Date: August 4 - 6 Tuition fee: $675  lunches) skill levels: all levels Maximum number of students: 6 ​ ​ What makes great portraits so captivating? Great drawing and composition are important but the subtle relationships between hue, value, chroma and temperature are what really make a portrait glow. In this 2 day intensive we will investigate some of the skills and techniques that will make your portraits luminous…

Register Now FRED WESSEL (click here to go to his web site) Egg Tempera Painting ​ August 15 - 19 $875 Skill level: all levels ​ This workshop will teach the technique of egg tempera painting as it was practiced in 14th and 15th Century Italy  and was documented by Cennino Cennini in his book, Il Libro dell'Arte.  Since we will  have participants who have never painted a stroke in the tempera medium as well as some who are masters of this medium,…

ZHAOMING WU (click here to go to his web site) Painting the Draped Figure ​ August 26 - 29 $825 Skill level: intermediate to advanced ​ In this 4-day workshop, Zhaoming will teach a traditional “painterly” technique of oil painting.  It will be applied to figure painting in an “alla prima” approach.  Emphasis will be placed on composition, color and understanding light on form.  It will include the process of producing appropriate values and edges to create mood and atmosphere. Students will be…

JUDI BETTS (click here to go to her web site) Watercolor Painting ... A Quest Toward Xtradordinary ​ September 22 - 25 $625 (incl. materials) Skill level: all levels ​ Judi Betts, AWS is an internationally recognized painter, instructor, and author, whose paintings continue to win major awards and acclaim. Creating watercolors that ‘sparkle’ is her trademark. Judi is author of Watercolor … Let’s Think About It! (5th printing) and Painting … a Quest Toward XTRAORD!NARY. In this workshop, you will explore traditional…

ELIZABETH ZANZINGER (click here to go to her web site) Portrait Painting Deconstructed October 6 - 9 Tuition: $750 ​ Alla prima portrait painting from life is a tough challenge for any level of artist! It is a practice that refines and hones your skills under a seriously time crunch. ​ In this workshop, Elizabeth will break down a series of practical objectives to focus on when working in alla prima from life.  Through the special challenge of alla prima portraiture, your approach…