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• Sunday Afternoon Life Drawing - No Instruction

  • When
    10/02/2022
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    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Art League Studios
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   The New Mexico Art League holds Sunday Life Drawing Sessions each week with either a clothed or nude model.

  We will begin with quick warm-up poses so artists can capture the figure in motion and move to extended poses during the 3 hour session. These drawing sessions are open to artists of all levels. Artists should bring their own materials and drawing surface. Easels and drawing benches are provided for your use. 

  These sessions do require advance registration. Sorry, no drop-ins. 

  
  

  Please check your calendar! Payment is not transferable or refundable.

  Please sign up early; each group is limited to 12 artists.

  Payment must be made at the time of registration in order to hold your place. Without payment your place will be cancelled.

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• Painting on Location in the Pecos at Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery with J. Waid Griffin (Friday - Sunday)

  • Start
    10/07/2022
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  • End
    10/09/2022
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    On location
  • Spaces left
    7

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  Perhaps you’ve learned the basics of painting and you are looking for new inspiration or maybe you have a newly discovered love of painting and you want to work toward making real progress with solid instruction. We invite you to join J. Waid Griffin for three amazing days of painting in the spectacular landscape surrounding Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery in Pecos, New Mexico. Waid will apply his vast knowledge of landscape painting and guide you through every step toward creating great paintings plein air. Students will receive personal instruction each day on the beautiful grounds of the Monastery with access to studio space for critique and additional painting time in the evening. The lessons will cover many aspects of the process of on location painting such as: how to SEE, how to analyze and depict the light source(s) and how to select your subject. The tuition includes all costs; your room and meals, so all you have to do is eat, sleep, and paint!

  
  

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• Sunday Afternoon Life Drawing - No Instruction

  • When
    10/09/2022
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Art League Studios
  • Spaces left
    12

  Register

   The New Mexico Art League holds Sunday Life Drawing Sessions each week with either a clothed or nude model.

  We will begin with quick warm-up poses so artists can capture the figure in motion and move to extended poses during the 3 hour session. These drawing sessions are open to artists of all levels. Artists should bring their own materials and drawing surface. Easels and drawing benches are provided for your use. 

  These sessions do require advance registration. Sorry, no drop-ins. 

  
  

  Please check your calendar! Payment is not transferable or refundable.

  Please sign up early; each group is limited to 12 artists.

  Payment must be made at the time of registration in order to hold your place. Without payment your place will be cancelled.

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• Sunday Afternoon Life Drawing - No Instruction

  • When
    10/16/2022
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Art League Studios
  • Spaces left
    12

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   The New Mexico Art League holds Sunday Life Drawing Sessions each week with either a clothed or nude model.

  We will begin with quick warm-up poses so artists can capture the figure in motion and move to extended poses during the 3 hour session. These drawing sessions are open to artists of all levels. Artists should bring their own materials and drawing surface. Easels and drawing benches are provided for your use. 

  These sessions do require advance registration. Sorry, no drop-ins. 

  
  

  Please check your calendar! Payment is not transferable or refundable.

  Please sign up early; each group is limited to 12 artists.

  Payment must be made at the time of registration in order to hold your place. Without payment your place will be cancelled.

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• MASTER ARTIST SERIES - Abstract Mixed Media Painting with Joan Fullerton (Thursday through Sunday)

  • Start
    10/27/2022
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  • End
    10/30/2022
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Art League Studios
  • Spaces left
    0

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  This workshop will be, above all else, fun! Join Joan and dive into the wonderful world of abstract art, learning how to suggest rather than delineate. You will learn how to work intuitively without even realizing it. Joan will show students how to start by using shapes, line, and color, all while incorporating the neutrals for which she is so famous. Joan will address how to be selective with all the options on the table and in the studio. You will explore new mediums and try new combinations, pairing down to the essential choices. Students should bring fresh ideas to splash onto the canvas! Everyone will thrive in the informative and relaxed atmosphere, It is Joan’s belief that people are open to learning and creativity when they are having fun.  Beginning students will find encouragement and confidence, while more advanced students will benefit from her insightful solutions to their creative challenges. Joan teaches in such a creative and playful way that you can count on coming away with some truly exceptional results! By the end of the workshop you will be a creative, free-thinking artist! Please sign up early, class size is limited.

  
  

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• Portrait Painting Essentials with Coulter Prehm (Wednesday through Saturday)

  • Start
    11/02/2022
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  • End
    11/05/2022
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Art League Studios
  • Spaces left
    8

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  Portrait painting from life is one of the most intimate disciplines in the visual arts; although it is also sometimes one of the most intimidating. Have you ever wondered what the secret is to capturing the likeness of your subject? Or maybe there are certain features of a portrait that you want to more proficiently create? In this four-day intensive course Colt will discuss the process of creating a portrait painting from observation while delving into how it is that the specific articulation of each feature culminates in a painting that depicts the likeness of the subject at hand. This course is an opportunity to learn about light, form, and the ins-and-outs of what leads to a successfully constructed portrait. Each student will spend the entire course going through the process of creating a single finished oil painting. Each morning Colt will demonstrate, break for lunch, then students will get each afternoon to work on their own piece, supplemented by one-on-one instruction.

  
  

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• MASTER ARTIST SERIES - Painting the Still Life in Oils - The Importance of Shape and Value with Louis Escobedo (Friday through Sunday)

  • Start
    11/11/2022
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  • End
    11/13/2022
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Art League Studios
  • Spaces left
    3

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  “Color is a person’s signature, a personal form of expression and another sense an artist can use to communicate! I intermingle abstract shapes and color to energize my subjects, which include landscapes, still life's, and figures.”     

  - L. Escobedo

  
  

  Join us for this rare opportunity to work with Oil Painters of America Master Signature Painter, Louis Escobedo. Known for his extraordinary use of color, his dramatic compositions and fresh brushstrokes, Louis will instruct students through lecture, demonstrations and lots of hands-on guidance. Special attention will be paid to what you, as a painter, are striving to learn from this workshop; Louis will help you get there. Students should provide their own still life items to work from as well as photographs and/or use of iPads. COVID vaccination is required. 

  
  

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