Sessions at The Southern Atelier

Summer Schedule
June - August 2010

Please note that the below offerings reflect our Summer Schedule only.
The Fall/Winter schedule with additional Sessions, Open Sessions, Core Classes and dates will be available in August and will commence in September.

Open Studio Sessions

All artists are invited to enjoy the atelier’s studio, figure and portrait model all media open sessions. Some sessions will feature poses held for weeks at a time.
Open Studio Fee: $10

Costume/Portrait:
Tuesdays, All day portrait pose 9:30-12:30/1-4PM

Note: Both sessions will use the same model/pose for the week

Figure:
Thursdays, All day long pose 9:30-12:30/1-4PM

Session II
August/September Saturdays

Figure Painting Long Pose
Morning Instructed Class: 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM
Afternoon Instructed Class: 1 PM- 4 PM
8 ticket sessions (one month) $185

Class Sessions

Capturing the Essence
A Color Portrait Workshop with Dominic Avant
Every Monday in July 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
July 5, 12, 19, 26
Price $350. Model fee will be split among the students

This painting workshop will primarily focus on getting the correct proportions of the head with emphasis on building up values, planes, shapes, edges, and color to describe form and likeness in one session. Students will work on translating the values into color. The goal is to capture the subtleties in color temperature changes in the lights, darks, and halftones without creating chalky, sullied, or dirty looking paint colors. Paint application, working thick and thin, making a statement with brushwork, and allowing the surface to become part of the whole visual package will be discussed and demonstrated within this workshop.

The workshop will start in the morning with a demonstration by Dominic Avant, discussing his methodology and then continue with a long pose where he will go around and give students individual instruction while they paint for the rest of the day.
Dominic has won awards through Portrait society of America and OPA. His work is available for viewing at M Gallery of Fine Art.




Plein Air Painting in Oils
with Katie Dobson Cundiff
Five 6 Week Sessions Offered: $180.00 for each 6 week session.
Classes meet Mondays 9:30am - 12:30pm
You will be contaced prior to your first weeks with the location.

Week 1 - 6 all 2009) Oct 12,19,26 / Nov 2,9,16
Week 7 - 12 (winter 2010) Jan 18,25 / Feb 8,15,22
Week 13 - 18 (spring 201 0) Mar 1,8,15,22,29 / Apr 5
Week 19 - 24 (spring 2010) Apr 12,19,26 / May 3,10 17
Week 25 - 30 (summer 2010) May 24, 31 / Jun 7,14,21,28


Each class will begin with an explanation of the days lesson, and a brief demonstration may be given. The object of my classes is to getyou painting... although demonstrations are useful, I believe they should be kept to a minimum allowing students the maximum amount of time spent behind the easel. Individual attention will be given during each session, and group critics will be scheduled throughout the term.

Sessions will cover all aspects of painting with oils en plein air on location. Students will work on composition, planning and editing, design, color harmony, values, and edges. Painting demonstrations, individual attention, group critics, and open question discussions will be given. Subjects will vary from pure landscape, garden, architecture, coastal, and boats.




Still - Life Painting in Oil
with Susan Foster
Tuesdays and Wednesdays - Ongoing at The Southern Atelier
Morning session: 9:30am-12:30pm and/or Afternoon session: 1- 4pm
10 ticket sessions- $200


This oil painting class will equip an artist with the skills necessary to fulfill their artistic vision. In a progressive and comprehensive manner, Susan Foster will explain the nuances of her Painting technique in oil. Attention will be given to pictorial composition, accurate rendering of shapes, values and edges within the totality of the still-life arrangement. Susan will spend time with each individual as they progress toward greater understanding and expression in the genre of still-life Painting. This class is ideal for intermediate or advanced painters.
Note: Tickets non-refundable




Painting the Figure in Oil
with Hodges Soileau
Mondays - Ongoing at The Southern Atelier Starting in August!
Morning session: 9:30am-12:30pm and/or Afternoon session: 1- 4pm
8 ticket sessions $300
Model fee will be split amongst the students.


In this class, I will impart some of the principals that I use and consider most important, whether one is working in oils, or any medium that uses color. The principals of shape, value, edges, and color temperature will be the focus of this ongoing class. The importance of understanding the effect temperature of light has on color will be explained, stressed and demonstrated.
There will be ongoing demonstrations on how to begin a painting in different ways: One must remain open to the possibilities, depending on the situation. This may at times require a different approach.