Grand Marais Art Colony

August
Majolica Tile: Explore the World
of Color
Karin Kraemer
August 18-19: 2 days
Tuition: $150 / Supply Fee: $12
This two-day tile class focuses on Majolica decorating,
found in historic and contemporary tile and pottery.
Tile design, history, color theory, and decorative techniques will be explored.
On the first day, participants will paint with in-glaze stains on raw glazed
majolica tile. The second day will focus on the technical aspects of tile making.
We’ll make green tiles decorated with colored slips. Students will go home with
finished majolica tiles and technical advice about working with clay and recipes.
The Art of Personal Writing
Peter Blau
August 18-19: 2 days
Tuition: $150 / Supply Fee: $6
This class is designed to spark your creative juices and awaken the writer in you.
It is open to all including beginning writers and those who want to begin again.
You will be encouraged to explore and expand your writing voice, style, and
purpose as you examine and discuss the writing process in a variety of forms:
memoir, fiction, poetry, journaling and letter writing. All you need is a journal,
your favorite pen and your imagination.
North Shore Pebble Mosaic
Laura Stone
August 18-19: 2 days
Tuition: $190 / Supply Fee: $28
In this class, students will collect colorful pebbles to
create one to three mosaic pavers, perfect for the yard or
garden. Students will learn about color sorting, selection
and application to create vibrant patterns. The drymortar
method will be used which allows you to see the
image as you build. Discussion about ancient and contemporary mosaic methods
will be included and an extensive library will be available for study. Mosaics can
be picked up the following day.
Sumi-e: Painting from the Heart
Susan Frame
August 20-24: 5 days
Tuition: $475
This workshop is designed to have fun with ink,
watercolor, and rice paper while studying with one
of America’s leading Sumi-e painters. Class will
cover traditional and contemporary Sumi-e (Asian ink painting) techniques and
composition of landscape painting. Emphasis is on “fearless painting from the
heart” (try new things) while interpreting the spirit and essence of Lake Superior
and the surrounding woods, rocks, and waters. Some location sketching/painting
(weather permitting), lots of demonstrations, individual painting time and
encouragement will structure the class.
Rules of Perspective
Tom Westbrook
August 25-26: 2 days
Tuition: $150 / Supply Fee: $14
A major part of the Renaissance was the understanding of measurable spatial
relationships and the development of constructed perspective. In this class, we
will learn how to establish a believable one- or two-point perspective, measure
depth, orient the viewer and scale objects. Both observed and constructed
perspective will be covered.
Ceramic Teapots
JD Jorgenson
August 25-26: 2 days
Tuition: $150 / Supply Fee: $20
In this two-day class, students will learn to make
and assemble clay teapots. Design, throwing, surface
treatments, attaching lids, spouts and handles will be
covered. Students will also learn about other materials that can be incorporated
into a teapot design including rattan and jute. Students will practice each step of
the process and leave with enough experience and information to make their own
teapot. Previous clay experience is required.
Create Soft Pastel Sticks
Laurie Toth
August 25-26: 2 days
Tuition: $150 / Supply Fee: $75
Ever reach into your box of pastels
and not find the exact color you
want? In this class, students will learn how to make their own soft pastel sticks
-light lights, dark darks, or subtle grays and browns. With a few tricks and some
elbow grease, you could increase your range by 100 or more colors and gain a
greater understanding of color and this wonderful medium. This class is suited for
beginners to professionals who are excited about expanding their pastel set.
Figurative Sculpture
Judd Nelson
August 25-26: 2 days
Tuition: $150 / Supply Fee: $28
Bring the human form to life by welding, cutting,
forging and hammering plate steel into a 16” figure
sculpture. This class will emphasize two techniques –
metal-working with forged and hammered steel and
eight head high, a Middle Ages technique to achieve
proper figure proportions. Finally, students will make
an armature and forge it into a gesture before wrapping
the figure in wire to give it mass.
Personal Art Critique & Discussion
Mary Pettis
August 27: 5-8pm
Art Colony Member Tuition: $20
Non-member Tuition: $30
In this special, informal class, instructor Mary Pettis
will help you obtain a clear vision of your artistic
goals and offer technical and practical suggestions to help you get there faster.
Bring up to five paintings for a personal critique and discussion.
Creative Breakthrough: Bring the
Art Spirit into Your Work
Mary Pettis
August 28-31: 4 days
Tuition: $395
Through exercises, lectures, discussions and
demonstrations, students will learn the path to
finding their inner creative spirit. Each day we will paint - not to turn out finished
pieces, but to get a sense of the exercises that will make stronger, more powerful
paintings in each of six considerations: Line, Shape, Values, Color, Edges and
Texture. Improve your work at an astonishing rate by understanding what makes a
Master Painting: having something to say, and knowing how to say it.
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