August 23 - 24, 2008 - "making mud work for you"

Description: Muddy and chalky color mixtures have plagued everyone at one time or another in their painting career. this workshop will reveal why this is so and how, not only to avoid this condition, but to use it to your advantage. Through demonstration and practical application each participant will learn to see the MUDDY colors prevalent in the environment and then learn to mix (every time) the colors needed to create beautiful and appealing oil or watercolor paintings.

Instructor: Well-known Pinehurst artist Bob Way returns to Cape Fear Studios for "Making Mud Work for You." Highly respected for his portraits and landscapes, Bob has taught several well attended and highly praised workshops at the Studios.

For a suggested materials list, please click HERE.

Date: August 23-24, 2008

Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm with a break for lunch

Price: $115

If you would like to sign up for the workshop with Bob Way, please fill out the REGISTRATION FORM and email to capefearstudios@yahoo.com or call Cape Fear Studios. Full payment of $115 due in cash, check, or credit card at time of registration.

October 11 & 18, 2008 - drawing and painting in oil pastel

Description: This is an intensive two day workshop for those who like to draw and are interested in trying a new medium that is not only "beginner friendly," but non-toxic, economical, and portable. This class is beneficial both as an introduction to composition and color theory for beginners and as a "cross-training exercise" for those who work primarily in other media. The expected outcome of this workshop is to have each student successfully complete more than one painting of a subject of their choosing in the medium of oil pastel.

Demonstrations will focus on specific oil pastel techniques for landscape, still-life, and portraiture and will be followed by one-on-one instruction. There will also be group sharing and problem-solving sessions.

Topics to be covered include: composting and cropping an image without destroying the reference photograph; enlarging an image using the grid method; characteristics unique to the medium; surface choices and the appropriate preparation; layering and blending color in the medium; scratch drawing; handling and storing unframed work; and suggestions for framing. The depth of each subject presented will be determined by the needs of the participants.

Instructor: Well-known Pinehurst artist Joanne Gill Worth returns to Cape Fear Studios for this workshop. Highly respected for her realistic landscapes, Joanne has taught a previous well attended and highly praised workshop at the Studios.

For a suggested materials list, please click HERE.

Date: October 11 & 18, 2008

Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm with a break for lunch

Price: $100

If you would like to sign up for the workshop with Joanne Gill Worth, please fill out the REGISTRATION FORM and email to capefearstudios@yahoo.com or call Cape Fear Studios. Full payment of $100 due in cash, check, or credit card at time of registration.