After my workshop with Patti I stayed on at the Greenville Arms for the next workshop. Howard Rose is an extraordinary landscape and still life artist. I particularly like his seascapes and beach and dune paintings. He lives and works in Long Island, NY, and about six of his students from his regular classes came to the workshop. One in particular, Joan Stevens, is quite talented and assisted him when necessary. It was a pretty large class, so it was nice having an assistant making the rounds as well.
Howard went above and beyond the regular class time of 9-4. He would begin critiques of everyone's work at 4:30. We barely got done in time for dinner! He did a presentation after dinner every night. The first night he highlighted all the various things we need to ask ourselves when critiquing or troubleshooting our work. The second night's presentation was about all of his favorite contemporary artists. The third night he taught us about all the various phone apps he uses to manipulate his photos. On the last night, Joan treated us to the film "Loving Vincent"!
The first day of the workshop Howard did a short plein air demonstration on how to start a painting. He identifies the major shapes and is insistent on making sure the drawing is correct before moving on. Next he fills in the big shapes with an average color in the right value for each shape. Half the class painted plein air in the morning, but all of us ended up in the studio by the afternoon, taking shelter from the oppressive heat and humidity. And then the thunderstorms came. I didn't finish this one yet. Still a work in progress
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| "The Shed", Oil on Panel, 6"x 8", Work in Progress |
The next morning we went on a field trip to Coxsackie, NY., a little picturesque town on the Hudson River. There we took iPhone and iPad photos while Howard pointed out subjects and compositions that most people might overlook. That afternoon we went back and painted from our photos. As picturesque as the town was I really liked the photo I snapped of the truck bearing down on me. I didn't finish this one either.
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| "Dump Truck", Oil on Panel, 6"x 8", work in Progress |
The last morning Howard did a demo painting of dunes. He had a large photo album filled with small photos of seascapes and dunes. I was inspired to do one myself. At least this one is finished!
This was one of the best workshops I ever had! Howard was able to pinpoint exactly what needed to be done at each stage of my painting. He is also a lot of fun and a really nice guy. I would post a link to his website but it is currently unavailable. Joan Stevens can be found
here. Lately she has been working on black canvas with wonderful results
This was one of the best workshops I ever had! Howard was able to pinpoint exactly what needed to be done at each stage of my painting. He is also a lot of fun and a really nice guy. I would post a link to his website but it is currently unavailable. Joan Stevens can be found here. Lately she has been working on black canvas with wonderful results
Howard went above and beyond the regular class time of 9-4. He would begin critiques of everyone's work at 4:30. We barely got done in time for dinner! He did a presentation after dinner every night. The first night he highlighted all the various things we need to ask ourselves when critiquing or troubleshooting our work. The second night's presentation was about all of his favorite contemporary artists. The third night he taught us about all the various phone apps he uses to manipulate his photos. On the last night, Joan treated us to the film "Loving Vincent"!
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