Cost:  $495.00 per camp session or $120 a day.

Registration: $45 per each session.

Skills: open to all

ART CAMPS & WORKSHOPS

Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden -Plein Air Landscape Painting 

BUILD YOUR PORTFOLIO THIS SUMMER!!! You will take home more than 10 drawings in less than 5 weeks! A fun way to have a productive summer!

Mastering PORTRAIT Painting – session one

Explore a different technique each meeting, from realistic to primitive to abstract, so come open to new ways of working.  Can’t draw? No problem, begin with simple sketch. Demo in every technique using versatile acrylics and watercolor but feel free to bring in and work in painting medium of your choice.  This class will provide 1-on-1 guidance and positive group critique, all in an encouraging atmosphere, are the signature style of the highly regarded arts instructor to museums, universities, and art centers world wide.  Consider signing up for the portrait drawing workshop or camp session immediately proceeding.

Discussion and Exploration of Cubist Form – session one

What is cubism?  When did this art movement and where did it originate from?  We will explore this technique by experiencing it through Diego Rivera’s portraits in the cubist form that we are going to view and discuss.

We also arranged a private studio for students to work in after viewing the exhibit where they will participate in group activities: such as painting each other’s portraits, life model drawing, still life and observational sketching gesture sketching.  This is a great camp for anyone to attend who appreciates beauty of form, and experimenting of variety of techniques to improve your personal style, and form.

PLEIN AIR FIELD DRAWING –session two

Investigate the genre as inspired by O’Keeffe, Benton, Van Gogh, Monet, Rousseau, Turner and more in acrylic, watercolor or pastel.  Learn about this exciting medium during this workshop/camp that will expand your current knowledge and skill.  This workshop is for the first time painter as well as students who would like to learn more.  Students will learn techniques to being out magnificent color and powerful movement through the use of watercolors.  The application of brushwork, color theory and perspective will be applied to students’ own drawings or graded washes.

Plein Air Landscape Painting –session two

Document the early summer skies, trees, landscape, water, wildlife and plant communities by sketching outdoors at the Sculpture Garden at Valley House Gallery. This relaxed workshop, in a beautiful setting, welcomes the complete beginner, returning participant, as well as the advanced studio artist curious about the beloved Plein air tradition. One-on-one encouraging instruction, individual guided critique, and positive-only end of day group review. (Participants then welcomed to continue working uninstructed until Arboretum close time). Demo in pigment-rich pastels for their depth of color and portability. But all mediums wet and dry are welcome. Focus is "process" over product...learning technique and capturing the essence of time, place and season.

MULTIMEDIA SKETCHBOOK EXPLORATION – available this summer

Learn to make a creative sketchbook based on you daily life, your travels or your imagination. In this workshop you will learn to fill your book with images, words and thoughts. This is a book you will treasure forever. Learn to use a variety of artistic mediums, everything from pencil, to pastels, from pen and ink to watercolors or acrylics. You will use collage and all mediums to personally express yourself and or to learn to describe what you see, so that you can document your life with great freedom. This will be great fun with great music playing while we learn. All levels welcome. Please bring a lunch.

SKETCHBOOK JOURNALING – session four

Learn to make a creative journal from your summer days and travels that you will treasure forever. Learn to use a variety of mediums, everything from pencil sketching to pastels and pen and ink to watercolors to personally express yourself and document your daily life or a special trip. This will be great fun with great music playing while we learn. Please bring a lunch.

Summer Art Workshops

$250 class fee + $40 supply fee!

$290 total

Student pays and just shows up…SOFIA ART ACADEMY provides everything else!  You’ll take home 5 complete and beautiful originals!

10:30am to 12:30pm

June 22-26

July 20-24

Aug – to be announced

MONDAY:  SOFIA’S SPECIAL

TUESDAY: COLLAGE and PHOTOGRAPHY

WEDNESDAY: WATERCOLOR

THURSDAY:  STILL LIFE (animals, flowers, your choice of object)

FRIDAY:  MIXED MEDIUM & PRINTMAKING

Class Descriptions and Art Techniques

Plein Air - denoting or in the manner of a 19th-century style of painting outdoors, or with a strong sense of the open air, that became a central feature of French Impressionism.

Landscape all the visible features of an area of countryside or land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.

Monotype technique single print taken from a design created in oil paint or printing ink on glass or metal.

Mono print – is a One-of-a-kind print conceived by the artist and printed by or under the artist's supervision.

Montage (Collage) - An artwork comprising of portions of various existing images such as from photographs or prints and arranged so that they join, overlap or blend to create a new image.

All levels and Ages are welcome

Paper, Brushes   Paint – watercolor, acrylic, Palette, Drawing pad

Drawing pencil (2B), Roll of paper towels, Kneaded eraser

Camera for photographing reference photographs

Two containers for water