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May 2019
Egg Tempera II with Koo Schadler
This comprehensive five-day workshop offers the opportunity for in-depth work in egg tempera: students will spend five full days working on a painting of their own design. Koo will help with the initial planning stages, provide on-going discussion and critiques, give painting demonstrations, and discuss the important design elements of old master painting.
Find out more »June 2019
Three-Day Metalpoint Drawing with Koo Schadler
The traditional technique of metalpoint (also known as silverpoint i.e. drawing with a piece of silver) is increasingly popular. This workshop offers students the opportunity to draw with a variety of metal tips including silver, brass, and copper. Koo will explain all aspects of the medium: types of surfaces to work on, how to tint a ground, adding highlights and colors to a drawing, and how to speed up the tarnishing process. Students will make for themselves several different drawing…
Find out more »Egg Tempera I with Koo Schadler
Old as the Egyptians and most famous during the Renaissance, egg tempera painting is becoming increasingly popular with artists today. Tempera has unsurpassed luminosity. Dozens of glazes and scumbles can be applied in a day, and yet the medium also allows for meticulous linear detailing. In this comprehensive five day workshop students will learn all aspects of the medium: egg tempera’s rich history, how to make genuine gesso panels starting from scratch, the characteristics of powdered pigments, how to mix…
Find out more »The Portrait in Egg Tempera with Koo Schadler
Egg tempera is renown for its luminosity, making it an ideal medium for rendering the human face. In this workshop you will learn every step of how to develop a portrait in egg tempera, with ongoing individual instruction and critiques from Koo. Koo explains the traditional Old Master palette used to develop flesh tones. She will also work on a painting of her own, so you can see firsthand how she develops her egg tempera portraits. The workshop includes a…
Find out more »Egg Tempera Workshop In Italy with Fred Wessel
Our workshop offers Artists and Art-lovers a unique opportunity to study egg tempera and/or watercolor technique, study great Italian art treasures, explore the charming culture of an Italian Hill Town while sampling magnificent Italian wines and cuisine! Your leaders, Fred Wessel, Professor Emeritus and Jeremiah Patterson, Associate Professor at the Hartford Art School have exhibited internationally. They have run workshops in Italy since 1986 and cultivated a vast knowledge and passion for Italian art, culture, cuisine and wines, which they…
Find out more »Alumni Week with Koo Schadler
This workshop, which has no introductory lessons, offers Koo Schadler alumni more time to focus on individual projects. Students can select from an extensive list of painting demonstrations given by Koo. Alumni customize the week to focus on what they most want to accomplish in their painting. Open to students who have taken any of Koo's workshops.
Find out more »July 2019
Egg Tempera Painting Techniques with Michael Bergt
Art from 8th Century BC to today will greet you in Rome! Home to some of the most remarkable architectural wonders in the world, decorated with marvels of the history of sculpture and painting, and home to some of the most famous examples of frescos ever. But don’t assume panel painters will be lacking inspiration! We will visit and discuss amazing collections in Palazzo Barberini, Villa Borghese and the Capitoline Museums, not to mention the Vatican Collection. In that rich…
Find out more »November 2019
Three-Day Metalpoint Workshop with Koo Schadler
The traditional technique of metalpoint (also known as silverpoint; i.e. drawing with a piece of silver) is increasingly popular. This workshop offers students the opportunity to draw with a variety of metal tips including silver, brass, and copper. Koo will explain all aspects of the medium: types of surfaces to work on, adding highlights and colors to a drawing, and how to speed up the oxidation process. Students will make for themselves several different drawing surfaces starting from scratch. Each…
Find out more »The Portrait in Egg Tempera with Koo Schadler
Egg tempera is renown for its luminosity, making it an ideal medium for rendering the human face. In this workshop you will learn every step of how to develop a portrait in egg tempera, with ongoing individual instruction and critiques from Koo. Koo explains the traditional Old Master palette used to develop flesh tones. She will also work on a painting of her own, so you can see firsthand how she develops her egg tempera portraits. The workshop includes a…
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