Examining Velázquez – A Painting Expedition starts September 20th runs through the middle of December.

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Shortly after 1500, Titian in Venice began to produce paintings in which women were depicted in a new light. Inspired by contemporary love poetry and literature, Titian and his contemporaries – including Palma Vecchio, Lorenzo Lotto, Paris Bordone, Jacopo Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese – began to...

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I am proud to present the next online oil painting course:
“Examining Velázquez - A Painting Expedition”

Starts September 20th and runs through December 17th, 2021.

The plan is to examine the grounds, pigments, compositional decisions, and process of Velázquez while engaging in three principle activities:

- Make a copy of a detail from one of his ‘Bodegones’ (still-life/street scenes)
- Make a copy of a detail from one of his later Portraits
- Use the lessons learned in making these copies to make an original still-life or portrait

There will be two sections of the course: one in the evening—for the night owls in Europe and participants in North America—and one in the morning—for early birds in Europe and participants in Australia and the Eastern hemisphere.

For details, including cost and the schedules for the evening and moring sections, please visit the following website:
https://courses2.artstudiorome.com/

Space is limited to 10 per section.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

I hope to see you in studio!

Tim

Group Courses and Private Lessons in Oil Painting and Drawing for beginner, intermediate and advanced painters: Painting the Portrait, Advanced Painting, Drawing the Still-Life, Figure Drawing. Workshops and Retreats also available. Learn More!

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The program for this Fall––courses online and in-person––will be announced soon! Stay tuned.

In the meantime, here's a nice video on the restoration of Titian's 'Rape of Europa'...

In preparation for the exhibition Titian: Women, Myth & Power, Gardner Museum conservators, led by Gianfranco Pocobene, Chief Paintings and Research Conserva...

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Velazquez, like every great artist, tempered his method with doses of instinct. —From Jonathan Brown and Carmen Garrido's "Technique of Genius", Yale University Press, 1998.

https://www.americanartistinrome.com/plog/2021/08/04/book-note-of-the-day-the-importance-of-instinct/

Velazquez, like every great artist, tempered his method with doses of instinct. —From Jonathan Brown and Carmen Garrido’s “Technique of Genius”, Yale University Press, 1998.

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The paintings of the Old Masters inspired Michael Harding to begin making his own oil colours. Free from fillers, extenders, and driers, they are renowned by...

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The online oil painting course "Painting the Still-Life: Glass, Wine and Gold, Part II" is now available! While Part I was limited exclusively to the creation of the underpainting with a limited palette, Part II explores the development of local color, light, temperature and textures over the underpainting with an emphasis on scumbles and glazes.

The video below shows a time-lapse of the entire process. Each change in the image is the result of complete lesson. If you are interested in taking this pre-recorded course, please visit the following link:
https://padasor.artstudiorome.com

If you are interested in participating in a live online course via Zoom, follow this page or subscribe to our mailing list:
https://padasor.artstudiorome.com/contact/

And if you know someone who might be interested, please help spread the word! Many thanks.

I hope to see you in studio!

Tim