"PLEIN AIR" - PAINTING AND DRAWING THE LANDSCAPE
July 28 - August 8, 2008
Sharon Yates
The diversity of the area's landscapes is the focus of this one, or two-week, program. Sites include the dramatic waterfalls and gorge of St. George and the intimate coves, rocky outcroppings, fascinating woods, and fishing establishments of Beaver Harbour and Deer Island, which contrast with the sandy red beaches, and rocks that characterize the shoreline of St. Andrews. Students spend mornings working as a group on directed painting assignments while afternoons are free for self-directed projects. The relation between drawing and painting will be emphasized. Daily, on-site, individual critiques are available along with several studio group critiques and slide lectures that will offer students a fuller perspective on landscape painting and increase skills related to artistic analysis. Some prior experience in drawing or painting would allow a student to take full advantage of this course.
Note: This course can be taken for one week (5 days – July 28-Aug 1) or two weeks (10 days – July 28-August 8)
Fees:
Five Day Course
$375 plus HST Member / $400 plus HST Non Member
Ten Day Course
$630 plus HST Member / $655 plus HST Non Member
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Sharon Yates
Sharon Yates splits her time between Lubec, Maine and Baltimore, Maryland. She has been on the faculty of the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore since 1968. She has been a visiting artist at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland; George Washington University, where she was a Smith Distinguished Visiting Artist; and the SACI program in Italy, among others. She is the director of MICA’s annual study abroad program to Canada, which she developed and implemented in 1989. Her paintings have been exhibited internationally and won her several honours including the Prix de Rome, and an Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant. Born in Rochester, New York, she received a BFA from Syracuse University and an MFA from Tulane University in New Orleans. This is Sharon's 21st year at Sunbury Shores.
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