Great Gatsby Impressionist Workshop

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Sutton Studios & Gallery, San Francisco

Intermediate to Advanced

LIMITED TO SIX STUDENTS ONLY

Photographs from earlier Gatsby Impressionist Workshops

Sutton Studios & Gallery: Map and Directions
Visitor Information: Where to Stay, Eat, and Visit

Testimonials

"Summer Afternoon" by Jeremy Sutton

(based on the Gatsby Summer Afternoon)

An Impressionist Experience Like None Other!

Become a Gatsby Impressionist! Using photographs you take at the Gatsby Summer Afternoon, a magnificent 1920s/30s themed event organized by the Art Deco Society of Northern California that takes place at the Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate in Oakland, California, you will learn impressionist painting techniques, on and off the computer. Learn to paint the atmosphere, light, movement, mood, people and music of an unparalelled visual feast. The workshop includes an elegant and delicious luncheon at the Gatsby Summer Afternoon event followed by four days of instruction.

At the Gatsby Summer Afternoon everywhere you turn looks like an impressionist painting. Besides the joy of capturing incredible images, you will also be able to enjoy dancing to the Don Neeley's Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, seeing the Deco Belles dance troupe perform and viewing vintage automobiles. This workshop will be the perfect opportunity to bring your spouse or significant other along for a fantastic week in San Francisco at the best time of year to be there, during the heart of the Indian Summer.

At the end of the workshop you will take home an impressionist style pochade etude, a study painting, on canvas and enough wonderful images and memories to keep you busy painting for many years to come!

Great Gatsby Impressionist Workshop 2008

The 2007 Gatsby Impressionists

Cheers!

The spread!

The class size is limited to six, small enough to ensure that every student recieves personal one-on-one attention and assistance. Book early to ensure yourself a place in the workshop.

What You'll Learn

Introduction to the history and techniques of the Impressionist painters
How to translate the approach of the French Impressionists such as Monet and Renoir, into techniques you can apply using a Wacom tablet, Corel Painter 12 software and acrylic paints
Techniques for capturing and depicting impressionist scenes
Observation and depiction of light, atmosphere and space
Color choice and color mixing strategies and techniques
Corel Painter impressionist brush combinations
Brushwork techniques, digital and non-digital
Palette knife and brush techniques, including glazing and scumbling, with acrylic paint on your digital print

The Syllabus

Image Capture Gatsby Summer Afternoon
Attend and immerse yourself in the impressionist experience of the Gatsby Summer Afternoon. This is a full day devoted to on-location photography at this once a year event in the grounds of a historic home in Oakland.
Setting the Stage Optmizing Your Tools & Mastering The Brushes
Customizing and programming the Wacom tablet and optimizing Painter 12; installing Painter extras; organizational systems that free you up to be creative; and understanding, controlling, customizing and applying brushes.
Impressionist Painting Primer Art School Exercises
Learn, apply and practice traditional drawing and painting principles.
Effective Impressionist Workflow Freedom, Flow & Finesse
A complete workflow for creating painterly impressionist style paintings from your Gatsby photos.
Contrast & Variation Color, Tone & Texture
Techniques and exercises for expanding your variety of marks, enriching your range of color and tone, and applying texture.
Edges & Post-Print Painting Going Beyond the Digital
Eliminate harsh computer edges. Experience adding acrylic paint media onto your canvas print to complete your artwork.

Henk working on a waterlily painting inspired by the Japanese Tea Garden.

Warming up with still life painting...

Arthur applying palette knife painting techniques

Details from Ginny's painting

Who this Workshop is For

This class is aimed at anyone who wishes to learn an impressionist approach to digital painting based on photos you capture at the Gatsby Summer Afternoon. You will need some familiarity and experience with Corel Painter 12. If you are unsure then please call me at 415-641-1221 to discuss if this workshop is right for you. Prior art training and experience is not needed. If you want training in creating painterly painting from photos without the visit to the Gatsby Summer Afternoon as a source of your images for painting, then the Painter Creativity Workshop may be a better fit.

What You'll Need to Bring With You

Equipment

You'll need to bring your own computer, Mac or PC, with plenty of free hard drive space and lots of RAM, the latest version of Corel Painter 12, a Wacom tablet. Bring a digital camera,with extra memory cards and batteries. Please ensure all batteries are fully charged before the Gatsby Summer Afternoon event. There are no electrical outlets! Make sure you have plenty of CF card space—plan on taking a lot of photos!!

Clothing

For the Gatsby Summer Afternoon the dress code is "afternoon attire" in the style of the 1920s/30s, or some approximation to it. You can wear light colored modern clothing with a vintage style to it. You can see fro the photos on this page examples of the clothing students have worn for the event in the past. It can be very sunny at this event so bring sun cream, wide brimmed hats and sun parasols as needed. Visit the Art Deco Society of California "Whatever shall I wear to the Gatsby" page for handy closet tips. Have fun with the dressing up!

Dressed to the nines!

Class Fee

The Great Gatsby Impressionist Workshop fee is $1,925. This fee includes:

instruction
workbook
Gatsby Summer Afternoon entrance
an elegant and delicious luncheon
a complimentary one month of PaintboxTV Premium Membership, commencing at the time you register or added onto your current membership. This which will give you access to many great Painter extras including custom brushes, art materials and the latest version of my workspace, plus, of course, many Painter 12 video tutorials which are good for both preparing for the class and continued learning after the workshop. The extras you download from PaintboxTV will be used during the workshop.
a 14" x 20" approx. study print on canvas
all the physical art materials used in post-print painting (canvas, inks, paints, etc).

If you wish to bring a guest with to the Gatsby Summer Afternoon event the guest fee is $125, which includes the Gatsby Summer Afternoon entrance fee and the catered Picnic Luncheon.

The table setting.

The course fee does not include travel, lodgings or meals, with exception of the Great Gatsby Picnic Luncheon, which is included in the fee.

Dancing to the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra...

Experimental Courtesy Print

The course fee includes one courtesy experimental canvas print (approximately 14 x 20 inches) of an image created during class. The courtesy print provides a practice surface for experimentation. It is not a substitute for a professionally proofed and color corrected image. No guarantees are provided regarding the quality of the courtesy print.

Hours

Sunday, 1pm - 6pm Gatsby Summer Afternoon, Oakland (photo shoot)

Monday, 1pm - 5pm at Sutton Studios & Gallery

Tuesday-Friday, 9:30am - 5pm at Sutton Studios & Gallery

In addition to your instruction by Jeremy Sutton, you will also enjoy the input of Peggy Gyulai, professional oil painter trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Painter in Residence with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra.

Sutton Studios & Gallery: Map and Directions
Visitor Information: Where to Stay, Eat, and Visit

Photographs from Earlier Great Gatsby Impressionist Workshops

Other Gatsby Photos