2011 Workshops
Jim Wilcox
Plein-air landscape, oil
(Studio workshop also available October 24 - 28)
June 27 - July 1, 2011
Space available, limited to 20 students
Paint on location in Grand Teton National Park with one of the West's most accomplished landscape painters. This class is wildly popular and always fills up quickly, so act today to reserve your spot.
Carolyn Anderson
Studio portraiture, oil
June 20 - 23, 2011
Space available, limited to 20 students
Hugely popular portraiture workshop with three live models at all times. Carolyn is one of our first classes to fill up every year, so don't delay.
David Drummond
Studio landscape,
watercolor
July 18 - 22, 2011
Space available, limited to 20 students
Learn to paint realistic water with master watercolorist David Drummond. Painter of the 2007 White House Christmas Card, Drummond has a lot of knowledge to share with students in an organized fashion.
Bjorn Thorkelson
Studio portraiture, oil
July 26 - 30, 2011
Space available, limited to 20 students
Come experience the great enthusiasm and fantastic style of Bjorn Thorkelson. Bjorn will use live models throughout his workshop. Enrollment capped at 20.
Grant Redden
Plein air Western, wildlife and landscape, oil
August 2 - 6, 2011
Space available, limited to 20 students
NEW INSTRUCTOR! With as much plein-air painting as weather permits, the versatile Grant Redden will help to improve students’ familiarity with their tools: paint, canvas, easels, brushes, etc. so that handicaps are minimized.
Joseph Bohler
Plein air landscape,
watercolor
August 22 - 26, 2011
Space available, limited to 20 students
NEW CLASS STRUCTURE! Joseph Bohler is building on his new workshop idea, introduced in 2009, of the 20-minute painting: watercolor sketchbooks. This class will add finishing techniques to the mix, making time for both sketches and finished works.
Jim Wilcox
Studio landscape, oil
(Plein-air workshop also available June 27 - July 1)
October 24 - 28, 2011
Space available, limited to 20 students
Loosely based on the structure of his second instructional DVD, "When You Can't Paint Out," Jim's studio painting workshop keeps student inside in the colder Novemeber weather in the Jim's studio, the "Jim-nasium," to paint from photo reference. He will go over the ins and outs of studio painting, helping students to become better plein-air painters in the process.
To enroll call: 307.733.6450
or e-mail:
info@wilcoxgallery.com
G Bjorn Thorkelson studio portrait painting workshop: July 26 - 30, 2011
Studio portraiture painting in oil workshop: July 26 - 30, 2011
(Space available, limited to 20 students)
G Bjorn Thorkelson:
Portrait artist and instructor
Bjorn is an accomplished and enthusiastic art instructor. He currently teaches both head and figure painting in the acclaimed art program at BYU Idaho. He's received numerous awards for his artistic excellence. In 2006, Thorkelson made the Top 100 in the Arts for the Parks Show, in 2008, he was a top 12 finalist in the prestigious Raymar Art Competion and most recently he was a portrait award winner in the 2011 Oil Painter's of America National Juried Exhibition. In 2008, he invented the Accurasee Measurement System which is now helping artists around the world improve their ability to draw accurately.
After graduating with honors from Art Center College of Design, Thorkelson went into illustration to practically support his family while working toward his ultimate goal of becoming a full-time painter. Now, he grins every time he turns down an illustration job because he’s too busy painting.
His 12 years as a full-time illustrator served him well in obtaining a foundation for his artwork. “I’m passionate about what I do. I wake up every day with a new hope of creating something special.”
CLASS DESCRIPTION: Students will apply the alla-prima method while learning to apply proper size, angle, and position to achieve a likeness. In depth instruction on
using the Accurasee Measurement System will be available to those interested. A study of values will help simplify the complexities of the face into planes and limit the number of values necessary to create form. Students will also explore color in terms of warms and cools and learn to achieve proper atmosphere and color harmony in a painting. Composition and soft and hard edges will also be treated. Bjorn feels that the real learning happens in the first few hours of painting a head. For that reason, students will paint two heads a day to avoid being bogged down in the details.
TUITION: $475
Click here to see more of Thorkelson's work at Wilcox Gallery
