l'Atelier aux Couleurs: the Art Academy

Call for Images: Petaluma Landscapes

Petaluma Arts Council Mayor�s Show

Click on link below and scroll down to the bottom of the page to read more about this exhibit.

The Petaluma Arts Council is seeking Petaluma landscapes to exhibit in the Mayor's Office beginning July 1, 2007.

Mayor Pamela Torliatt has graciously invited the Petaluma Arts Council to exhibit the work of Petaluma artists in her City Hall Office during her tenure as Mayor

Exhibits, thus far, have Highlighted the Railroad Depot Baggage Building as the future home of the Petaluma Art Center and the Faces of Petaluma.

The next exhibit from July 1st - October 1st will feature Petaluma Landscapes.

If you have Petaluma landscapes, in any medium, please send photos or slides by June 20th

901 West Street, Petaluma CA 94952

Or by email to Marjorie Helm, helmatkin@earthlink.net

A reception will be held July 2nd, 1 pm, prior to the City Council meeting.

Please indicate the size of the piece in your email or note.
Submissions must be framed and have a wire hanger.

For more information call
(707) 778-0674 (h)
(707) 778-9922 (o)

From the Heart - The Haggin Museum

21st Annual
PLEIN AIR PAINTERS OF AMERICA EXHIBITION & SALE
The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
October 19-21, 2007

Christopher Blossom, Ocean Point, East Side, oil, 10x12

PAPA�s 21st Annual Exhibition and Sale takes place at The Haggin Museum in Stockton, 50 miles south of Sacramento, California, in the Lodi Wine Country. The three-day celebration is a collaboration between the Haggin and the Lodi Vintners, which have been winning awards throughout the country and internationally for its excellent wines. Please join us at one or more of the following events:

Exhibition and Sale of more than 120 artworks by PAPA Signature, Honorary and Emeritus Members, as well six Guest Artists.

OPENING EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, October 19
Meet the Artists dinner party and auction at an art patron's home, limited seating and available only in the "A" Ticket of $250 per person, which includes all events.
Saturday, October 20, 9 am to noon
Painting Demonstration held at Jessie's Grove Winery, (jessiesgrovewinery.com). Free admission, open to the public.
Saturday, October 20, 6 to 9 pm
Opening Reception, with wine and hors d'oeuvres, $50 per person.
Sunday, October 21, 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
Brunch at Wine & Roses Restaurant (winerose.com), including sale of paintings from the Saturday Painting Demonstration. Ticket price to be announced.

Participating PAPA Signature Members:

Ken Auster, Kenn Backhaus, Betty J. Billups, Bye Bitney, Christopher Blossom, John Budicin, Scott Burdick, Mary DeLoyht-Arendt, Don Demers, Louise DeMore, Gay Faulkenberry, Lynn Gertenbach, Glenna Hartmann, Raleigh Kinney, Frank LaLumia, Joan M. LaRue, Jean LeGassick, Kevin Macpherson, Joseph Mendez, Ned Mueller, Ralph Oberg, Joseph Paquet, Jean Perry, Ron Rencher, Ray Roberts, Jane Shuss, Matt Smith, Brian Stewart, George Strickland, Linda Tippetts, Skip Whitcomb

Participating Guest Artists:
Honorary
John Stobart
Emeritus
Peter Adams, Denise Burns
Guests
Clyde Aspevig, Len Chmiel, Gil Dellinger, T. Allen Lawson, Jim Morgan, Peggy Root

CONTACTS
PAPA - Susan Hallsten McGarry
505.982.6379 susanhmcgarry@msn.com
The Haggin Museum
209.940.6300 kdenning@hagginmuseum.org

3-Day Paint Out in Lake Tahoe

Seasons of Martis Paint Out and Celebration...

North Tahoe Arts in partnership with East West Partners through the
Tahoe Mountain Resorts Foundation, Truckee Gallery, and the Truckee
Donner Land Trust plans a month-long celebration of the wonders of
Martis Valley at Lake Tahoe in October, 2007.

As part of this celebration we are planning a three-day "paint out" at various locations throughout the Martis Valley the weekend of October 5, 2007, culminating in a sale and cash awards ceremony at The Village at Northstar at Tahoe on Sunday, October 7, 2007. East West Partners, the developers of the
new Ritz-Carlton Highlands Lake Tahoe and The Village at Northstar hope to make this an annual event drawing regional and nationally known artists and collectors. As you may know, early October is a glorious time in the mountains when nature is at its best. The painting opportunities should be wonderful. After the Ritz-Carlton, now under construction, is completed, it is anticipated that it will be the venue for this annual event.

Low-cost housing at Northstar or home stays with local Tahoe artists will be available on a first-come first-served basis. There will be no entry fees for participating in this event. Please let us know, by sending an email to andy@askaff.com, if you have an interest in participating or if you have any questions. We hope that you will consider being a part of this event.

Andy Skaff
andy@askaff.com
www.askaff.com

New Movie "Local Color"

George Gallo, writer, director and fellow painter invites you to attend a free screening of his new film, LOCAL COLOR. To get free tickets, pick them up at Scottsdale Artists' School or visit the website at: www.localcolorthemovie.com

Click on ATTEND A FREE SCREENING on the top of the page.

LOCAL COLOR is about a successful artist who looks back with loving memories on the summer of his defining year, 1974. A talented, but troubled eighteen-year old art student befriends an elderly alcoholic genius painter who has turned his back on not only art, but life. The two form what appears to be at first a tenuous relationship. The kid wants to learn all the secrets the master has locked away inside his head and heart. Time has not been kind to the old master. His life appears pointless to him until the kid rekindles his interest in his work and ultimately gives him the will to live. Together, they give one another a priceless gift. The kid learns to see the world through the master's eyes. And the master learns to see life through the eyes of innocence again. LOCAL COLOR is based on director George Gallo's real life experience.

World-renowned painter, Richard Schmid says, "Without a doubt, the strength of the insights in the film are due to the fact that George Gallo, besides writing and directing LOCAL COLOR, is an accomplished painter in his own right."

Theater owner Dan Harkins personally selected the film to open at Harkins Camelview in Scottsdale.

Additionally, George will be in attendance at the screening to host a special post Q&A with the audience.

Our goal is to get this film out to those who will appreciate the film's stunning artistic images and George's message about mentorship in the artistic community.

Currently the following dates (see below) are available to attend a free screening, all screenings will take place at Harkins Camelview 5 (located across from Scottsdale Fashion Square) and would love to have you join us.

SCREENING DATES:
Tuesday, October 16th, 7pm
Wednesday, October 17th, 7pm
Thursday, October 18th, 7pm

LOCAL COLOR opens exclusively at Harkins Camelview 5 on Friday, October 19th!

To see a trailer on the film please visit: www.localcolorthemovie.com

We hope to see you at the movies...

Skip Whitcomb

Advanced Outdoor Field Painting

We hope to have Skip Whitcomb return to teach a workshop in 2009. We enjoyed our last workshops of 2005 & 2007 with Skip Whitcomb. If you want to be put on the waiting list for his next workshop, please fill out our form to be added to our mailing list and select to receive more information on Skip Whitcomb workshops.

Read what some of the students reported from their experience with Skip...

"I learned so much from him. Before the workshop I was going to give up trying to paint plein air, but he change my mind."

"Skip's teaching style was perfect. I appreciated his direct approach... I have continued to paint daily since I returned and can tell the effect of the weeks experience in Petaluma. In short I found it to be just what I was looking for with the bonus of enjoying the personal interactions with you, Skip and the other students."

"He really was able to get to the heart of my problems while painting and he really can communicate well."

The Workshop: This will be an intense workshop designed for serious painters. It will address fundamental skills necessary for successful fieldwork. Through a series of visual and procedural exercises, we will examine the foundation essential for organizing workable and unique compositions from the wealth of material nature provides. Emphasis is on learning to conceptualize, simplify and organize value patterns, masses (shapes) and color outdoors.

All demos and paintings are done on location. The goal is to appreciate fully the importance of outdoor painting. This is the most valuable tool the landscape artist has in developing larger compositions in the studio. These studies are the soul of studio work.

Oil primarily, pastel and watercolor accepted
Intermediate to professional
Instructor demonstration in oil
Individual critiques daily
Portable easel and transportation needed

Skip Whitcomb believes that drawing and composition are the soul of painting. An accomplished plein-air painter, draftsman and printmaker, Skip studied at the Art Center College of Design, where he received thorough training in drawing and painting. He paints studies on the spot and then heads to his studio in Fort Collins, Colo., for the finished works. He participates in museum invitational shows around the country, including the National Academy, N.Y., and the Gilcrease Museum, Okla., and is a two-time recipient of the Red Smith Memorial Award from the National Museum of Wildlife Art.

Listed in Who's Who in American Art, Skip's work has been featured in articles in Southwest Art, American Artist, and The Pastel Journal. His work can be seen in galleries in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.

Schedule: 9am-4pm. After you register, we will supply a packet with maps and further information four to six weeks prior to the workshop.

Ray Roberts

Landscape Painting

Ray has taught some great landscape workshops with us. We hope to have him back in 2009. If you are interested in his workshops, we need to hear from you so that we can add him to our schedule in 2009. Please fill out our form to be added to our mailing list and select to receive more information on Ray Roberts' workshops.

This intense workshop will concentrate on developing on-location oil painting skills. Initial discussion will cover materials, procedures, design and techniques for creating paintings that capture what you see. There will be plenty of individual attention and critiques as well as a step-by-step demonstration. Students are encouraged to develop their own expression and insight into their work.

Ray Roberts was recipient of three major awards in 2003, including Artist Choice at the Carmel Art Festival and the Laguna Art Museum Invitational. He was also elected to join Plein-Air Painters of America in 2004 and is a signature member of Laguna Plein-Air Painters Association, California Art Club and Northwest Rendezvous. He was recently featured in the August 2004 issue of Plein-Air Magazine and was featured in Southwest Art in February 2000. He currently lives in Angels Camp, Calif., where he shares his life, studio and family with figure painter Peggi Kroll Roberts.

Oil
Beginner to professional
Instructor demonstrations
Individual attention
Portable Easel and Transportation Needed

Schedule: 9am-4pm. After you register, we will supply a packet with maps and further information four to six weeks prior to the workshop.

Petaluma Holiday Art Walk

"Coastal Fog" - 9"x12"- by Camille Przewodek

Friday, December 14, 2007
5:00pm-8:00pm
Art Sale For One Night Only!
Purchase original oil paintings by Camille Przewodek, Carole Gray-Weihman and Alfredo Tofanelli. View many paintings that have never before been exhibited.

Where:
l'Atelier aux Couleurs: the Art Academy
250 Water Street
Petaluma, CA

Click here to see a sampling of what's on sale and to RSVP.

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John Ebersberger

(Detail of "Mackenzie")

The Portrait Society of America awarded John the
"Certificate of Excellence" at the 10th Annual Art of
the Portrait Conference for his portrait, "Mackenzie".
The event was held in Philadelphia in April, 2008.

Painting the Still-Life & Figure in Full
Spectrum Color with John Ebersberger
(Additional model fees will be added to tuition at the
time of the workshop.)

Coming in 2009, this workshop will teach students to paint with color to create the many moods and light effects of nature in both landscape, figure and still life studies. Beginning and advanced students alike benefit from this unique approach to color perception. Designed for all levels of ability John Ebersberger's workshop will also cover the basic steps of drawing the figure and the head in charcoal realistically and expressively.

Students will learn the historic *(Hawthorne/Hensche) mud-head approach to studying color relationships as it applies to the outdoor portrait and figure. Palette knives will be used to emphasis the importance of the relationships of the large areas of color (masses). Other topics of study will include setting up the action of the figure, relating the figure to the landscape, and the importance of color in aerial perspective.

John studied under Henry Hensche. Below is an excerpt of a piece he wrote about Hensche.

I believe that a reverent love of nature is the foundation for Henry�s technical virtuosity and supplied him with the fortitude to hold on to his vision in the face of the many �isms� that distracted lesser painters throughout this century.

Henry was, to me, essentially a spiritual painter. And by that I mean that at his finest, his paintings provide an entrance point to a deep experience of the universe. Of reality. Beauty takes us to this place--a plateau of awareness unencumbered by ideologies or systems of thought.

Jiddu Krishnamurti called it �choiceless awareness�. This striking at the truth requires true love. For Henry, it is the love of light, and the color it creates in joint venture with our eyes. Henry said, �To write a love song you have to be in love.� The experience comes first--the painting is a record of having had that experience. Or to quote that renegade Henshe-ite from the deep South, Tommy Thurmond, �You ARE the tree!�.

�Paintings are to teach man to see the glory of human visual existence�. So Henry told Robert Brown in a 1971 interview for the Smithsonian Institute�s Archives of American Art.

This is a philosophical stance that places high value on our human experience. Henry is asserting the majesty of our human experience and it�s spiritual nature. I remember he told a group of us once that we didn�t deserve the paradise of heaven if we couldn�t appreciate the beauty that was all around us, right here on Earth.

Figure Drawing & Head Study / Charcoal
Designed for all levels of ability John Ebersberger's workshop will also cover the basic steps of drawing the figure and the head realistically and expressively. Gesture drawing will be used to study movement and balance, sustained poses will be used to study light and shade, construction, and anatomy. Students under 18 must have a portfolio review prior to enrollment.

Oil - Beginner to Professional
Instructor demonstration in oil
Individual critiques daily
Portable easel and transportation needed

Tentative Schedule:
Monday: Still-Life study, 9am-4pm.
Tuesday: Painting the Figure & Portrait 9am-4pm, with an evening session from 7-9pm, Head Study in Charcoal.
Wednesday: Painting the Figure & Portrait 9am-4pm, with evening session from 7-9pm, Nude Figure Study in Charcoal.
Thursday: Painting the Figure & Portrait 9am-4pm, with a group dinner at a local restaurant at 6pm.
Friday: Painting the Figure & Portrait 9am-4pm.

Weekly Classes

Mondays 9am-noon
Mondays with Camille
Still-Life & Landscape
Beginners to Advanced
Medium: Oil
$120 for four sessions
(min. 4 classes)

See class schedules
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Wednesdays 9am-noon
Seeing Light through Color
Still-Life & Landscape
Beginners to Advanced
Medium: Oil
$120 for four sessions or
$35 for individual sessions

See class schedules
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Thursdays 9am-noon
& 1-4pm
Head Painting & Painting the Figure
Beginners to Advanced
Medium: Oil
$120 - 4 sessions
or $35 per session
(+ model fees)

See class schedules

Click here for the extended version of our classes listing.
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Mondays 9am-noon
Mondays with Camille - Still-Life & Landscape
Camille Przewodek
Beginners to Advanced - Oil
$120 for four sessions

"Color that expresses the effects of atmosphere can make even the most mundane subject strikingly beautiful. In my classes you'll learn to see values and color correctly and understand their relationships to each other."
- Camille Przewodek
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Wednesdays 9am-noon
Seeing Light through Color - Still-Life & Landscape
Carole Gray-Weihman
Beginners to Intermediate- Oil
$120 for four sessions or
$35 for individual sessions

"The effective use of colors in a beautiful combination can transmit the moods of a still-life or landscape. I teach an honest approach of seeing and understanding color relationships and the many light keys of nature. Color, values, drawing and composition with an emphasis on seeing the big shapes will be covered."
-Carole Gray-Weihman

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Thursdays
Head Painting: 9am - noon
Alfredo Tofanelli
Beginners to Advanced - Oil
$120 for four sessions + model fees
or $35 per individual session (3 hours) + model fees

Figure Painting: 1pm - 4pm
Alfredo Tofanelli
Beginners to Advanced - Oil
$120 for four sessions + model fees
or $35 per individual session (3 hours) + model fees

or $220 for four sessions of both classes + model fees

"Light and Shadow, value and color, temperature and edge control; as well as seeing proportions correctly, are among the basic tools covered in my classes. I'll be your guide in seeing the big shapes and the planes of the figure."
- Alfredo Tofanelli

Camille Przewodek

Still-life/Landscape Workshop
Sept 29-Oct 3, 2008 ($650)

NEW! Optional Head/Figure study to be
included on the last day of each
workshop.

By popular demand, we will have models available to pose en plein air on the last day (Friday) of the workshop for those students who wish to gain experience in applying this color approach to the figure and portrait- this format will be initiated n the May and June workshops.

Good color, or color that expresses the light of nature, can make even the most mundane subject matter strikingly beautiful. "Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision- it is the seeing of the thing that makes it so." (From Hawthorne on Painting). I see a remarkable change in my student's work after only one day of painting. They begin to see color in the shadows. Many students say they have discovered a world of color that has changed them forever- their vision has been altered.

Hours: 9am - 4pm

Oil primarily; pastel acceptable
Beginner to professional
Instructor demonstrations in oil
Individual critiques daily
Portable easel needed

In these workshops:

The Still-life & landscape will be the subject matter with the focus on seeing values and color correctly and understanding their relationships to each other. There will be daily demonstrations emphasizing the big shapes and establishing their relationships correctly. Students will receive plenty of one-on-one instruction and individual demonstrations as needed.

"We will start out the first two days doing still-life study out of doors in preparation of tackling the landscape. Wednesday and Thursday we will be on location painting landscape studies. On Friday, we will do either still-lofe or landscape. During inclement weather, we'll be doing still-life's indoors. We will concentrate on the development of strong starts. I will be teaching the structure of the landscape- what is important to leave in as well as what to leave out. We will focus on the big abstract shapes, color key and aerial perspective. I will be doing demonstrations throughout the workshop. After my demonstration on location, you will do a small value study (6" x 8" or 8" x 10") in black and white, followed by a small color study. On Friday afternoon, to wrap up the workshop, we will have a final critique. You are encouraged to either bring original artwork or photos and talk about your vision as an artist. I will give you some questions to ponder during the week. I will look forward working with each of you!"
-Camille Przewodek

Camille Przewodek's Statement

Lineage of Impressionism:

In 1980, Henry Hensche [1901-1992] �opened my eyes� by introducing me to Monet�s impressionist tradition of seeing and painting color with the influence of light. Hensche, who had assisted famed American Impressionist Charles Hawthorne [1872-1930] at the Cape School of Art since 1930, changed the way I perceived shadows, which were no longer dark shapes but were filled with color. I also learned that conveying the shape of objects was accomplished through the interaction of colors. And as the colors changed, so did the form. Hensche changed forever the way in which I see color, helping me understand the fundamental principles of impressionism.

The Effect of Light on Color:

Impressionsim, which has come to mean �the effect of light on color,� demands that the artist pay conscious , careful attention to what she sees and how she sees it. Like playing scales on the piano, practice is critical to understanding and expressing both how light creates color and how color notes convey light. I struggle against formulas and try to keep a fresh eye when exploring the color of each scene. That�s why I continually do outdoor studies, and why I stop work on a painting when the light changes, returning to it only when the weather and light conditions are the same.

Approach:

I begin by quickly putting down color notes in an abstract series of shapes. Using a palette knife or a brush, I mix the colors directly on the painting surface and study their relationships to one another. If I change one color, I must change them all. I move from big masses of color to smaller spots, refining forms and shapes through values (light and dark) as I go along.

Celebrations of Mood:

Color that expresses the effects of atmosphere can make even the most mundane subject strikingly beautiful. My paintings could be called �celebrations of mood,� and I often go back to the same location at different times of the day in order to capture its mood in literally a whole new light. Windows and doorways both hold back and let in light. They intrigue me, as do shadows, which take on an �objectness� even though they are insubstantial. Shifting light is my passion�whether it entices you along a dappled California roadway, transforms a modest cottage in southern France into a castle or turns an indoor garden into a riot of sensuality.

For further information and to register via check or money order, contact Camille directly at (707) 762-4125.

Alfredo Tofanelli

Head Painting & Painting the Figure
Oct 27-30, 2008 ($400) + model fee

Drawing, proportions, color, value, composition, and form, among other things, are tools one can use to get a solid painting from the model. Al will demonstrate what to look for and how to paint the head and figure in simple shapes to create form. He�ll teach the basic tools to help the student reach that next level.

Alfredo Tofanelli - (b. 1957) Italian-American, is a native of northern California who received his Fine Arts degree from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. While at Art Center he studied under Craig Nelson, Peter Liashkov, Dan McCaw and John Asaro. More recently he has studied with PAPA members Joseph Mendez, Ken Backhaus, Skip Whitcomb and others. For the past two years he has been studying color with Camille Przewodek and Carole Gray-Weihman in Petaluma where he now has his studio. Camille was a student of Henry Hensche who was a student of Charles Webster Hawthorne.

Alfredo established himself as an illustrator and graphic designer in the Los Angeles area before returning north to San Francisco. Alfredo held a faculty position for ten years at Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles, teaching courses in life drawing, painting and computer graphics. In the Bay Area he worked as an Art Director at The 3DO Company and Electronic Arts and also as a web developer.

To Register, call Alfredo at 415.307.6988

Carole Gray-Weihman

Seeing Light Through Color
Still-life/Landscape Workshop
Oct 31-Nov 2, 2008 ($300)

Learn how the effective use of colors in a beautiful combination can transmit the moods of a still-life or landscape. Carole will guide you in an honest approach of seeing and understanding color relationships and the many light keys of nature. Color, values, drawing and composition with an emphasis on seeing the big shapes and their relationships will be taught through a series of exercises, one-on-one instruction and demonstrations.

Carole Gray-Weihman's Statement:

I am a devoted painter of what some might consider "the Color Visualist Movement" and others the "New American Impressionist Movement"- more specifically, I paint in the "Hawthorne-Hensche Principle". I've been apprenticing under Camille Przewodek, also a former student of Henry Hensche, since July 1996. I've also been her teaching assistant since 2002.

Oil - Beginner to Professional
Individual critiques daily

Tentative Schedule
Fri-Sun: 9am - noon, 1pm - 4pm
Fri: Landscape at the Pumpkin Farm
Saturday: Still-Life In/Outside Studio
Sunday: Landscape on Location
During Inclement Weather: Indoor Still-Life

Call Carole directly at 707.291.7756 to reserve a spot.

Wornall Art Collection

"If You Look Towards Richards House"
by Dan Gerhartz

For Sale: Artwork by, Anders Zorn,
Aleksander Titovets, Clyde Aspevig, Richard
Schmid, Scott Burdick, Leonard Chmiel, Mark
Daily, Albert Handel, Ned Jacob, Ramon
Kelly, Sheila Reiman, Burton Silverman, Ken
Auster, Hans Bayen, Berian Berberian,
Ovannes Berberian, Galust Berberian, Kim
English, Ray Roberts, Dan Gerhartz, Delbert
Gish, Quang Ho, Micheal Lynch, William
Reese, Camille Przewodek and more!

Former student of "l'Atelier aux Couleurs",
Robert Wornall, presents a collection of fine
art for sale- ranging from oil paintings to
pastels, watercolors, drawings, prints and
sculpture. Visit his online store here.

"Sunset, Early Spring", by Berian Berberian

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