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This is an often requested class that will enhance any painting workshop that may follow. All the great draughtsmen understood the language of drawing - quite simply, line and shading. The ability to capture weight, dimension, solidity, form, symmetry, balance, etc. create the elements of good solid drawing. To do it elegantly with sensitive line and design is to have mastery of it. Once the student distinguishes the language of drawing as separate from painting, he opens to visual translation as only drawing can express it.
THE INSTRUCTOR: Sherrie McGraw has taught with us for over 10 years and always offers an informative, stimulating class. Her drawing skills are to be admired and we are so pleased to be able to offer a drawing-only class, an essential skill for all painters. Sherrie has also taught at the Art Student's League in New York. She studied under Richard and Edith Goetz in Oklahoma, at the Art Students League and the New York Academy of Art. She has won numerous awards and exhibits her work in New Mexico, California and Texas. Her work has been featured in Art of the West, Nov./Dec. 1998 and Art Talk, 1998.
SHERRIE MCGRAW
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AUGUST 9 - 13
This is an excellent class to follow a week with David Leffel and/or proceed a week with Gregg Kreutz. Many students have taken 3 weeks back to back for total immersion into their work. The three instructors have all worked together in New York and their approach is similar, particularly in their ability to explain and demonstrate styles and techniques.
Sherrie says, "One of my early and startling revelations was that painting was not the accumulation of technique, but rather a way of relating to the world, a way of seeing and understanding reality. It was then I realized that becoming an artist involves change. We live in a fragmented world and indeed, are raised accordingly. The tendency to see differences therefore comes easier than seeing similarities. But it is the latter ability that coalesces each paint stroke, giving rhyme and reason to an otherwise daunting task of choosing from literally endless possibilities . . . The concept acts as a conductor, giving unified ideas life and direction - the focus and strength of one's art." This will be a wonderful class - full of ideas, learning and sharing. There will be still-lifes and models to work with each day and Sherrie will offer plenty of individual attention as well as demonstrate her "way of seeing".
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