Last Session...of.."for reasons paintings work" Go To Meeting Mar 20th 6pm EST

free registration


Premise…
Taking control with deliberate purpose filled strategies toward efficiency and effectiveness

... I. The Poetry or Ah-Hah! of painting-
a) First step is to want more
b) difference between “linear” and “painterly”
c) Paint in a way that engages the viewer

II. Color
a) The discipline acquainting with values
b) Split-Primary Palette (color temperature)
c) Limited Palette (basic colors put out)
d) Split-Complementary Palette
e) Other palettes

III. Painting Trees
a) Block-in
b) Limit yourself to limited value groups
c) sculpt with negative space

IV. Questions and Answers

Webinar...tomorrow night (Thursday) March 15th 6pm EST

 

Free to Register-
Webinar Registration

Imbuing Harmony & Unity thru Undertones

     with artist/instructor Larry Seiler

      Premise…
Undertones give the painter a great deal of creative freedom and license to the level of finishing of a work.  Less finishing…the painting has a more abstract contemporary flare.  Certain colors will complement or excite the palette.

I.                    Our Deficit as Painters of Light-     

a)           Edgar Payne’s analysis

b)           Undertones and how they excite

c)            Warm, neutral…or any color

d)           partial undertoning

II.                Video- “Last Light Impressions”

a)          Palette setup

b)          Composing & Mid Value block-in

c)           Sky trick taught by Emile Gruppe

d)          Sky Holes or Sculpting Trees

e)          Finishing…and assessing the experience

III.            Questions/Answers

For the Literal to the Suggestive...Go To Meeting, March 13th 6PM EST

Two sessions behind us now...next is my progression as a painter from the more detail oriented realism...to developing suggestive realism.  I imagine will prove to be quite interesting for folks...

From Literal to the Suggestive- 

     with artist/instructor Larry Seiler

March 13th  6pm EST  Go To Meeting...here is the registration link-

Click here to Register Free...

      Premise…

                 Painterly realism or the suggestive invites the 

                 viewer to engage the work and participate in 

                 the narrative actively.  With its poetic brushwork 

                 and elusive nature (what some critics might refer 

                 to as the “unfinished look”) the painting borrows 

                 from the viewer’s own life experiences to read 

                 between the lines. In their reflection, frequent 

                 studying…their own imagination is called into 

                 action making them in a sense a co-creator to 

                 the work.

        

  

I.                    My Awakening      

a)           Burning out

b)           Indoors, painting what I loved about 

           being outdoors!        (the irony of labor)

c)            Smack dab into Schmid!

d)           The Turn around- prepping myself to respond/

           react to a genuine moment

e)           A Painting Speaks- metaphor on communication

II.                Taking Ownership

a)          From intimidation to control- Color

b)          The rudder and the anchor- Values

c)           Implementing the neglected Peripheral

d)          Brushwork…mastering the Gesture

III.            Demonstrations

a)          The Creeper

b)          Fumee Falls

     V.     Questions/Answers

Repeat of the First Webinar Series...beginning March 6th...6pm EST

Received word that our first series with Go To Meeting last October...had glitches in the recording end, and the much awaited series to be available...

 

...will require us to offer the live series once again, all five of the sessions.  The glitches have been fixed...and needless to say...if you missed the first series, or a number of the sessions...this will be your opportunity.

The primary purpose for the redo...is to provide the necessary content to complete our offering series...and soon following will be available thru F&W Publications for purchase.  And thus to expedite, we will be holding the Go To Meetings twice weekly beginning Tuesday, March 6th...at 6pm EST (an hour earlier than last October)...and then Thursday the 8th...followed by the 13th, 15th and 20th...

Those that registered and participated in past F&W Go To Meeting webinars will be receiving an email notice, and link for registration. Also, when I get the link to register, I will provide it here in my blog and on Facebook...as well as Wetcanvas.com   Hope you'll be joining us...here is the outline for the first session, March 6th.... 

Composition for the Painter-  Larry Seiler

      Premise…

            The modern enculturated eye routinely comes to a determination when to tune in, when to tune out.  The challenge of the artist to consider the accumulated available knowledge we have of visual communication in a commercial/aesthetic modern age, and make use of that to advance interest in their own work.  Avoid shooting ourselves (metaphorically) in the foot!

I.                  Seven Art Principles

a)          Balance

b)          Contrast

c)           Gradation

d)          Harmony

e)          Variation

f)            Dominance

g)          Unity

II.                Symmetry & Asymmetry Visual Balance   

a)           Positive & negative elements

b)           Over-busyness (implement 2/3’s rule)

c)            Organizing parts to favor asymmetry

III.            Traditional Classic Composing TYPES

a)          Circle ordering

b)          S’ ordering

c)           Fulcrum (asymmetrical)

IV.              Focal Points (Rule of Thirds) to Direct Eye

a)          Establish point of interest

b)          Manipulate elements/narrative to support

     V.     Questions/Answers

Webinar for Tuesday November 8th (session 5)- "Color, Values, Brushwork- Strategies to Improve Painterly Realism"

The last session of this series, will require EVERYONE attending Go To Meeting to register again.  The series was slotted to go thru the first of November, so your old registration after the first will no longer give access.  I will post the link to register here when I have it, on Facebook, on Wetcanvas...and hopefully everyone registered to this point will get notice in an email sent out from Sarah...

Its going to be a good session, and had an extra week to prepare due to the power outage week postponed.

Will be sharing the wisdom behind why many of the great teachers of the past, and many great painters today espouse using a limited palette.  How to expand what a limited palette of color is capable of incorporating even just a few strategies, and how your own understanding will be greatly increased.  Soon...you will understand the danger of buying and adding more and more pigments just because they dangle on a shelf in the art store.

We'll be looking at the importance of values which takes the feet right out from most poorly executed work...a managed values palette to assure optimum success til confidence soars...

and finally...brushwork...how to attack, wield the brush, lay the pigment down, leaving well enough alone!!!

Look for the link...  :wave:

Here is the Outline-

Color, Values, Brushwork- Strategies to Improve Painterly Realism

     with artist/instructor Larry Seiler

      Premise…

            Taking control with deliberate purpose filled

                  strategies toward efficiency and effectiveness

  

I.                    The Poetry or Ah-Hah! of painting-      

a)           First step is to want more

b)           difference between “linear” and “painterly”

c)            Paint in a way that engages the viewer

II.                Color

a)          The discipline acquainting with values

b)          Split-Primary Palette (color temperature)

c)           Limited Palette (basic colors put out)

d)          Split-Complementary Palette

e)          Other palettes

III.              Painting Trees

a)          Block-in

b)          Limit yourself to limited value groups

c)           sculpt with negative space

Webinar for Tuesday November 1st (session 4)- "Imbuing Harmony & Unity with Undertones""

This Tuesday I'll be teaching/sharing how to force a unity and harmony to a painting with undertones, reds that excite nature's greens, undertones for wiping out and sculpting/fleshing out a waterfalls, and a video painting a recent plein air last hour's light Fall scene, in an Impressionist styled approach.

November 1st, 7pm EST  Go To Meeting...here is the registration link-(note- you only have to register once, if already registered you will receive an email)

Go To Meeting With Larry Seiler- Session 1


Here is the outline for Tuesday night-

Imbuing Harmony & Unity thru Undertones

     with artist/instructor Larry Seiler

      Premise…

                  Undertones give the painter a great deal 

                  of creative freedom and license to the level 

                  of finishing of a work.

                  Less finishing…the painting has a more 

                  abstract contemporary flare.  Certain colors 

                  will complement or excite the palette.

  

I.                    Our Deficit as Painters of Light-     

a)           Edgar Payne’s analysis

b)           Undertones and how they excite

c)            Warm, neutral…or any color

d)           partial undertoning

II.                Video- “Last Light Impressions”

a)          Palette setup

b)          Composing & Mid Value block-in

c)           Sky trick taught by Emile Gruppe

d)          Sky Holes or Sculpting Trees

e)          Finishing…and assessing the experience

III.            Questions/Answers

If you have not seen this video among my instructionals at YouTube as yet, seven minutes in length...shows wiping out as a method to flesh out this falls scene...and may refer to it briefly during the session Tuesday night... 

Webinar for Tuesday October 18- Outline "From the Literal to the Suggestive"

From Literal to the Suggestive- 

     with artist/instructor Larry Seiler

October 18th, 7pm EST  Go To Meeting...here is the registration link-

Go To Meeting With Larry Seiler- Session 1

      Premise…

                 Painterly realism or the suggestive invites the 

                 viewer to engage the work and participate in 

                 the narrative actively.  With its poetic brushwork 

                 and elusive nature (what some critics might refer 

                 to as the “unfinished look”) the painting borrows 

                 from the viewer’s own life experiences to read 

                 between the lines. In their reflection, frequent 

                 studying…their own imagination is called into 

                 action making them in a sense a co-creator to 

                 the work.

        

  

I.                    My Awakening      

a)           Burning out

b)           Indoors, painting what I loved about 

           being outdoors!        (the irony of labor)

c)            Smack dab into Schmid!

d)           The Turn around- prepping myself to respond/

           react to a genuine moment

e)           A Painting Speaks- metaphor on communication

II.                Taking Ownership

a)          From intimidation to control- Color

b)          The rudder and the anchor- Values

c)           Implementing the neglected Peripheral

d)          Brushwork…mastering the Gesture

III.            Demonstrations

a)          The Creeper

b)          Fumee Falls

     V.     Questions/Answers

First Webinar Session Outline- Composition for the Painter

October 4th, 7pm EST  Go To Meeting...here is the registration link-

Go To Meeting With Larry Seiler- Session 1 

Composition for the Painter-  Larry Seiler

      Premise…

            The modern enculturated eye routinely comes to a determination when to tune in, when to tune out.  The challenge of the artist to consider the accumulated available knowledge we have of visual communication in a commercial/aesthetic modern age, and make use of that to advance interest in their own work.  Avoid shooting ourselves (metaphorically) in the foot!

I.                  Seven Art Principles

a)          Balance

b)          Contrast

c)           Gradation

d)          Harmony

e)          Variation

f)            Dominance

g)          Unity

II.                Symmetry & Asymmetry Visual Balance   

a)           Positive & negative elements

b)           Over-busyness (implement 2/3’s rule)

c)            Organizing parts to favor asymmetry

III.            Traditional Classic Composing TYPES

a)          Circle ordering

b)          S’ ordering

c)           Fulcrum (asymmetrical)

IV.              Focal Points (Rule of Thirds) to Direct Eye

a)          Establish point of interest

b)          Manipulate elements/narrative to support

     V.     Questions/Answers

Scroll down to the 12th of September posting, to see the list of session lessons thru November 1st...  8^)