Spring Workshop with Elio

Twice a year I travel to Amelia Island, FL to attend a 3 day workshop with Elio Comacho.   Elio is a wonderful instructor, and it is always a hard working, but fun few days. 

He has a fabulous color sense and brushwork, and is very knowledgeable in all art related subjects, from art history, to technical aspects of paints and brushes.

I love the colors he chose in this three hour demo above.  He always does a large demo, usually 36x48", which is a highlight of the workshop. Please click on the picture to enlarge it and see the brushwork and color changes.

This painting and the one below are mine, from the workshop. 

Elio spent a year working only with  the color yellow, another with green, blue etc.  He did set ups to challenge us.  This one was green and blue.  The theory is, you will learn to see all the nuances of color when you paint objects that are the same hue, but different temperatures and saturation.

I don't think my workshop paintings are really showing any improvement for me, but I do feel improvement when I paint at home.  His instructions jump into my head, and I find I am much more critical of my finished pieces.  That has to be a good result!

I am already booked for his November 2017 workshop in Fernandina Beach.  Want to join us?

Carol Schiff
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Color Burst Hydrangeas and a St. Louis Workshop by Flower Artist Nancy Medina

 Color Burst Blue and White Hydrangeas

by Nancy Medina

16X20

Oil on Archival Panel

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Do you ever get this urge to just make bright, juicy color in oils? Color Burst Blue and White Hydrangeas was a response to the big, fluffy flowers in my studio today, left over from my Dallas workshop this weekend. These fresh hydrangeas are not going to last much longer, so I wanted to take advantage of their perkiness while it lasted.

I'm very excited to announce my first St. Louis, Missouri workshop, Painting Florals in Oil, to be held July 12, 13 and 14. The workshop was posted this morning, and the organizer sent me a note a few moments ago excited about how many people have signed up already! St. Louis is my home town, so I'm delighted to be teaching there, in such a beautiful place with so much history and culture, not to mention great restaurants and a beautiful botanical garden! Meet me in St. Louis for a fun three days of making flowers bloom in bright color.

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Painting Florals in Oils With Nancy Medina

July 12-13, 2013

9 am to 4 pm

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The Color Burst hydrangea models take a bow!

Tuscany Plein Air Painting Workshop with Niki Gulley

"Autumn Harvest," Tuscany ©2012 Niki Gulley

pastel • 24" x 36"

I was inspired to paint this pastel of the beautiful rolling Tuscan hills and vineyards after our last Plein Air Painting / Photography Workshop that my husband and I taught in Tuscany. Not only were the views amazing, but the food and the wine were absolutely delicious, too!

From our last Tuscany workshop, our group during a wine tasting at this 300 year old family vineyard. A perfect afternoon!

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If you'd like to join us Aug. 31 - Sept. 8 for our next Tuscany Plein-Air Painting and Photography Workshop, e-mail Niki Gulley for more information or visit nikigulley.com/artreks.

Registration Deadline - Feb. 17th.

To see more of my paintings from Italy, visit NikiGulley.com.