PARIS: PLEIN AIR PAINTING & MUSEUM TOURS

Description - PARIS: PLEIN AIR PAINTING & MUSEUM TOURS Study the principles and techniques of outdoor painting along the Seine, in the Luxemburg Gardens and the streets of Paris. These include how to quickly establish the composition, pictorial space, perspective, and light and dark masses using Classical and Baroque concepts; selecting and mixing Naturalistic and Impressionistic colors; capturing the fleeting effects of sunlight and changing light conditions; rendering foliage, flowers, water and architecture with painterly techniques; expressing atmosphere, diffraction and the effects of aerial perspective; evoking the mood, character and charm of Paris; and alla prima brush and palette knife techniques. Figure and portrait painters will find that this workshop helps them paint in a more broad and painterly manner. “THE ARTISTS’ VIEWPOINT” MUSEUM TOURS Two museum tours (usually the Louvre & Musée d’Orsay)—art history from the artists’ viewpoint rather than academic historians, are included in the package, and available for non-artists who attend. Katriel Srebnik has given more than 100 museum lecture tours, including the Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard’s Fogg Museum. The museum tours will give an historical context what we are studying in the painting workshop, and works of the Masters to benefit our outdoor and studio work. *Note: In order to make these painting workshops and museum tours as affordable as possible, the price covers only the workshop tuition and museum lecture tours (not admissions). Airfare, transportation, lodging, meals, museum admissions, etc., are all arranged and paid directly by participants to fit each participant’s budget. Spouses and friends are welcome to register for the Museum Lectures, $150.