September 6-9, 2023
Expressive Alla prima Painting
taught by Joanne Radmilovich Kollman
Skill level: All levels & beginner friendly
Media: Oil & Gouache
Come spend an early fall weekend in the Columbia River Gorge learning with Joanne Kollman. She will help you overcome fears and have fun while you are learning to see as a painter while mastering various levels of color mixing, value and temperature relationships, and expressive mark-making. Menucha's grounds will provide much to observe and paint. You'll be well-fed and comfortable in our accommodations.
The workshop will begin on Wednesday, September 6 in the afternoon, and will conclude on Saturday at 11:00am.
Workshop Description:
Expressive Painting: Yin & Yang
Day 1 Floral in the Landscape
Day 2 Figure in the Landscape
Day 3 Paint the landscape
Students will work from life on location or in or near the studio. Quick thumbnail design sketches will translate directly from life observation to painting.
Interpret what you see, understand your big idea, compose and paint!
Painting is about relationship. Learn to think in terms of pieces of paint, brushstrokes, & mark-making in paint application to express an idea.
Daily demo, instruction, individual help and critique.
Recommended materials: Gouache, Casein or Oil paint. Contact the instructor if you want to use watercolor or acrylic.
Presentation will cover the big idea, how that translates into a design, and then into a painting
About the Artist
Joanne Radmilovich Kollman is a native Oregonian. Her abstract representational painting of the figure, landscape and still life portray a lyrical and energetic style. Brushwork and use of broken color elicit movement and spontaneity in her paintings. Joanne paints or draws from the model, still life, or landscape with a belief that working from life is the best way to learn, to understand color and to interpret emotion into a painting.
Joanne is a signature member of the American Impressionist Society. Her work is distributed nationally to galleries, and she exhibits locally at Oregon Society of Artists, the Robin Becic Gallery and other venues and competitions where she has won numerous awards. She facilitates life drawing and the single pose figure sessions at OSA as well as instructed classes: Expressive Painting, Portrait and Figure Painting, Life Drawing & Plein Air.
“My surroundings motivate and interest me to use any subject to explore the expressive quality of the oil paint. I strive to capture the spirit of what I see and experience through color, brushwork and observation of changing light.
Cost to Attend:
Cost
All inclusive of 3 nights lodging, 8 meals, and instruction. Limited to a maximum of 14 participants.
Cost is dependent on the choice of room.
- Shared Room $700
- Single Room $822 (2 available)
- Couple (one class participant and their spouse/partner who doesn't take the class) $924
- Commuter (eats lunches/dinners at Menucha but does not stay overnight) $641
We will enjoy The Greenhouse as the Painting studio and Boyd Hall and the McCall House for lodging participants. If you have any mobility concerns, please let us know so we may assign you an appropriate room. Each of the buildings have separate bedrooms with shared bathrooms. During registration you can name a roommate, or let us know later, or let us decide.
Does your spouse/partner want to come but not take the class? Choose the "Couple" and you get to take the class and they get to enjoy Menucha (and no one has to cook or do dishes).
Schedule
Wednesday
2:00 pm Check-in
3:30 pm Welcome, orientation and intro session
6:00 pm Dinner
Thursday
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Studio Session
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Studio Session
4:00 pm Free time
6:00 pm Dinner
Evening - painting, talking, resting
Friday
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Studio Session
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Studio Session
4:00 pm Free time
6:00 pm Dinner
Evening - painting, talking, resting
Saturday
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Studio Session
11:00 am Departure