Paint Workshops

Course in Classical Painting Techniques

 

Many painters want to enrich their technical “palette” with the old classic painting skills. In this I can offer the following courses, singular or combined:

• Portrait painting, using as an example the Sfumato technique from Leonardo da Vinci
• Landscape painting and still life,
• Marbling, learning to imitate the four clasical marble types Carrara, Vert du Mer, Sienna and Rouge Royal
• Trompe lóeil, how to imitate reality, including 3 D effects and perspective

All classical painting courses include a wealth of information about grounds and grounding, glazing techniques, pigments, tempera and oil paint, painting mediums, brushes and tools and different techniques of old masters. For more information please contact me.

NEXT COURSE:

The Essence Art Exploration Course 2009:

The Essence Art Exploration course takes place from Thursday morning the 10th of September 2009 to Sunday afternoon the 13th of September and focuses on:

• - Essence art
• - The exploration of outer beauty in relation to the development of inner beauty 
• - How to liberate the creative potential in self
• - The influence of composition, colour, shape and form.

The four days will largely be practical and will thoroughly introduce some classic painting techniques through portrait and landscape painting, introducing some of the painting techniques of the old masters such as Leonardo da Vinci and Johannes Vermeer. For this one does not need to be skilled or have any previous experience. Neither is it focused on end-result. Yet, in a similar two days art workshop recently conducted in Holland, all participants produced fantastic works of art, having non or hardly any experience with these techniques.

Because many painters in the world do look for courses to improve their technique, and deep inside- for activating one´s creative potential as well, these four days combine practical painting skills with methods to liberating the creative potential in self. Everyone can be creative, it is a question of becoming aware of-  and removing the blockers that prevent it.

The exploration into Essence Art course will be conducted by Mark Stolk, who has worked for years in this territory as lecturer, teacher and artist, on a professional interrnational basis. Mark Stolk has a B.A. degree in the arts, a first degree as drawing teacher and as art history teacher. He has had many international exhibitions with his work.

Fees, registration, program and further info:

The fee: The fee for attending the course is 4000 Dkr. This includes all course materials such as paint, canvasses, written background material etc.

The fee doesn’t include transport to and from the village. For those that want to sleep over for three nights the costs are 250 Dkr a night in a nearby hostel.

Registration: The registration deadline is the 9th of September 2009. When you register, you will receive the bank account number where you can transfer the participant fee to. Registration can take place with Mark Stolk. Mail to: mark.stolk@get2net.dk  or phone +45: 35 26 20 77 or to mobile phone 26 21 00 62.

Program and further info: For those interested in the course further info and a program can be obtained. Please contact me by email or phone.

Looking forward seeing you,
With friendly greetings

Mark Stolk