Laura & Billy’s Excellent Plein Air Painting Adventure |
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Perugia, Italy
Join Laura
Martinez-Bianco and William Noonan as they guide
this week long painting workshop in Umbria on
the outskirts of Perugia. This enchanting and
spiritual region of Italy is sure to inspire.Saturday June 23, 2012 to Saturday June 30, 2012 Lot’s of painting. Lots
of good food and lots of good fun... maybe
some chocolate too!
Light, color, time and essential impressions of the landscape will be on the docket. This duo will get you started or guide you to the next level in your painting. Laura and William have been hosting this successful artist's retreat for five years now. Laura’s medium is pastels and William’s is oils. Students may work in any medium they choose. Mornings will offer formal lessons and individual critiquing. In the afternoon students will paint along side instructors in the field. This workshop is for the adventurous individual who loves to paint...or loves the idea of learning how to paint. |
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| Click here for
enrollment form with full detailed description. |
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| Click here for materials list |
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| This year we will be
staying at a beautiful agriturismo just outside
Perugia http://www.agriturismoilcorniolo.com/ |
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| Laura and William are
instructors who live in the Hudson Valley of New
York State just north of New York City. Biography Laura Martinez-Bianco: Laura is a plein air painter who works throughout the Hudson Valley and abroad. She is adept at capturing the essence of the landscape. Working plein air enables Laura to create her pastel paintings on site, quickly capturing the light and color of a specific moment. The variety of landscapes from mountains to rivers edge from fields and pastures to forests, villages and farmhouses provide unlimited inspirations. As well as working in the Hudson Valley, Laura has traveled to Italy, Canada and Africa to paint. Her work is currently in private collections in the United States and Italy. Laura's work has been displayed at the Varga Gallery, Hudson Valley Gallery, The James Douglas Gallery and the Katonah Museum of Art. She is an active member of the NYPAP. Laura's website: http://www.laurambianco.com/ Biography William Noonan: Originally from New York. He has a BFA from SUNY Purchase and has since studied at the New York Academy of Art, the Woodstock School of Art, The International School of Art-Umbria Italy, and the Art Students League of New York. He teaches at the Wallkill River School of Art, The Barett Art Center and The Mill Street Loft. William’s work is figurative and has a broad range that includes plein-air landscape, still life, figures, portraits and animal paintings. Primarily working in oils he also includes watercolor, drawing and printmaking techniques in his repertoire. His work has been exhibited in New York, on Cape Cod, and through various Internet venues. He is in numerous private collections in the US and Europe and has several pieces in the corporate collection on Nielsen and Bainbridge who offer his work nationally in print form. An inclination for the figure, a deep love of Italian art and the investigation of his own Italian heritage, through travel and study, inform his work. William's website: http://www.williamnoonan.com/ |
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| Contact: email: williambn@yahoo.com or rojobarn@aol.com telephone: 845-565-9403 (New York, USA) Skype: willbnoon |
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| Note: non-painting
spouses or friends are encouraged to travel with
each other before or after the week long workshop.
Painters will be busy and focused on the task of
painting. |
| Paintings -
Alternately Laura's pastels and William's oils |
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