PEGGI KROLL ROBERTS ONLINE WORKSHOP | JAN 7-FEB 4, 2019

Workshop Fee: $150 (Payment in Full is Required to Reserve)

4 online classes over 5 weeks - Dates: Jan 7, 14, 21 & Feb 4, 2019, 10AM PST - 11AM PST

Each class will be broadcast live with your interactions and questions. The classes will also be recorded with unlimited access for your convenience. Once registered, you'll be able to access our private forum, set up specifically for this workshop, via your account page on our website. This is where we share our work and comments and further the discussion.

This class will be a refresher to some and an eye-opener to others. Assignment and examples will be posted weekly. As all professional artists will agree, the basics in drawing and light and form have their foundations in black and white. “Value does all the work; color gets all the credit!” Reviews and emphasis of the previous week included.

Photoshop corrections will also be a feature of this workshop with posted improvements to students’ paintings.

Week 1- Will be an emphasis on drawing. Blind contour drawing, measuring techniques, and triangulation are demonstrated and explained. Examples of Schiele, Sargent, Sorolla, Diebenkorn and other historically significant artists illustrate the importance of this approach.

Assignment: Sketchbook drawings with pen and pencil

Week 2- Review of week 1. Light on Form. Review, explanation, and demonstration of light on form. Vocabulary regarding light and shadow. Examples: Park, Sargent + more.

Assignment: Black and white in gouache and/or oil demonstrating understanding and exploring light and form

Week 3- Review of week 2. Value and Value Scale: Understanding how a range of values create drama and interest in painting. High key value, close value scale, other ways to use value as a tool in painting. Examples cited.

Assignment- Paint various subjects with different value interpretations

Week 4- Skip

Week 5- Review of week 3. Figure drawing ala Peggi Kroll Roberts! Peggi demonstrates her approach to measuring, drawing and painting an accurate figure and multiple figures in a painting. Examples cited and discussed.

Assignment- Figure paintings using her various approaches.