2010 Master Class: June 7-11, 2010

Important Notice:
The Richard McKinley PPSCC Master Classes 2010 are full!
Week One: June 7 - 11
Week Two: June 14 - 18

The demand for this Master Class was high, so we added another week which filled immediately. If you missed out and you'd like to get on a waiting list, please email and indicate which week.

Pastel En Plein Air & Studio with Richard McKinley

The PPSCC Master Class for 2010 will be a five-day workshop with popular instructor Richard McKinley. It will cover the basics of sound representational painting. There will be daily demonstrations, critiques, and personal attention at individual easels. The Master Class will feature plein air painting in and around the Chatham/Orleans are of Cape Cod. All levels are welcome.

The class will be limited to 18 students. Registration will be open to PPSCC members only until November 1.

Richard McKinley, of Oregon, is a Signature Pastelist with the Pastel Society of America. He writes the weekly Pastel Pointers Blog which can be found at http://pastelpointersblog.artistsnetwork.com In addition to teaching this Master Class, Richard will be serving as a juror of selection and judge of awards for the 2010 "For Pasels Only on Cape Cod 2010" national show, which coincides with the Master Class.

To see Richard's work, visit his website: www.mckinleystudio.com

"Working very closely with nature en plein air on location has led to a much greater appreciation of the natural world around me. Photography, a useful tool, is not a substitute for being there and becoming a part of the exchange of nature, eye, and mind. Light is the motivating factor; without it there would be nothing."

"My goal is to capture a piece of the spontaneous dance of light across the palette of nature. Working on location forces me to get in touch with the moment, allowing no time for detailed studies of things."

— Richard McKinley

Members $550 Non-Members $600

Payment is NON REFUNDABLE. If you must drop out of the workshop, you must find a replacement and notify Sherry Rhyno of the change at sherry@gallery31capecod.com. If there is a list of people on a waiting list, she will provide you with contact information.

Download the Master Workshop Registration Form

Master Class: September 14-18, 2009

The Master Class with Margaret Dyer drew people from six states and Canada! Margaret was unassuming and friendly, and her ease with the group made for a wonderful learning experience.

TMargaret did a masterful job draping and posing the models in positions that worked for sixteen artists simultaneously. She used strong lighting to create dramatic light and shadow. Her emphasis was on creating an accurate drawing, squinting to see value, and keeping the values clean. Participants worked on at least three pieces a day.

While her work sings with color, Margaret insisted that clean values should come first and that color sense will come. Students were instructed to paint in dark values first, then midtones and lights, and to get black in somewhere for reference. She layers warms and cools, and likes to play with color, connecting her darks and lights with unexpected color to help create form. A special and supportive group of participants also helped make this a fun and inspirational workshop.