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A Brief Explanation
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Workshops
offered by
Mark Mehaffey |
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A Gentle Critique, but to the point
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Five Day Workshop
From the
traditional to the experimental, Artist participants will go
from a study of composition, arranging shapes, assigning value
and using contrast to executing a painting with a very un-traditional
tool, the mouth atomizer. This spray tool is inexpensive and
throws a large dot of spray similar to the stipple of a toothbrush.
Wonderful, subtle, textural layers of paint blend automatically
before the eye. The results are graphic and powerful. The middle
part of the week is spent on Color with a capitol C. Using neutrals
to create mood, neutralizing color and using complimentary color
side by side will be covered. Participants will experiment with
different color combinations and saturation’s to find
what is right for them. We will finish the week working more
intuitively and experimentally. Texture, layering, stamping,
and using the elements of design, as subject will be the focus.
Yupo, a plastic, very smooth paper will provide all with an
exciting end to an enjoyable and well paced, learning experience.
Other workshops available: |
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I loved Mark Mehaffey's workshop! Not only is he a fine artist,
but also a creative and energetic instructor. I came away from
his class with new Ideas and techniques that I continue to use.
My artistic development took a giant step."
...Leslie
Anderson - Idaho |
Overflow Crowd! |
Start
with the basics
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The
Demo
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I'm thinner now. |
"Mark
Mehaffey is warm and willing to share his knowledge, his time
and unique pathways to creativity. He makes the painting process
fun. His arms and heart are open and inclusive; Immediately
make a stranger a friend."
...Julia
Margaret - New Mexico |
 Help
When Asked
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 A
Happy Mess
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A Gentle Workshop for Beginners
Shorten your learning
curve. From the best materials to basic composition: The techniques
that help you tell the visual story you wish to tell, it is
all covered. Speed yourself on your way to becoming the painter
you want to become. Mark has over thirty years experience teaching
the joys of creating to the young and the not so young alike.
This is a gentle, but fast paced workshop designed to start
you on your own road of painting. |
 Bow
to the work |
 Brush,
Paint Paper and a Smile!
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 Hard
at Work
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 A
Gentle Critque
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Totally
Landscape
This workshop
will have something for everyone. Arranging the shapes of a
landscape, using value to direct the viewer’s eye, creating
a focal area and setting the mood will all be covered. Glazing,
negative shape painting, working wet into wet and not so wet,
even very wet (effectively) will also be covered. When to ignore
what you see to create a more powerful visual statement will
be demonstrated. How to effectively use photographs, what to
use and what to leave out will be part of this workshop. Private
and group critiques may be built in to the experience so that
all participating Artists will come away with information that
can be used for their own journey down the road of joyful painting. |
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"Being
a dyed in the wool realist, I realized I needed something to
break out of my structured way of painting....Using Mark's exciting
new techniques, I worked my way through to a freer expression
of myself, and in the process created a more artistic statement."
....Toni Stevenson - Michigan |
 Draw
First...Sometimes
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