SUSIE BILLINGS
Mixed Media Collage & Watercolor

June 11 - 13, 2010 |  Friday - Sunday |  10AM - 4PM
$375 for three a three day workshop

Susan Billings runs international art workshops, and paints in far flung locales, but always returns to Telluride to re-connect with the “vibrant arts community and environment that defines the Ah Haa School.” This years workshop will guide participants through three days of artistic immersion, bringing multi-media to life. Delight in the summer alpine experience provides the foundation for this class. Watercolor, pastel, collage, printmaking, drawing, and journaling are the core of our daily experience. Uniting this mountain landscape with the synergy of the engaged group will be our pathway to expanded creativity. We will collect ideas and do quick renderings outdoors in journals, then have time in the Depot studio to review concepts and work in greater depth on a variety of techniques. This workshop is open to students of all levels and ages, from first-time beginners to accomplished professionals. Workshop size is limited to ensure that every participant has ample one-on-one instruction.

JEANNE MACKENZIE
Capturing the Landscape in Oils

June 21 - 24, 2010 |  Monday - Thursday |  10AM - 4PM
$425 for four a four day workshop

There is energy and freshness associated with painting outdoors. Painting on location in plein-air while capturing the scene all at once has excited artists since the turn of the century. Share your love of nature and art with Jeanne Mackenzie and learn to capture the moment amid the backdrop of the beautiful San Juan Mountains in Telluride. This workshop will help students to learn to put light and life into their landscapes. Students will concentrate on finding the correct values, giving clout to the composition and making color-mixing fun. The workshop will help students “loosen up” outdoors and focus on what is in front of them. This class is small for personal attention and open to students of all levels. 

BRUCE GOMEZ
Summer Pastel Painting in the San Juans

July 16 - 18, 2010 |  Friday - Sunday |  10AM - 4PM
$375 for a three day workshop

The mist from a waterfall or hues of a sunset sky take on new dimensions as Bruce Gomez layers pastels to produce tones rich in light and depth. If you’ve admired his paintings of the Telluride valley or want to see what is possible in landscape pastel now is the time to learn the techniques that can help you produce your own beckoning landscapes. Bruce will share his own unique style, which involves working from photographs to render stunning, luminous images of the surrounding area. Bruce teaches the basics for beginners in this class, but he encourages more advanced students to attend, promising them the appropriate attention. A great opportunity to learn the process of pastel painting, this class is limited to 10 students and requires advance registration.

Bruce is represented by the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art

DAVE EDWARDS
Making a Strong Photograph

September 9 - 11, 2010   |  Thursday - Saturday |  10AM - 4PM
$450 for a three day workshop

Just in time for the splendor of fall colors, Dave Edwards, famous for his Kazakh Eagle Hunter series for National Geographic Magazine, will lead a three-day photographic workshop. Dynamic compositions, light, subject content, and the artistic elements of an image will be his main topics. There will be an emphasis on changing photographic habits, seeing with new eyes and experimentation. Starting with an introduction and slide show on Thursday evening, the workshop will continue for two full days of shooting and a lecture on Friday and Saturday, and end on Sunday at noon after more shooting and critique.