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2008 WORKSHOPS
All workshops are $75/day for members and $85/day for non-members (to become a member click here). Painting at the North Shore Arts Association is particularly exciting because of our superb location on historic Gloucester Harbor. Home to ships of all sorts - lobster boats, deep water draggers, pleasure boats and tall ships - Gloucester harbor has provided artists with subject matter for years. A newly renovated indoor studio is located on the ground level of the art association. It features large, bright windows overlooking the harbor, a slop sink for ease in cleaning up, and easy access to the parking lot. There is just one step down from the doorway into the studio. And the parking lot provides incredible vistas for plein air painters. Click here to see more!

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	Dennis Poirier June 16, 17 -Plein Aire, Oil & Acrylic – Benefit from the unique perspective of this distinguished artist who offers his students the opportunity to share his response to the changing light, movement, moods, and the colors of the world.ennis will accompany and instruct students as they paint New England landscapes in the Cape Ann tradition.
	Susan Daly June 27, 28 -Monoprint – We will do monotypes by painting on a Plexiglas plate with watercolor, water soluble printing ink and water soluble oil paint. Class participants can decide which medium they prefer to use. Monotype is a unique process in which you can use a combination of painting and printmaking techniques. Work is done in a direct, fluid and flexible medium which is always a suprise when pulled.
	Ellen Rolli July 9, 10 - Acrylic Still Life, Studio and Plein Aire - this dynamic and award winning artist will offer guidance in the art of arranging simple still life set-ups. She will take students outside on the second day to provide instruction in simple outdoor paintings
	Tom Sutherland July 11,12,13 - Plein Aire, Watercolor - "alla prima" painting, leading students into their "passion zone." Tom teaches traditional techniques, instructing workshop participants to unleash their inner power to make paintings expressive, exciting, and definitely more satisfying.
	Charles Gruppé July 16, 17, 18 - Plein Aire, Landscape & Marine Painting, Oil & Acrylic – Charlesis an internationally recognized, award winning artist who teaches workshops around the world. In his workshops he shares his unique techniques using a palette knife and brush in a rapid wet-on-wet approach to achieve a controlled, impressionistic style painting. Students travel from all parts of the country for the opportunity to study with this distinguished painter.
	Anne Demeter July 19, 20 - Gouache & Watercolor, Figure Study in Studio – An award winning artist and former president of the North Shore Arts Association, Anne will demonstrate sketching a live model and will encourage students to sketch along with her. The afternoon session will be painting using the live model. On the second day she will do a watercolor demonstration, using a photograph for reference.
	Liné Tutwiler July 23, 24, 25 - Plein Air Outdoor Painting - Known for her passionate approach to painting and her distinctive flair, Liné is always an exciting teacher. Workshop participants will meet each day at NSAA. Liné will accompany and instruct students as they paint New England landscapes in the Cape Ann tradition around Smith's Cove.
	Judy & Larry Pumfrey July 23, 23, 25 - Oil, Acrylic, Studio – Benefit from the experiences of two award winning artists! Husband and wife artists, Judy and Larry will teach the art of seeing with a painter's eye and be instructed in the art of personal expression using traditional mediums of oil and/or acrylics.
	Andrew Anderson-Bell July 30 - Pastel, Studio – The workshop will focus on landscape painting working in the studio from photographs, memory, and imagination. Emphasis will be placed on composition, values and light. Andrew will share how he uses tools, materials, and technique when working with pastels.
	Judythe Evans Meagher August 4 - Award winning artist Judythe Evens Meagher is offering a special one day workshop.While demonstrations will be done in transparent watercolor, the information presented also applies to opaque media such as oils, gouache and acrylics. Students may bring a medium of their choice. Judythe uses a limited primary palette and will focus on this in her workshop. Students will to learn how to mix a myriad of hues with only six pigments, how to determine whether our mixtures will produce bright or subdued colors and how to keep our paintings from getting "muddy".
	Bruce Bachman Turner August 14, 15, 16 - "Learning from Nature - Keeping It Simple" - Known for his exciting approach to painting the sea, this award winning artist is offering an oil painting workshop for participants of all levels. The group will meet each morning at NSAA, then go out to paint with Bruce around the associations grounds, at Smith's Cove and various Gloucester locations. Bruce will seek to address unresolved compositional and paint procedural problems.
	Charlotte Wharton August 15, 16, 17 - Luscious Figurative Interiors, Oil & Pastel, Studio – Paint luscious figurative interiors of charm and expression. Learn how to bring meaning to your paintings using the language of artistic energy. Study will include and go beyond the standard elements of design to cover the interpretation of the inherent energy of shape, linear directives, value patterns, color relationships, texture, and the choice of marks. Instructor demonstrations and critiques at the easel will be provided daily. A group critique will follow the end of class. All levels.
	Frank Federico August 18, 19, 20, 21 - Plein Aire, Pastel, Oil, & Watercolor – "Painting is first an energy, then a technique. I am essentially a romanticist; wherever I go, I need to relate to, respond to ... and to romance my physical environment and its sensual atmosphere. In this regard my approach to painting is fairly spontaneous... I like to consider myself as having an ever-adaptable attitude in response to stimuli. I believe that art is as capricious as natures own whims.. Nature provides the catalyst -- human or otherwise ... Each painting speaks for itself and has a life of its own." - Frank Federico .
	Peter Spataro September 5-7 -This years workshop will be on location and will emphasize using your watercolor skills to paint in acrylic. Demonstrations will be in watercolor and acrylic both on paper and on the new Fredrix watercolor canvas. Each class day will begin with a full demonstration on location, Color on location painting will be presented in every demonstration. He will help you to see colors in nature and how to mix them, It will be three fun filled days of relaxed but intensive work and instruction.
	Carleen Muniz September 12, 13, 14 - Plein Aire, Oil & Acrylic – Carleen's landscapes and seascapes capture the essence of New England life. A long-time student and painting companion of Charles Movalli, Carleen teaches the traditional techniques of the famous Cape Ann School that has distinguished Gloucester artists for generations.
	Susan Dorazio September 19, 20, 21 - Watercolor, Studio – The workshop focuses on portraying animals using Susan's transparent watercolor techniques, whether portraying the subject alone or in a related environment.
	Caleb Stone September 26, 27, 28 - Plein Air Painting - A popular and dynamic teacher, Caleb will take students to great locations in the Cape Ann area. Students of all levels will meet daily at NSAA. Each day will begin with an on the spot demonstration. Students will then work in the medium of their choice with personal instruction from Caleb, oil or watercolor.

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