Calvin Liang February 7-10, 2012 Debra Huse Jan, Feb, March, April 2012 Randall Sexton April 18-21, 2012 John Budicin May 14-17, 2012 Kenn Backhaus June 18-21, 2012 Darrell Hill July 27-29, 2012 Gavin Brooks August 6-10, 2012 Clark Mitchell October 9-12, 2012 Leslie Saeta November 6-9, 2012 Carol Marine February 4-8th, 2013  Debra Huse Beginners Basics Jan. 24-26, 2012 No experience necessary! Start from the beginning, as Debra teaches you step by step about setting-up the easel, design and composition, the color wheel, the palette, how to hold the brush to apply paint and mixing with the palette knife. “Paint Along” together one step at a time. This is a wonderful class for beginning painters, collectors, or anyone who loves art. The workshop will take place indoors in a very comfortable setting and is FUN! You can do it! Each participant will go home with a small framed completed painting or three!  Location: Newport Beach, CA Hours: 9am-4pm Tuition: $350 click on mail@debrahuse.com if you would like to register or call 949-723-6171 for more information. Calvin Liang February 7-10, 2012 5 Steps to get the best plein air painting results in the  shortest time. Award-winning artist Calvin Liang will be teaching with a focus on painting on location from direct observation. Plein air painting is a foundational part of training the eye to better understand the concepts of composition, design, and color harmony.  Lessons will include: Planning the most effective composition for the individual artist’s preferences Learning to better see and use warm and cool color in landscape Commanding hardness and softness of the edges to create space in a painting Simplifying the subject through the use of basic design, value, color, and drawing skills Reasons for different paint surface textures and brushstroke direction over the forms Tuition $600. click on mail@debrahuse.com if you would like to register or call 949-723-6171 Debra Huse Focus on Value, February 29-March 2, 2012 Besides drawing and composition, the most important component of a successful painting is value! Learn how to achieve foreground, middle-ground and background. Debra will teach you how to look past color and achieve correct value. The workshop will take place indoors in a very comfortable setting. This is a great class for both beginning and intermediate painters. Location: Newport Beach, CA Hours: 9am-4pm Tuition: $350 click on mail@debrahuse.com if you would like to register or call 949-723-6171 for more information. Focus on Color, March 27-29, 2012 Achieve color harmony! Explore new ways to paint white using color and discover alternatives to grey in shadows. Learn the art of mixing color while perfecting value. Learn how to warm up a color and how to cool it down. Learn how to neutralize a color and show it off with it’s compliment. We will do color studies and work on 6 x 8 studies.  The workshop will take place indoors in a very comfortable setting for both beginning and intermediate painters. Location: Newport Beach, CA Hours: 9am-4pm Tuition: $350 click on mail@debrahuse.com if you would like to register or call 949-723-6171 for more information. Lay it Down and Leave It Alone, April 24-26, 2012 Stop futzing! Learn how to mix a bigger pile of paint and get it onto your brush and off onto the canvas without overworking it. People want to see your brushstrokes!  We will also be working with a palette knife. This class is often held outdoors to better enjoy the beautiful spring weather in Southern California.  Space is limited to ten students to ensure individual attention and instruction.  Location: Newport Beach, CA Hours: 9am-4pm Tuition: $350  click on mail@debrahuse.com if you would like to register or call 949-723-6171 for more information. “Mentor Mondays” 11/21, 12/5 12/12...2/6, 3/12, 4/9, 6/11, 8/20, 9/10, 10/29, 11/12, 12/3 & 17 Join Debra at the gallery on Balboa Island for a morning or afternoon mentor session. You paint and Debra helps you keep on track -on your painting.  Bring a painting to work on or paint plein air close by! Half day $50 full day $90. 10am-1pm & 2pm -5pm. Randall Sexton April 18-21, 2012  Plein Air Study to Studio Finished Larger Work Randall’s workshops are open to students of any level of experience, but are especially designed to help experienced artists further their understanding of the oil painting medium and deepen their insights to their own work. His communication skills and his “hands-on” approach to teaching have garnered him a healthy and wide reputation among former students. This four day workshop will focus on how to develop larger studio work from plein air sketches. Two days of location painting will be followed by two days of studio work. Individual guidance will be given to draw on individual strengths. Oil is Randall's medium of choice, but he is open to other mediums for the workshop.Tuition $600. John Budicin May 14-17, 2012 “Plein Air - Strong, Beautiful & True” Painting outdoors is challenging. Learning what to select and what to omit to make a strong design and statement is the goal. You are not obligated to paint everything you see.  The emphasis will be to simplify and organize shapes. The beauty of a painting is often  in its simplicity. “What is important to me, as a teacher, is to share whatever knowledge I have with my students. I have no secrets about the way I paint, my philosophy, or my approach. I want to give each student all I can through personal attention, direction, and group discussions. There are no shortcuts in reaching our goals; just hard work and determination.” This class is suitable for beginning to professional oil painters. We will paint on location at all times. John Budicin was born in Rovigno, Italy. He was 12 years old when his family settled in Southern California. After working as a commercial artist for 19 years, John finally decided to make his true passion, art, his lifetime profession. Working primarily on location, he finds his inspirations directly from life. With many awards and honors, John’s work has been in museum exhibitions and featured in many art magazines, such as, Cowboys and Indians, Art of the West, Southwest Art, Pasadena Magazine, California Art Club Newsletter, and Art Business News. Several of his paintings were selected and published in 200 Great Painting Ideas for Artist, and have been reproduced in several other art books.  Tuition $600. click on mail@debrahuse.com if you would like to register or call 949-723-6171  Darrell Hill July 27-29, 2012  “Wine and Sunshine!” Paint outdoors with Darrell as he teaches you the techniques he uses to create his famous colorful exciting landscapes. Learn strong contrast, bold use of color, light, and surface texture. Paint indoors and capture of of Darrell’s great wine still lifes. As an added bonus, Darrell will discuss how to effectively use websites, Facebook, and Twitter to market your art. Darrell Hill has been called "one of the finest bold impressionists alive today" and his work is featured in collections worldwide. Location: Orange County, CA; Tuition: $400 click on mail@debrahuse.com if you would like to register or call 949-723-6171 Gavin Brooks August 6-10, 2011  PLEIN AIR BOOT CAMP  Gavin is back by popular demand! This is a workshop that communicates HOW to use and practice the four value system with a limited palette. Learn direct methods and strategies for: luminosity, atmosphere, linear perspective, compression of middle ground, reflected light, foreground shadows, subtle transitions, paint passages, massing, design, selective omission, the art of skipping stones, distant ground planes, turning shadows, tension, backlighting, statement, swing, themes, observation, harmony, orchestration, the anatomy of clouds, the visual science in nature, recession, the celestial dome, rules for horizon placement, tree postures, breaking a line, with interchange, planes of light, light vapor, hogarth curves, saturation, chroma, wet sand reflections, the value range of water and surf, transparent and shallow water, rocks, accents, highlights, light to shadow, color vibration and compliments, hard edges, calligraphy, shape, neutralization, the beauty of thinner darks, turning forms scumbling, glazing, vertical surface reflections and always comparing your painting to itself. Think you can learn about all that in five days? Find out. The class includes longer days and some evening locations, in depth power points, lectures, easel visits, demos, specialized lessons on exercises and insight for water, trees, sky, ground. The art of composition and a take away signed companion book. GAVIN BROOKS 5-DAY Landscape Artists BOOT CAMP. Don’t miss it! Location: Orange County, CA; Tuition: $700. click on mail@debrahuse.com if you would like to register or call 949-723-6171 Kenn Backhaus  June 18-21, 2012 Strong Design, Rich and Juicy Paint Application  Two days in Newport Beach area and then two days in Avalon on Catalina Island!  Paint on location and even try your hand at a nocturn. Kenn’s workshop is 4 days on location with a master. He is generous with his information and passionate about great work. Don’t miss this chance to get personal insights from Kenn. $650. click on mail@debrahuse.com if you would like to register or call 949-723-6171 for more information. Clark Mitchell October 9-12, 2012 Powerful Land & Seascapes Rich Underpainting with Pastels Stressing high contrast in value, shape, color temperature, texture and detail, Clark will talk about and demonstrate choosing an enticing scene, creating the most powerful composition using a viewfinder, value sketching, and editing. The first morning we’ll meet indoors to go over handouts and discuss the workshop. The remainder of the time, we’ll paint on location. Through numerous demonstrations, Clark will show his vivid underpainting technique, how to successfully navigate middle stages and tips to completing a rich and eye-catching scene using soft pastels (other mediums welcome.) Artists will have plenty of time to work on their own landscapes with ample at-easel assistance from Clark. In the last few years, Clark’s pastels have been on the cover and in feature articles in Southwest Art and The Pastel Journal, and he received Best of Show Award at the Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational in 2011. Location: Orange County, CA; Tuition: $600. click on mail@debrahuse.com if you would like to register or call 949-723-6171  Leslie Saeta November 6-9, 2012 Painting with the Palette Knife and Hottest Marketing Tips Four Day Palette Knife Painting (in the studio and plein air) Four days and Leslie promises you will love painting with a palette knife! Our first day starts off with a few exercises pertaining to color mixing, painting values and some basic palette knife exercises. Then we’ll start a unique paint-along demo in which Leslie demonstrates the basic approach to completing a painting with a palette knife. This demo helps students understand the basics and guides them to success using a simple step by step approach. And ... you will love your completed painting ... On the second day we will all paint together while participating in a paint-along painting demo. On Day Three we will head outside and paint plein air. You can plan on painting two small paintings - one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The day will be spent painting your own palette knife paintings as Leslie provides one on one personalized instruction at your easel. On Day Four we will head back to the classroom and start out with another painting. That afternoon we will all participate in a group painting exercise that will cement all that you have learned during the week. Plus as a group we will focus on “motivation” - we will inspire, elevate and help each other discover the joy of painting. Plus we will talk about marketing ... suggestions as to how you can sell more art on-line via facebook, your blog, website, newsletters, etc. Cost is $450.00. Location: Orange County, CA click on mail@debrahuse.com if you would like to register or call 949-723-6171  Carol Marine February 4-8, 2013 Painting small and often is a powerful way to rapidly improve your skills! There is a fast growing group of people, called daily painters, who do small paintings every day, post photographs of their paintings on a blog, and then sell them through eBay, with a usual starting price of $100. In this way, many artists are finding they can grow quickly in skill and finally make a living with their art, after struggling for years in galleries and at art fairs. Carol has had 5+ years of experience daily painting and teaches workshops around the US and Canada. We will spend most of our time on the basic principles of design – the rules of composition, value, color, and shape – and how to apply them to small still lives. We will then experiment with color relationships using an alternative to the traditional color wheel, explore color mixing, and how each color “leans” towards others. We will push our compositions to avoid “floating” objects and learn the one, simple rule to avoid a boring still life. There will be daily demos, handouts and one-on-one critiques. Finally, we will learn how to set up a blog, the in’s and out’s of ebay, shipping and marketing your work, etc. There will be reference material on this to take home. Beginner or professional welcome. Location: Orange County, CA; Tuition: $600. click on mail@debrahuse.com if you would like to register or call 949-723-6171

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