Ballinglen : USA/Ireland offers this unique opportunity to work at the prestigious Ballinglen Arts Foundation. Mayo, Ireland, for a group of twelve artists to spend nine days in rural Ireland drawing with artist Andrew Wykes.
Drawing from the Landscape
The workshop is mainly intended for intermediate and advanced artists with a desire to develop further. Andrew Wykes will provide group and individualized instruction and criticism. Discussions and presentations will provide the format for an intensive exciting learning experience. The focus is on the landscape and sea of this part of North Mayo, by experiencing at first hand our reaction to the magic of the place and its rich visual and atmospheric setting.
Wykes will present a series of ideas and explorations based on the perceptual and process in the studio and outside in order to understand that abstraction is the foundation behind ALL drawing and painting. Working from small drawings made in the landscape that will be developed into larger drawing investigations made in the studio. This will be the integral focus of the course. The drawings will not only be made with graphite, but extending the idea of drawing into the use of wet medium of acrylic and tempera paint. Wykes’ teaching is not concerned with techniques or embellishing a safe stereo typical style but more with an approach to developing a transitional way of working while improving upon the student's understanding of the formal elements. Sessions will address many of these elements including; the picture plane, shape, tension, surface, figure ground relationships, geometry, rhythm, space and light and especially analogy - the poetic emotive force behind our work.
The cost is $1,800 which includes tuition, shared cottage with private bedroom for 8 nights, lunch/dinner/dessert/tea/coffee, collection/delivery to the bus/train stations in Ballina, full use of the Ballinglen library and facilities 24/7. Payment is made to Ballinglen : USA/Ireland using the payment button on the website www.ballinglenworkshops.com. Participants arrive on the 4th and depart on the 12th of June (The workshop is for seven days with arrival and departure day making it nine days). Please contact Andrew Wykes on awykes@hamline.edu with questions about workshop content or materials and Una Forde on unaforde.baf@gmail.com for availability and booking form.
Andrew Wykes was born in the UK just outside of London. He studied at Richmond upon Thames College, and Epsom School of Art and Design where he received his undergraduate qualifications in fine art. His graduate studies were completed at American University, Washington, DC where he received his MFA in painting. He has taught art for thirty years in schools and colleges in the UK, Belgium and the US. Andrew has shown his work nationally and internationally including London and in New York. He is a recipient of four Minnesota State Arts Board Initiative Awards. He was awarded a fellowship at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Mayo, Ireland, and is featured in the document film “ Painting the Place Between” & the Sky Television, 'Landscape Artist of the Year 2019. Andrew is currently an a full Professor at Hamline University in St Paul. He lives in Northfield, Minnesota with his wife and has two daughters.
www.andrewwykes.com
To check availability for this workshop please complete and submit the form below.
Drawing from the Landscape
The workshop is mainly intended for intermediate and advanced artists with a desire to develop further. Andrew Wykes will provide group and individualized instruction and criticism. Discussions and presentations will provide the format for an intensive exciting learning experience. The focus is on the landscape and sea of this part of North Mayo, by experiencing at first hand our reaction to the magic of the place and its rich visual and atmospheric setting.
Wykes will present a series of ideas and explorations based on the perceptual and process in the studio and outside in order to understand that abstraction is the foundation behind ALL drawing and painting. Working from small drawings made in the landscape that will be developed into larger drawing investigations made in the studio. This will be the integral focus of the course. The drawings will not only be made with graphite, but extending the idea of drawing into the use of wet medium of acrylic and tempera paint. Wykes’ teaching is not concerned with techniques or embellishing a safe stereo typical style but more with an approach to developing a transitional way of working while improving upon the student's understanding of the formal elements. Sessions will address many of these elements including; the picture plane, shape, tension, surface, figure ground relationships, geometry, rhythm, space and light and especially analogy - the poetic emotive force behind our work.
The cost is $1,800 which includes tuition, shared cottage with private bedroom for 8 nights, lunch/dinner/dessert/tea/coffee, collection/delivery to the bus/train stations in Ballina, full use of the Ballinglen library and facilities 24/7. Payment is made to Ballinglen : USA/Ireland using the payment button on the website www.ballinglenworkshops.com. Participants arrive on the 4th and depart on the 12th of June (The workshop is for seven days with arrival and departure day making it nine days). Please contact Andrew Wykes on awykes@hamline.edu with questions about workshop content or materials and Una Forde on unaforde.baf@gmail.com for availability and booking form.
Andrew Wykes was born in the UK just outside of London. He studied at Richmond upon Thames College, and Epsom School of Art and Design where he received his undergraduate qualifications in fine art. His graduate studies were completed at American University, Washington, DC where he received his MFA in painting. He has taught art for thirty years in schools and colleges in the UK, Belgium and the US. Andrew has shown his work nationally and internationally including London and in New York. He is a recipient of four Minnesota State Arts Board Initiative Awards. He was awarded a fellowship at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Mayo, Ireland, and is featured in the document film “ Painting the Place Between” & the Sky Television, 'Landscape Artist of the Year 2019. Andrew is currently an a full Professor at Hamline University in St Paul. He lives in Northfield, Minnesota with his wife and has two daughters.
www.andrewwykes.com
To check availability for this workshop please complete and submit the form below.
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The Artist in Rural Ireland Fund's Workshop @
The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Landscape Drawing Workshop with Andrew Wykes 4th - 12th June 2020 Class from 5th - 11th June 2020 TOTAL $1,800 Registration begins on 1st September 2019, booking forms must be received by Monday, February 3rd 2020, a first come, first serve basis.
A $500 booking fee applies & is non refundable payable by cheque or credit card. Final payment must be made before the 30th April 2020, please email for details re payment, booking forms will be accepted online. A small fee will apply for materials provided. We will email you a receipt once we receive a payment or booking. Payments are non-refundable 2 months prior to the class. Class participation constitutes an agreement to our Health and Safety Policy. Accommodation available from 4th with departure on the 12th. Collection at train/bus in Ballina is also included. Please contact Andrew Wykes with any questions on the class directly on email awykes@hamline.edu. All other queries : Úna Forde, Managing Director, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Main Street, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, Ireland. T : +353 (0) 96 43184, E : ballinglenarts@gmail.com, unaforde.baf@gmail.com http://www.ballinglenartsfoundation.org/ http://www.facebook.com/ BallinglenArtsFoundation |