My teaching objective is to create a positive environment, empowering students to take risks, ask questions and pursue their own individual artistic path. My method involves sharing some aspects of my own process, aiming to help students build tangible foundational skills and to offer guidance about materials. I also focus on mindset and thought process as important aspects of creating art.
Online Video Course: Layered Moments: Painting the Still Life; Self-directed, ongoing
Available through Kara Bullock Art School.
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2-Day Guided Direct Floral Still Life Painting
Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA (in-person); April 15-16, 2023
Date: Saturday, April 15 & Sunday, April 16, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Level: All
Medium: All – Demos will be done in oil
$395.00
For more information or to register, please visit the Community Arts Center website.
The focus of this intensive workshop will be on painting a floral still life from direct observation, fostering active response, full engagement, and letting go of expectations for a perfect painting.
Tracy will share a loose workflow, which includes:
-Exploratory drawing
-Mixing color
– First layer of color
-Extended looking and layering
We will also discuss such things as active looking, composition, value structure and color harmony, among other topics.
Each class will include some discussion and painting demonstrations, as well as time to paint. Tracy will bring flowers you can use to make your own still life setup. Bring a favorite vase or vessel and at the end of the class on Sunday, you can take your arrangement home.
Plein Air Workshop: A Fresh Approach
Bluebird Hill Retreat, Tennessee (in-person); May 3 – 6, 2023
4 Days – May 3-6, 2023
$750 (includes daily lunch and snacks)
For more information or to register, please visit the Bluebird Hill Retreat website.
This workshop offers a guided learning opportunity to immerse yourself in a multi-day
experience painting outdoors with me. We will paint together at the peaceful Bluebird
Hill Retreat, a serene country getaway created by visual artists, located in picturesque
Santa Fe, TN. The distractions that dominate everyday life are suspended here and our
sole purpose will be to paint and talk about painting.
We will work to develop technical, mental and perceptual skills needed to translate our
response to what we see in nature into 2-dimensional form. Topics will include exploring
and choosing a painting site, organizing the majesty of what we see into interesting
compositions, using color to create harmony and unity, editing and prioritizing elements
in a painting, and organically developing interesting painting surfaces, among others.
We will also discuss equally-important aspects of painting such as active looking, focus,
mindset, and expectations.
Every day spent painting outside is an opportunity to enjoy the moment and grow as a painter.
Suitable for all levels of experience, although some plein air experience is helpful.
Plein Air Workshop: A Fresh Approach
Franciscan Life Process Center, Lowell, Michigan (in-person); Aug. 24 – 26, 2023
3 Days: August 24 – 26, 2023
$500
We will work to develop technical, mental and perceptual skills needed to translate our response to what we see in nature into 2-dimensional form. Topics will include exploring and choosing a painting site, organizing the majesty of what we see into interesting compositions, using color to create harmony and unity.
For more information or to register, please visit the Franciscan Life Process Center website.