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Joy Thomas June
11 – 16, 2006 (Four Teaching Days) www.portraitartist.com/thomas Joy will begin the workshop with a portrait demo from the live model, teaching the principles of drawing, composition, anatomy, seeing in simplified shapes (gestalt thinking) and calculating values. Participants will complete many drawings and explore many techniques during this rigorous workshop. Joy will visit each easel to offer individual instruction. Participants will “capture a likeness” by learning to apply the formal elements and the basic principles of art along with the golden mean, plumb lines, comparative measuring, lighting, gesture drawing and by learning to avoid and correct common mistakes. Joy will also answer questions concerning portrait painting, photographing finished works, framing, entering competitions, accepting commissions and marketing. Joy Thomas is the author of the book, The Art of Portrait Drawing, by North Light Books to be released in 2006. She received the First Place Prize for Portrait Painting from the American Society of Portrait Artists in 1996. She has completed portrait commissions for leaders of business, finance and government including the official portrait of the Secretary of the Navy for the Pentagon in 2000. She was commissioned by philanthropist and owner of the New York Jets, Robert Wood Johnson, and completed his portrait in 2004. Ms. Thomas was recently selected to paint the official portrait of the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard to be unveiled in 2006, in Washington D.C. Her paintings and drawings have been selected for many juried shows including the historic Salmagundi Club and National Arts Club of New York City, where she has garnered numerous awards. She won first place in the “The Best Paintings of 2000” competition sponsored by The Artist’s Magazine and was published in the December 2000 issue. In 2003 Ms.Thomas won “Best of Show” in the Indiana Plein Air Painters’ “paint-out” in New Harmony, Indiana. Articles about her work have appeared in American Artist magazine Nov. 1996, The Artist’s Magazine April 1997, International Artist magazine January 1999, in the book The Best of Portrait Painting by North Light Books and Portrait Highlights by Watson-Gupthill. She paints portraits, still lifes and landscapes en plein air. Joy Thomas has served as a guest artist/instructor for the Minnesota River School of Fine Arts, Loveland Academy of Fine Arts in Colorado, Dallas Association of Creative Artists, Australian Society of Portrait Artists, Sydney Australia and the Cincinnati Art Club among others. She teaches workshops, juries art competitions and writes about art. Her portraits have appeared in House Beautiful, Country Living, Garden Design, Southern Accents, Country Home and Veranda magazines. Studio: Something for all levels.
Workshop’s itinerary Monday – Thursday Tuesday Thursday Friday Day students are welcome to attend the Welcome Reception and Farewell Reception (included in your package). You are also invited to join the class for breakfasts and dinners (additional fee). PAL’s (Participants at large) can vacation at Dillman’s
for $300, includes accommodations. Costs for breakfasts, dinners and receptions
are additional.
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