Paint Big, Paint Bold! (Intermediate to Advanced) with Ed Chesnovitch

In this 4 week workshop for oil and acrylics, we will work on one large piece from start to finish. Don’t be intimidated by size.  Jump in and have some fun. Focus on one painting and be fearless!

1. Week 1, we will go to the nearby Dennis Conservation Land Trust, 107 Sesuit Neck Road, East Dennis, MA 02641, absorb the beauty, sketch, record, and gather info to inspire a large-format painting. Followed by indoor studio work.

2. Week 2 in the studio, we will focus on how to start a painting with various underpaintings, toned grounds, and notans. Understand the important shapes and design of your image and how to establish good bones of your painting. 

3. Weeks 3 and 4, we will discuss the importance of color temperature and mark making to get your painting where you need it.

This is not a beginner’s class and is not formatted for watercolors.

Materials

Bring in one large canvas, for example, 30x40, 30x30, 24x48, etc. No smaller than 24’ in either direction and your normal supplies you want to work with for the first class and we’ll take it from there. Large brushes are a must!

Ed Chesnovitch, a Cape Cod artist, is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and has studied extensively at The Art Students League of New York and the Cape Cod School of Art, Provincetown, Massachusetts. He is an elected Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America (PSA) in Gramercy Park, New York City, and both a Signature Member and past President of the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod. His work is featured in the book Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: Images of Land and Sea, by Deborah Forman, 2013, Schiffer Publishing, and he was juried twice into Pastel Journal Magazine's top 100 pastelists of the year. He is represented on Cape Cod at Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet and Orleans, MA. His work is included in corporate, public, and private collections throughout the United States and Europe.

Image credit: Ed Chesnovitch

Cancellation policy: CCMoA must be notified 1 week prior for refund.