Daniel Marshall
I do a lot of work to try to be a better educator and still not lose focus on what I’m doing personally. So it’s -trying to find the balance of not just being a teacher who paints, but a painter who teaches. So I just try to be as effective as I can. If it’s worth doing, I want to do it right. So that’s my main jam.
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Debra Huse is returning to lead another exciting and colorful plein air workshop May 9-11, 2024 in Carmel, CA. We talked a bit about her approach to painting and teaching.
Q: (Rich Brimer) Can you share a bit about your background as an artist and what inspires your work?
A: (Debra Huse) Yes. I grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. I started painting at a very young age. I was inspired and encouraged by…
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Randall Sexton Monday Dec 11, 2023 This week we lost a great friend, artist, and all-around good human. This painting was from the day Randy Sexton did a portrait demonstration at Carmel Visual Arts. We usually tacked on a figure painting day to his 3-day plein air workshops so he often did a figurative painting for his public demos. When the time came, I asked him about getting a model, he said “Well, I was thinking you could...
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A talk with Karl Dempwolf We are very excited to have Karl Dempwolf return once again, as one of our favorite artists and workshop instructors in October 2023. Karl will be taking the class to Point Lobos State Reserve among other favorite coastal locations, in what will likely be his final group workshop, because Karl plans to spend the rest of his life painting, not teaching. I talked to Karl about what he was currently working on...
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We talked to Keith Wicks about his painting process, as he prepares for his June 2023 workshop in Carmel, CA.
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It’s not about painting with gouache because your bushes are going to turn out better. Because this class is more specific to foliage. Trees and foliage is what this particular workshop is about. But it’s not as if gouache makes it easier to do it. It’s just more of a matter of I—as an artist—like teaching in gouache. It’s my preference. But you can do it in pastel. You can apply the knowledge of whatever it is I’m teaching in that class.
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