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Instructor: Ruo Li Workshop
Medium: Oils
Dates: February 5-7, 2016
Class times: 10am–5pm
Tuition: $450.00
Level: Artists and art students; open to all levels of experience.
Description: Spend 3 full days with Master painter Ruo Li when he returns to Carmel. Students will then have the opportunity to work along side of Ruo and receive personal instruction. We will be painting both indoors and also along the coast at Point Lobos or down further south toward Big Sur. Both can be fantastic, but it will depend on the tide and weather.
Schedule
First Day
From 10:00 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m. — Lecture/Demo
Ruo Li will talk about the most important aspects of seascape paintings. He will also introduce his painting procedure and methods of studio seascape paintings. Attendants may ask questions about seascape paintings.
Noon to 12:30 p.m. — Lunch
From 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. — Demo
Ruo Li will do a demo of seascape painting inside a studio, which may take about four hours. Students may watch Ruo Li painting or start their own paintings.
Second Day
From 10:00 a.m. ~12:00 p.m. — Studio painting
Ruo Li will bring several different seascape photos for students to choose. Students will start their own seascape paintings with these photo reference inside the studio. Ruo Li will move around to give individual instructions and critics.
Noon to 12:30 p.m. (lunch)
From 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. — Studio painting
Students will continue paint what they did not finish earlier or start a new one if they want. Ruo Li will move around to give individual directions and comments.
Third Day
From 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. — Plein air painting
Ruo Li will take students to a local coast to do plein air painting. He will paint himself and move around to teach students individually.
Bio
Ruo Li is Winner of the 2013 Gold Medal for Best Painting at the California Art Club’s 102nd Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition.
Ruo Li was born in 1954 in Hunan, China. After graduating from high school, Li attended the Light Industry Arts and Crafts School and was later accepted into the prestigious Guangzhou Academy of fine Art where he received four years of formal training in oil painting. He taught for eight years in the Fine Art Department of Henan University. He served as the Vice Director of the Teaching and Researching Committee of the Art Department and was in the process of becoming a professor when a trip to the United States in 1989 changed the course of his life. Li eventually settled in California and five years later was chosen by U.S. Art Magazine as one of the top ten artists in the country to watch. Ruo Li is a Master Signature Member of Oil Painters of America and a Signature Artist Member of California Art Club.
Detail of above painting by Ruo Li
This is a close-up of the lower section of the above image. Notice the simple brushwork. You will have the opportunity to learn how Ruo Li accomplishes this by attending this special workshop.
Accommodations
Call Carmel Mission Inn at 800.348.9090 and use discount code “CA” for special rates.
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