Taos Art School
The Left Bank of the Rio Grande © ™
PAINTING THE
RIO GRANDE
 Using Photographic Reference

2009
Intermediate - Pastel or acrylic
Class limited to 12
$525 + Rafting fee

Enjoy a morning on this beautiful river photographing and sketching. Afternoons are spent learning how to use this reference to paint beautiful scenes under expert guidance.

Housing
River Scenes & Your Outdoor Classroom
Rafting (TBA)
About the Instructor

It is a lovely thing, to spend a day by the River. The air is fresher there and beauty is everywhere. In this class you’ll get to spend 5 days letting the river flow thru you and learning how to let it flow onto your canvas. We will go to a different site each day, starting with the turbulent confluence you see on the inside back cover. Other days we will be on a more placid part of the river to capture beautiful reflections.

On Wed., Students are invited to spend ½ day actually on the river in a professionally guided rafting trip. Our mornings are spent at the river gathering inspiration and photographic reference for our paintings.

Afternoons, we retire to an indoor studio to learn how to translate that reference material into a painting. The principle focus of this class is how to make images work for a painting. This will involve detailed information about making images to paint from. We’ll talk about: Film latitude; bracketing; color tendencies in digital photographs, how light is recorded by cameras, and what to do with it all.

We’ll use cameras and computers to expand on what we’re talking about. Most students will be using digital cameras, and, bring laptops, but the class can accommodate print photographers with one hour turn-around of their film.

 

We’ll talk about how to deal with light and atmosphere – things which begin to be of concern with intermediate and above painters.

Most days the teacher will do a demo, showing how to use photographic information, as well as how useful plein air painting can be. These demos will include how things are done differently it various media such as pastel or acrylic.


HOUSING

Students in this class have two housing options:
CAMPING
The Bureau of Land Management operates small campgrounds along the river: called Wild Rivers & Orilla Verde Recreation Areas,16 miles away from Taos. These are developed campgrounds suitable for tents or RVs, with restrooms, water, picnic tables and grills, electrical and water hookups. There is a small fee charged per night.
Contact the school for free BLM Visitor's Guide.
Orilla Verde Recreation Area
Download Rio Grande Gorge Visitor's Guide as PDF - 907KB 		HOTEL
Students are invited to stay together at the HAMPTON INN, located 16 miles from the River. This includes a full breakfast every morning: These housing arrangements are paid directly to the school and are part of your tuition invoice. Check in Sun. - June 10, Check out Sat. - June 16
$405 - Double Occupancy (We'll assign a roommate to you from within your class, if available)
$676.- Single Occupancy.

(5% of your tuition is being donated to AMIGOS BRAVOS an organization dedicated to preserving this Beautiful River. See Page 12-13 of the 2007 catalog)
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