September 2021
The Italian Intensive V – with Katherine Brimberry and Suzi Davidoff
The Singular Image: Drawing and Monotypes. Join Katherine Brimberry and Suzi Davidoff at La Romita for their fifth Italian Intensive Workshop. This year we will be exploring new monotype strategies including stencils, trace drawings and layering. We have been collaborating the past year on new prints and want to share these great techniques and methods for creating singular images. By incorporating hand-cut mylar stencils, layering and drawing, we’ll create monotypes that can give the artist the immediacy and vitality of…
Find out more »October 2021
Capturing the Essence of Umbrian Landscape – with KEIKO TANABE
This workshop is designed for those who would like to make a watercolor painting that is strong in composition and full of light and atmosphere. Keiko demonstrates how she interprets and simplifies the scene to capture the essence of the subject that conveys a certain mood and a sense of place. The process of simplification begins with visualization. In representational art, this ability to see the end result of a painting, through the mind’s eye, is instrumental in realizing…
Find out more »Painting the Green Heart of Italy: Umbria! – with NANCIE KING MERTZ
her Concept: Nancie's goal, as instructor, is to coach you as you paint landscape and structures, turning your efforts into dramatic, expressive paintings. Examine space, perspective, and design through practical hands-on lessons that help you build confidence. Experience: A 1 1/2-2 hour demonstration clarifying my techniques and sharing pointers on perspective and composing a scene will be offered to start each day. Students may observe or paint-along. Nancie will assist students one-on-one, as they paint during the day on location,…
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As La Romita School caters to multiple levels of instruction and various forms of the arts, prices will vary by session, season, instructor, and offerings.