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AN ARTISTS’ RETREAT™ with ANNA RHODESA course for the inquisitive beginner, the advanced professional, anyone wishing to expand creative potential
About the ProgramAn Artists’ Retreat is a concentrated art course designed to encourage instinctive, confident creativity through developing skill and imagination within a creative community. Students will experience the unfolding of their unique style and palette and will have the opportunity to explore the wonders of a wide array of the finest pigments, pencils, papers and brushes. Through drawing and composing, painting and layering mixtures of mediums, personalized instruction and group discussion, we will use both experimental and traditional techniques to guide our travels through realism, impressionism and into the realm of magic. The resulting art will take many forms. We will work on combining the skills, intuition and freedom needed to create unique works that reflect individual vision. At-a-Glance
HighlightsWe will begin each morning together in the studio as a group with discussions about art and artists, demonstrations on skill-building for drawing and painting , developing knowledge of the diversity of your artists’ materials and exercises for expanding the imagination Each afternoon will be focused on individualized instruction and will include films of famous artists and their work. One afternoon is unscheduled to give you the opportunity to explore the galleries and museums of San Francisco or relaxing at Cavallo Point’s Healing Arts Center & Spa. Yoga is offered each morning prior to breakfast and there is time each day after class to enjoy spa services, the tea bar and the extraordinary beauty of the surroundings. The studio will be always be open for you to work between sessions. Sunday, October 19, 2008Welcoming celebration in the studio following our first banquet dinner created by Cavallo Point’s award-winning chef and featuring the delicious bounty of local and organic farms, ranches and culinary artisans in the San Francisco Bay Area region. Monday, October 20, 2008This morning and afternoon will be focused on building confidence and freedom of expression through developing an awareness of how the combination of the body, mind, skill and imagination come together to create art. You will be surprised and fascinated by what you are capable of creating. Using graphite from Germany, crayons from Switzerland and paper from France, you will be using your unique strokes to create form, volume, value, contrast, and subtlety while discovering new ways of seeing, translating, enlarging, reducing, shaping, shadowing and manipulating negative and positive space. Tuesday, October 21, 2008Today you will learn new ways to mix, paint and apply color by experimenting with mixed mediums and color formulas, applications through layering of strokes and images and exploring the world of opaque and translucent paint, pencils and water-soluble color sticks from Austria and Switzerland. We will be painting and drawing on the finest of French and Italian paper. Wednesday, October 22, 2008Today we enter the world of mastering drawing and painting skills with a focus on magical realism, altered realities and visionary landscape and the unfolding story. We will sketch, render and paint both in the studio and amidst the beauty and mystery of Cavallo Point. We will be creating small and large works of art using both realistic and imaginary images layered with dry and water-based mediums. This evening gives you the opportunity to dine at a restaurant of your choice. Thursday, October 23, 2008Today will be the opportunity to discuss, complete and even begin ideas and works in progress. You may spend the entire day in the studio or have the afternoon free to explore, relax in the spa or continue to expand new friendships that have emerged in An Artists’ Retreat. This evening, enjoy a farewell reception and group dinner with Anna. Friday, October 24Banquet Breakfast and Departure BioAnna Rhodes, BFA, MA, has studied, taught and created art in extraordinary settings throughout the world. Her background is a fascinating collage of classical training, the deeply felt influences of the Renaissance, the Impressionists, the Bauhaus Movement and a creative passion grown from spending the 60s in New York, the 70s and 80s in San Francisco and a lifetime traveling internationally. Her education includes the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Moore College of Art and a traveling fellowship to Italy, France and Sweden. She has taught at the renowned Haystack Mountain School in Maine, the Cleveland Art Institute and Villa Montalvo in California. Her work has been shown and represented in private collections, including a group presentation at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. She now resides in Seattle, Washington. An Artist's Retreat. * A detailed list of additional artists supplies needed for the course will be sent upon registration. These materials have been chosen for their quality and flexibility and with the intention that you will enjoy using them long after the course.
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