The Artist and the Sketchbook
Instructor: Kaye Buchman
Days/Dates: Sat & Sun, August 2, 3; Two Days
Hours: 10 AM to 3 PM
Student Fee: $135 – including bookmaking materials
Max: 15 Min: 6 Skill Level: B/I
In this on-site drawing course, students will sketch at various outdoor locations at the adjacent Riverwalk, exploring a variety of drawing materials, techniques and subjects in their sketchbooks. The course will begin with a bookmaking segment, creating books out of recycled materials. Students will then work in the books they create. The course includes demonstrations, discussions and critiques. Kaye Buchman is a painting and drawing instructor of the Art Institute of Chicago Continuing Studies Department.

Composition and Design for Oil and Oil Pastels
Instructor: David Hettinger
Days/Dates: M-T-W. July 28,29,30; Three Days
Hours: 9 AM – 12:30 PM      Student Fee: $210
Max: 12 Min: 8 Level of Skill: I/A (no beginners)
Student Fee: $210
David Hettinger returns to the Batavia School of Art with over 35 years experience as a professional Fine Artist working with galleries. With David’s instruction, create art from your own reference. Explore the use of color and developing design for your artwork. The class will begin with a demonstration. Students should have their own equipment and easel.

Oil Painting Ala Prima
Instructor: Robert Krajecki
Day/Date: Monday, Aug. 4; One Day
Hours: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM     Student Fee: $150
Max: 12 Min: 5 Level of Skill: B/I/A
This Ala Prima workshop will enrich your knowledge of oil painting and help you create, in one day, a representational landscape painting using the direct approach. Robert Krajecki comes to the Batavia School of Art with a rich history of teaching painting and drawing at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, and more recently with the Palette & Chisel in Chicago.

Linear Perspective
Instructor: Robert Krajecki
Day/Date: Wednesday & Thursday, July 23, 24; Two Days
Hours: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM      Student Fee: $265
Max: 12 Min: 5 Level of Skill: B/I/A
Most artists and students know a little about drawing, composition, color and techniques, few know the basics of linear perspective. This aspect of art is just as important as all the other. The problem is that it is a little intimidating because it is so technical. You cannot learn this subject from a book. This workshop will teach you the basics of one and two point perspective in an easily understood manner. We will do a step by step progression of the mechanics and explain the reasons behind each step. You will draw basic shapes with different eye levels, build multiple objects with different vanishing points, and construct and understand how shadows are cast. Robert Krajecki has been teaching this subject for over thirty years and will explain it so that it will be of use to you in your paintings.

Drawing the Figure
Instructor: Diana Stezalski
Day/Date: Wednesday, July 23, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM; One Day
Student Fee: $135, includes model fee
Max: 15 Min: 6 Level of Skill: B/I/A/P
This one-day intensive workshop with Florence Academy of Art graduate and School of the Art Institute instructor Diana Stezalski concentrates on the development of “seeing skills” in reference to the figure. The elements of painting in wet media (oil or acrylic) are developed during short poses in the morning, with exercises in right-brain drawing, ways of measuring, and techniques for rendering the model. A long pose is scheduled for the afternoon. Cost of nude models included. Beginners are welcome.

Painting the Figure
Instructor: Diana Stezalski
Day/Date: Friday, July 25, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM; One Day
Student Fee: $135, includes model fee
Max: 15 Min: 6 Level of Skill: B/I/A/P
Same description as above, with a focus on the elements of painting.

College Portfolio Development Workshop for High School Artists
Instructor: Diana Stezalski
Day/Date: Saturday, July 26, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM; One Day
Student Fee: $130, includes model fee
Max: 15 Min: 6 Level of Skill: I/A
This one-day intensive workshop with Florence Academy of Art graduate and School of the Art Institute instructor Diana Stezalski concentrates on the development of a college portfolio. Standards are changing in admissions in many schools and young artists need to be fully prepared with a rich portfolio. Review of winning portfolios and what you can do to boost your own. Work from model will be incorporated into the day.

How Did You Choose That Color?
Instructor: Anne Von Ehr
Day/Date: Friday, August 1; One Day
Hours: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM       Student Fee: $95
Max: 13 Min: 8 Level of Skill: B/I/A/P
Award-winning pastel artist Anne Von Ehr shares that -- as a pastel artist and instructor, one question I am often asked is how I know to choose certain (but a little unusual) colors? Trust me, it is not magic! It’s something you can learn. This class teaches you some color theory, value basics, and something about trusting your instincts.