AAEA Class Descriptions

This workshop will focus on learning to see and learning various ways of seeing. This will be a key to understanding how to ‘read’ photographs and translate the images into an expressive sculpture. Kentucky Horse Park has many horses to observe and offers a wonderful opportunity to work from live models as well as photography. We will begin with a series of fun exercises and then move onto the construction of an armature. Using oil-based clay, students will create a sculpture in a pose of their choice. Students will be guided in many sculpture techniques, approaches and processes. During this workshop there will be a series of discussions on anatomy, proportions, composition and creative narrative in sculpture.

Joanne Sullivan-Gessler hails all the way from New Zealand; Joanne has been a full time professional sculptor for well over 20 years and is published in numerous magazines and publications. With a string of prestigious commissions to her name, Joanne’s works can be found in private collections in USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand as well as public sculptures in New Zealand and Finland. Joanne began sculpture privately under noted sculptor Etienne de Kock in South Africa. As an established sculptor in South Africa, she relocated to the USA in 1998 and participated in workshops both at the AAEA and Scottsdale Artist’s School in Arizona. Joanne has recently unveiled a full life sized bronze of the Legendary race horse Phar Lap, in his birthplace of Timaru in New Zealand.

To learn more visit: www.sullivansculpture.co.nz

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To learn more visit:www.finearteditions.net

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During this 2-day workshop, students will explore the power and pleasure of direct oil painting in the rapid, alla prima style, in oils.  Using photos taken during Stephen Hockensmith's "How to Photograph Horses" workshop earlier in the week, Lesley will be providing students with tips on how to select & utilize their own photographs for great paintings, as well as demonstrating the gestural drawing methods and oil techniques she uses, whether painting from life, photos, or sketches.  In a warm, friendly, yet energetic environment, students are encouraged to be bold, and discover a variety of tools and techniques to create vibrant, fresh paintings whilst learning to edit and 'see' like an "alla prima" painter.  This workshop is open to intermediate+ painters who are already competent and fairly confident with oils.

Lesley Humphrey is a full member of the AAEA. She is the daughter of an artist and has spent a lifetime working and studying in five countries with some of the world’s foremost artists. She teaches a full schedule of workshops in Britain and the U.S.

To learn more visit:www.lesleyhumphrey.net

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New techniques, painting methods, and great design ideas are just part of the process of Lesley Humphrey's water media workshops.  Lesley creates a warm and friendly environment where students are encouraged to explore and express the most vital elements of the artistic process "themselves!".  Using their own ideas and references, as well as those gathered from life in the beautiful Kentucky Horse Park, students will embark upon three days of exploration and discovery using water media in a variety of ways.  (Students are encouraged to bring the water media of their choice.  Lesley's methods are identical, whether painting with acrylics, or watercolor and gouache. ) This workshop is not suitable for beginners who have never used water media previously. .

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This class will guide the student through the sculpture process from the construction of an armature to a finished clay figure. Through lectures and demonstrations, the student will be provided with information on all phases of the process with an emphasis on sculptural composition, correct anatomy, and movement. There will also be instruction given on placing a human figure on the horse and tips for “tacking up” the sculpted horse. Each student will receive individual attention and the class will take advantage of the Horse Park location to study the equine form “up close and personal.”

A graduate of Michigan State University, Shelley Hunter, had a long career in commercial advertising. Although she has a degree in fine arts, her sculpture career began with an AAEA workshop. She has won numerous awards at national exhibitions. Her sculptures are notable for their portrayal of the equine form in action. She is a full member of the AAEA.

To learn more visit: www.hunterequineart.com

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Drawing is both a foundation for painting and a complete art form in itself. This class will encourage the student’s growth through instruction that focuses on a traditional representational treatment of the horse. Emphasis will be on the anatomy and the fundamentals of creating a balanced composition using volume and values. This will be accomplished by concentrating on the students skills of observation for both their subjects and their own artistic progress. This course explores drawing as an end in its own right and as a foundation for better paintings. We’ll be working both in the classroom and outside using some of the Park’s beautiful horses as subjects.

Liz Scott has been drawing and painting animals since her childhood. She earned a BA degree in Studio Arts from Principia College in Elsah, IL. She is a full member of the AAEA and has shown with prominent equine, wildlife, and western artists. Her work has been featured in Western Horseman, Horse & Horseman, Wildlife Art, and Southwest Art.

To learn more visit: www.catspawstudio.com

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