"Perkins Cove" by Charles Woodbry
"ART of SEEING"
4 DAY PAINTING WORKSHOP OGUNQUIT
Ogunquit, Maine “ART of SEEING” 4 Day Painting workshop w Todd Bonita ($450)
October 06 - 09, 2020 / (4 days ) Tuesday thru Friday ($450)
Call Todd to register (603) 819-9100
Capture your vision in this outdoor workshop that blends creative expression with instruction in formal technique with painter Todd Bonita. We will cover both sides of the creative process to help you develop your innate intuitive ability alongside the academic skills required to refine your vision into art. We will present a spectrum of outdoor painting strategies. Immerse yourself in spontaneity and “big seeing” while honing technical skills in drawing, color mixing, composition and design, paint handling, and the formal elements of picture making, such as line, shape, value, and unity.
This workshop takes place in the Southern Maine, coastal town of Ogunquit, Maine, home to one of America’s original art colonies and a renowned plein-air painting summer school founded by influential Perkins Cove Artist and teacher, Charles H. Woodbury in 1898. We will discuss Woodbury’s teaching philosophy as it relates to the “art of seeing,” perceptual drawing and painting. We will paint in this picturesque, coastal nook in the shadows of Homer, Hopper, and Henri.
Demonstrations, discussions of plein-air painting, handouts, side-by-side easel critiques, creativity coaching and academic training while painting in the field.
REGISTER:
email Todd Bonita: [email protected] or call (603) 819-9100
or mail a deposit check made out to Todd Bonita for ($200.00) to hold your space and mail to:
Todd Bonita
30 Hillside Drive
Greenland, NH 03840
* Balance of $250.00 due 30 days before the workshop.
* Cancellations less than 30 days before the workshop forfeits deposit unless your spot is filled.
*(Last year sold out and wait listed, this will fill).
SUPPLY LIST:
(Click here to see an illustrated list of my supplies)
(Think light weight and portable, find creative ways to simplify...I manage to pack everything below in a back pack and hit the trail. I get most of my supplies online at ASW, Jerrys Artarama, Dick Blick, Cheap Joes or Utrecht).
Portable Easel
French easel, half easel or Pochade box for working outside.
(I use the 10x12" Open Box M system and sometimes the 6x8" Guerilla box for smaller work, both are mounted to a photographers tripod. If you prefer the French easels, go with the lighter and smaller Jullian Half box easel. You might check Ebay or try "All of Craigslist" search for whatever easel you decide to go with. * Here is a terrific article on Pochade Box reviews from the popular Lines and Colors blog. This will give you a thorough understanding of whats available and best for you. Click here.
Palette
I recommend a wood palette....try to avoid paper palettes as they are flimsy and can make a mess when the wind blows.
Paint
*(I recommend a minimal palette of a warm and cool version of the three primaries plus white (with maybe a few extras)....Please spend the extra for professional grade paints. I use Williamsburg, Winsor & Newton, Gamblin and Utrecht brands but there are many good options).
I use a simple split-primary palette of seven colors plus white. (I have some extra comfort colors but these are optional).
* A Quick dry white: I like Winsor and Newtons Underpainting white but lately, my ne favorite is Winsor and Newtons, Griffins Alkyd Titanium white.
Alkyd White (Alkyd is a quick dry paint that plays nice with oils. For brands, Gamblin, DaVinci and Griffin by Winsor and newton)
* Titanium White
* Cad Yellow
* Transparent earth Yellow (Or Yellow Ochre)
* Alizeran Crimson Permanent
* Cadmium Red medium
* Ultramarine Blue
* Cobalt Blue or Cerulean Blue
* Burnt Sienna
Optional Colors: (These are not necessary, they are simply my comfort colors)
raw umber (optional)
Cadmium Orange (I can easliy mis this with Cad yellow and Cad red but it hypnotizes me from the tube)
Dioxizine Purple (Teriffic for deep, cool darks)
* For five years I mixed my greens using Ultramarine Blue and Cad Yellow medium..and thats fine. But I do like a few comfort greens:
Sap Green (Transparent warm earth green)
Prussian Green (TRansparent earth cool green)
Olive Green (Transparent warm earth green)
Viridian (Transparent cool dye color)
Ivory Black (Forget what your crazy art teacher told you in art school, "Dont use Black!"....What about Rembrandt, Wyeth, Sargent, Monet and on and on of a list of giants who used black perfectly fine? Use it if you like it. Its subjective...tell your art teacher to stop the nonsense.
Painting surface
Stretched canvas, canvas or linen mounted on board or gessoed wood panel (sizes can range from 6x8” to 14x18” but I would not go larger)...(Bring enough for two paintings each day. (I typically demo on an 8x10 or 9x12").
Brushes
*Assortment of bristle brushes (I suggest large, medium and small in three styles: Flats, Rounds and Filberts. I mostly use Robert Simmons Signet series flats #3, #6 and #10)
*One or two Royal sable flats in medium and large sizes (size 10 or 16) for blending and softening edges (I prefer Langnickel.)
*Small synthetic rounds for details. (I suggest Winsor and Newton Septre Gold 2 in the 404 series...size 4 and / or size 6)
Other
Trowel type Pallet knife
liquin and pallet cup
Gamsol (Turpentine substitute) with container or medium glass jar
paper towels (Blue shop towels are the best)
Soft pencil, eraser and sketchbook
Ruler, straight edge or a mahl stick (something to make straight lines with is handy)
A Veiwfinder: Important! Whether homemade or store bought, it must be adjustable or proportionate to your canvases. Viewcatcher is ideal.
Artist paint box or back pack for supplies
Wet paint carrier. I love the PanelPaks...they are lightweight and convenient...some people use a pizza box.
*Appropriate clothing for outdoor weather and conditions.
Optional
Hat
sunglasses
Water bottle or something to drink, snack
Sun block
Bug spray
If you are uncomfortable standing you may consider a portable folding chair (Chair is good for watching my demos)
Wheeled caddy for supplies if necessary
Camera
Umbrella
* Meet on painting locations with your supplies. Locations sent to you upon final payment)
4 DAY PAINTING WORKSHOP OGUNQUIT
Ogunquit, Maine “ART of SEEING” 4 Day Painting workshop w Todd Bonita ($450)
October 06 - 09, 2020 / (4 days ) Tuesday thru Friday ($450)
Call Todd to register (603) 819-9100
Capture your vision in this outdoor workshop that blends creative expression with instruction in formal technique with painter Todd Bonita. We will cover both sides of the creative process to help you develop your innate intuitive ability alongside the academic skills required to refine your vision into art. We will present a spectrum of outdoor painting strategies. Immerse yourself in spontaneity and “big seeing” while honing technical skills in drawing, color mixing, composition and design, paint handling, and the formal elements of picture making, such as line, shape, value, and unity.
This workshop takes place in the Southern Maine, coastal town of Ogunquit, Maine, home to one of America’s original art colonies and a renowned plein-air painting summer school founded by influential Perkins Cove Artist and teacher, Charles H. Woodbury in 1898. We will discuss Woodbury’s teaching philosophy as it relates to the “art of seeing,” perceptual drawing and painting. We will paint in this picturesque, coastal nook in the shadows of Homer, Hopper, and Henri.
Demonstrations, discussions of plein-air painting, handouts, side-by-side easel critiques, creativity coaching and academic training while painting in the field.
REGISTER:
email Todd Bonita: [email protected] or call (603) 819-9100
or mail a deposit check made out to Todd Bonita for ($200.00) to hold your space and mail to:
Todd Bonita
30 Hillside Drive
Greenland, NH 03840
* Balance of $250.00 due 30 days before the workshop.
* Cancellations less than 30 days before the workshop forfeits deposit unless your spot is filled.
*(Last year sold out and wait listed, this will fill).
SUPPLY LIST:
(Click here to see an illustrated list of my supplies)
(Think light weight and portable, find creative ways to simplify...I manage to pack everything below in a back pack and hit the trail. I get most of my supplies online at ASW, Jerrys Artarama, Dick Blick, Cheap Joes or Utrecht).
Portable Easel
French easel, half easel or Pochade box for working outside.
(I use the 10x12" Open Box M system and sometimes the 6x8" Guerilla box for smaller work, both are mounted to a photographers tripod. If you prefer the French easels, go with the lighter and smaller Jullian Half box easel. You might check Ebay or try "All of Craigslist" search for whatever easel you decide to go with. * Here is a terrific article on Pochade Box reviews from the popular Lines and Colors blog. This will give you a thorough understanding of whats available and best for you. Click here.
Palette
I recommend a wood palette....try to avoid paper palettes as they are flimsy and can make a mess when the wind blows.
Paint
*(I recommend a minimal palette of a warm and cool version of the three primaries plus white (with maybe a few extras)....Please spend the extra for professional grade paints. I use Williamsburg, Winsor & Newton, Gamblin and Utrecht brands but there are many good options).
I use a simple split-primary palette of seven colors plus white. (I have some extra comfort colors but these are optional).
* A Quick dry white: I like Winsor and Newtons Underpainting white but lately, my ne favorite is Winsor and Newtons, Griffins Alkyd Titanium white.
Alkyd White (Alkyd is a quick dry paint that plays nice with oils. For brands, Gamblin, DaVinci and Griffin by Winsor and newton)
* Titanium White
* Cad Yellow
* Transparent earth Yellow (Or Yellow Ochre)
* Alizeran Crimson Permanent
* Cadmium Red medium
* Ultramarine Blue
* Cobalt Blue or Cerulean Blue
* Burnt Sienna
Optional Colors: (These are not necessary, they are simply my comfort colors)
raw umber (optional)
Cadmium Orange (I can easliy mis this with Cad yellow and Cad red but it hypnotizes me from the tube)
Dioxizine Purple (Teriffic for deep, cool darks)
* For five years I mixed my greens using Ultramarine Blue and Cad Yellow medium..and thats fine. But I do like a few comfort greens:
Sap Green (Transparent warm earth green)
Prussian Green (TRansparent earth cool green)
Olive Green (Transparent warm earth green)
Viridian (Transparent cool dye color)
Ivory Black (Forget what your crazy art teacher told you in art school, "Dont use Black!"....What about Rembrandt, Wyeth, Sargent, Monet and on and on of a list of giants who used black perfectly fine? Use it if you like it. Its subjective...tell your art teacher to stop the nonsense.
Painting surface
Stretched canvas, canvas or linen mounted on board or gessoed wood panel (sizes can range from 6x8” to 14x18” but I would not go larger)...(Bring enough for two paintings each day. (I typically demo on an 8x10 or 9x12").
Brushes
*Assortment of bristle brushes (I suggest large, medium and small in three styles: Flats, Rounds and Filberts. I mostly use Robert Simmons Signet series flats #3, #6 and #10)
*One or two Royal sable flats in medium and large sizes (size 10 or 16) for blending and softening edges (I prefer Langnickel.)
*Small synthetic rounds for details. (I suggest Winsor and Newton Septre Gold 2 in the 404 series...size 4 and / or size 6)
Other
Trowel type Pallet knife
liquin and pallet cup
Gamsol (Turpentine substitute) with container or medium glass jar
paper towels (Blue shop towels are the best)
Soft pencil, eraser and sketchbook
Ruler, straight edge or a mahl stick (something to make straight lines with is handy)
A Veiwfinder: Important! Whether homemade or store bought, it must be adjustable or proportionate to your canvases. Viewcatcher is ideal.
Artist paint box or back pack for supplies
Wet paint carrier. I love the PanelPaks...they are lightweight and convenient...some people use a pizza box.
*Appropriate clothing for outdoor weather and conditions.
Optional
Hat
sunglasses
Water bottle or something to drink, snack
Sun block
Bug spray
If you are uncomfortable standing you may consider a portable folding chair (Chair is good for watching my demos)
Wheeled caddy for supplies if necessary
Camera
Umbrella
* Meet on painting locations with your supplies. Locations sent to you upon final payment)
Itinerary
* Classes meet on location daily from 9am to 4pm with a one hour lunch break from noon to 1pm. Bring lunch, snack, water. All locations have parking and bathrooms nearby.
Tuesday: Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, ME.
(102 Perkins Cove Rd, Ogunquit, ME)
Meet at the Todd Bonita Gallery across from the drawbridge. Park in the all-day lot at the entrance to Perkins Cove, rather than the three hour metered parking.
Wednesday: Hamilton House, South Berwick, ME
(40 Vaughans Lane, South Berwick, ME)
Meet at the entrance by the parking lot.
Thursday: Lobster Pound Restaurant, Cape Neddick, ME
(60 Shore Rd. Cape Neddick, ME)
Meet in the parking lot. Bathrooms across the street at the camp ground. If you are inclined, we can all have dinner at the Lobster pound as a group at 4:00 at the end of class.
Friday: Nubble Light, York, ME
(Sohier Park rd. York, ME)
Meet in the parking lot near the lighthouse overlook.
*IN CASE OF RAIN: Meet at the Barn Gallery, 1 Bournes Lane, Ogunquit or my Portsmouth, NH studio. I will contact you in the event of a rain location.
CLICK HERE: for pics from our 2017 Workshop.
Tuesday: Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, ME.
(102 Perkins Cove Rd, Ogunquit, ME)
Meet at the Todd Bonita Gallery across from the drawbridge. Park in the all-day lot at the entrance to Perkins Cove, rather than the three hour metered parking.
Wednesday: Hamilton House, South Berwick, ME
(40 Vaughans Lane, South Berwick, ME)
Meet at the entrance by the parking lot.
Thursday: Lobster Pound Restaurant, Cape Neddick, ME
(60 Shore Rd. Cape Neddick, ME)
Meet in the parking lot. Bathrooms across the street at the camp ground. If you are inclined, we can all have dinner at the Lobster pound as a group at 4:00 at the end of class.
Friday: Nubble Light, York, ME
(Sohier Park rd. York, ME)
Meet in the parking lot near the lighthouse overlook.
*IN CASE OF RAIN: Meet at the Barn Gallery, 1 Bournes Lane, Ogunquit or my Portsmouth, NH studio. I will contact you in the event of a rain location.
CLICK HERE: for pics from our 2017 Workshop.
ACCOMMODATIONS
For the largest variety of links for places to stay in Ogunquit, you can't beat the Chamber of Commerce web site.
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Fabulous B&B located a hop-n-a-skip from Perkins cove and close to all of our painting spots for the Ogunquit workshop.
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Nice resort with indoor and outdoor pools, located near our painting spots. I've stayed here with my family on vacation, comfy and clean.
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