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Class Support Documents and Downloads Student Gallery: Student Gallery: Landscape Processes: Gage Academy of Art is an independent art school in the tradition of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the Art Students League in New York. It offers the technical foundations of an artist's training, as well as programs that nurture the artist's vision and creative potential. "Your painting class was the best painting class that I have ever taken. Your method of making images is a very common sense approach that, along the way, debunks a lot of myths that people have about the process of moving from observation and inspiration to informed image. Your enthusiasm for teaching is right out there in a very powerful way and gives the student no choice but to be inspired." — Matthew Kiffin, 2009 |
Classes with Mitchell Albala at Gage Academy of Art
Click on the class title to jump to a full description below Summer 2010 Landscape Painting in Skagit Valley, Wash.: Digital Imaging Essentials for the Fine Artist Fall 2010 Other Classes not currently scheduled Studio Landscape: Essential Theory and Process Advanced Landscape Critique Group
"All my positive ratings don't come near to doing this instructor justice. Mitch is a great communicator, a conscientous instructor and a thoughtful critiquer. He is also generous and shares his knowledge graciously. He's worth his weight in gold." — Joyce Prigot, 2005 "I'm just loving being outdoors and making art. Your demonstrations were great, and I love your enthusiasm for plein air painting and am finding your individual feedback to be spot on. Your class has an advantage/ bonus I've never experienced in any other art training — joy. I'm finding myself, for lack of a better word, happy after every class, and I think that's great! – Paul Cooke, 2009 ESSENTIALS OF PLEIN AIR PAINTING
In this follow-up class to "Studio Landscape: Essential Theory and Process" (see above) as well as Suzanne Brooker's landscape classes at Gage, students apply the foundation lessons learned in the studio to the challenges of working directly from nature. Painting on location at Seattle parks, with weekly demonstrations, exercises, and 1- and 2-session paintings, you’ll learn the key concepts of site selection and composition, landscape value, color strategies for depicting light, simplification and massing, and how to work efficiently outdoors. 5-DAY WORKSHOP: LANDSCAPE PAINTING IN THE SKAGIT VALLEY
The 2010 summer plein air painting retreat is located on Fir Island, in the heart of Skagit Valley — a vast agricultural panorama dotted with trim farmhouses and big red barns, in rural Washington about 60 miles north of Seattle. The nearby town of La Conner offers high-quality restaurants and a variety of accommodation choices. The landscape poses unique challenges in simplification and massing, site slection and composition, and color. In a well-designed, practical overview that includes daily demonstrations and lectures, you'll learn the keys to selecting sites, strategies for depicting light, color mixing, composing the landscape space, simplification through massing, and how to manage your "outdoor studio." You'll do a combination of exercises and long and short paintings, in both early morning and afternoon sessions. The class forms a close knit "art colony" as you benefit from several personal critiques per session, lunch time chats, and evening gatherings. Level: Intermediate to Advanced. digital imaging essentials for the fine artist
Learning to work with digital images is becoming increasingly important for artists. Whether for website, marketing, submissions and printing, this two-session workshop (two consecutive Saturdays) covers digital imaging essentials in an easy, accessible way. Through demonstrations and hands-on work, Albala uses Photoshop/Photoshop Elements to cover covering resolution and image size, color and tonal correction, preparing images for printing, file formats, digital camera tips and how simple Photoshop techniques can be used to explore creative approaches. Although the class is not advanced and covers basic techniques and principles, it removes much of the mystery surrounding digital images. In the lab portion of the class, you use instructor-supplied images, as well as your own. Time will be allotted for answering questions. You also receive a 15-page guide reviewing every technique and principle covered in the class. Note: Although the software used in the lab is Adobe Photoshop, the techniques shown can be used with Photoshop Elements, a less-than-$100 version of Photoshop that is very capable. Many of the techniques can also be used with other image editing programs. DRAWING for beginners
In this introductory fundamentals class, exercises expose you to key concepts and artistic principles to accurately render line, shape, proportion and negative space while working from the still life. You explore various drawing media, including charcoal graphite and ink as you progress from simple lines toward a nuanced understanding of tonal description. Homework required. OTHER CLASSES NOT CURRENTLY SCHEDULEDStudio Landscape: Essential Theory and Process
This studio class explores the essential keys of landscape painting: simplification and massing, subject selection, color strategy as it specifically relates to landscape painting, and composition and design. Working with your own subjects and photo references, you’ll complete structured exercises that build an understandng of these essential concepts, which will help you work more smartly when painting outdoors. You’ll also explore the correct way to reference photos and how to use image editing software as an idea-generating tool. Enjoy in-class critiques and lots of personalized guidance from the instructor. Excellent for those who have painted before and want a strong foundation in landscape painting. A great preparation for summer plein air painting Level: Intermediate to advanced. Homework required. Drawing into Painting
Do you really want to paint, but still need foundation drawing skills? Mr. Albala, in his simple, straightforward style, shows you the "keys" to seeing in new ways. Working from still lifes, four weeks of drawing introduce angles, measurement, negative shapes, line, and value. Then, transition into painting. Learn how to begin with an underpainting, compose, mix colors with a limited palette, use brushes, and handle wet paint. With weekly demonstrations, group critiques, and plenty of personal attention, you gain an in-depth introduction into the challenges and processes of art making. Level: Beginner to intermediate. Advanced Landscape Critique GroupThese lively, in-depth critique sessions afford the ambitious landscapist the opportunity to meet with a group of peers for the exploration of advanced concepts in landscape painting such as style, technique, content development, working from photos or developing a series. You paint independently between sessions and convene biweekly for a general critique discussion, including examination of work by contemporary landscape artists. Class size is limited to six participants; new participants must obtain instructor permission to join. Landscape-painting experience required. Level: Advanced
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