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2010 Currently Scheduled Workshops

Art Pressman Portrait Workshop
Learn from portrait, wildlife and landscape painter Art Pressman in an hour long free demonstration on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at the Beach Art Center, leading up to a one day portrait painting workshop on March 13, 2010. His works are described as almost photographic in technique but capture the essence of his subjects as only a great painter can.

His clients include Governors Tony Anaya and Lawton Chiles, attorney F. Lee Bailey, singer B.J. Thomas and U.S. Senator and Astronaut Harrison Schmidt. His work is in numerous private collections and is often seen in Tampa Bay Magazine.

The workshop fee is $90 per member, $110 per non-member. Call to register for the demo and the class at the Beach Art Center at 727-596-4331

Plein Air - The Art of Study with Artist Robert J. Simone
March 19th, 20th. and 21st.
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Tuition: $225

This workshop will ABSOLUTELY COVER EVERYTHING you need to know about landscape painting. Robert is an experienced instructor and veteran of plein air painting events throughout Florida. His three day workshops are packed with essential information, painting demonstrations, field instruction and group critiques.

In particular, this workshop will explore the original intent of plein air painters, which was to accumulate knowledge and practice continually. Information gathered in these "Field Studies" was then used as reference material for larger studio works. This course serves as a prerequisite for a follow up workshop entitled "Painting the Studio Landscape".

Elio Camacho Painting Workshop (Completed)
Three Day Workshop - February 6 - 8, 2010

Paint with the fabulous San Francisco area artist Elio Camacho at the Beach Art Center. Brush strokes, time management and changing light in plein air conditions, color temperature and more will be the focus of this two day workshop.

Born in 1972 on the island of Madeira, hundreds of miles south of Portugal in the North Atlantic Ocean, Elio Camacho immigrated to California with his family in 1975. Long an admirer of the master impressionists such as Bogart, Sorrolla, and Fechin, in his mid-twenties Camacho decided to follow his childhood passion of fine art. Intensive studies with Ovanes Berberian led to the development of distinct representational style with abstract brush work. All of his paintings are in the Ala Prima style to capture the first impression and light on a given subject. He has exhibited in galleries and plein air painting events throughout the Western United States.

Elio Camacho Workshop-Feb 6-8, 2010

* Calendar is subject to change, please check your Newsletter
 and/or call the BAC for Confirmation of all Events.

Painting A Day Workshop with Carol Marine
October 28 & 29, 2008

Whether you are painting for a living or hobby, painting small and often is a powerful way to rapidly improve your skills. There is a fast growing group of people, called daily painters, who do small paintings every day, post photographs of their paintings on a blog, and then sell them through the Internet, with a usual starting price of $100.  In this way, many artists are finding they can grow quickly in skill and finally make a living with their art, after struggling for years in galleries and at art fairs.
We will spend most of our time on the basic principles of design - the rules of composition, value, color, and shape - and how to apply them to small still lives. We will then experiment with color relationships using an alternative to the traditional color wheel, explore color mixing, and how each color "leans" towards others. We will push our compositions to avoid the "floating" objects and learn the one, simple rule to avoid a boring still life. Throughout, there will be demos with handouts and one-on-critiques.
Finally, we will learn how to set up a daily painting blog, the in's and out's of Internet Selling, marketing your work, etc. There will be reference material on these issues to take home.

Carol Marine
Carol Marine grew up in the small town of Harper, TX, in a dome house designed and built by her parents. Carol's parents were very creative (mother a weaver and potter, father a boat-builder) and encouraged Carol to pursue her dreams in art.
After graduating from high school she attended the University of Texas at Austin. Carol was dissatisfied with her art classes at UT, as she felt the professors rarely taught the basics of design and technique. In spite of this, Carol graduated in 2000 with a degree in fine art.
Carol spend the next 3 years painting and studying other artists she liked. She then spent 2 years doing web design before returning to painting and in 2005 signed up with the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, TX. Carol's work has since been featured in local and national magazines, including Southwest Art. In 2006 she was invited to participate in the "Artist for the New Century" exhibition at the Bennington Center for the Arts in Vermont.
In 2006, Carol began her painting a day project through her blog, please see: www.carolmarine.blogspot.com and has since been featured several times in the "Lines and Colors" and "Empty Easel" online magazines. She is a member of the Daily Paintworks a group of 12 notable painters who paint everyday and sell their work on the Internet.  Carol resides in Austin, TX with her husband and son.

Please contact Mary Spires to sign up. This workshop is limited to 16 students.  To secure your position a $50.00 deposit is required.

* Calendar is subject to change, please check your Newsletter
 and/or call the BAC for Confirmation of all Events.

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