Volume #2 February 2013 Issue #2
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PALETTE & CHISEL 2013 SPRING/SUMMER
CLASSES SCHEDULE
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Palette & Chisel
Academy of Fine Art
Chicago
and Painting 101, 102, and 103
Krajecki/Popovich
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Ten Weeks
Tuesdays and Thursdays
10:30a-1:00p
TUITION: $560 (includes $35
P&C registration fee)
Class size: 16
This course is vital all students wishing to pursue a successful art career, as well as students who wish to improve their drawing or painting skills. This course begins with Fundamentals 101, which stresses drawing and composition, then continues with Fundamentals 102, which stresses color theory and application. In 103, students put the practical theories and applications learned in 101 and 102 through several landscape paintings. Each assignment is designed specifically for both the beginning fine artist as well as the intermediate student. This course covers the basics of theory and practice, composition, linear perspective, and many of the various techniques of painting. Following the tradition of the Academy method of instruction, all three levels are taught in the same classroom, which encourages reinforcement of theories and practices within all levels.
Fundamentals 201: All students who have completed the Fundamentals 101, 102, and 103 can continue with 201 class to choose areas that they wish to improve.
All assignments will be individually designed to help the student in the area or areas that they choose. Each assignment will be incorporated with painting landscapes, seascapes, and still life or figures.
Watercolor -
From Start to Finish
Bob Krajecki
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At The Bottom of Bond Falls
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Class #254: Mar. 19-Apr. 16
5 weeks-Tues. 1:30-4:00p
TUITION: $175 (includes $35 P&C registration fee)
Class size: 16
Watercolor painting is not just the process of applying pigment to paper. It is knowing what color, what value, what temperature and what intensity to use to create form, depth and rhythm in creating a work of art.
A demonstration of a composition in a step-by-step format is given each class. I explain the process and techniques as I paint, and then the students apply them in their own painting during each class.
How to Paint
in Watercolor
Dale Popovich
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Winter's Blanket
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Class #905:
Mar 21-Apr 18, 2013
5 weeks-Tues. 1:30p-4:00p
Class #905: Mar. 19-Apr. 16
5 weeks-Tues. 1:30p-4:00p
TUITION: $175 (includes $35 P&C registration fee)
Class size: 16
In this class you will learn to implement key concepts and watercolor painting techniques that will allow you to have a deeper understanding of the medium. Each art lesson includes one-on-one guidance with focus on the top principles of creating a solid painting:
- How to draw
- Value relationships
- How to Paint color interpretation
- Composition
- Watercolor techniques
- How to use your art supplies
As you understand these elements through painting pictures you will have better control of the medium and gain a deeper understanding of the creative process of transparent watercolor painting.
PALETTE & CHISEL
1012 N. Dearborn
Chicago IL 60610
P (312)642-4400
F (312)642-4317
Email
fineart1012@sbcglobal.net
Office Hours
Monday-Thursday
10:30am-6:30pm
Friday 10:30am-5:00pm
Visit us at
www.paletteandchisel.org
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Pastel by Kathleen Newman kathleennewman.com
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BOB KRAJECKI
WINTER STUDIO CLASSES
Class openings available.
Please call for information.
Class is held in rural Kaneville in the
old 1920's high school.
A demonstration of a composition in a step-by-step format is given each class. I explain the process and techniques as I paint, and then the students apply them in their own painting. All levels of students are welcome
to join at any time.
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DALE POPOVICH
WINTER STUDIO CLASSES
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Tuesday: 1:00-4:00pm
Class openings available
Thursday: 6:30-9:00pm
Private instruction available. Please call for information.
This class is held in my personal studio in Highland, IN and is geared towards the individual based on his or her skills. All the basics will be covered from value sketches, how to use a photo reference properly to painting your watercolor. Materials and application of watercolor will be discussed. There will be demos and personal guidance along the way.
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Archive Library
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Bob Krajecki and Dale Popovich are offering Gift Certificates for their Palette & Chisel classes. Gift certificates are available for:
* Fundamentals of Drawing and Painting
with Bob Krajecki and Dale Popovich
* Watercolor - From Start to Finish with
Bob Krajecki
* How to Paint in Watercolor with
Dale Popovich
For more information please contact
William J. Ewers
The Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts
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Greetings,
The days are getting a little longer with the smell of spring in the air, but Mother Nature still keeps us in our place with a snowstorm or two. We hope you're making a point to go out and photograph winter's beauty. You have so many opportunities with today's smart phones and small digital cameras that take big pictures. While you are out, study the color of the light, especially early morning or just before sunset. Keep a journal in your purse or car and log your findings. This is a great place to do little thumbnails and color palette ideas.
In this issue of Paint. Draw. Create. Newsletter Dale will discuss a recent painting from one of his students in his Thursday evening Studio Class. He will walk you through the problem and solutions. He also talks about a recent Saturday Painting Party workshop in Tinley Park, IL. Bob gives an in-depth discussion about one of the four properties of color in Color 101.
If you have a friend who would like to review a copy of our newsletter they can go to our newsletter archive at http://tinyurl.com/Paint-Draw-Create. Thanks and let's start painting, drawing and creating.
Best,
Bob Krajecki and Dale Popovich
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Thinking Beyond Your
Photo Reference
by Dale Popovich
A new student started my Thursday Evening Studio Class a few weeks ago. Until last year, Freddie hadn't picked-up a paint brush in nearly 30 years. She was also one my students at the American Academy of Art back in the '80s.  | | (Figure 1)Photo Reference |
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Freddie came to me with her photo reference (Figure 1) and her thumbnail pencil sketch (Figure 2.) We talked about composition and I told her to think through her sketch, don't just copy what you see. I always stress photos are just a starting point and you have to make it your own - you are the artist telling a story - communicating a mood, how you want them to view it, a feeling...
I presented a revised solution (Figure 3) sharing with her some key leanings. Her composition was very confining, it needed adjustments in proportion of space allowing the viewer's eye to easily move through the picture space. | | (Figure 3) Popovich's Proposed Sketch |
Now it was time to start painting. As far as the choice of colors Freddie had some recent experience in color, but I felt she needed to focus, so I limited her selection to a four-color palette which was easier to control:
* Cobalt Blue
* Burnt Sienna
* Olive Green
* Yellow OchreThen we did a paint-along demo (Figure 4). And Freddie's painting was a success!  | | (Figure 4) Popovich's Limited Palette Color Sketch |
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Color has four properties: hue, value, temperature and intensity. Of the four properties, intensity is the most elusive. Because it is difficult to describe, you will find many terms used referring to intensity-brightness, saturation, and purity.
The term saturation is used in pigment, and means that a pigment is the most intense when completely saturated. Adding water in water-based pigments, or adding turpentine in oil based pigments will make it less saturated or less intense. Red is saturated, while pink is a diluted red and therefore less intense.
In reference to purity - a pigment that contains 100 percent of a hue is most intense. For example: Cadmium Red Light is a red that has some yellow in it and therefore is not as pure as a red with no other colors added. Some paint manufacturers designate that color as a hue.
In the dictionary, brightness is defined as reflecting light, vivid, vibrant, and radiant. Most artists pigments are made with a brightener to make the pigment more reflective and therefore more intense.
Some pigments such as the phthalo colors are very intense, and others such as Yellow Ochre are not as intense. The only way that you can physically make a traditional pigment more intense is to add a color that is more intense. For instance you can make Yellow Ochre more intense by adding some phthalo green. However that will also change the hue.
Some pigments, like florescent paints are more intense than traditional paints, but they are not permanent.
There are a few ways that artists make paint "appear" more intense without adding another pigment.
One way is by layering. Light that passes through a transparent layer of any type of paint will reflect back through the layers when it "bottoms out." Because of refraction, the light will bend when passing through each layer, causing it to vibrate. The vibration of the light gives the appearance of a more intense light.
 Another way to increase the appearance of intensity is to surround a color with another color. The square on the left is surrounded by a gradual change of values and color, making it appear more intense.  The square on the right is surrounded by its complement which will also make it appear more intense. A third way to illustrate intensity is by adjusting the edges. An edge is created when two objects of different value or color meet. Soft-edged objects will appear more intense than hard-edged objects. A hard edge occurs when the two objects have extremely different values.
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Painting Party Workshop
by Dale Popovich
A few snowy Saturdays ago I held a Painting Party Workshop in Tinley Park, IL. It was hosted by Carol, one of my past Tuesday afternoon Studio students. She had taken on a full-time job and couldn't work Studio Classes into her busy schedule. She missed taking my classes so she decided to host an all day workshop.
Here how it works: You find the location. It could be your house, church or community center -- that's your responsibility. If you get five students to attend, your lesson is free. If you can get 10 or more students to attend, you get your class for free plus a special gift.
The workshop: A supply list was emailed a few weeks before the class. There were a variety of talents. One student had never painted before and an other had taken master painter workshops. I like a mix of students because they learn from each other and I can accommodate all levels at a workshop.
The morning: It started with a demo. I walked them through the process; shared the photo reference, explaining the thought behind the value sketch, how to work with watercolor paper and the actual painting demo.
Lunch: Once again this is up to you and the group. Carol's friends brown bagged it. I have seen pot luck parties and even Jimmy John's deliveries.
The afternoon: Now it's your turn - personal painting time. I spent time with all the students, having one-on-one instruction.
Group critique: At the end of the day Carol popped open a few bottles of wine and we gathered for a group critique. All and all everyone did a great job and had a wonderful time. In fact they've booked another workshop for March.
If you want to learn more about hosting a Popovich Painting Party Workshop, please give me a call (219) 838-8645 or send an email to Dale@DalePopovich.com.
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Finished Paintings
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Dale's Personal Library 
The Passionate Painter in Paris DVD with Alvaro Castagnet
Earlier this month a fellow watercolorist and friend, Kathy Los-Rathburn loaned me a fascinating DVD by Alvaro Castagnet. I own his book,
Watercolor Painting with Passion! which is one of my favorites, but to see him in action is well
worth the purchase. He has a passion for his medium with a expressive, painterly style - a strong, fluid use of color. On this 90 minute DVD he paints in Paris with its historic buildings and busy boulevards. His subjects include glistening wet pavements, bustling caf� scenes, the wonderful facade of l'Op�ra and Place Saint-Michel in the early morning.
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Robert J. Krajecki
Watercolor Painting * Egg Tempera * Gouache * Oil
Artist * Teacher
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Robert J. Krajecki
Studio: (630) 557-2027
At a young age, with crayons and coloring book at hand, Bob recalls his mother telling him he was "good at staying inside the lines", and the seed was planted. He became the typical teenage boy, interested in playing baseball and drawing cartoons. Though he was a strong baseball player, Bob chose to pursue his other passion, art.
He began his studies with the Famous Artists Correspondence Course, but midway through the course, he was drafted into the Army. During his tour of duty in the Army Air Corps, training pilots for missions in Viet Nam, he managed to continue his art pursuits by creating a cartoon strip for the aviation newspaper, the Army Flyer.
Once back in civilian life, Bob enrolled at the American Academy of Art, with plans to become a commercial artist. At the suggestion of a fellow student, he sat in on a watercolor demonstration by then Director and President, Irving Shapiro, AWS. Fascinated that a painting of three children, carrying schoolbooks, walking down a country road...in the fall... could be beautifully completed in an hour and a half, Bob was smitten with the watercolor bug, never again to "stay inside the lines".
Including a semester at the Chicago Academy of Art, Bob's journey would lead him to a fine art degree from the American Academy of Art. During a 28-year teaching career at the Academy, he was a fulltime Fundamentals instructor, often taught watercolor classes for Mr. Shapiro, and taught his own watercolor classes for six years. Bob was also the first chair of the Fundamentals department, a position he held for 10 years.
Inspired by John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, and Richard Schmid, Bob's philosophy and art reflect realism influenced by impressionism, the core of the traditional instruction offered at the Academy when he was a student.
Recent awards include:
2012 - Danada Nature Art Show-Honorable Mention
2012 - Transparent Watercolor Society of America-Donors Award
2012 - Illinois Watercolor Society-Honorable Mention
2011 - Transparent Watercolor Society of America- Lakes Region Watercolor Guild Award
2010 - Illinois Watercolor Society-Awarded signature membership
2010 - "Watercolor 10" Award of Excellence-Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL
2009 - Illinois Watercolor Society -Award of Excellence
Bob's work was recently published in the April, 2012 issue of Watercolor Artist Magazine
Bob gives demonstrations, offers workshops, and judges shows at many Chicagoland venues.
He is an instructor at the Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago, and far west of the big city, he holds continuing classes in his small hometown of Kaneville, where old farmsteads and cornfields still dominate the landscape.
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Spending his childhood summers in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, Dale learned to love its colors, textures, denizens and moods. Today, his paintings celebrate these American landscapes and man's humble efforts to tame it.
Trained at The American Academy of Art in Chicago by Director and President, Irving Shapiro, AWS. Dale was deeply inspired by this great American twentieth-century watercolorist. Dale later taught for many years at The American Academy of Art. Currently, he teaches at the prestigious Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Art in Chicago, and in his own studio. Devoted to both painting and teaching, Dale's work hangs in collections around the country. Recent awards include: 2012 - Art Comp, Chesterton, IN - Award of Merit 2012 - Indiana Heritage Arts, Nashville, IN - Award of Merit 2011- Indiana Heritage Arts, Nashville, IN - Award of Merit 2010 - Indiana Heritage Arts, Nashville, IN - Award of Merit 2006 - Indiana Heritage Arts, Nashville, IN - Award of Excellence � 2012 Paint. Draw. Create � 2012 Robert J Krajecki � 2012 Dale L Popovich All rights reserve.
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