 | On two weekends in October 2011, John Morra taught a workshop at both of our locations titled The Two Day Still Life where painters confronted a healthy urgency: each artist arranged and executed a complete painting in 12 hours. By following Morra’s painting demonstrations, they learned how to set up a grid system, grab their palette, mix piles of paint, focus and “floor it.” |
| Students ended each day with boosted confidence, and with a sharper ability to attack the essential “big picture” parts of any subject. As Morra said "Fast still-life painting helps you to capture those roving clouds in a plein air sketch, or that fidgety child in that portrait you’ve been promising. And the discipline of painting fast will greatly improve the over-all quality of one’s more ambitious, carefully drawn, slow paintings." |  |
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
The 2 Day Still Life with John Morra
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This was an amazing workshop. John Morro is my favorite American Still Life painter and he is such a giving and supportive teacher as well. I learned so much in a short period of time. In addition, John is an all around nice guy and really fun to hang and paint with for two days.
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Great workshop! John is generous with his time and ideas. He runs an informative and fun workshop.
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I took John's workshop at the school in Brooklyn. He is a knowledgeable, generous and excellent teacher. I learned a lot and truly enjoyed the class. Sign me up for the next one too!
ReplyDeleteAfter taking a workshop with John, you'll understand why his students rave about him. His passion for art and high energy whisks you up - you'll accomplish (and learn) much more than you thought possible!
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