| 2013 Autumn Intensive: 6-week Painting Program |
“Only nature well-seen, well-studied can give you the genuine brilliance and original knowledge that distinguishes the superior man from the common one. I say ‘well-seen’ because if you do not look unceasingly with a comparing eye as I’ve asked you to, you’ll get nowhere.”
“La nature bien vue, bien étudiée vous peut seule donner ces lumières originales qui distinguent l’homme supérieur d’avec l’homme commun. Je dis bien vue, car si vous ne la voyez sans cesse avec ces yeux de comparaison que je vous demande, il n’y a rien de fait.”
- Jean Baptiste Oudry, Réflexions sur la manière d’étudier la couleur (1749)
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
| LOCATION: | The 2013 Autumn Intensive will be held in the Intensive Course Studio, on our campus in Argenton-Chateau (79), a medieval town north of Bordeaux, south of the Loire Valley, in the Poitou-Charentes region of southwest France. Argenton-Chateau is situated 2.5 hours from Paris-Montparnasse (total travel time: TGV train + program shuttlebus). Please see our FACILITIES page for complete details on the Intensive Course Studio. |
| CLASS DATES: | August 29 – October 12, 2013 One 6-week term, no midterm vacation. |
| CLASS SCHEDULE: | The daily schedule is 6 hours of life-model, 5 days a week (Sunday – Thursday, 9am – 6pm). Figure poses will vary in length between 3 hrs. and 60+ hrs. The course will offer lecture-demonstrations 1-2x weekly and in-studio critique, 3-4 days per week. |
| CLASS SIZE: | 12 maximum + instructors The class will accept a maximum of 12 students, plus 2 alternates in case of cancellations. |
| WHO is ELIGIBLE? | Anyone may apply. New students and alumni of all levels are encouraged. All students must enroll full-time for this 6-week course. There is no option for part-time enrollmet, or late arrival. See the application PDF for current portfolio requirements. |
| TUITION PRICE: | 3150 euros *, shared 2BR housing included |
| HOUSING: | Six weeks of shared 2BR housing in Argenton-Chateau included. Private lodging costs extra. Students live in program housing, assigned and billed starting July 1, in the order applications were received. Please see our LODGING and LIFE page for complete details on housing in Argenton-Chateau. |
| WHEN to APPLY: | The priority application deadline for the 2013 AUTUMN PAINTING INTENSIVE is May 1, 2013. Admissions decisions will be returned by May 5, 2013. ** Admissions for the 2013 AUTUMN INTENSIVE are now OPEN. ** Click HOW to APPLY to learn more, and to download the application PDF. |
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
COURSE DESCRIPTION: “Painting and the Principles of Living Form”
The 2013 Autumn Intensive course is a full-time, structured curriculum with an emphasis on long-pose figure painting.
There is no option for part-time enrollmet, or late arrival.
Figure sessions meet for 6 weeks painting the human figure from life, 30 hrs. per week.
Figure poses will vary in length between 3 and 60 hours total, primarily painting the human figure, using a limited palette underpainting technique, as well as a contemporary prismatic palette for various “wet-into-wet” techniques (e.g. “au premier
coup”, “alla prima”, “in-painting” or “form painting”).
Full-time faculty will occasionally work alongside students as fellow artists, producing both drawings and paintings.
It will be team-taught by the artists Timothy Stotz and Nicole Michelle Tully.
Applications may be downloaded from our HOW TO APPLY page.
Please review frequently asked questions on our FAQS page.
Advice on how to get to Argenton-Chateau is on the TRAVEL page.