Taking a Reference Photo to a Painting Plan (In-Person)

Details
Room
Visual Arts Classroom
Presented by
CTAC Traverse City
Begins
Ends
Time
Tuesday & Wednesday, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM with one hour lunch
Grade Range
Adult - Adult
Age Range

-

Member tuition
$230.00
Non-member tuition

$280.00 (become a member)

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Description

Join painter Mark Mehaffey in a fun, two day drawing class that will focus on YOU and what you need  as an artist working with YOUR photographic references. Simplification of your visual story,  composition for impact, value placement for mood or drama will all be covered. By the end of  the 2nd day you will have multiple value plans that you can take to your home studio and use to make the painting you have envisioned. This class is suitable for all levels. 

 

Mark Mehaffey is a Paint Grand Traverse featured artist!

Class size is limited to maintain social distancing.

SUPPLIES & MATERIALS
Supply list
Mehaffey, Mark Photo to Painting Plan.pdf
Supplies provided
No
Art Area
Visual Arts
Medium
Drawing
Instructor(s)

Mark Mehaffey

Instructor
https://markmehaffeyfineart.com/about

Internationally recognized artist Mark E Mehaffey is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society; Dolphin Fellow, the National Watercolor Society, Watercolor USA Honor Society, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America; Signature Life Member - Master Status and Distinguished Master, Watercolor West, the Rocky Mountain Watermedia Society, the Louisiana Watercolor Society; Signature Life Member, the International Society of Experimental Artists, Signature Life Member and the International Society of Acrylic Painters.

Mehaffey has won major awards in juried exhibitions internationally including the Silver Medal of Honor (twice) and the Arches Paper Co Award from the American Watercolor Society, the Beverly Green Memorial Purchase Award from the National Watercolor Society, M. Grumbacher Gold Medal from Allied Artists of America, the Skyledge Award from TWSA, Biennial Award from the 2010 Shanghai Zhoujiajiao International Biennial Watercolor Exhibition, Best of Show from the San Diego Watercolor Society and guest artist for the Salon De L'Aquarelle 2015, Antwerp, Belgium. In 2016 Mark was honored with the new designation of "Distinguished Master" by the Transparent Watercolor Society of America for having over 20 total paintings accepted.

He wrote "Creative Watercolor Workshop", published in 2005 and it was rereleased as "Creative Watercolor and Acrylic Workshop" in 2013 published by Northlight Publishing. Mark has also created twelve instructional videos. He has appeared in many publications. He was featured in "Masters of Watercolor" written by Konstantin Sterkhov and "Inspirations & Technical Breakthroughs: Secrets from the Contemporary International Watercolor Masters Volume 1" written by Zhou Tianya & Ruan Hoe.

Mehaffey's paintings are included in corporate public and private collections including Blue Cross Blue Shield and The Arches Paper Co., USA. In 2018 Mark was invited to participate in the International Watercolor Masters Exhibition in Weston Park England. His work is included in the permanent collections of transparent watercolors at the Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin, the Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan, the National Watercolor Museum of Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico, Quanhua Watercolor Art Gallery, Zhoujiajiao, China and the Dachong Art Gallery, Zhongshan, China.

Mark is a popular juror, workshop instructor and lecturer.

Cancellation & Class Policies

Cancellation Policy for Traverse City Classes (In-Person)

Student Withdrawal
Requests for cancellation by the student at least seven (7) days prior to the first day of class will be honored (minus a $20 processing fee).  NO REFUNDS will be given for a student cancellation made less than seven (7) days in advance of the first day of the class.

Class Cancellations (Weather)
In the event of inclement weather, CTAC-TC will announce the cancellation on its website and phone system (231-941-9488). We will do our best to provide a make-up opportunity for the missed class. Refunds will not be given if the student is unable to attend the rescheduled session of class. Please note that CTAC-TC does not follow Traverse City Area Public School closings.

Student Absence
We are unable to offer refunds or make-up sessions for classes missed due to student absence.

Minimum Enrollment
Crooked Tree Arts Center reserves the right to cancel any class that does not meet its minimum student enrollment prior to the first class session. If a class is cancelled by CTAC for lack of enrollment, CTAC will offer a full refund to the student in the manner in which tuition was paid. (Cash payments will be refunded by check.)