AMERICAN

ARTIST
Workshop
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Summer 2010

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Contents
4 Editor’s Note

8 Workshops as Shared Learning Experiences

by M. Stephen Doherty

A number of valuable and lasting benefits can accrue

when artists work alongside one another and engage in
a free exchange of information, motivation, and inspira-
tion. Even if the artists barely know one another, they are
likely to share a feeling of camaraderie. That kind of a
palpable energy was present when 10 professional artists
gathered in New Jersey at the invitation of Workshop and
Forbes, Inc.

18 Joseph Paquet: 10 Keys to Effectively Judging the

Important Relationships in Painting
by M. Stephen Doherty

This Minnesota plein air painter helps students grasp the

most important concepts about oil painting and shows
them how to apply these concepts successfully.

30 Variations on Impressionist Painting

by M. Stephen Doherty

Students and faculty members at the Bridgeview School

of Fine Art, in Queens, New York, recently spent eight
days painting the same model to demonstrate a range of
approaches to oil painting based on Impressionism.

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42 Aaron Westerberg: Creating a Monochromatic
Figure Study
by Matthew Marchant

In a recent California workshop, Aaron Westerberg

showed students how to apply their drawing skills to
creating oil paintings by developing a monochromatic
grisaille using one warm and one cool red and handling
a brush as if it were a drawing tool.
52 Camie Davis: Portrait Painting Based on cover

Camie Davis (below)

Measurement and the Perception of Shapes teaching at the Grand
by M. Stephen Doherty Central Academy of Art,
in New York City.
During eight four-hour sessions of drawing and
Photo by Nathan
painting models who held the same pose, students Kraxberger
in Camie Davis’ classes learned to express them-
selves using carefully planned procedures.

60 Cedric Egeli: Knowing How to Learn

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by M. Stephen Doherty

In two recent workshops, this distinguished artist

emphasized that developing the ability to actively
listen, observe, study, and practice the fundamental
aspects of painting is important to making progress
as an artist.

72 Brian Stewart: 4 Stages of Successful

Plein Air Paintings
by M. Stephen Doherty

During a recent workshop in Barbados, Brian Stewart

explained how to achieve greater success with
outdoor paintings by following a progression from a
“dress-rehearsal” study to a finished work of art.

82 Alexey Steele: Pursuing Passion and a

Personal Vision
by Michael Zakian

Alexey Steele is not the type of teacher who imposes 52

strict guidelines or rules on his students. Rather, he
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offers an encouraging educational environment for
artists to discover their own personal vision while he
demonstrates his own passionate pursuit of the great
artistic and cultural ideals of the past.

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