Atwood Atelier

Join us at the Atelier for some more great classes this summer! Lydia Zoells is returning to teach two workshops: Beyond the Color Wheel and Solvent Free Oil Painting ✨

You can find the full course descriptions and sign up by going to www.atwoodatelier.com

✨ Beyond the Color Wheel ✨
- This class is a color theory intensive for the figurative oil painter. Through lecture, demo, and exercises, we will develop practical approaches to color, beginning with the concepts of hue, value, and chroma/intensity. We will discuss the qualities of pigment and oil paint, including tinting strength, transparency, and lightfastness, and explore how to use our paints with an understanding of their specific physical properties. Beginning with still lives and later working with a live model, we will use this knowledge to approach color mixing for both accuracy and creative color palettes. Students will explore various limited palettes and color moods in a series of studies and small paintings. All students are encouraged to develop their own personal approach to color through the exercises in the class.
- Monday July 6th - Wednesday July 8th; 9am - 12pm

✨ Solvent Free Oil Painting ✨
- This workshop will explore safe practices and helpful strategies for at-home oil painters without access to a separate studio or adequate ventilation for solvent use. This is NOT a class on water-soluble oils: this is a course exploring how to use regular oil paints without the solvents that many contemporary painters rely on, and how to make the most of an oil painting practice in a home setting. This is a good class for students wanting to get started with oil painting, but equally useful for those with an established practice who want to remove solvents or learn more about solvent-free methods.
- Saturday, July 11th; 10am - 4pm (lunch 12-1)
- Supplies included option available!

Want to learn more & sign up? Go to www.atwoodatelier.com Have questions? Feel free to send us a message!

From a recent June evening with June - our model for the night!

Artists are listed below in order, and are tagged when able:
☀️ Steph Hagens, watercolor (Steph Hagens)
☀️ Katie Hogan, oils (Katie Hogan)
☀️ Krystal de Jesus, oils (krystal)
☀️ Marinela Manastirli, oils (Marinela Manastirli Art)
☀️ Gail Hutchinson, oils (Gail M. Hutchinson)
☀️ Luke Steele, graphite (Luke Steele)

We have some exciting news to share…the art of Atwood Atelier is going on the road once more!

The Wisconsin Museum of Contemporary Art in Wausau, WI, is hosting the show “Figure Paintings by Atwood Atelier Artists” from June 18th - September 17th. Over a two dozen atelier artists have contributed works to the show, and we’re thrilled to share their paintings and drawings with you! With a focus on pieces created at the atelier, artists were also to share a selection of their work from outside of the atelier, providing a look at their artistic practice beyond the studio.

There will be a closing reception on Thursday, September 17th from 5-8pm, and the exhibit will be open during museum hours the rest of the summer!

We hope you’ll go check out the exhibit, and share with folks in the Wausau area! Swipe to see just SOME of the work being transported to Wausau!

Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art
309 McClellan Street, Wausau, WI, 54303
wmoca.org

Participating Artists (in roughly alphabetical order, and we may be missing a couple - apologies!):
🎨 Hannah Blue, artby_hannahblue
🎨 Brigitte Boucher, Brigitte Boucher
🎨 Silvia Cavagnero, Silvia Cavagnero
🎨 Krystal De Jesus, krystal
🎨 Jamie Guyot, Jamie Guyot
🎨 Owen Gwynne, Owen Gwynne
🎨 Ryan Haimerl, Ryan Haimerl
🎨 Katie Hogan, Katie Hogan
🎨 Gail Hutchinson, Gail M. Hutchinson
🎨 George Roesch Johnson, George Roesch Johnson
🎨 Shanae Lavelle Meacham
🎨 Genie Lee, Genie Lee
🎨 Amber Lim, Amb L
🎨 Marinela Manastirli, Marinela Manastirli Art
🎨 Jan Richardson, Jan L. Richardson
🎨 Ciel Skal, Ciel Skål
🎨 Luke Steele, Luke Steele
🎨 Kim Strittmater, Kim
🎨 Bernie Tennis, Bernie Tennis
🎨 Louise Uttech
🎨 William Veit
🎨 Joy Wichgers, Joy_W
🎨 Lydia Zoells, Lydia Zoells
🎨 Rich Corzatt, Rich Corzatt
🎨 Taylor Elkins, Taylor Elkins
🎨 John Mix, John Mix

A glimpse inside our most recent extended long pose with our model, James 🎨

Sometimes attendees choose to focus their attention beyond the pose, capturing the scene of the artists themselves, the studio in action. A lovely perspective on the practice of working from a live model.

Heads up! There won’t be extended long poses in July and August, they’ll be back this fall!

Artists featured are listed in order below, and are tagged when able:
🎨 Ryan Haimerl, oils
🎨 Steph Hagens, oils
🎨 Hannah Blue, watercolor
🎨 George Roesch Johnson, graphite
🎨 Beth, graphite
🎨 Amber Lim, oils

Dynamic Perspective, a 4 week class with , starts this Thursday evening!

Interesting, dynamic posing will help students understand complex positionings of the body in the life drawing class. We will also give special emphasis to often avoided parts of the body–the hands and feet. Open to all skill levels, each class will gently guide new perspectives for capturing realism.

* 4 Thursday evenings
* June 11, 18, July 2, 9
* 6pm - 8:30pm

It’s not too late to sign up, which you can do at www.atwoodatelier.com

Have questions? Feel free to send us a message or email at [email protected]

It’s not too late to sign up for next week’s workshop with Andrew Sjodin: The Alla Prima Still Life

Go to www.atwoodatelier.com to sign up!

This approachable, fun workshop is designed for students of all levels—even those who are completely new to painting. I begin with a three-hour demonstration on the first morning. For a three day workshop students will create three simple still lifes over the first two days (one each session: first afternoon, second morning, second afternoon).

On the final day of the three day workshop students will set up and work on a slightly more complex still life for the full day. By the end, most students complete four paintings. The five day workshop varies from the three day by including an additional demonstration on the third morning and the opportunity to complete two full-day alla prima paintings.

Topics covered: materials, palette and color considerations, composition, paint handling, value-keying, lighting, and individualized questions and guidance.

* Monday June 15th - Wednesday June 17th
* 9:30am - 4:30pm (lunch 12:30 - 1:30)

Ready to sign up? Go to www.atwoodatelier.com!

Works from a long pose with Jensen two Mondays ago 🎨 These paintings, drawings and creations really turned out incredible! Folks brought so many media, made so many inventive and intuitive stylistic choices, and all captured Jensen so well.

Some works were worked over two sessions, from the Sunday morning the day before. We do fairly frequently have models return to a pose, always a real treat!

Artists featured are listed below in order, and are tagged when able:
🎨 Taylor Elkins, oil on Canvas
🎨 Brigitte Boucher, soft pastels
🎨 Krystal de Jesus, oil on Linen
🎨 Luke Steel, graphite
🎨 Kahero, oils with the zorn palette
🎨 Gail Hutchinson, oils
🎨 Evan Driscoll, digital
🎨 Katie Hogan, oils
🎨 Amber Lim, gouache
🎨 Ray Speiss, oils
🎨 Ray Speiss, oils
🎨 Marinela Manastirli, oils

That’s a wrap on another wonderful Gallery Night! Thank you to all the artists who participated and to everyone who came out to support friends and family, and to see the studio!

We’re looking forward to more figure drawing and painting sessions this summer, and to seeing you for some great classes and workshops!

Learn more at www.atwoodatelier.com

Tonight’s the big night! Our doors will be open from 5-9pm for you all to come visit us during !

The easiest way to get to the studio is by going to , walking through the open doors at the rear of the taproom, and following the signs through the building to the studio!

Here’s our full roster of 26 participating artists:
🎨Hannah Blue ()
🎨 Angelina Borchardt ()
🎨 Brigitte Boucher (.boucher)
🎨 Silvia Cavagnero ()
🎨 Eden Cunningham (.art)
🎨 Judy Fleming Coss ()
🎨 Taylor Elkins ()
🎨 Sharon Gould ()
🎨 Kelsey Florek ()
🎨 Ryan Haimerl ()
🎨 Katie Hogan (.hogan.art)
🎨 Gail Hutchinson (.m.hutchinson)
🎨 Krystal de Jesus
🎨 Amber Lim ()
🎨 Marinela Manastirli ()
🎨 Shanae Lavelle Meacham
🎨 John Mix ()
🎨 Andrew Mulhearn
🎨 Aaron Parks ()
🎨 Greg Rodriguez ()
🎨 Philip Salamone ()
🎨 Luke Steele ()
🎨 Bernie Tennis (.tennis)
🎨 Louise Uttech
🎨 Darya Vassina
🎨 Yun ()

Gallery Night Artist Spotlight: Brigitte Boucher (.boucher)

“In my work, I combine careful observation of the world around me with expressive, imaginative color and mark-making. Soft pastels are my current medium of choice for their immediacy and vibrant colors.”

Come see Brigitte’s work TOMORROW, from 5-9 at Atwood Atelier!