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Fall 2012 Workshops

Posted on August 6, 2012 by davidslonim

Backyard, Autumn | 16 x 20 AVAILABLE

Fall 2012 | 3 Workshop Opportunities

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Anderson, IN: 6 Sessions meeting every other Wednesday beginning Sept 12 | David Slonim Studio

Zionsville, IN Sept 20-21, 2012 | Sullivan Munce Cultural Center

Lafayette, IN: Nov 29-Dec 1, 2012 | Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

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1) Anderson, IN

STUDIO MENTORING: VISUAL COMMUNICATION

Six sessions: Sept 12, 26, Oct 10, 24, Nov 7, 21

Meeting in downtown Anderson, First Merchant’s Bank Building Suite 715

Master works decoded
Key principles of visual communication found in great paintings of every time period and style applied to your work
Demos
Power Point presentations
Individualized instruction & feedback

The strength of the design and composition in these classes has not been equaled or even approached in other classes and workshops I’ve taken.” – G.H.

As always, my goal is not to teach you how to paint like me, but to help you paint like you with more expressive power.

IF YOU ARE NOT SOLVING A PROBLEM, YOU ARE NOT MAKING ART

Throughout history, one of the secret weapons of top artists has always been community.

Here’s a chance to meet with like-minded people who are serious about growing artistically.

This is going to be FUN - lots of laughter, camaraderie, and encouragement. I will do all I can to make sure you leave inspired and equipped to take your work to the next level.

YOU CAN PAINT BETTER THAN YOU THINK YOU CAN.

To register, contact me at david@davidslonim.com. I’ll send payment info.

Space is limited. Receipt of full payment secures your spot in the group.

$690 for six sessions.

We get started September 12, 2012. Six sessions: Sept 12, 26, Oct 10, 24, Nov 7, 21

Looking forward to painting with you-

“One of the best teachers I’ve had in a long line of teachers. I wish I’d found you 20 years ago, no kidding.” – J.W.

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2) Zionsville, IN

TWO DAY PLEIN AIR INTENSIVE | Sept 20-21

Sullivan Munce Cultural Center, Zionsville, IN

In order paint from life well, you have to edit.

In order to edit, you have to know what to emphasize and what to leave out.

In order to do that, you have to have a visual idea.

CREATIVITY THRIVES WITHIN CONSTRAINTS

Key Principles from master works that will take your work to new levels of excellence
Demos
One-on-one attention – instruction tailored to the individual
a relaxed, fun atmosphere that encourages experimentation and growth.
all levels welcome. All mediums and styles.

$300 for two full days | to register contact Cynthia Young 317-873-6862

cynthiayoung@sullivanmunce.org

Come prepared to learn, laugh, and leave encouraged and inspired.

“The best workshop I’ve ever taken.” – J.K.

Space is limited. To reserve your place call 317-873-6862

Once you are registered for the workshop, a supply list and directions to the location will be sent to you.

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3) Art Museum of Greater Lafayette Nov 29, 30, Dec 1, 2012

DEMO & POWER POINT TALK | Thursday night Nov 29 | 7-10 pm

PAINTING WORKSHOP | Friday & Saturday 9 am -4 pm

Friday and Saturday we’ll start with morning power point presentations, review key principles, and then you will paint with individualized coaching at your easel.

$360 for museum members

$400 for non-members

To register contact Glenda McClatchey: glenda@artlafayette.org

“You are very encouraging. I appreciate the tone you set and the atmosphere.” -J.D.

“Strengths as a teacher: intelligence, hard work, sense of humor, humility. I told Bonnie on the last day of class that I feel very lucky to study with you.” – L.W.

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Studio Mentoring Workshop, Fall Semester

Posted on July 13, 2011 by admin

Blue Pools, Yellowstone (28 x 40)

FALL MENTORING WORKSHOP with David Slonim

*** THERE ARE A FEW SPOTS LEFT. IS ONE OF THEM YOURS? ***

Six Sessions, meeting every two weeks. This allows time in between to practice the things we discuss.
Many students have found that this format helps them absorb and make use of more information.

Sept 21
Oct 5, 19
Nov 2, 16, 30

10 am – 3 pm

First Merchant’s Bank Building

33 W 10th St 7th Floor

Anderson, IN 46016-1445

$690 for six all-day sessions.

To reserve a spot please use the contact page.

Full payment secures your spot (first come, first served basis). I will email my mailing address to you.

By the Pond (16 x 20)

The goal: To inspire you with personalized coaching. I want to help you create the best work you’ve ever done.

How? By applying time-tested principles of visual communication to your own work, your working process, and your mindset.
Time-tested what?? The masters of every time period and style used rock-solid principles. Their work is structured. The good news is we can learn the same principles.

You can paint abstract, impressionistic, or realist. The principles apply to every type of visual communication. Want to work in pastel or watercolor? Fine! This is not a technique course, so it applies to all mediums.

Ready to take your work to the next level?

Come ready to laugh, learn, and work hard in a fun, relaxed environment where risk- taking is encouraged and celebrated. You can paint better than you think you can.
I promise to work my tail off to prove it to you.

I hope you can join us!

David

Composition in Green (worksop demo) 20 x 24

NOTE: This workshop is designed as a follow up to “Oil Painting: Principles of Visual Communication”. If you have taken any workshop with me previously, you are welcome to sign up for this one.
If you have not, you are still welcome, but you need to understand up front that I won’t be able to go back and cover all the material as thoroughly as I do in the “Principles” class. You WILL be exposed to review of the principles taught in the “Principles” workshop, but with fewer extended power point lectures and excercises. The ‘Principles” course is intensive delivery of information, the “Mentoring” workshop is intensive studio application of those principles.

My goal is to present the material in the most beneficial way. I’m not trying to leave anybody out, but if you sign up for this, you just need to know what to expect.

Yellowstone Remembered (60 x 48)

I will send out directions, parking info, and a supply list once you are registered.

Feel free to contact me with any questions using the contact page.

“If you aren’t solving a problem, you are not making ART.”

Golden Pools (12 x 9)

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Feedback from past students:

“The best workshop I’ve ever taken.” – J.K.

“You are very encouraging. I appreciate the tone you set and the atmosphere.” -J.D.

The strength of the design and composition in these classes has not been equaled or even approached in other classes and workshops I’ve taken.” – G.H.

“Strengths as a teacher: intelligence, hard work, sense of humor, humility. I told Bonnie on the last day of class that I feel very lucky to study with you.” – L.W.

I can’t begin to tell you how helpful this class has been for me. – S.G.

Thanks for being such a generous and outstanding teacher. C. N.

Dude, you’re seriously bending my mind – P.K.

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Spring Oil Class 2011: Studio Mentoring

Posted on February 12, 2011 by davidslonim

Oil Painting : Studio Mentoring Workshop

Together we’ll work to break new creative ground so that you leave inspired, encouraged, and painting better than ever. I know from personal experience how valuable regular input is to growth as a painter. The principles of visual communication need to be reinforced, reviewed, practiced, and rediscovered regularly, continually applied in new contexts as each new painting presents you with new problems to solve.

This workshop builds on the principles taught in the fall oil class, which will now be called Oil Painting: Principles of Visual Communication. For that reason, it will only be open to those who have taken a previous workshop with me. The purpose will be to apply the principles covered in the fall class in a mentoring / coaching setting. The emphasis will be on painting time at your easel on projects of your choice with coaching.

In the future the fall class will serve as a refresher to those who have had a grounding in the principles before, and an introduction to principles of visual communication for first time participants. The Spring semester will be an intensive period of working out those principles at your easel with personal coaching.

We will continue to look to the masters of every time period and style in order to apply proven principles of visual communication to our work.
The goal, as always, is not to teach you to paint like me or in any particular style, but to paint YOUR WAY, according to your gifts, viewpoint, and personality, only better!

> It will be possible to leave our materials and equipment in place, locked up, between sessions. So if you set up a still life and want to work on it over the course of several sessions, you can. You will be able to leave your easel and any supplies, wet paintings, still life objects, etc as you have the need.

Meeting every other Wednesday 10 am – 3 pm
March 23,
April    6, 20
May     4, 18
June   1Location: We have a new space with good lighting, lots of room, a stunning view overlooking the city, and the ability to leave things set up between sessions.
First Merchant’s Bank Building

33 W 10th St 7th Floor

Anderson, IN 46016-1445

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Prerequisite: Oil Painting: Principles of Visual Communication (Any previous workshop with me qualifies)
Anyone who has not had a previous workshop with me will need to wait and take the fall class to get a grounding in the principles of visual communication.

$690 for six sessions.
Payment in full will secure your place in the class.
Sorry, no refunds for missed classes except for unforeseen emergencies.

To register please use the contact form.
Information on how to make payment will be emailed to you.

Looking forward to seeing you March 23-

I will send out directions, parking info, and a supply list once you are registered.

David

Feel free to contact me with any questions.
“If you aren’t solving a problem, you are not making ART.”

Feedback from previous students:

“You are one of the most intuitive, generous, and well informed teachers I have ever had. It is miraculous that such a gifted painter is also a gifted teacher, and is so well organized on top of it all. Your humor is a wonderful addition to the class, puts everyone at ease, and makes learning fun.” -R.M.C.

“You are very encouraging. I appreciate the tone you set and the atmosphere.” -J.D.

“The strength of the design and composition in these classes has not been equaled or even approached in other classes and workshops I’ve taken.” – G.H.

“Strengths as a teacher: intelligence, hard work, sense of humor, humility. I told Bonnie on the last day of class that I feel very lucky to study with you.” – L.W.

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Homemade Painting Panels

Posted on January 12, 2011 by davidslonim

You can buy a 9 x 12 painting panel from an art supply catalog for about $7.00. Or you can make them yourself for about $ .50 each. (Yep, 50 cents!) Here’s how:

1) Buy hardboard (masonite) at Lowe’s, Menard’s or any other lumber supply store. A 4′ x 8′ sheet is about $7.00. At Lowe’s they cut it down for me on the in-store saw at no charge. I had one sheet cut into 10 x 12′s, the other into 9 x 12′s.

2) lightly sand the panels, to help the gesso adhere better.

3) Dilute 1 pint of professional grade acrylic gesso ($9.00) with water until it’s roughly the consistency of pea soup

4) Using a paint roller ($3.00), roll the diluted gesso onto the panels. I do 3 coats.

Expenses:

$ 7.00 4′ x 8′ masonite sheet, cut into smaller panels

$9.00 1 Pint of acrylic gesso (I get mine from Utrecht.com)

$3.00 disposable paint roller cover

$.99 disposable plastic paint roller tray liner

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$20.00 Total cost

From one sheet of masonite, you can get 40 9 x 12′s at $ .50 each, or 36 10 x 12′s for $ .57 each. (BTW- You can cut them to any size you want!)

Forty 9 x 12′s from the art supply catalog would cost $280.00 plus shipping instead of the $20.57 we spent.

Now the hard part -

what will you do with the $259.00 you just saved?

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Oil Class – what to paint

Posted on August 24, 2010 by davidslonim

To my fall 2010 Oil Painting Class, Anderson -

What to Paint??

Bring photo reference to paint from. You can also bring field studies, drawings, plein air pieces, etc., which you would like to develop into studio pieces. We may paint outside some, but mainly you should expect to paint indoors. The reason for this is to maximize my ability to impart a significant amount of information as well as to spend a good amount of time with each student helping you work out the principles on your canvases. This is not like those workshops we’ve all been to where you go off and paint alone and if you’re lucky the instructor comes around once or twice during the day, makes a suggestion or two and moves on.

I’m eager to TEACH you things that will fan your talent into a raging flame.

What makes this exciting for me is that I know the information I will be sharing with you is VALUABLE and will make a huge difference in your painting.

If you would like to paint a still life from life, bring objects. There are folding tables (6 ft long) at the building. If you would like a smaller table, you’ll need to bring it. Bring any drapes, props, spot lights or anything else you typically use for your still life set ups. It will be easy to unload and load your vehicle right at the door of the building.

I do not have any desire to teach you to paint like I do. That’s another reason not to impose my choice of subject matter on you. My goal is to help you learn sound, time-tested principles of visual communication used by all the masters in every style and time period, so that you will paint like you – with more expressive power.
My job is to work my tail off to help you become the best artist you are capable of being. Your job is to work your tail off becoming the artist you want to become. Together we’re going to have a blast.

See you October 7th!

We’ll be meeting in the pavilion at Mounds State Park.

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This workshop is sold out. If you would like information on David’s upcoming workshops, please contact the studio at david@davidslonim.com.

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Oil Painting Class Fall 2010

Posted on July 27, 2010 by davidslonim

Bright Morning 30 x 40 IHA Permananet Collection, Nashville, IN

Oil Painting Class with David Slonim / Fall Semester

Meeting every other week for Six Thursdays in Anderson, Indiana:
Oct 7, 21, Nov 4, 18, Dec 2, 16

Six full days 10am – 3pm
$690 total for six sessions

We’ll look extensively at the masters of many periods and styles and apply their wisdom to our own work: Degas and Deibenkorn, Picasso and Pissaro, Rembrandt and Rothko, Cassatt and Chagall, along with many others.

Key Principles from master works that will take your work to new levels of excellence
Demos
Plenty of Time to work at your easel
One-on-one attention – instruction tailored to the individual
a relaxed, fun atmosphere that encourages experimentation and growth.
all levels welcome.

Come prepared to learn, laugh, and leave encouraged and inspired. This workshop will teach you not only what some of the key principles of great painting are, but how to continue learning on your own long after the workshop ends.

“The goal is not to get you to paint like I do, but to paint like yourself with more beauty and power of expression in your work.” – David

Space is limited. To reserve your place, send a check for the full amount to David Slonim. Use the contact form to register.

( Refunds for missed sessions will be considered only for cancellations due to an unforeseen emergency. )
Once you are registered for the class, a supply list and directions to the studio location will be sent to you.

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Feedback from past students:

“The best workshop I’ve ever taken.” – J.K.

“You are very encouraging. I appreciate the tone you set and the atmosphere.” -J.D.

The strength of the design and composition in these classes has not been equaled or even approached in other classes and workshops I’ve taken.” – G.H.

“Strengths as a teacher: intelligence, hard work, sense of humor, humility. I told Bonnie on the last day of class that I feel very lucky to study with you.” – L.W.

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