The Hawthorne Approach:
Relational Drawing & Painting
8-Week Studio Course
Instructed by
Ron Prigat
Schedule:
Saturdays, 10am-1pm
January 16-March 6, 2021
Registration Deadline: January 13, 2021
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Description:
Even when working for observation, painting has virtually no limitations. You can depict anything, with any palette, from any stylistic standpoint. With so much freedom, how does one find a guiding foothold? How have the painters who came before us figured this out?
For many perceptual painters, we can trace their decision making back to one of the most influential teachers in American Art History – Charles Hawthorn. And – even better – we have access to a collection of Hawthorn’s lessons to help guide and calibrate our young studio practices: Hawthorne on Painting.
This book, written by students of the painter Charles Hawthorne, connects many of the past painters so often referenced around the Drawing Center’s studios (Hawthorne was Edwin Dickinson’s teacher, who proved to be an influential mentor for a substantial number of subsequent perceptual painters, including Lennart Anderson.) And it illustrates how Hawthorn, above all, emphasized a relational approach to painting from life – using both feeling and close examination to integrate abstraction and sensitive accuracy in representation.
In this course, we will examine the core principles bequeathed to us in Hawthorne on Painting, as we integrate the relational approach into drawing and painting. We will work charcoal and oil paint/gouache from life, including still life and live model sessions. Students are encouraged to pick up a copy of the book, a small and highly digestible volume, and refer to it as they work.
Throughout this course, you will:
- Gain an understanding of the relational approach as described by Mr. Hawthorne
- Develop your capacity to find compelling motifs; hone your compositional skill
- Increase your ability to draw and paint from life, regardless of subject matter
- Become more competent with the media used in this course
Fee:
$325
Minimum Enrollment: 4
Maximum Enrollment: 12
Materials list:
- Two packs of willow/vine charcoal sticks – medium (Sennelier or Windsor & Newton are fine)
- Strathmore series 500 Charcoal pad, largest size of 18x24 inches
- Chamois
- Eraser, regular
- 3 bulldog clips, or any clip strong enough to secure our pads to a board
- Viewfinder (you can easily make one) From the following - either Oil Paint or Gouache (if you have both, bring oil)
Oil:
- At least four good bristle brush (Robert Simmons filbert or bright size 10 or larger – recommended)
- Palette Knife
- Palette
- Rag/paper towels
- Primed canvas or boards for oil paint, at least one per class, better to have more at hand
- Oil paint colors, essential palette:
- White (titanium or lead),
- Ultramarine Blue,
- Cadmium Red Light,
- Cadmium Lemon Yellow
- Oil paint colors, the ‘nice to have’:
- Raw Sienna/Yellow Ochre (or any earth tone if you already have it) ,
- Emerald Green,
- Dioxozine Violet,
- Alizarin Crimson
Gouache:
- Watercolor paper, heavyweight (buy in rolls or pads)
- Water color brush (such as my recommended Escoda Versatil, size 10)
- Palette (something like a shallow tray with low walls works well, to prevent spillage)
- Gouache paint, essential palette:
- White,
- Ultramarine Blue,
- Cadmium Red Light,
- Cadmium Lemon Yellow
- Gouache paint, the ‘nice to have’:
- Raw Sienna/Yellow Ochre (or any earth tone if you already have it) ,
- Permanent Green Middle/Cadmium Green/Emerald Green,
- Dioxozine Violet (AKA Windsor Violet),
- Alizarin Crimson
- Jar for water
- Rag/paper towels
Extra Stuff you may/may not use:
- Gloves
- Skewer (for measurement)
- Glass Jar with cheap oil (for cleaning brushes from oil paint) – please note: no turpentine or harsh solvents allowed
- Glass Jar with medium for oil paint (linseed oil, liquin, etc’)
- Extra brushes
- Sand paper (for charcoal)
Recommended Book: Hawthorne on Painting by Mrs. Charles W. Hawthorne, Dover Art Instruction, Paperback – June 1, 1960 You can find it online, or use this Link to get the book.
Level of Study:
This class is open to anyone and any skill level. The small class will allow for ample individual attention and will serve beginning students as well as advanced students.
Questions? Please contact the Drawing Center Coordinator, Adam Mysock at mysock@manifestdrawingcenter.org with any questions about this list and/or course.
LOCATION:
Unless otherwise specified, all courses are hosted at Manifest's NEW Drawing Center Studios in Walnut Hills at 656 E. McMillan St. (second floor) (see map and directions below). Manifest's new studio facility provides two studio classrooms, private lesson space, a darkroom, film processing room, and a multi-purpose lecture and class meeting space all totaling over 4000 square-feet. The studios are outfitted with professional equipment, furniture, and study aids.
Map to Manifest's M1 Studios | Studio Calendar | Darkroom Calendar
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Charles Hawthorne
Ron Prigat
Ron Prigat
Charles Hawthorne
About the instructor:
Ron Prigat was born in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1988. Beginning in 2011, he studied painting at the Jerusalem Studio School’s Master Class Program and graduated in 2014. Ron spent five summers painting landscapes in Italy at the ‘JSS in Civita’ Program, where he also worked as Coordinator and Assistant to program Director, painter Israel Hershberg.
Ron received an MFA from the University of New Hampshire in 2018, and worked as a Staff Artist at the Vermont Studio Center the following year. In Vermont, he taught painting, including at Northern Vermont University.
Ron was awarded the MAR Artist in Residence at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2019-20. Today he lives there still. His work has been exhibited internationally, including in Israel, Italy, and the United States.
When he isn’t painting, Ron likes to run, cook, contest Balthus for his love of cats, and learn new crafts and techniques.
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