Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, Studio Pintura Workshops

Studio Pintura, 1500 Jackson St. NE #294, announced their Fall Professional Artist Workshop Series for 2018. One of the classes is a Sculpture Series Intro class, taught by James Shoop. The class will be held Thursday, August 23, 6:30-8:30 pm. The $25 fee can be applied as credit to either Shoop workshop. Learn more about their fall sculpture classes with nationally known master sculptor James Shoop. Also, prepare a panel after the presentation if you are signed up for the Bas Relief Figure Workshop for figurative students, sculptors, figure, and portrait painters.

Some of the other classes that were announced are Sculpting the Figure in Bas Relief: an opportunity to sculpt a bas-relief figure from the model. Sculpture Mold Making and Casting: You will be guided through the process of capturing the shape and details of a sculpture with a rubber mold, and then casting the sculpture in Plaster. Portrait Painting, The Art of the Start/Portrait Intensive: The instructor will demonstrate how he starts a portrait from life in oil, then guide the participants through the process of painting a series of  three-hour portrait starts. Panels & Still Life Painting, Panel Preparation 101: everything you wanted to know about panels, grounds, and prep. Still Life Painting on Panel, The Kapsner Method: Charles Kapsner was a student of Nerena Simi (1897-1987) in Florence, and has a unique and thoughtful approach to painting to bring to Minnesota artists.

Sign up and find more information at Studio Pintura.com. And email questions to info.StudioPintura@gmail.com. Space is limited, sign up soon.