[Scriptoris] Fw: Natural Pigments Lecture Series

[Hillary Greenslade]

Scribes, 
I'm forwarding the text from a newsletter I got from Natural Pigments, as I 
don't think the images will translate to all of you, hopefully, this will. 

For those of you in the east, this series sounds fabulous, wish it was recorded 
so we could also partake at a future date by listening online, perhaps.   

Hope some of you get to attend, 
Cheers, Hillary / Ansteorra

--------------------------------------------------------------

Natural Pigments Lecture Series, 
Free Lectures at the Art Students League of New York.  
 
Lecture Series at the Art Students League of New York
George O'Hanlon, technical director of Natural Pigments, will be giving a series 
of lectures on artists' materials at the Art Students League of New York on 
September 14 and 15, 2010. The lecture series is designed for artists and anyone 
interested in how artists materials are used effectively in painting. Each 
lecture is 45 minutes to one hour and is accompanied by digital image projection 
with a question and answer period following.
Open to the Public and FREE
Dates: September 14 and 15, 2010
Location: The Art Students League of New York, Second Floor, 215 West 57th 
Street, New York
George O'Hanlon is technical director of Natural Pigments and executive director 
of Iconofile, an nonprofit educational organization dedicated to promoting 
understanding of sacred art. George received his fine arts education and 
apprenticeship in Mexico. Upon his return to the U.S., he worked as art director 
and then creative director for advertising agencies in Silicon Valley, 
California, working on such major accounts as Sony, Hewlett-Packard and Ricoh. 
He then established a database marketing communications firm that was later 
acquired by the international chemical company, Shin-Etsu, where we was retained 
as president of marketing operations for the U.S. In 1992, he left this post to 
study traditional art techniques and then in 2001, he founded Natural Pigments 
and Iconofile to promote an understanding of these techniques among contemporary 
artists.

________________________________


Lecture Series
Origins of Colors: Secrets of the Old Masters
September 14, 2010 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Where did the colors used by the old masters originate? How did they achieve the 
luscious and luminous colors we see in their paintings? George O'Hanlon has 
traveled the world in search of unique sources of pigment. As founder of Natural 
Pigments, an artists' materials company, he brings his expertise to focus on the 
origins of pigments used by medieval and Renaissance artists as well as their 
revival by contemporary artists. He will discuss the physical and visual 
characteristics of many common and exotic pigments and show how these masters 
used them to create their masterpieces. The lecture will be accompanied by 
digital image projection. This lecture was first presented in 2006 at the 
National Gallery in Washington, DC. The presentation will be followed by 
questions and answers and is designed for painters of all mediums and anyone 
interested in pigments.
Making It Last -- Building a Painting from the Ground Up
September 14, 2010 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m
All about constructing a painting from the support to the ground and final 
layers, including discussing how the "fat-over-lean" rule in oil painting is 
inherently flawed. Practical procedures are described to build your oil 
paintings according to the studies on the conservation of paintings. The 
presentation will be followed by questions and answers. This presentation is 
designed for painters of all mediums, but has special application to oil 
painting.
Controlling Oil Paint -- Painting Mediums and How to Use Them
September 15, 2010 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m
How oil painting mediums can be used to create many different painting effects. 
What are historical oil painting mediums like and how do modern mediums compare 
to them? Through recreations of many oil painting medium recipes from the 15th 
to 19th centuries, Natural Pigments answers this question. We compare their 
handling and performance characteristics, such as viscosity, rheology (paint 
consistency), yellowing and flexibility. The results of this research is 
presented in ways that can help artists to understand the purpose and use of 
mediums in their own work. The presentation will be followed by questions and 
answers. This presentation is designed for oil painters.
Color Theory and Practice
September 15, 2010 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m
The science behind light, surfaces, refraction, reflection, and the way in which 
materials and paint cause the color and light we see in our paintings. This is a 
practical lecture for artists and how they can better understand how the paint 
they use affects what they see. The presentation will be followed by questions 
and answers. This presentation is designed for painters of all mediums and 
anyone interested on the optical effects of pigments and paint.