[Steppes] Renaissance Painting Methods workshop

[Joe and Mary Schirmer]

I thought somebody in the SCA might be interested this.  A Renaissance 
Painting Methods class is scheduled at the Anthurium Art Gallery in 
McKinney by contemporary artist William Patterson.  The class is a hands on 
painting techniques workshop on Feb 7, 8 and 9, 2004.  I have seen some of 
this artist's work.  It is truly museum quality.  His class is 
expensive.  I think it is $350.  The Anthurium Art Gallery is located at 
105 W. Louisiana St. in McKinney. Phone: 972-548-0552.

 From his flyer --
"How did the great painters of the Renaissance paint?  What is Fresco, Egg 
Tempera, Egg Oil Emulsion, Glazing and so on?  What were their 
materials?  What are our materials?  Why are Renaissance painting methods 
relevant to painters today?  Is it important to broaden your painting 
knowledge?  Why were modelling and the principles of light and shade so 
important to Renaissance painters?  How did Giotto paint?  How did 
Botticelli paint?  How did Raphael and Da Vinci paint?  How did Titian 
paint?  How did these Italian painters influence Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer 
and other painters active during the Golden age of Dutch painting?"

William Patterson shows his work at the Sherry French Gallery in New York, 
Gerald Peters Fine Art in Dallas, and Christopher Clark Fine Art in San 
Francisco.  He is a Rome Prize Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.  He 
taught at the University of Massachusetts from 1971-2002.  He now lives in 
Allen.

I've only sent this note to the Steppes List.  Please forward it to anybody 
who might be interested.

Keara Ryan
aka Mary Schirmer