This 8-class course is designed to train participants’ eyes to see in a different way and is an exploration in color and composition as well the history of art through master painters. Working from a still life that changes daily, participants will paint a new canvas each class. The classes are cumulative, with a different skill or technique emphasized in each.
Age and ability: 20 years and older, beginners welcome.
This 8-session workshop takes place Mon–Thu, Aug 8–11, 9am–12pm, and Tue–Fri, Aug 16–19, 9am–12pm.
About the Instructor
Jim Caldwell earned a BA in art from Williams College. He studied printing and etching at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and received an MA in architecture from Yale. He has been an active painter for more than 35 years and has had more than 45 solo exhibitions. His paintings are represented in more than 450 collections around the world. He has taught painting and drawing for more than 20 years, first at Stanford University, then Filoli and now the Pacific Art League. He recently published his second volume of paintings, The Golden Coast, Landscapes at the Edge of the Continent.
