William A. Schneider-Mastering the Poetic Figure or Portrait

Tue Jun 24 2025 at 10:00 am to Thu Jun 26 2025 at 04:00 pm UTC-04:00

Franciscan Life Process Center | Lowell

FLPC -Sister Mary Paul Moller
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William A. Schneider-Mastering the Poetic Figure or Portrait
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We want our paintings to have the emotional impact of great poetry. In this workshop William Schneider will show you how to do that.
About this Event

https://www.schneiderart.com/

Students routinely complain, “My work looks hard and tight. I wish I could loosen up!” This workshop could be the answer to your prayers.


We want our paintings to have the emotional impact of great poetry, but too often they “read like a police report!” Artists like Howard Terpning, C. W. Mundy, Kevin Macpherson, and Morgan Weistling all started out as illustrators. How did that experience lead directly to the powerful images they create?


In this workshop we will focus on how to think like a poet…or a master film maker! You will learn techniques to imbue your images with greater emotional resonance!


This four-day oil and pastel workshop is for advanced beginners or higher. You will learn:

· Power through suggestion

· One simple technique to create sparkling color

· How to avoid “unpleasant detail”

· Masterful edge control

· How to free yourself from the “tyranny of the literal”

· Three “hacks” to enhance the mood

· How to use “the internal movie”

· Metaphoric truth!


William will demonstrate in both oil and pastel (a complete head study as well as several “mini-demos” – painting eyes, painting the mouth etc.) All the great painters learned by copying masterworks; on one of the days, you will too. This workshop will turbo-charge your understanding of drawing, value, color temperature, edge control and above all else – how to loosen up!

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Franciscan Life Process Center, 11650 Downes St., Lowell, United States

Tickets

USD 24.00 to USD 600.00

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