Workshops

- 2012 Workshops -

Texas Coastal Treasures
February 24-26, 2012
Study plein air painting with Joe Anna Arnett for three days on the southern coast of Texas in the charming towns of Rockport and Fulton. Class is limited to 10 students.
Cost - $325
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Pat Waymon Workshops
April 16-20, 2012
"Slice of Life"
8767 Bedford Euless Road
Hurst, TX 76053
(903) 355-3657
email artlady@patwaymongallery.com
Studio Class

During this intense five-day workshop, artists will be challenged with new “slice of life” compositions. By popular demand, Joe Anna will again create the exercises and challenges she presented in Pat Waymon’s 2011 Fall workshop. Working from exciting and stimulating visual creations, artists will do studies and then final paintings to find their own compositions from unique environments. Artists may choose to create paintings that are quite simple or very complex depending on their studies and selection of subject from the environments presented. This compelling challenge has proved to stimulate artists’ abilities in composition and their creativity. It’s a unique approach that has proved successful and joyful.

Joe Anna Arnett
May 3 and 4, 2012
Outdoor and Original
email joeannaarnett@earthlink.net

For two days during the Plein Air Artists Colorado™ Taos Workshop, Joe Anna Arnett will conduct a very different and original workshop. One day will be devoted to exploring the possibilities of rich and colorful outdoor still life subjects. Artists will tap all of their Plein air skills: composition, atmosphere, the constant movement of light, as well as drawing skills. Another day will be an exciting opportunity to paint a dramatic costumed model out of doors. The model's attire will be a surprise. Our model will first strike some quick poses for a warm-up and then hold longer poses. There is historic artistic precedent for both the still life and the model out of doors in the works of John Singer Sargent and some of the Russian greats and we will enjoy a rich experience bringing our own interpretations to both

To register, go to
http://www.pleinairartistscolorado.com

Joe Anna Arnett Santa Fe Garden and Studio
June 18-22, 2012
In Bloom: the Garden Workshop Santa Fe, New Mexico
email joeannaarnett@earthlink.net

Plein Air Adventure in Ecuador - "Volcanoes and Roses"
August 29 - September 8, 2012

I lead this workshop in October of 2011 and it was so wonderful that I can't wait to return. We painted the mountains, the volcanoes, roses of every color, people in the markets and Chagras (Ecuador's cowboys). The green of the mountains is startling and remains green all year round. Flowers are always in bloom and the season is constant Spring. Laundry hangs from every house, cows graze on the roadside and chickens go where they will. One fine day, we rode gentle horses to our painting location while a truck brought our painting gear and snacks along. The wealth of subjects will amaze you. It certainly amazed and delighted me. Fly into Quito, Ecuador's capital, the 2nd highest capital city in South America. You will be met at Quito’s airport and transported to our charming mountain hacienda near a quaint village on lower slopes of Volcan Corazon, the heart of Ecuador's "Avenue of the Volcanoes", a spectacular valley dividing the eastern and western ranges of the Andes. The rooms are well appointed and have with private baths and beautiful views. Authentic local recipes are served 'ranch style' and a service oriented staff will keep us comfortable.

Please visit at www.pleinairesouthamerica.com for detailed information and registration. You may also telephone Vicky and Alan Ramsay of Plein Air South America at 662-571-4706 or 601-842-7796

To view more photos of the 2011 workshop, go to Artist Joe Anna Arnett on Facebook

All photographs are copyrighted and registered to Joe Anna Arnett

Southern Vermont Arts Center
September 27,28,29, 2012
“Passionate Still Life”
Mailing: P.O. Box 617 West Road Manchester, Vermont 05254
Physical: 930 SVAC Drive, West Road Manchester, Vermont 05254
Phone: 802-362-1405 Fax: 802-362-3274
http://www.svac.org
email info@svac.org

Explore a passionate approach to the art of still life painting. During this three-day workshop, Joe Anna Arnett will paint multiple demonstrations, work with each artist on their own compositions and discuss any topic requested by the class. Working from life, she will emphasize the importance of a rich and loose beginning as well as the dramatic roles of lighting, brushwork, paint texture, edges, composition and more. An instructor for over twenty years, Joe Anna especially enjoys working with artists to discover their unique abilities and to develop those abilities to the fullest Explore a passionate approach to the art of still life painting. During this three-day workshop, Joe Anna Arnett will paint multiple demonstrations, work with each artist on their own compositions and discuss any topic requested by the class. Working from life, she will emphasize the importance of a rich and loose beginning as well as the dramatic roles of lighting, brushwork, paint texture, edges, composition and more. An instructor for over twenty years, Joe Anna especially enjoys working with artists to discover their unique abilities and to develop those abilities to the fullest