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I want to Introduce you all to Joyce Wilson.Man what do I "not" say about her ?
Lets just say that Joyce is from the same kind of vein as Arthur Rainville (another distinguished Fine Art Portrait Artist) and if you loved Arthur you are so going to love Joyce.
Just one look at her work should have you drooling to want to make images like hers. But have a read thru bio and that too should do more then peak your interest.
Joyce will be leading our "FINE ART PORTRAIT" class at Image Explorations 2012.
INSTRUCTORS BIO:
After a long and successful career in Indianapolis, Joyce moved to Santa Barbara in l996 and was appointed to the faculty of Brooks Institute. She left this position in 2010 to concentrate on her personal work. Joyce continues to guest lecture and teach workshops at Brooks, and lectures and teaches creative workshops throughout the United States and abroad in addition to assignment work for select clientele.
Her images have appeared in advertising usage by Fuji Film, Prudential Insurance, Mamiya America, Kodak, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. She holds the Master/Craftsman degrees from PPA, is a Fellow of the American Society of Photographers, and was awarded an Honorary Master of Science from Brooks Institute. In 2003, the International Photographic Council honored her at the United Nations with the distinguished Leadership Award, and she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Professional Photographers of America in 2006.
Her fine art images are featured in solo and group exhibitions, and are in the permanent collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the International Photography Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, and the Sherman Hines Museum in Nova Scotia, Canada. An inspirational book of Joyce’s images entitled “Imagine” was published in 2005.
Course Description:
Description: This course is designed to guide you on a path to find inspiration, new techniques and concepts and use the camera as a tool for capturing the extraordinary. The art of classic, contemporary and figurative portraiture…scenics, pictorials and everything in between will be covered with lectures, demonstrations and photographic assignments.
You will be guided through a full cycle of styles and trends of portraiture from paintings by the “Old Masters” to the contemporary magazine illustrations of today, and learn to appreciate the influence and inspiration of our heritage. You will learn to see and use light (regardless of the source) to create a diversity of portrait styles from traditional to fine art. Learn to let your intuition guide you, and to live life fully, deeply, and joyfully…this opens the door to being an artist with the camera.
Subjects to be Covered:
Critique of student work
The elegance of window light – Demonstration with Mother/child and figure study
• Environmental light – Demonstration with individuals, couples and figure study
• Lectures will cover the art of portraiture with a potpourri of ideas to help interpret and control sessions from start to finish…composition and design, the philosophy of one for thee and one for me…and digital art.
• Demonstrations – pastel fusion and oil painting on digital fine art papers
• Creating art pieces with solvent transfers
• Printing with fine art papers…final presentations…matting & framing
• Demonstration – Creating digital art
• Finding a unique vision – Goals & Dreams
• Student assignments – Conceptual photo session, photographing with models,
self-portraits, photographing texture for digital art, creating digital art
How the Course will Work:
Joyce has been actively involved in photography for 50 years, and through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on sessions she will share her years of experience as a gifted artist and entrepreneur. This will be a week of intensity, fun, soul searching and growth. Shooting assignments are designed to stretch your imagination in creativity and concept.
You will experience being the photographer as well as the subject, and have the opportunity to put your new enthusiasm to the test. During the digital art day, you will use images and textures from assignments to collage or experiment with Photoshop techniques to create a fine art piece. Participants will receive notes with lecture outlines, sections on inspiration, technical data sheets, Photoshop tutorials, and source information.
Who should attend:
This is a workshop for all level of photographers. Beginners will be given a wealth of information and guide lines to develop confidence and originality as a portrait photographer, and the more advanced photographer will discover a unique way of approaching portraiture. Exploring portraiture as fine art will be beneficial to any photographer interested in this elusive subject.
Course Guideline:
Sunday, July 15
· 7:00 – 9:00 Introduction, hand-outs, and conversation assignment
Monday, July 16
· 8:30 –Noon - Discuss student work and direction (homework – image assignment)
Joyce: Lecture – “Photography as Art”
· 1:00 – 2:30 - Demo: Elegance of window light - intimate portraits
(infrared and creative portraiture… “One for Thee, One for Me”)
Print and start second round for conversation assignment
· 2:30 – 5:00 Students photographing assignment with models Textures for
digital art day
· 7:00 – 9:00 Demo – Environmental portraiture …
Family group, couples and fun stuff Flash fill and painting with light.
Tuesday, July 17
· Early – 10:15 Self-portrait assignment with partner
· 10:30 –Noon Demo and playtime – Solvent transfers, pastel fusion, collage on
digital and fine art papers
· 1:00– 3:30 Print and start 3rd round conversation
assignment Playtime (continued)
· 3:30 – 5:00 Lecture/Disussion – Finding your Vision
Fine Art and establishing yourself as an artist in your community
Wednesday, July 18
· 8:30 – 10:00 Lecture/Demo – “The Art of Digital and Photoshop”
· 10:00 – Noon Students working in Digital Darkroom…
layering with textures in blending mode -
oil glazing solvent transfers and art with images from assignments
· Noon – 5:00 Students creating art pieces.
Finish assignments - turn in images for grad show and final conversational piece
Thursday, July 19
· 8:30 – 10:00 The Art of Business – “What People Want”
· 10:00 – Noon New directions…Goals and Dreams AV presentation of student work
Course Requirements:
The time we will spend together at the Image Explorations School will be magical…a glorious few days to learn, experiment and relax with kindred souls. Emily Connolly, a wonderful artist (who just happens to be my sister) will be on board to assist. Emily works magic with her Photoshop skills and we are both looking forward to opening Pandora’s Box with you.
· Camera 35mm DIGITAL camera with lenses, accessories you use
· Compact Flash Cards 256mg or larger
· Batteries and Charger
· Compact Flash Card Reader (we can share, if you don’t have one)
· Thumb Drive or External HD to transfer files to master computer
· Laptop Loaded with Photoshop CS3, CS4, or CS5
6-10 examples of your work HARD COPY PRINTS for this exercise
(too time consuming to use digital format for each person)
Not necessary to bring fancy portfolio…
bring samples of your current client and/or personal work.
This is important as it helps to evaluate a style and a direction.
Assignments:
Bring 2 images
· photograph, painting or illustration that you truly love and would like to emulate in your work.
Bring a copy of a National Geographic Magazine …
· this is for experiment with solvent transfers. We will also demonstrate solvent transfers using Xylene and laser copies. If you want to try this, you will need to create a couple of dramatic images on an inkjet printer….reverse the image in Photoshop, print a copy that is high contrast and take to a Kinko’s and ask to copy on the color lazer copy machine.
· Must be color mode and color copy. This image will have a rather shiny surface and the ink can be transferred to art papers that we will supply. I am attaching a file to show you the type of image that works. Images need to be fairly simple, sharp, and nothing soft or blurred. Portraits unless an artistic silhouette do not work well. Size images 5 x 7, 4 x 6 or 5 x 5 at 300 dpi.
You will be paired off with someone to photograph each other and create self-portraits.
Bring something interesting to wear (or who knows, you may end up in the buff!).
Think about a planning session and make this special.
A quote from Snowden…
"I think the only way you can learn about taking photographs is to be photographed yourself so that you can see what an awful experience it is.”
Well, we try to prove him wrong, and make this a wonderful experience.
You will be given an assignment to photograph, and we will discuss this and show examples on the first day of class.
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