Watch as Phil describes the workshops he offers and talks about how he teaches.

Workshops Scheduled:
Contact Phil for more information.

Regular Wednesday class:  9:30 am - 12:30 pm located at the Tucson Artists Colony, 2409 N. Castro, Tucson, AZ.  $300.00 for each 6-week session.  For supply list, click here

Kansas City, MO: 

Dec. 2, 3, 4, 2011

Time:  8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Place:  Buena Vista Studio, 4301 W 51st St., Roeland Park, KS

This workshop will focus on form and color.  How to simplify the form or shape of the landscape and the figure and the steps to mixing dynamic color.

• One day with a live model option or work from photos.

• How to use photographic reference and color studies in the studio.

• Techniques for applying paint effectively.

There will be 2 demonstrations a day as well as individual critiques.

Supplies:  lunch, paper towels, gamsol or turpinoid, paper or wooden palette at least 12 x 16.

Paint:  titanium white, cadmium yellow light, yellow ochre, cadmium red light, Indian red, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, viridian (optional)

Brushes:  white oil bristle brushes: 

Flats or filberts #2, #4, #6, #8, one or two of each.

Small Sable or Synthetic sable #6 or #8

Painting knives, one small, one medium

Painting Surfaces:

Four - 6"x8" canvas boards 

Three - 9"x12" or 11"x14" or 12"x16"

We're now set up to accept payments online for your convenience. If you'd like to pay for your workshop with a credit card or debit card, you can do that right here.  The workshops available for online payments are listed below.  Select the workshop you'd like to sign up for and click the "pay now" button.

Tucson 6-Week Studio Class

Jan. 4, 18, 25, Feb.1, 8,15

$300.00

Please contact Phil Starke if you have questions about the schedule.

Plein Air Workshop

Painting outside from life is the best way to learn how to compose, simplify and mix color.  This workshop focuses on learning to use a limited palette to simplify what you see and how to quickly record what the light is doing to the shapes in the landscape.

Studio Workshop

The studio workshops focus on developing larger studio paintings.  How to compose from outdoor painting, drawings and photographs and mix color on a larger scale.  The class will cover the steps or process of a larger painting as well as the studio set-up, equipment and supplies, different lighting options and health concerns from paint and solvents.

Advanced Workshop

This workshop is for artists who have several years of painting experience out-of-doors and in the studio.  They have an understanding of value and color and want to take the next step to a professional level in their painting and study.  This workshop will focus on the different techniques used in a larger painting, ways to compose and use color schemes.  We will also go into depth about the stages of a studio painting and the thought process of reference material and stay focused on the whole painting instead of sections of detail.  I talk about planning your career-setting goals and scheduling your time to meet your goals and deadlines.  We will also cover equipment and lighting, how to present our work, the different types of frames available, and one-on-one time to discuss your work and goals for your career.