Natural Pigments: Painting Best Practices
Instructors:
George O’Hanlon, Technical Director of Natural Pigments
Tatiana Zaytseva, Administrative Director of Natural Pigments
October 14th – October 16th, 2022 (Friday – Sunday)
9am – 5pm
Tuition: $450
For over a hundred years, most causes of paint failures have been studied: humidity, temperature, and paint embrittlement. The symptoms were obvious – cracking, delaminating, and paint loss – but the causes were not. Conservation workers gradually formed concepts about the causes of cracking and paint loss in old paintings. Concurrently, the coatings industry studied failures in all types of paint films. Artists developed their own ideas but remained largely unaware of findings from the conservation community and the coatings industry.
Natural Pigments spent years developing a technical workshop to teach skills that are not taught in art schools and universities—a thorough understanding of artists’ materials and tools, what they are designed to do, when to choose them and how to provide considerable longevity to your finished work. This workshop covers the most important aspects of painting that have proven to be the best practices over the centuries.
The information-packed workshop includes all aspects of constructing a painting, from the support and ground to the final layers. Practical procedures will be clearly explained and demonstrated on building your oil paintings based on conservation research during the past century. This workshop is designed for painters of all mediums, but particular emphasis will be given to oil painting.
About the Instructors
George O’Hanlon
George O’Hanlon is technical director of Natural Pigments and executive director of Iconofile, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to promoting understanding of sacred art. George received his fine arts education and apprenticeship in Mexico. Upon his return to the United States, he worked as art director and then creative director for advertising agencies in Silicon Valley, working on such major accounts as Sony, Hewlett-Packard and Ricoh. He then established a marketing communications firm that was later acquired by the Japanese chemical giant, Shin-Etsu, where we was retained as president of U.S. marketing operations. In 1992, he left this post to study traditional art techniques and then in 2001, he founded Iconofile and then Natural Pigments to promote an understanding of these techniques among contemporary artists. Since that time he has formulated hundreds of artists paints and materials, including Ceracolors, a water-soluble wax paint.
Tatiana Zaytseva
Tatiana Zaytseva is administrative director of Natural Pigments and secretary of Iconofile, an nonprofit educational organization dedicated to promoting understanding of sacred art. Tatiana received her education in Saint Petersburg, Russia in fashion and design and a second degree in engineering process controls. After moving to the U.S. in 2001, she helped to establish and Iconofile, then Natural Pigments in 2003.
Workshops Payment and Refund Policies
Due to limited class space, tuition is non-refundable. A credit for tuition may be issued up to
30 days before the first workshop class. No credit will be issued after that time. Credits are valid from one year of issue. Registration and enrollment is first-come, first-served with full tuition due at time of registration.
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