Adventures in Orvieto, Italy trips | Judy Wise Italy Dreaming in Paint

Sketches of Italy: Dreaming in Paint

Dates: September 20 - 26, 2009
Instructor/Leader: Judy Wise

Trip Description
In this workshop we will get out into the plein air of Orvieto each day and draw and paint the landscape, food, architecture and the dreams that have brought us to this magical country. First and foremost we are here to have fun. This is a process oriented class but one in which each student will be given the guidance to bring out the best aspects of their own painting style. We will begin each day with a classroom orientation and then stroll outside with our rolling supplies to sketch and paint for a period of time. Each class will conclude with a discussion of what we have created and how we can proceed. On the last day we will create a very special folio to hold our painted memories.

This workshop is for any skill level. Judy believes everyone can draw and paint. Everyone! Students will be comfortable capturing what we see with color and shape, and will have a good time! During the week we will:

• Learn about mass and value in the landscape
• Mix colors to capture color values
• Use soft pencil to scribble and refine values
• Understand how the mind captures images through sketching
• Learn how seeing deeply enables us to design from memory
• Record the general outlines and gestures of the human figure
    and face
• Learn to tell our story not paint like the masters
• Tell a beautiful story based on the flavors of Italy
• Create “frescos secco”
• Make a portfolio to take home the treasures of the trip

This is an experience of a lifetime. No experience needed - just a sense of adventure!

Itinerary
Sept 20 - Arrive Orvieto, group dinner
Sept 21 - Plein air landscape sketching and painting, introduction to
                Italian culture, wine tasting
Sept 22 - Sketching, painting,photographing windows, doors, and other
                architectural elements, Etruscan cave tour
Sept 23 - Drawing face and figure, tour of San Brizio Chapel, the
                Cathedral and Pope’s Palace, cooking class
Sept 24 - Creating a narrative from the Orvieto experience, weekly
                market, vineyard tour/wine tasting
Sept 25 - Making frescos secco, mounting images, binding it together
Sept 26 - Show and share, depart Orvieto

Details
Cost - $2375. Fee includes six nights double occupancy lodging and basic course materials. Single occupancy available for an additional cost. Because the tour is meant to expose you to the local culture, meals are not prearranged or included. Travel costs are not included.

Click here for registrations and terms, or contact us by e-mail, phone or writing at the contact information below.

A trip for companions is available for $1775.

Meet Judy Wise
Judy Wise is an Oregon artist who has worked as a printmaker and painter for nearly three decades, and has kept daily journals of her writing and art since she was ten years old. Her work as been featured on greeting cards, published in books and magazines, calendars, educational materials and on tapestries. She believes making art is an innately human trait and that everyone is creative.

For the last several years Judy has turned her attention to teaching, coaching emerging artists and keeping a detailed blog of her artistic adventures. She has been published in Cloth Paper Scissors (November 2007 Feature artist), Artful Blogger (Premier Issue, 2007), Teesha Moore’s Art and Life (cover image, Volume 9) and has work appearing in several books scheduled for release in 2008-2009 including 1000 Artist Journal Pages by Dawn DeVries Sokol, Interactive Art Workshop by Kim Nugent, and Taking Flight by Kelly Rae Roberts.

Learn more about Judy at her web site from which you can also reach her blog: www.judywise.com.