Painting Like Schoonover, Wyeth, and the Golden Age Masters of the Brandywine Valley, with Illustrator/Painter Dan Howe
Norman Rockwell Museum 9 MA-183, Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
WEEK-LONG WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS AND TEENS
Painting Like Schoonover, Wyeth, and the Golden Age Masters of the Brandywine Valley,
with Illustrator/Painter Dan Howe
Monday, July 30 – Friday, August 3
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Painter/illustrator Dan Howe will share his rich knowledge of the approaches to drawing and painting that were used by America’s most prominent Brandywine River Valley illustrators, including Frank E. Schoonover and N.C. Wyeth, whose art will be on view. Light and shadow, color strategies, figure construction, and tone design will be discussed and demonstrated, as will direct painting from the model. The complexities of the process will be broken down in a series of exercises, and brought together in a final painting encompassing the elements of art. All levels welcome. Please pre-register; $250; $215 members and students.
