Traditional Oil Painting with a Limited Palette with Charles Philip Brooks

Using a limited palette of oil colors (yellow ochre, mars. ivory, or chromatic black, titanium white, naples yellow, ultramarine blue, and venetian red), students will study form, light, composition, and harmonious arrangement by making copies from masterworks. Students may bring materials to copy from or choose from the artist’s collection of reproductions.

About the Artist: Charles Philip Brooks, one of the most highly-regarded contemporary Tonalist painters, studied in New England in the studio of highly respected Boston School authority, Paul Ingbretson and with the renowned American Barbizon painter, Dennis Sheehan. He is primarily a landscape painter, focusing on the landscape of the southeastern United States. His work incorporates elements of impressionism and is firmly rooted in the American Barbizon/Tonalist tradition of landscape painting. He works out of the tradition established by such artists as George Inness, Alexander Wyant, Bruce Crane, John Frances Murphy, Dwight William Tyron, and North Carolina’s own Elliott Daingerfield. Further influences include the painters Eugene Boudin and Charles-Francois Daubigny, as well as many other painters of the French Barbizon School. Mr. Brooks is currently Artist-in-Residence for the Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences in Rocky Mount, North Carolina where he leads the atelier-style Imperial Centre School of Painting and teaches a select group of painting students working with 19th century techniques.

Sign up now to work with American Tonalist painter, Charles Philip Brooks the weekend of January 22 and 23, 2011, when he will share his expertise and guide the group through a weekend of painting. Whether this will be your first class or a continuation of previous sessions, you are welcome to participate. The pricing structure for the workshop is as follows: First-Time: $120 for either day $200 for both Returning: $100 for either day $180 for both Dates: January 22 & 23, 2011 Times: 11AM to 5PM Size: 6 spaces available

With hands-on experience, Charles shares his knowledge and passion for painting with oils for those who want to learn about the ins and outs of oil painting or who want to expand their own experience and push their talent to another level.

Supply List: 1. Easel with clamp to secure a canvas. 2.Several 11 X 14 and 12 X 16 canvas panels (Fredrix*) or to stretch your own: Cotton or linen canvas, separate wooden stretcher bars , staples, canvas pliers, small hammer, and staple gun. 3. Hand-held palette wood, paper, or plexiglass. 4. Bristle brushes in various sizes. 5. Linseed oil or pale drying oil.

12 12 Gallery, South Richmond’s Fine Art Gallery, is located at 12 East 12th Street, in the John B Anderson House, just east of Hull Street.

Gallery hours: Thursdays and Fridays 12-4, Saturdays 11-6, Sundays 12-5, and by appointment.

Weekend Workshops 12 12 Gallery 804.233.9957 1212galleryrichmond@gmail.com www.1212galleryrva.com And kindly see: www.charlesphilipbrooks.com