WITH LUCY MacGILLIS
FIVE MEETINGS
Fridays
January 10
January 17
January 24
January 31
February 7
2025
11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Eastern time
In this online class, we'll focus on the masterpieces of four female Italian painters, investigating what it is about them that is timelessly captivating. Using the method of transcription, we will draw from these paintings without copying them, but searching for the brilliant uses of rhythm, duality and repetition within the geometry of these compositions. In each session we will explore a specific painting at length in a group discussion over zoom. After the introduction to each painting, participants will have a week to prepare a drawing transcription, as well as a chromatic study created with oil paints, to better grasp the use of color in that day's masterpiece. MacGillis will present demos from her studio in Italy to show how she goes about mixing the colors in the paintings using a limited earth palette and palette knife.
Each participant will receive a kit in the mail, prior to the course, containing the prints of the five paintings we will transcribe as well as paper measured in proportion to the works. Primed Fabriano paper will also be provided for the color painting studies.