Drawing I : 2 hr

James A. Humphrey offers art instruction in his studio/gallery,

105 S. Main Street, Grapevine

James A. Humphrey is offering a four-day watercolor seminar in his historic-district, downtown Grapevine gallery/studio beginning when 6 or more participants have registered. The seminar will be from 9 am to 3 pm each day with a one-hour lunch break. A maximum of twelve participants will be registered. Tuition for this 10 hour seminar is $350.00.

"Tight or loose, you watercolor with your eyes." explores Mr. Humphrey's visual approach to the medium. For more information and a sampling of his tight and loose watercolors including painting demonstrations, please visit http://www.jamesahumphrey.com or call 817.329.5688.

Practicing Professional Artist: Mr. Humphrey currently paints in watercolor and oils using a “realistic” approach. His paintings sell for prices ranging from $3,000 for a single-sheet watercolor up to $58,000 for a 6’ x 8’ oil painting.

Teaching Credentials: Mr. Humphrey studied fine art for four years at PanAmericanUniversityin Edinburg, Texasand two years at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, graduating with a BFA in 1973. He taught art at PanAmericanUniversity(now the Universityof Texas, Pan American) for two years. Much of his instructional curriculum originates from those university-level teaching years. He has provided instruction from his painting studio for three years. References from artist/students are available upon request.

General Information: All classes meet for two hours once a week and require a minimum of 6 participating artists with a maximum group size of 10. Reservations are first-come, first-serve for all classes. Classes begin when a minimum of six artists are reserved for any class. Instruction can be arranged off-site by contacting the artist. If a class is already in progress, reservations are accepted for the next class. Cash, check, Visa, MasterCard, and America Express are accepted. Required art supplies are not included in tuition and may be supplied by the artist/student. They can be purchased three weeks in advance from the studio (art supply lists and costs from the studio are included at the end of each class description).

With the exception of Studio Oil Painting which meets regularly on Friday, all classes meet one time a week, Mondays through Thursdays or Saturdays, depending on reservation preferences, and continue for 10 consecutive weeks.

Make-up classes for artist/students are not offered and after the second class, tuition is not refundable but can be transferred for emergency reasons to future classes of the same title.

Studio Oil Painting – On-going exploration of oil painting on canvas, much like a college painting lab, students paint in oil or acrylic (oil preferred) in their own style, of their own subject. Object is to help students improve individual skills.

Cost: $350 per student

Day/Time: Fridays 8:30 – 12:00 am

Art Supplies: Provided by the artist/student including an easel

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Drawing I: Introduction to drawing with dry mediums (pencil, conte, and charcoal) and some pen and ink

Cost: $350 per student plus art supplies

Week One/Two – Drawing simple geometric forms (squares, rectangles, balls, cones, cylinders), shaded and linear, alone and in complex compositions. Emphasis on accuracy and hand-eye coordination. Medium, pencil. Principles of perspective, what they are and how they’re used.

Week Three/Four -- Drawing simple geometric forms (squares, rectangles, balls, cones, cylinders), linear and with shading, alone and in increasingly complex compositions. Emphasis on accuracy and hand-eye coordination. Medium, pen and ink.

Week Five/Six – Drawing a simple still-life composition in pencil and pen and ink.

Week Seven. – Drawing a simple still-life composition in a monochromatic wash (ink, acrylic, or oil) with brushes.

Week Eight– Drawing; instructor’s choice for class review/remedial work, medium will vary according to student’s need.

Week Nine/Ten – Drawing from a photograph, student’s choice, with the drawing as finished art. Drawing from a photograph, student’s choice, with the drawing as a sketch for completion in another medium. Tips and tricks for the different finishing mediums.

Art Supply List: (2 – 6B, 2 – 4B, 2 – 2B, and 2 – HB drawing pencils), (30 sticks of assorted size charcoal), (1 can matte finish Fixative), (2 – black 2B, 2 -- white 2b, and 2 – bistre 2b conte crayon sticks), (1 18”x24” 50 sheet newsprint pad), (1 12”x18” 24 sheet drawing pad), (1 2oz. black India ink), (1 Speedball pen holder, 1 #56 Standard School Nib, and 1 #99 Standard Drawing Nib). Cost from the studio, $65.00

Reflected Color Theory: Introduction to color theory in the reflected spectrum plus pigment mixing to match

Cost: $350 per student plus art supplies

Week One – The difference between reflected and projected color. The reflected color wheel, 2 and 3 dimensional. Introduction to the elements of color. Color systems demystified. Quick introduction of popular color harmony theories and how they relate to the study of color.

Week Two – Simple exercises with flat color using colored paper introducing hue, value, and intensity. Introduction of primary, secondary, and tertiary color.

Week Three/Four – Translation of week one and two into pigment color as used in painting, repeating all the paper exercises with mixed pigments (acrylic or oil).

Week Five – Exploration of color hue in pigments

(acrylic or oil) and how to mix them.

Week Six – Exploration of color value in pigments (acrylic or oil) and how to mix them.

Week Seven – Exploration of color intensity in pigments (acrylic or oil) and how to mix them.

Week Eight– Eye training, seeing color before you use it. Eye training from paper color swatches and how to mix pigments (acrylic or oil) to match.

Week Nine – Eye training, seeing color before you use it. Eye training from photography and how to mix pigments (acrylic or oil) to match.

Week Ten – Painting a small canvas using color lessons learned from a photograph matching color hues, values, and intensities.

Art Supply List: (1 Colormate 8.5”x11”, 144 sheet Mega Set of colored papers), (5 – 6”x6” canvas pads), (1 - 4.65 oz. Alizarin Crimson, 1 – 4.65 oz. Cadmium Yellow, 1 – 4.65 oz. Ultramarine Blue, and 1 – 8 oz. Titanium White tube of acrylic artists pigments), (2 inexpensive brushes, ½ inch wide to ¼ inch), (1 – 9 ¼” color wheel). Cost from studio, $90.00

Introduction to Transparent Watercolor: Exploration of loose and tight style watercolor technique at an introductory level for beginners with little watercolor training or experience.

Cost: $350 per student plus art supplies

Week One/Two – Introducing a simple watercolor palette of transparent colors with mixing experiments designed to achieve pre-determined effects. Introducing the different types of watercolor brushes and the advantages of each. Introducing the different types of watercolor papers and the advantages of each. Traditional methods to stretch watercolor paper and preparing the surface for painting.

Week Three/Four – Painting in a loose style from photographs selected by the artist/student.

Week Five/Six – Painting in a tight style from photographs selected by the artist/student.

Week Seven/Eight. – Tricks and techniques for successful loose style watercolor paintings. Studies designed to solve common watercolor problems.

Week Nine/Ten – Tricks and techniques for successful tight style watercolor paintings. Studies designed to solve common watercolor problems.

Art Supply List: (Winsor Newton 5ml tubes of Alizarin Crimson, French Ultramarine, Hookers Green, New Gamboge, Winsor Blue Green Shade, Winsor Blue Red Shade, and Burnt Umber), (1 #2 Round, 1 #6 Round, 1 #6 Bright, 1 #8 Filbert, 1 #10 Flat, 1 #6 Fan, and 1 #6 Angular watercolor brushes), (1 Quiller plastic palette), (1 10”x14” Arches cold press 140lb 20 sheet block). Cost from studio, $114.

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Drawing II: Advanced drawing problems and finished art, prerequisite, Drawing I or portfolio waiver

Cost: $400 per student plus art supplies

Week One/Two – Principles of single and multi-point perspective, what they are and how they’re used with in-depth exploration. Pencil perspective drawings from still life normal setups to the complex. Mastery of perspective understanding and usage is the goal.

Week Three/Four -- Drawing from photography. Series of drawings in student’s choice of dry-mediums.

Week Five/Six/Seven – Drawing from nature, weather permitting, in student’s choice of dry mediums.

Week Eight/Nine – Drawing, student preferences.

Week Ten – Drawing from a model, any dry medium.

Art Supply List: (2 – 6B, 2 – 4B, 2 – 2B, and 2 – HB drawing pencils), (30 sticks of assorted sizes charcoal sticks), (1 can matte finish Fixative), (2 – black 2B, 2 -- white 2b, and 2 – bistre 2b conte crayon sticks), (1 18”x24” 50 sheet Newsprint Pad), (1 12”x18” 24 sheet drawing pad), (1 2oz. black India ink), (1 Speedball pen holder, 1 #56 Standard School Nib, and 1 #99 Standard Drawing Nib). Cost from the studio, $65.00

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Figure Drawing I: Introduction to drawing the human figure

Cost: $500 per student plus art supplies

Week One/Two – Drawing full-figure from male models, gesture drawings, posture, weight distribution, depicting body attitude, catching life, technique explorations in students choice of mediums.

Week Three/Four -- Drawing full-figure from female models, gesture drawings, posture, weight distribution, depicting body attitude, catching life, technique explorations in students choice of mediums.

Week Five – Drawing hands and feet from life, dry medium of choice.

Week Six – Drawing hands and feet from life, dry medium of choice.

Week Seven. – Drawing eyes, nose, ears, mouths, dry medium of choice.

Week Eight– Drawing the head, portraits, dry medium of choice.

Week Nine – Drawing from a nude male, dry medium of choice.

Week Ten – Drawing from a nude female, dry medium of choice.

Art Supply List: (2 – 6B, 2 – 4B, 2 – 2B, and 2 – HB drawing pencils), (30 sticks of assorted sizes charcoal sticks), (1 can matte finish Fixative), (2 – black 2B, 2 -- white 2b, and 2 – bistre 2b conte crayon sticks), (1 18”x24” 50 sheet Newsprint Pad), (1 12”x18” 24 sheet drawing pad), (1 2oz. black India ink,) (1 Speedball pen holder, 1 #56 Standard School Nib, and 1 #99 Standard Drawing Nib). Cost from the studio, $65.00

Loose Watercolor Studio – Advanced watercolor technique studies in a loose style, prerequisite, Transparent Watercolor or portfolio review.

Cost: $400 per student plus art supplies.

Six weeks of “paint along with the instructor” problem solving exercises exploring different loose techniques and their applications to various subject matter.

Two weeks of “Plein Air” studies in a loose style.

Two weeks of “working from a model” full-length figure studies, portraits, hands and feet in a loose style.

Art Supply List: Artist/Student provided to instructor’s specifications.

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Tight Watercolor Studio: Advanced watercolor technique studies in a tight style, prerequisite, Transparent Watercolor or portfolio review.

Cost: $400 per student plus art supplies.

Six weeks of “paint from photography” problem solving, exploring artist/student’s choice of photo references with an emphasis on tight techniques and their applications to the subject matter.

Four weeks of “working from a model” full-length figure studies, portraits, hands and feet in a tight style.

Art Supply List: Artist/Student provided to instructor specifications.

Figure Drawing II: Advanced drawing from the figure, prerequisite, Figure Drawing I or portfolio review.

Cost: $500 per student plus art supplies

Week One-Ten – Drawing full-figure from male and female models, clothed and nude, dry medium of choice.

Art Supply List: (2 – 6B, 2 – 4B, 2 – 2B, 2 – HB drawing pencils), (30 sticks of assorted sizes charcoal sticks), (1 can matte finish Fixative), (2 – black 2B, 2 -- white 2b, and 2 – bistre 2b conte crayon sticks), (1 18”x24” 50 sheet Newsprint Pad), (1 12”x18” 24 sheet drawing pad), (1 2oz. black India ink), (1 Speedball pen holder, 1 #56 Standard School Nib, and 1 #99 Standard Drawing Nib). Cost from the studio, $65.00

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Figure Painting: Introduction to painting the human figure in oil, acrylic or watercolor

Cost: $800, pre-requisite, Figure Drawing II or portfolio review.

Week One-Ten – Painting full-figure from male and female models, clothed and nude, medium of choice.

Art Supply List: Artist/Student provided to instructor’s specifications