Summer 2010 Classes
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
The Lillian Orlowsky / William Freed Museum School at PAAM
Process or Product: A One Day Workshop with M.J. Levy Dickson
July 3, July 10, July 24 & August 7, 10-3pm, $100 per day
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When participating in the drawing process, many people worry about how the final product will look and sacrifice exploration for image. This class will encourage experimentation with pencil, charcoal, cont? crayon, and pen and ink; surfaces such as smooth, textured and colored papers; and alternative surfaces and mark-making materials. We’ll look at drawings from other cultures done in many mediums, and work in the studio utilizing basic shapes. In the afternoon, composition and perspective will be discussed, and students will have a choice of going outside for further exploration or continuing their work in the studio.
Watercolor in a Day with M.J. Levy Dickson
June 30, July 7, July 14, or July 21, 10-3pm, $100 per day
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Have you been longing to work with light and color but can't devote a week to a class? This introductory watercolor workshop will guide participants in the use and choice of materials, including paper, pigment, brushes, sponges, and where to find them. We'll look at artwork done in the watercolor medium from a variety of cultures, followed by demonstrations of mixing paint, the application of watercolors on a spectrum of papers, and the effects of using different kinds of brushes and sponges. Mornings will be spent indoors, focusing on technique. In the afternoon, if the weather is nice, we'll move out of doors to experiment.
Register for four or more one-day workshops and get 5% off
M.J. Levy Dickson works in a variety of mediums, but chooses
watercolor when trying to create a harmonious tension between
mood and subject. While in the Diploma program at the School
of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston she studied with Jan Cox,
has a BFA from Tufts University, and an MFA in Art Education
from Boston University. She has taught at MIT, the Boston
Architectural Center, Lesley University, as well as the Nantucket
Island School of Design and the Arts. She has worked privately
with all age groups and has most recently been Artist-in-Residence in Tangier. She has exhibited in Iceland as well as
Morocco and is part of the Artist Registry at the Drawing Center
in New York. She is represented in many public and private
collections and is currently working on a project for the Trustees
of Reservations.