2016 Colorado Moon Light Workshop

North Star   12 x 12   oil

PLAN AHEAD for SUMMER, 2016.

Five days in the San Juan Wilderness Area will include the 

FULL MOON of July 19.

Reserve your place early with a deposit that is refundable till July 1, 2016

Itinerary will be similar to the 2015 Workshop.

Already I am working on a SPECIAL NEW FEATURE, TBA

Click here for 2015  overview and follow all the links!

If you are ready to hold your spot, CLICK HERE 

or email v....

Colorado Workshop Registration

"Nestled in Gold"  (moonrise in Mogote CO)      V....Vaughan

Copy and paste this into an email to:

vvaughan8@yahoo.com

V….Vaughan Colorado Workshop, July 28-Aug. 1, 2015

REGISTRATION: email immediately 

to confirm your spot

Fee: $400

Please enclose $100 deposit to V….Vaughan.

 NOT REFUNDABLE after July 20

Call or email me vvaughan8@yahoo.com  for PayPal link, if you prefer to pay with credit card

V….Vaughan Contact Info:

Cell Phone Before Workshop:  (512) 917-0814

Phone in Colorado During  Aug 6-11 :  (719) 376-2062

Husband, David’s cell phone:  (512) 695-8540

E-Mail:  vvaughan8@yahoo.com

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Colorado Workshop 2015 Itinerary

V....Vaughan's 2015 COLORADO Workshop Itinerary

CLICK HERE FOR OVERVIEW DETAILS AND PICS, Or click to  REGISTER

Date:Tuesday, July 28 - Saturday, August 1, 2015

Place: Near Antonito, CO, 81120. Just over the border from Chama, NM. 
Taos is 70 miles away. I recommend planning a day in Taos after we paint!

Lodging: options vary from great campgrounds to upscale resorts. (if available)

Email V.... for specific questions vvaughan8@yahoo.com

ITINERARY: DRAFT

E-Mail:  vvaughan8@yahoo.com

WORKSHOP LOCATIONS will all be on or near the Conejos River, between Rocky Mountain Lodge and Antonito. This is a 30 mile span, but we will only go to one general area a day, and not do a lot of driving once we get there.

Three FULL DAYS will be divided into two sessions. Two half day sessions on the first and last days. Our sessions will include Artist Demonstrations by V….Vaughan, some hand-outs, brief discussion and theory instruction while V…. paints. An entire session or two will be devoted to SKETCHING: working either on canvas or in sketchbooks. Perspective Problems will be tackled! Capturing impressions QUICKLY… drawing without lines…I have a LOT to say about sketching!!!

The locations have wonderful variety. Things you will choose from: Mountain Vistas, River Color, Warm GREENS,

Big Monsoon Skies, Sage Brush Meadows, Dark GREENS, Old Churches, Crumbled Adobe, Barns, Dude Ranch Corrals, Light GREENS, Cattle, Calves, Horses and Foals,  Cowboys and Cowgirls, and Cool GREENS.

A SPECIAL TOPIC I ALWAYS COVER IS HOW WE SEE LIGHT, and WHAT IS COLOR, ANYWAY? We learn a lot about these by intense observation at the extreme ends of the day: SUNRISE and SUNSET. I have planned this class to coincide with the FULL MOON, so we will also observe and paint MOONRISE AND MOONSET, which will happen at the same time as the sunrise/sunset! It is a FASCINATING study and is sure to cause a leap forward in your painting progress, if you have never studied such things…I HAVE FUN WITH IT, TOO! Having taught high school artists for over 20 years, I know how to keep it simple, so that you can do what you like to do most….PAINT!!!

Here is a ROUGH DRAFT of our workshop…You will receive a detailed itinerary when we meet on Tuesday. There will be maps and phone numbers and other details… OUR EXACT LOCATIONS WILL BE GIVEN WHEN YOU REGISTER!

TUESDAY, July 28

Afternoon INTRO:  Demo and Discussion.  Locations in review.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29

Session 1. 

Mid-day Break

Session 2.  Afternoon

THURSDAY, JULY 30

Session 3.  Sunrise

Session 4. Sunset

FRIDAY, JULY 31-FULL MOON DAY

Session 5. EARLY MORNING…On this day we will meet EARLY to paint the Moonset at Sunrise. OR BOTH.

We will have a mid-day break…I suggest naps!

Session 6. EARLY EVENING till DARK, and beyond, maybe…At this time we will have Moonrise at Sunset!

SATURDAY, AUG. 1

Session 7.  A last session will wrap up with a critique time, and you’ll be on your way by 1 pm

V....Vaughan COLORADO 2015 Workshop OVERVIEW

V....Vaughan COLORADO 2015 Workshop

SIGN UP SOON! Click HERE for info and registration!

I am currently in Colorado, painting the full moon and sunrises to prepare for the workshop BLUE MOON of July 19!  

The pictures below are actual locations.

email me right away if you are interested!.I keep these workshops SMALL!

vvaughan8@yahoo.com

Big 'Un

Big 'Un___6x6 oil study on panel___sold to CH

This little guy was fishing on the bank opposite where the snake was, but we all noted how MANY lures were hanging in the trees here! It's one thing to not be able to cast well when you are a rookie fisherman, but my friends at Living Waters Fly Fishing say we ought to clean up our mess when we fish...By the way, this little boy caught a nice little fish and left no lures in the trees!

Fishing_Colorado, fishing, sketch

Fishing___Sketch #23 from my Colorado Sketchbook...auction of the whole sketchbook soon!-


This man was fishing in front of our place last month and stood here for a while, so I think he was untangling his line...kind of how I fish...

It is a fairly "quickie" sketch and I made sure to do HIM first, since I thought he would move ...it turned out that he stayed a while and I had more time on his part of the sketch than I bargained for...but the LESSON here is to START a sketch or plein air paintig with the thing MOST LIKELY to move...save the background for last since it will stay put....usually :)

Fishing Spot-Gadsden, AL

Gadsden, AL Fishing Spot___16x20___available at the Gadsden, AL Museum of Art

Last year, I was in Gadsden, AL at the Southeastern Plein Air Festival. Watching this woman sit down to fish, I asked her permission to include her in my painting...she said OK... After spending a couple of hours “with” Michelle (….an artist becomes attached to their subject…) and all that time observing her, and painting her, I had determined that she was Hispanic, but, well, maybe she was African American! I just could not tell….she has the most lovely deep brown skin, made darker by her time in the sun, fishing… so, After a time, I went down to speak to her and supposed I would hear an accent…well, I sure did! She is a Southern Belle! With a thick southern accent as beautiful as can be!...still not sure what her ethnicity is, and I have decided that I like it that way!! It’s time we forget all that tribal stuff…it is good for NOTHING…well, except maybe in and amongst our own families..I am glad my dad was a proud Italian, because it “explains” my own tendencies…and I get to pass on all those great recipes! But I sure don’t expect everyone else to appreciate it like I do!
This week the Southeastern Plein Air Festival is going on without me. My friend, Becky, a Gadsdenite, called me yesterday. She was at this bridge, and remembered me painting there last year. so she called and said "I have a special person who wants to say, "hello"....The voice on the other end was MICHELLE, with her lovely southern accent!...and other artists were there painting her...fishing again!
Back to bluebonnets tomorrow!
:)

Elaine's Day in Gadsden

"Elaine's Day In Gadsden"....6x8.......sold

No that's not Elaine in the boat. She was having even more fun on the bank above, painting with me in the gadsden, AL workshop I taught on Saturday! There we packed in a full day of painting on the hillside next to the courthouse, overlooking the Coosa River. I painted this little one early, hurying up to get the fishing boat in before they moved on, but they stayed in this place for about 30 minutes! The fish must have been biting!