Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 47

PAINTING & DRAWING
The Painting & Drawing program offers the opportunity to work with an exciting
range of highly accomplished artists and extensive media. We maintain a wide
diversity of subject matter and approach, while tailoring each class to a particular level of
experience. Our classes combine an intense, hands-on art making experience with critical
feedback that will propel your studio practice throughout the year.
The Ranch’s spacious and bright painting facilities are housed in the Wyly Painting
Building. Each painting student has access to studio and travel easels, palettes, work
tables, odorless solvents, rags and an extensive collection of hand and power tools.
Classrooms are further equipped with a computer, Wi-Fi access, printing, scanning and
projection capabilities.

Example of an Anderson Ranch’s Students Work 

PAINTING & DRAWING SKILL LEVELS: 

Beginning Watercolor: color in


June 2 - 6

Open to all - Students of any skill and knowledge level.

landscape

Level I - Students have very limited experience or none at all. Classes usually start with
a full day of basic instruction.

Jenene Nagy

Level II - Students have basic knowledge of 2-D art making including form, shading,
negative space, value, line and contrast.
Level III - Students have formal training in critical issues of 2-D art making, experience
with public critiques and a solid portfolio of their artwork.
Level IV - Students have advanced skill and knowledge of painting and drawing.
Students are highly motivated and self-directed, have a minimum of five years
experience in their field and have multiple portfolios of their artwork. Portfolio review is
required for admittance to some Level IV classes.
Contact Artistic Director Jenene Nagy with questions at 970/923-3181 x236 or
Studio Coordinator Josh Meier at 970/923-3181 x241.

SKILL LEVEL: I
CONCEPT:  The diverse landscape and brilliant
light of the West offer a perfect setting to learn
the skill and craft of watercolor. We begin with
basic color mixing exercises to achieve luminous effects with a transparent medium, and
then practice a variety of techniques to create
a suite of works on paper. This class is perfect
for those completely new to the medium.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Palette layout, color mixing techniques and paint handling techniques
to develop several finished works on paper.
Plan for outdoor sessions working in the field.
ACTIVITIES:  Studies and exercises are conducted in the studio in the mornings. Afternoons are spent out in the field observing the
natural environment. Demonstrations and lectures, paint mixing exercises, hands-on experimentation and individual work time. Individual
and group discussions.
FACULTY: Jenene Nagy has had solo exhibitions
at the Portland Art Museum, PDX Contemporary Art and Disjecta Contemporary Art Center.
She has received grants from the Foundation
for Contemporary Art, the Ford Family Foundation and the Oregon Arts Commission. Her
work was named by the Huffington Post as one
of the Northwest’s Top Ten Exhibition Picks
of 2010. She currently serves as the Artistic
Director of Painting, Drawing and Printmaking
at Anderson Ranch and is a partner in the independent curatorial project TILT Export:.

www.jenenenagy.com

Tuition: $920 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1120
Studio Fee: $75  Code: D0101  Enrollment Limit 10
PA I N TI N G & D RAW I NG 

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