Paint Big ~ 4 Days Santa Fe, NM
4 Days in Santa Fe, NM
September 7th - 10th
Lauren’s 7th year teaching this popular class!
How to successfully step into a Mixed-media, large-scale painting
4 Full days of painting
Basic Materials Provided ( Including approx. 60 x 60 unstretched canvas )
You will also receive Our pre-recorded video lesson Paint Big HERE
Only 9 Participants
SEE THE FULL DESCRIPTION + DETAILS BELOW
DESCRIPTION
Symbols, color, shape, and technique provide us painters with clear seeing intent when we choose to go BIG.
Working small can bring constraints. It keeps us in our heads. By going large we enter into a space that includes all our senses.
In a supportive environment, we will embark on an exploration of letting go and letting loose our ideas onto canvas.
We will begin with idea-generating techniques that Lauren has been cultivating for over twenty-five years to place you in the “ zone.”
We will think in terms of LAYERS. We will cut, paste, mark, paint, scrape, add, take away, and add again. It’s a powerful experience to witness your personal vision take on a life of its own when working BIG.
Each participant will receive individual attention. We will merge personal narration and composition through form, shape, contrast, color, and depth. Our time together will conclude with the completion of a large-scale painting you can roll up and take home (shipping can be arranged if needed).
DETAILS
September 7th, 10 - 4 pm
September 8th, 10 - 4 pm
September 9th, 10 - 4 pm
September 10th, Open Paint 10 - 2 pm, Critique 2 -4 pm
Basic Materials Provided
pastels, oil pastels, gesso, glues, collage materials, basic brushes, scrapers, rags, etc…
60 x 60 unstretched canvas + quality paper , acrylic paints
You will also receive our pre-recorded video lesson Paint Big
HERE
TESTIMONIALS
I spent the first week of May in Santa Fe, my third art retreat with my friend Diane. We immersed ourselves in journaling, painting, visiting galleries and talking non-stop about art, creative process and our challenges, desires and directions.
We set up the dining room table in our condo as our pre and post-class painting area. We'd wake up in the morning, eat, dress, go to the workshop and paint big, eat, then have a glass of wine or cup of tea and paint small until we went to bed.
Each day in the workshop I created (pretty much) a whole new painting. On the previous day's painting!
One of the most valuable parts of a workshop like this one is working alongside other artists. It really brought it home that I am not the only one who experiences highs and lows as I create. Almost every artist in the room had to reinvent each day. They took risks that didn't work, then reinvented and tried something else. It was amazing to both observe and participate in that process, because even though I invent and reinvent on my own in my studio, the sheer scale of a whole room full of artists doing the same alongside me was incredible. Such intense energy!
All the stimulation and perceptions from the week are still percolating inside. As my considerations lead to insights about where my art practice is heading and why, I'll share some of them with you.
-Jeanne Beck
Painting Big with Lauren Mantecon
I visited Santa Fe at the end of April specifically to take Lauren Mantecon's Painting Big/Anything Goes workshop at her studio. It was an enlightening and productive experience - much to recommend for all painters. Lauren is a wonderful instructor who knows how to guide but not hover. I highly recommend any of her classes.
-Diane S
