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Lecture Series at the Art Students League of New York
George O'Hanlon, technical director of Natural Pigments, will be giving a series of lectures on artists' materials at the Art Students League of New York on September 14 and 15, 2010. The lecture series is designed for artists and anyone interested in how artists materials are used effectively in painting. Each lecture is 45 minutes to one hour and is accompanied by digital image projection with a question and answer period following.
Open to the Public and FREE
Dates: September 14 and 15, 2010
Location: The Art Students League of New York, Second Floor, 215
West 57th Street, New York
George O'Hanlon is technical director of Natural Pigments and executive director of Iconofile, an nonprofit educational
organization dedicated to promoting understanding of sacred art. George received his fine arts education and apprenticeship in Mexico. Upon his return to the U.S., he worked as art director and then creative director for advertising agencies in Silicon Valley, California, working on such major accounts as Sony, Hewlett-Packard
and Ricoh. He then established a database marketing communications firm that was later acquired by the international chemical company, Shin-Etsu, where we was retained as president of marketing operations for the U.S. In 1992, he left this post to study traditional art techniques and then in 2001, he founded Natural Pigments and Iconofile to promote an understanding of these techniques among contemporary artists.
Lecture Series
Origins of Colors: Secrets of the Old Masters
September 14, 2010 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Where did the colors used by the old masters originate? How did they achieve the luscious and luminous colors we see in their paintings?
George O'Hanlon has traveled the world in search of unique sources of pigment. As founder of Natural Pigments, an artists' materials company, he brings his expertise to focus on the origins of pigments used by medieval and Renaissance artists as well as their revival by contemporary artists. He will discuss the physical and visual
characteristics of many common and exotic pigments and show how these masters used them to create their masterpieces. The lecture will be accompanied by digital image projection. This lecture was first presented in 2006 at the National Gallery in Washington, DC.
The presentation will be followed by questions and answers and is designed for painters of all mediums and anyone interested in pigments.
Making It Last -- Building a Painting from the Ground Up
September 14, 2010 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
All about constructing a painting from the support to the ground and final layers, including discussing how the "fat-over-lean" rule in oil painting is inherently flawed. Practical procedures are described to build your oil paintings according to the studies on the conservation of paintings. The presentation will be followed by questions and answers. This presentation is designed for painters of all mediums, but has special application to oil painting.
Controlling Oil Paint -- Painting Mediums and How to Use Them
September 15, 2010 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
How oil painting mediums can be used to create many different painting effects. What are historical oil painting mediums like and how do modern mediums compare to them? Through recreations of many oil painting medium recipes from the 15th to 19th centuries, Natural Pigments answers this question. We compare their handling and
performance characteristics, such as viscosity, rheology (paint consistency), yellowing and flexibility. The results of this research is presented in ways that can help artists to understand the purpose and use of mediums in their own work. The presentation will be followed by questions and answers. This presentation is designed for oil painters.
Color Theory and Practice
September 15, 2010 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The science behind light, surfaces, refraction, reflection, and the way in which materials and paint cause the color and light we see in our paintings. This is a practical lecture for artists and how they can better understand how the paint they use affects what they see.
The presentation will be followed by questions and answers. This presentation is designed for painters of all mediums and anyone interested on the optical effects of pigments and paint.
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