Summer Course

As promised some impressions of the FAA summer course I was teaching during the month of July with the wonderful Hege Haugen. Though it was incredibly hot in Florence, the students were really excited and motivated. On a daily base we were working with the live model and starting with a series of preparatory studies, we soon turned to the larger scale painting

To show how many possibilities you have in painting or subjects related to painting we held some small demonstrations along the course on stretching canvas, preparing the ground, grinding paints and making frames

Jordan Sokol organized a summer-show that was held in the main studio in Via delle Casine with some beautiful works on display

Instructors Tanvi Pathare and Hywel Pratley:

But to be honest, we also had quite some fun during these weeks. Here is our model Stefano explaining the students the pose and what to remember while not moving (which is definitely not an easy task...!)

All in all a great month and I had the pleasure to meet some really wonderful people