Maggie Siner: Fabric as a Vehicle for Gesture. 3 Day Workshop. November 9-11, 2023
Maggie Siner: Fabric as a Vehicle for Gesture. 3 Day Workshop. November 9-11, 2023
November 9-11th: 3 Day Workshop:
9:30 am-5 pm
Foundational lecture will be in the morning of the first day. We have extended the workshop day until 5 pm.
*this workshop is now FULL. If you would like to be on the waiting list, please fill out the registration form below and submit. No payment is necessary unless a spot opens up and you will be notified. Please let me know if you have any questions! Thank you!.
This three day painting workshop focuses on how the forms of drapery create shape, gesture, drama and unity.
If you look over the past 600 years of Western Painting you’ll see drapery everywhere - on classical and religious figures, elegant portraits, genre paintings, still-lives, interiors; drapery covers acres of canvas. Because it captures gravity, weight and movement, it does a great deal of the work in making a convincing dynamic composition. Drapery can be manipulated and altered in ways that bodies can never be, and yet define the forms of the body underneath. As it covers it also reveals. Fabric retains the gesture of movement, giving life to static forms. Changes of color on each turning plane are subtle, beautiful, and completely dependent on fabric texture. This gives tactile specificity for the sense of touch. Fabric suggests content, drama.
Working from visual perception and studying light relationships we will use both still life and figure to simplify and extract the essentials of form and gesture for a unified and dramatic whole.
To register for this workshop, please fill out the Registration Form below and submit, then pay in full or pay a deposit online (link is at bottom of page) or by Venmo to @jeanie-smith or mailing a check to Warehouse 521, 521 Heather Place, Nashville, TN. 37204. Any questions, email jeanie at warehouse521@gmail.com. Thank you!