Come join me me for a watercolor workshop this summer in Maine, Giverny, or Tuscany!

SUMMER WORKSHOPS IN STONINGTON, MAINE 

June 19-24/2016 Color and Light 

 August 28th-Sept 1st  Watercolor Workshop (all levels)

Orrs Island Workshop 7/10-14/2016

http://www.marjorieglick.com/teaching.html

marjorieglick.com

TUSCANY  9/17-24/2016 (3 openings)
This will be a relaxing and inspiring painting workshop and artists’ re-treat in the Chianti Region of Tuscany, Italy. We will stay in an authentic 12th century monastery, San Fedele, which has been recently restored to modern first class lodging accommodations while retaining an old-world authenticity. We will paint daily, either on site or on short field trips to view charming villages, olive groves and the beautiful, romantic Tuscan country- side. We also have our own chef who cooks amazing Tuscan cuisine.
The workshop is offered through Il Chiostro. Artists of all levels and mediums are welcome and will leave enriched by this experience.

Info at:

http://www.ilchiostro.com/workshops/color-and-light-tuscany/

Here is a link to our accommodations:

http://www.borgosanfedele.com/web/en

Here is a link to my facebook page where you can see photos from the trip.

https://www.facebook.com/marjorie.glick.9/media_set?set=a.10207824606477083.1073741828.1352573276&type=3

GIVERNY 5/28 -6/5/2016 (1 space)

Please join Concord Art Association and Marjorie Glick for a plein air painting trip in June 2016 to Giverny, France where we will have exclusive access to paint in Monet's garden. All mediums welcome! To register for the trip, please email Allyson Simes at: education@concordart.org or call 978-369-2578. 

http://concordart.org

Below are a few favorite photos from my workshops. Its a wonderful gift to spend a week painting in beautiful place. I love teaching the workshops. You'll have a great time and learn a lot!


Tuscany, sunny courtyard at San Fedele, a great place to paint!


Vineyard in Tuscany where we sketched and photographed


Lupines in Stonington are everywhere in June and can be enjoyed from right outside the post office on a bench!


Windjammers go by all day - this one seen from our morning painting spot.


Marjorie giving a watercolor demonstration

One of the many beautiful sunsets seen from crow's Nest on Orrs Island

SUMMER WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:
MAINE AND GIVERNY FRANCE!

There are still some openings in the Maine workshops, but they are filling up and registration is first come first served.
It is so wonderful on this snowy day to be thinking about painting in Stonington, Maine in the summer. I hope to see you in one of the workshops!
For full details please visit my website:

http://www.marjorieglick.com/Resources/stonington%202014%20workshop%20flyer.2.pdf

http://www.marjorieglick.com/teaching.html

Stonington, Maine:
8/3-8/ 2014  Watercolor, All levels
9/7-12/ 2014 Color and Light, Intermediate, Advanced
Orrs Island, Maine:
7/7-12/2014

UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBIT 2/4-27/2014

Marjorie Glick

The Spirit in Nature

Large Scale Watercolor Selections

February 4-27, 2014

The Newton Free Library

330 Homer Street

Newton, MA 02459

www.newtonfreelibrary.net

Reception

February 4, 7-8:30 PM

This promises to be a beautiful exhibit featuring an eclectic selection of new and older watercolors, some on special loan from private collections that have not been frequently exhibited. 

Two Beautiful August Days in Stonington, Maine

What I love most about Deer Isle/Stonington are the myriad of transformations of light and weather one can see in a given day. These photos were taken over a period of 2 days mostly at Sand Beach in August. The weather went from fog, to sun,to rain, to sun, to mist. This is heaven for an artist! Stay tuned, some of these maybe future paintings…

Field in Sunset, Maine

 Sand Beach around 8AM

Sand Beach, stage left, noon

Sand Beach  front and center, 3pm 

                                                             















Sand Beach 7PM

Sand Beach, 8PM

Sand Beach 8PM day 2

SPRING / SUMMER WORKSHOPS 

WINTER/SPRING COURSE OFFERINGS 

Below you'll find my course offerings and spring/summer workshops along with registration statuses. There are still some openings in my summer workshops and Springtime in Savannah as well as my classes at Arlington Center for the Arts and my early spring classes at Fruitlands Museum. I hope to see you in one of my classes or workshops!

To Register or download flyers for the Stonington Workshops, please click on the link below:

http://www.marjorieglick.com/teaching.html

PLEIN AIR WORKSHOPS:

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA:

 3/2-9 2013 :Registrations and deposits are due at Concord Art Association by January 8th 2013

http://www.concordart.org/education/education_tripstours_fall2012.php

STONINGTON, MAINE:

Color and Light Watercolor Workshop Intermediate/Advanced (only 1 spot left) 6/16-21, 2013

http://www.marjorieglick.com/teaching.html

Watercolor Workshop All levels, (limited space available) 

8/4-9/2013

http://www.marjorieglick.com/teaching.html

ORRS ISLAND, MAINE: 

July 7 (4pm) -11 (4pm), 2013

please email me via my website for info:

http://www.marjorieglick.com/contactme.html

WINTER CLASSSES:

RYAN ESTATE:

Intermediate Watercolor Foundations Monday AM (Full)

 January 14- April 8, 2013 (10 sessions),  9:30-12:30

No class on 1/21 (Martin Luther King day),2/18 (President's Day), 3/4 (my Savannah trip), 

Tuition:$350 

Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor (FULL)

January 14- April 8, 2013 (10 sessions),  1:30-4:30

No class on 1/21 (Martin Luther King day),2/18 (President's Day), 3/4 (my Savannah trip), 

Tuition:$350

To register, Please email me for a registration form 

ARLINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS:

Intermediate Watercolor: Monday Eve, 7pm-9:30pm, 1/14/2013 -3/18/2013

http://register.asapconnected.com/CourseDetail.aspx?CourseID=24621

Watercolor Foundations Wednesday Eve, 7pm-9:30pm, 01/16/2013-03/13/2013

http://register.asapconnected.com/CourseDetail.aspx?CourseID=33259

CONCORD ART ASSOCIATION:

Watercolor Foundations (FULL)

7 Week Class:
 Tuesday, January 15 – February 26 10AM-1PM

Flowers in Various Settings: Interior, in Situ, and Gardens 

Friday, April 26 – June 7 (no class May 17)

10:00AM–1:00PM

to register,

http://www.concordart.org/education/education_classes_2013.php 

FRUITLANDS MUSEUM:

Watercolor Plein Air Prep: Color Mixes of the Hudson River Painters with Marjorie Glick

Wednesdays, 9:30AM - 12:30PM
April 3 - April 24 (four weeks) Members $130, Nonmembers $150
Registration required. E-mail education@fruitlands.org  

  Watercolor Landscapes with Marjorie Glick

Wednesdays, 9:30AM - 12:30PM
May 1 - June 5 (six weeks) Members $180, Nonmembers $210
September 18 - October 23 (six weeks) Members $180, Nonmembers $210 

Celebrate the Fruitlands landscape and colors of the seasons as you learn to paint the specifics of the emerging landscapes with freshness and spontaneity.
Registration required. E-mail education@fruitlands.org 

 

Newest Watercolor:

Forest Jewels,  25"x27",Watercolor, Marjorie Glick, 2012


This, my most recent watercolor represents the beginning of a series of
paintings that explore the intimate details that enhance ones experience of a place.  I was talking to some of my students the other day and we were looking at the question: What is your painting about? What compels you to paint a particular image? For me, before I decide to paint something, I reflect on why I want to paint it, what am I trying to convey,and what moves me about a particular image. I think this reflection gives the painting focus and clarity.



This painting for me, is about my experience of being in the forest, just being there, and taking in what is close at hand. It is also about conveying the experience of being in a place where time falls away and there is room to daydream, and let your mind drift to nothing at all but colors, textures and pieces of shadow.When I was a child, I spent a lot of time in the woods at my "secret" place which was really just a patch of exceptionally soft  green moss near an old abandoned foundation. I remember looking closely at that moss and noticing its intimate details, lush color, fallen leaves, twigs, and texture.
Even today, when I think about what moss looks like, I refer to my experience of these woods from childhood.These days, the woods I visit most frequently, are in Deer Isle, Maine.

A Glorious Day of Painting at the June Color and Light Watercolor Workshop in Stonington:

Color and Light, was a workshop geared towards intermediate/advanced students that I just finished teaching in Stonington Maine. We had a fantastic week painting- I couldn't have asked for a nicer, more talented group of artists for this workshop. We painted a lot, enjoyed one another's company, immersed ourselves in the beautiful (and colorful!) surroundings and the weather was gorgeous!
One of the 5 days, we painted at Mariners Park. It was one of 5 glorious days:

 The field at Mariners Park was filed with lupines, daisies, indian paint brush, and buttercups. There is a spaciousness to the meadow, combined with the undulating hills, water view and beach, butterflies and birds that all combined to make this an incredibly peaceful spot.

There were many views like this one, all throughout. The sky was constantly changing from sun to cloud, blue to white to lavender and colorful painters dotted the hillside! Below is Jane, Paula, and Donna.

Frederica hard at work!

David, Ellen, Dianne, and Edward
found the perfect spot: This ridge by the water covered in lupines and daisies.

This is what they were painting!

Paula in Lupine Heaven!

 Completed (and incomplete) paintings from our fabulous day at Mariner's Park! Workshop artists assembling for an end of day critique.
People pictured left to right: Bridget, Jackie, Ellen, Paula, Edward, Donna, Suzanne, Jane, David

Suzanne Brewer, an artist in the workshop, completed this watercolor (below):

Stonington Rocks by Suzanne Brewer, Watercolor 

WORKSHOP STATUS AND NEW WORKSHOP ADDED

WORKSHOP STATUS:

June Color and Light is full

August 5-10 in Stonington, Maine has a few spots still available

July 8-12 in Orrs Island, Maine has a few spots still available

THESE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO PAINT IN OUTSTANDINGLY BEAUTIFUL LOCATIONS WITH DAILY INSTRUCTION!!!

To register, download flyers and forms at:

www.marjorieglick.com

NEW  COLOR AND LIGHT WORKSHOP ADDED:

Portland, Oregon
July 23- 27, 2012

Marjorie Glick: “Color and Light” Plein Air Watercolor

July 23 - 27 (Mon - Fri)
Members: Register by June 15, $425; after June 15 $450
Nonmembers: $480 

Join Boston based artist Marjorie Glick at the Oregon Society of Artists. Bring your work to the next level as you explore watercolor's elusive qualities of transparency and spontaneity in the studio and in nearby Washington Park and Rose Garden. Learn to see and mix luminous color and compose dynamic compositions.

Daily demonstrations will show:
-How to organize a composition by light and shadow, a feature in the landscape, or color shapes. - Working wet, to access watercolor's more expressive qualities, and balancing spontaneity and control that is so essential to watercolor.
- How to create a sense of atmosphere and space, by seeing the landscape in terms of warm and cool color areas. 
- Color mixing to achieve luminosity, learning to see and observe the subtle nuances within each color area. You can't mix it if you can't see it! 

Individual mentoring and group critiques, with emphasis on helping students find their own strengths and style. Space is limited to 15 artists. Geared for intermediate to advanced level students, with some walking over uneven terrain in outdoor sessions. See Marjorie's website at http://www.marjorieglick.com/ 

Its all in the details

Recently, I took my deCordova watercolor class to the Museum of Fine Arts study room to view some original 20th century watercolors from their collection. We saw the work of John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, JMW Turner, and Edward Hopper. We got to view the work up close, not even under glass. I thought I knew these paintings well  by studying them in books and online. Seeing them in person was an ah ha experience! When I look at these same paintings  on line and in books, I sometimes forget that they are only reproductions, not the real thing.. There is no substitute for the real thing.  Seeing the original works, you experience the texture of the paint, the seamless ordering of layers, the energetic brushwork,  the depth of image, true colors, and the soul of the artist. I don't see these things when I look at paintings online. I guess this is true of most things too: Seeing a picture of a lake is very different from swimming in it.

Recently I was applying for some grants and I repeatedly found the phrase:
"Please submit 10-20 jpg images completed in the past 3 years". Since each highly detailed watercolor that I make takes between 5-10 months to complete, I never have the requisite 10 images. Also, how can an 8"x10" image convey the energy of the painting? I'm surprised it never occurred to me to submit additional detail images. When I printed out details of my most recent large scale watercolor, "Forest, Full Spectrum", I could see that they revealed so much more about the what the painting is about and how it is painted  and that it was actually painted. I'll use this recent watercolor, to illustrate what I mean. To really see the full effect, please click on the images to enlarge them. AND, when I have my upcoming exhibition schedule set, I'll post it here, so you too, can see the real thing!

"Forest, Full Spectrum,"2011, Watercolor , 60"x40", Marjorie Glick

Detail, (8"x10") from the 40"x60"watercolor, "Forest, Full Spectrum"

Detail, bottom 1/4th of watercolor, "Forest, Full Spectrum" 

Detail, "Forest, Full Spectrum", detail of 8"x10" area of 60"x40" watercolor

Watercolor Artist Magazine Article Read Here:

A feature article was written about my work in Watercolor Artist Magazine. To view it please click on this link:


http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/81223151?access_key=key-27m3i6wxhz21neb4c8qt

Watercolor Workshop 2012 Schedule

Below you will find my workshop schedule, brief descriptions, and some pictures of the workshop experience along with some beautiful images (keep scrolling!) to give you an idea how wonderful these places are! Please visit my website marjorieglick.com under the heading "teaching" to download the flyer and registration info.I hope to see you in one of my workshops this summer! Questions? Please contact me via my website or blog


Stonington, Maine:
June 17-22 Color and Light,Watercolor/intermediate/advanced/ class size 12
August 5-10 Watercolor /all levels/ class size limited to 16
Orrs Island Maine:  (scroll to the bottom of this post for detailed description)
July 8- 12
Fruitlands: Harvard, MA
 Plein Air Prep workshop March 24-25

Watercolor Landscape Class: May2- June 13 (6 Wednesdays)

Colors of Fall, Plein Air Watercolor Workshop, Oct 13-14


 STONINGTON, MAINE WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS:
To see the workshop flyers and the registration info please go to:
marjorieglick.com
click on the heading "teaching"

ABOUT THE JUNE WORKSHOP: Bring your work to the next level as you explore watercolors elusive qualities of transparency and spontanaeity,learn to see and mix luminous color, and compose dynamic compositions. With its focus on Color and Light, and limited to 12 participants, each workshop day will begin with a demonstration followed by individualized instruction through out the day and group critiques as needed. This workshop is conducted on location on Deer Isle in Stonington, Maine.  The workshop begins on Sunday at 5pm with a brief orientation followed by a group dinner (not included in the workshop fee) at a local restaurant in Stonington. Monday-Thursday includes a picnic lunch. Lodging is not included. Fee: $675

About the August workshop:

The workshop begins on Sunday at 5pm with a brief orientation followed by a group dinner (not included in the workshop fee) at a local restaurant in Stonington. The instruction will focus on how to use color and light, composition, and paint handling to create vibrant watercolors. Each day begins with a demonstration and lecture, followed by painting on your own with individual guidance from Marjorie. The schedule is flexible to include 2 sunset painting sessions midweek. All other days will include afternoon painting on your own and 2-3 group critiques as needed. Monday-Thursday includes a picnic lunch. The flexible schedule allows you to set your own pace with ample time to just feel the breeze and savor the moment. Lodging is not included. Fee: $675

ORRS ISLAND WORKSHOP:

Enjoy a watercolor workshop in a relaxing setting at the old family summer home of Margaret Arndt known as Crow’s Nest. Crow’s Nest is nestled on top of a hill overlooking Harpswell Sound, with spectacular views from the large porch of sunset and water. Orr’s Island is a wonderful place to paint because of its varied scenery of quiet coves, rugged coastline, and quintessential New England buildings.

The workshop includes watercolor instruction, lodging at Crows Nest*, breakfast, buffet style picnic lunches, welcome dinner, and one lobster dinner. Two dinners will be on your own at one of the nearby restaurants, (unless you would like an a la carte home-cooked dinner option). The workshop will begin each day at 9am and conclude at 4pm. Each morning begins with a demonstration that addresses the specifics of the landscape at hand with regards to color, composition, and paint handling. The afternoons will be spent painting on your own with plenty of individual guidance from Marjorie and will conclude with a critique as needed. At the conclusion of each day, you’ll have free time and the opportunity to relax on the porch, and if the spirit moves you, paint the sunset! Please contact me for flyer and registration form.

Scroll down for some pictures of Stonington and Orrs Island:
 
This workshop is conducted on location on Deer Isle in Stonington, Maine. Deer Isle is a magical place with its many islands amid sparkling blue waters dotted with windjammers and colorful lobster boats...

There are moss covered spruce forests and striking peach 
granite outcroppings, all making for an inspiring place to paint

This is the yellow house everyone paints, but who can resist?

I'd like to be here right now!

Gathering for a demonstration on Indian Point 

ORRS ISLAND:

Enjoy a watercolor workshop in a relaxing setting at the Arndt family summer home known as Crow’s Nest....... 

 Crow’s Nest is nestled on top of a hill overlooking Harpswell Sound, with spectacular views from the large porch of sunset and water...

Orr’s Island is a wonderful place to paint because of its varied scenery of quiet coves, rugged coastline, and quintessential New England buildings. 

  

I hope to see you this summer in one of my workshops. Please stay tuned for a separate post on Fruitlands...  

Forest Watercolor finished!

After many months, the Forest Watercolor is Finished!

Without further adieu:

                             

"Forest, Full Spectrum", Watercolor, 60"x40", Marjorie Glick, 2011

After all is said and done, I want to let the painting speak for itself. Every painting I do has special meaning for me, but at the same time, I just want to put this out into the world and leave you the viewer, to have your own  experience of the painting. I hope to exhibit this painting in the coming year- I'll keep you posted as to where that will be. There is big difference between seeing a painting in person in its true size as opposed to on the web. 

Exhibitions this summer

"Magical Place" Watercolor, 36"x48", 2008, Marjorie Glick

Isalos Gallery

 Main Street

 Stonington, ME

http://www.isalosfineart.com/marjorie-glick/

http://www.isalosfineart.com

There is a beautiful selection of my works on display here this summer including the large scale watercolor pictured above.

ALSO:

 The Deer Isle Artist Association

 15 Main Street

DeerIsle, ME

This is a group exhibit called:

Color Chorus

August 14–August 27, Reception Sunday, August 14 

Don Bardole, Anna Dam-Volkle, Jill Finsen, Marjorie Glick, Alisa Harding-Stein, Donald Mallow, Rebecca Poole-Heyne, Robert W. Starkey, Cynthia Stroud-Watson, Gudrun Tarr

http://www.deerisleartists.com/

If you are in the area, please stop by!

Watercolor Progression: Forest Watercolor Nearly Done!

Here is the Forest Watercolor nearly complete! It has been a while since I've posted. The work on this painting has been going very slowly because I needed to get the colors on the rocks just so. I prize a watercolor in part for its cleanness and that means that once you alter a light tone from warm to cool, you can never get it back. So I gave a lot of thought (to the point of feeling stuck) as to the color of the large ledge. In the end, there will be hints of peach, cream, lavender, turquoise, and mauve. This is one of the things I love about working large: so many colors! One of the corner stones of my work is in painting a "remembered image". This painting embodies that. It is painted from a photograph from a place I visited over 25 years ago. I didn't have time to make a sketch at the time so I memorized the colors as best I could and recorded my impressions in my journal:  jeweled light, being inside the color emerald, dappled shimmery light, and thousands of  hues of peaches, mauves, yellows, and aqua on the rocks. What I remember most is the awe I felt at the beauty of this place. I hope I've conveyed it. There is still more to do: over hanging spruce branches, and unifying the shadows, and more dapples.

Fresh Air

Here is a recent large scale landscape watercolor called "Space and Grace". 

This is a favorite view from a place called Cove Meadow, which is 

owned and lovingly maintained by my friend Lindsay. The path through

 the trees was created by Lindsay. The title of the watercolor, "Space and Grace",

 says it all. In this case a picture is worth a thousand words... Enjoy!

                                
                              

   "Space and Grace", Watercolor, 35"x60", Marjorie Glick, 2010

Watercolor Progression: May

I have been deep in concentration- so much so, that I've been lax in posting my progress. I'm often seduced by a compelling image at the outset so I don't really think about the detail and the time it takes to render those details to create a vivid and very real image. This part of the painting contains a lot of improvisation. To create a sense of depth, I'm  rendering  the space one sees through the trees: something that exists mostly in my memory and not in the reference photo. To get a better sense of the detail,  be sure to click on the above photo see a larger image. 

My paintings always have a great deal of depth. The composition extends to inside the painting as opposed to just a 2d surface. I love the perspective in this piece with the path and rock face converging to a point in the center of the painting which takes you deep into the forest and up into the tree tops. The white space that remains is key to this illusion and will be done all by memory and my experience of being in this forest. It is the key component to the image. In the reference photo, there is just a huge incoherent tangle of branches. Since I walked the trail, I remember  what  lies behind this tangle of fallen branches. 

 Here is a detail, only a first layer. Once the painting has all its first layers in, I begin to heighten the colors, the details, and the illusion of depth. This watercolor is about my experience of being in the forest. It is a beautiful morning, with splendid dappled light. Being in this forest in this light, gave me a tremendous sense of well being. I was here 25 years ago but I still remember it quite vividly.  I'd be curious to see if its changed. Most natural places are not the same. I've wanted to paint this for a long time and the colors have stayed vivid in my mind for all this time. At the time, I made a note to remember: Rocks: dappled light; pale creamy yellow, peach, lavender, turquoise and purple, Moss: an amazing emerald green. jewel tones. 

Watercolor Progression Thus Far:

 For your viewing ease, I've pasted the entire watercolor progression post with new images added here:

Here is the photo(above) I'm working from for my newest watercolor (40"x60") with a working title of "Forest". You can click on any of the photos to view them at a larger size. It will take me several months to complete this and in the beginning of a large painting with this kind of detail, I feel a bit daunted but also excited because I know at some point in the process, the painting will take on a life of its own. I have an idea of how I want it to look and feel, but in the end, it will be something entirely different, beyond what I can imagine now. Please check back every few weeks for updates to this post. It's a rare glimpse inside my process. Sharing my process is an experiment for me, it is my intention to make more tangible, to you the viewer, what goes into the making of my watercolors.

The next two photos show details of the bottom left and right of the watercolor

 I'm painting this watercolor in sections rather than big washes because I want to capture the detail and textures of the rich forest floor, mosses and rocks.