Plein Air Watercolor Workshop
水彩写生工作坊
Time: Saturday, 9th October 2021, 12 pm–6 pm (Alternative date in case of rain: Sunday, 10th October 2021, 12 pm- 6 pm)
Location: Fou Gallery, 410 Jefferson Ave, #1, Brooklyn, NY 11221
Artist: Michael Eade
Event Coordinator: Qi Zhang
Capacity: 15
Materials (encouraged to bring): watercolor brushes, pencils, sketching pads, watercolor paper, and other watercolor painting and drawing tools
Workshop process: Demonstration, Painting session, critic discussion, and Q&A
活动时间: 10月9日，星期六，中午12点至下午6点 (如遇下雨等天气原因，活动时间延至10月10号，星期天，中午12点至下午6点)
活动地址 :否画廊, 410 Jefferson Ave, #1, Brooklyn, NY 11221
艺术家: 迈克尔·伊德(Michael Eade)
活动策划: 张琦
活动人数: 15
材料 (推荐携带): 水彩画笔, 铅笔, 画板/素描本, 水彩画纸, 与其他绘画工具
工作坊流程: 示范环节, 绘画环节, 讨论和问答环节
NEW YORK – Fou Gallery is pleased to host a Plein Air Watercolor Workshop on Saturday, October 9th. Free to the public, this creative event will be guided by artist Michael Eade.
Participants will observe the luxuriant plants in Fou Gallery’s garden, focus on the beauty of natural colors and forms, and create plein air drawings and watercolors of their favorite plant under Eade’s guidance.
Artist Michael Eade is known for his elaborate egg tempera paintings and his appreciation of nature. He also uses watercolor studies as a valuable "tool." when composing his egg tempera paintings. When Eade is inspired, he starts a watercolor in order to capture his first observation of landscapes and plants — the growth of leaves, the blooming of flowers, and the posture of branches growing in nature — whenever and wherever he encounters them. Besides being “a tool”, Eade also regards the significance of his watercolor sketches as “studies”. He takes down useful elements by watercolor sketches when he does research for his creations, and finally uses many of them as references for his tempera paintings. Through this creative process, Eade has mastered watercolor as an important artistic medium.
During the workshop, Eade will provide both collective and one-to-one instruction open to all abilities. All participants will meet at Fou Gallery and do the plein air drawings and watercolors outdoors from 12 pm-6 pm. The first floor of Fou Gallery will also be available as a workspace where participants can take their chosen plant and drawing tools too. Participants are encouraged to bring their own plein air supplies (watercolor brushes, pencils, sketching pads, watercolor paper, and other watercolor art supplies). In order to ensure accessibility for those who are unable to procure their own supplies, Eade will provide the basics from his own studio materials, and/or purchase inexpensive watercolor sets that people can share. At the end of the painting session, Eade will lead a critical discussion of the works created by the participants.
*This project is supported by the City Artists Corps Grants program of NYFA
Michael Eade, Wild Apples Under Full Moon, 2012. Egg tempera on Rives BFK paper, 30 x 22.5 inches ©Michael Eade, courtesy of Fou Gallery
纽约-否画廊荣幸地宣布将于10月9日(星期六)举办一场“水彩写生工作坊”。这个创意活动将由艺术家迈克尔·伊德指导，免费向公众开放。活动参加者们将在迈克尔·伊德的指导下，观察否画廊花园中繁茂的植物，关注大自然的色彩和形态之美，并创作自己喜爱植物的水彩写生。
艺术家迈克尔·伊德(Michael Eade)以他精美的蛋彩画和对自然的欣赏而被大众所熟知。在创作蛋彩画的过程中，他把水彩写生作为一种有价值的“工具”。无论何时何地，每当他受到启发，他都会使用水彩写生这种更方便携带与简易操作的方式，去捕捉他对自然和植物的观察——树叶的经纹脉络，花朵的肆意绽放，以及枯树枝在自然风化后的姿势。除了作为“工具”，迈克尔·艾德(Michael Eade)还将他的水彩写生的意义视为“研究”。他在创作前期，会以水彩写生的形式将创作研究过程中有用的素材画下来，并最终将这些元素作为蛋彩画创作参考。通过这个创作过程，迈克尔·伊德将水彩作为他的重要艺术媒介不断锤炼。
此活动对绘画基础没有要求，对所有不同水平的绘画爱好者开放。在活动期间，迈克尔·伊德将提供集体与一对一相结合的指导方式。参加者将于否画廊集合，由中午12点至下午6点在否画廊的户外花园进行水彩写生创作。此外，否画廊的一楼入口处花园也将作为其中一个工作区，参加者可以将挑选的植物与写生工具带至此处。参加者请自备水彩画笔, 铅笔, 画板/素描本，水彩画纸，与其他绘画工具。如无法购买用品，可提前联系否画廊，迈克尔·伊德将会从他自己的工作室带来基本的绘画工具，供大家分享使用。在活动的最后，迈克尔·伊德将会对参加者的作品进行点评并组织讨论。
*本展览已获得NYFA的City Artists Corps Grants支持
Michael Eade, Nurse Log Plant Study, no. 1, 2017. Watercolor and graphite on Rives BFK paper, 11 x 22.5 inches ©Michael Eade, courtesy of Fou Gallery
ARTIST - MICHAEL EADE (b. 1957, Portland, Oregon)
Received a BA from Oregon State University and did further studies at the Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenen Kunste, Stuttgart (studying egg tempera painting techniques), and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts (studying film and computer animation techniques). He has received many honors including a residency at the Hermitage Artists’ Retreat, a studio membership at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, and fellowships from the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the National Academy Museum, and School of the Fine Arts, Artists’ Fellowship Inc., and Aljira. Eade’s work appears in public and corporate collections including the Harvard Business School, HERMÈS, AT&T, the Library of Congress Permanent Collection, and many private collections. In 2017, Michael Eade had his first solo exhibition at Fou Gallery (New York) - Realms of the Soil.
艺术家：迈克尔·伊德 (b. 1957, 美国俄勒冈州波特兰)
毕业于俄勒冈州立大学，后在德国斯图加特国立造型艺术学院（蛋彩画研究）和纽约大学（电影和电脑动画技术）取得艺术硕士学位，现生活和工作在纽约。他目前是伊丽莎白基金会的驻地艺术家，并获得罗伯特·布莱克本版画工作室奖助金，美国国家设计学院奖学金，Aljira奖学金等。伊德的作品在许多公共收藏和公司收藏中，包括哈佛商学院，爱马仕，AT&T，国会图书馆收藏等。2017年伊德首次在否画廊举办个展《率土之滨》。
Rhododendron. Photo provided by Michael Eade
Stump and Painting. Photo provided by Michael Eade
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