September 12-16
10 am-5 pm EST
instructor: Mia Bergeron
online via ZOOM
This 5-day workshop will explore how to control and adjust values in a painting in order to create the effect of a glowing image. Mia will work with students both in the group and one on one through zoom, offering critiques, technical advice, set up ideas, and live painting demos throughout the workshop. Zoom allows multiple cameras at once, and is a great way to view the demonstration on the canvas, the palette in real-time mixing, as well as the reference image all in one view. Students will be working from photography that is pre-chosen by Mia, but she will discuss how to use reference images, where to find source materials, and how to look for an image that will work best for a painting. Each student will receive two high quality prints they have chosen from a bank of images prior to the first day of the workshop.
Mia will be discussing drawing, photography, color mixing, and will spend extra time discussing values.
The entire class will be recorded for registered students. Access to the recordings will be available for 2 weeks after the workshop.
Note: Since Photoshop will be used regularly throughout the workshop by Mia, a great way to get the most out of this class is to have some basic Photoshop skills. Photoshop is not a necessity for students, however will help extensively.
For those wishing to brush up on their Photoshop skills, all registered students will receive a 20% discount on Photoshop Online workshop with Cindy Procious. This is an online pre-recorded class that you can watch at your own pace. Contact us for the discount code after registering for Mia’s class if you want to purchase.
About the Instructor:
Mia Bergeron is a classically trained oil painter that uses modern techniques and concepts to create layered imaginative works. Imagery in her work often oscillates between the fictitious and the observed in equal parts.
Rooted in her upbringing in New York City with continuous exposure to modern art, her paintings also reveal her choice to study classical painting in Florence, Italy under Charles H. Cecil in her twenties. Heavily influenced by historical artists such as Diego Velázquez, Titian, Anthony van Dyck, and John Singer Sargent, her paintings are also shaped by contemporary artists such as Alex Kanevsky, Ann Gale, and Adrian Ghenie.
For Mia, the process of making paintings is similar to mediation. Each painting is the listening and contemplating of the surrounding world. The minutes at the easel are similar to focusing on the breath- there are times when the scrutiny is welcomed and quiet, and other times when the mind is loud and unintelligible. It is this dynamic contrast that is at the center of Mia’s paintings. This dualistic nature of life is what pushes and inspires her work.
Mia has been published numerous times in international magazines. Her painting “Tranquil Ghosts” was the cover image for the January 2022 Issue of American Art Collector Magazine. She continues to teach workshops at Townsend Atelier, Chattanooga. She and her husband, artist John McLeod, live in Red Bank.
We are unable to give refunds or exchanges for this workshop unless class is cancelled by Townsend Atelier or unless we are able to fill the cancelled spot with someone on our waiting list.
