Murdoch Art Studio and school
Classes, workshops, and full time study toward mastery of charcoal and oil painting. John Murdoch creates oil paintings on wood and canvas using gold leaf. His subjects include but aren't limited to: still life, portraits, landscapes and angels.
Holicong Pennsylvania

Bucks county art classes buckcks county art class bbucks county art workshop bucks county art class

The Murdoch Art Studio and School is the studio of Bucks county artist John Scott Murdoch and the school which offers full and part-time classes.

***

Model session is cancelled Wednesday February 10th due to the impending snowstorm

 Lucy Chen, high school student and part-time student at Murdoch Art School wins Gold Key at the 2010 National Scholastic Art Awards! (painting below)

Lucy Chen, self portrait in oil 18 x 24"

***

Oil Painting Techniques

Learn the basics of oil paint, how to use light to create a sense of form, basic coloring for portraits, still life or landscape. The classical method of painting with expression will be stressed. Designed for beginners and more advanced students. There are two workshops offerings, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.

7 weeks - 2 separate workshops
Workshop I: Tuesday Afternoons, 1-4 pm, Starting February 16, 2010
Workshop II: Tuesday Evenings, 7-9:30 pm, Starting February 16, 2010.

Workshops will be conducted at Ty Hodanish’s studio at Prallsville Mill Stockton, New Jersey.

To enroll contact : Ty Hodanish at (609) 397-3349 or riverrungallery@att.net

****

3-Day Figure painting workshop at Bucks County Art Workshops

March 5-7, 2010,

9am-4m, Friday- Sunday

$350

for information about staying at the historic Stony Ridge Farm go to:

http://www.buckscountyartworkshops.com/rates.htm

Class will focus on getting a good start and then finishing a figure with realistic shading and flesh tones. Anatomy, light and shadow, and how to mix flesh tones on your palette will be covered as well as expressive brushwork. Class will work from basic wash drawing to thicker layers of paint to more delicate finishing layers. The techniques will apply equally to tighter realistic paintings as well as to looser more "brushy" styles. 

 Some previous drawing or painting experience is recommended

Study of Dan, oil on canvas, 20 x 36", from live model

This is a fabulous opportunity to work in an historic Bucks county location. The Stone Ridge Farm is a refurbished farm that used to belong to no less than the Pulitzer prize winning writer Pearl S. Buck. It has maintained its old feeling while being modernized into a lovely working studio and lodging. Part of the tuition pays for a lunch every day in the Inn's elegant dining room.

For more information go to: 

http://www.buckscountyartworkshops.com/enroll.htm

ounty art workshop bucks county art classt class bbucks county art workshop bucks county art clas bucks county art classes bucks county art workshopss

(Photo courtesy of Andrea Kane Photography, akpix@aol.com, www.andreakanephotography.com)

John's work is classically based and his subject matter includes people and pet portraits, plein air landscapes, figurative work, angels and still-lifes. 

The school offers atelier training in classical European training methods of learning how to see and handle materials. The school also offers lessons in the form of classes, private instruction and portfolio preparation for high schoolers who are college bound

The studio and school are located in the heart of Bucks county on a 13 acre farm surrounded by tall majestic pine trees and fields. Truly an ideal and serene environment to create art.

John is a member of Artists of Yardley and Artsbridge and teaches outside his studio at The Princeton Arts Council and at Riverrun Gallery in Lambertville, NJ. John shows at Gallery Piquel in New Hope, PA.

Murdoch Art Studio & School

5113 Anderson Road, P.O. Box 348, Holicong, PA, 18928

info@murdochart.com, (267) 221- 6046

Bucks county art classes buckcks county art class bbucks county art workshop bucks county art classClassical art instruction classical art instruction bucks county Lambertville DMuroylestown atelier Bargue sight size art classes oil painting drawing charcoal landscape en plein air portrait spring summer winter fall Classical art instruction classical art instruction bucks county Lambertville Doylestown atelier Bargue sight size art classes oil painting drawing charcoal landscape en plein air portrait spring summer winter fallClassical art instruction classical art instruction bucks county Lambertville Doylestown atelier Bargue sight size art classes oil painting drawing charcoal landscape en plein air portraitClassical art instruction classical art instruction bucks county Lambertville Doylestown atelier Bargue sight size art classes oil painting drawing charcoal landscape en plein air portrait