Upcoming Workshops

I will be teaching a few workshops in the spring.
In March, I will be in Bonita Springs, FL for a five day pastel workshop:

Aline Ordman - Landscape and Still Life
● Monday - Friday, March 31-April 4, 2014; 9 am – 4 pm
● Demo: Sunday, March 30, 2014; 1 – 3 pm
● Medium: Pastel
● $500 Members/$550 Non-members
● Level: Beginning knowledge of pastel and above
Explore pastel painting using concepts of color in terms of value, intensity and hue in this workshop. Work from either a still life or personal landscape photos. Your first day begins with a lecture about color and how to use it in terms of pastel techniques. This will be followed by a demonstration in which the concepts of design are stressed alongside the use of color. Each day includes a demonstration from the still life set up or photo. Recieve lots of personal attention continuously, to encourage your individual voice. Learn color combinations and pastel strokes through creating paintings and exercises.
http://artcenterbonita.org/workshop.htm

Workshops - Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs

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In April I will be teaching a two day pastel and oil workshop in Hyannis, MA:

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Horse Racing Watercolor

I am not a watercolorist but I am intrigued.  I have been playing with them and totally appreciate how difficult this art stuff is!  Here is an effort

"Charen" oil on canvas 9 x 12 inches

Demo from this morning's oil painting class.

Obidos, Portugal Portico

Oil demo from this morning.  9 x 12 inches

Water Wading

Water wading is a 9 x 12 oil demo from class on Monday.  I wanted to create movement and color and keep it loose.  Not sure if it's finished.

oil demos 11/25/13

Two demos from my oil class this morning.

Base of the Mountain

Base of the Mountain is a pastel demo from this morning's pastel class.  I was given a photo one of my students was using and it had a lot going on so simplification was in order.

6" x 6" Higbee Juried Show

Happy to announce the Oysters and Yellow Cottage have been accepted to the Randy Higbee 6" x 6" National Juried Show

Street Scene Pastel

My demo from my pastel class.  The original photo below  had more elements and I simplified it for this image.  It was a lesson in design as well as color and value.

yellow roses

A 6 x6 demo from my oil painting class

IAPS

Very honored to have Belly Dancer accepted to the IAPS (International Association of Pastel Societies) 23rd annual web exhitibion

Oysters

 A 6 x 6 inch painting of oyster shells

Along the River...no green

This pastel was a demo in my class to show how to work from a photo or landscape but change the colors so that no major color from the photo is really in the final painting.  It is an exercise in understanding value and intensity of colors in relation to the overall painting.

Two horseracing demos

horseracing demo oil

Pastel demo horseracing

These are horseracing demos, one oil for the oil class and one in pastel for the pastel class.  They  aren't done yet.

better photo of sintra square

Sintra Square...a better photo

Sintra Square and workshop update!

Hey all,
This is from our trip to Sintra but I will be teaching a workshop in Croatia end of May, 2015.  Check it out!
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Decanter

This decanter and stopper were the demo from oil painting class on Monday.  Continuing the idea of painting without a pre conceived notion of what it is, just looking at shapes, color and value.  The students did quite well!

pastel demo on glass

This was the demo from pastel class this morning.  The idea was to deal with shape in terms of value and color and not think "glass"  Observation rather than drawing what you think you see.

Portugal Demos

Sintra Couch Oil on board 

Portugues Coast Oil on Board

Sintra Market Street Pastel

Sintra Square Watercolor

 Here are some demos from my fabulous workshop in Portugal with wonderful students. I even did some watercolors which I never do!

View of Sintra Watercolor

pastel silver demo

A pastel demo to show how to paint silver...don't think silver, just paint the shapes you see til it evolves

sunflowers

Must be the time of year...my demo from the other week.

Horses on Parade demo

Horses on Parade is my demo from today's class.  It was all about simplification and movement.

Just found out that Heading Down the Road will appear in the Competition Spotlight column of The Artist Magazine in a 2014 issue!  It's a 300 word article about the painting and me and I'll update you all when I know the issue!

Fells Workshop

Fells Gate Pastel

 Demos from workshop at the Fells in Newbury, NH.  Great students and beautiful location.  The final demo was to inspire students who were "sick of green" to have fun with color as long as the values and intensity work

Fells Doorway Pastel

Fells Doorway Oil

Anything but Green oil

Lily oil 6 x 6

sheep farm pastel 9 x 12

Towards NH  oil 12 x 16

 Just finished teaching a wonderful workshop at the Gibson House in Haverhill, NH in oils and pastels.  Here are the demos.

Teacup and Strawberries   pastel 9 x 12

More Maine paintings

Red Boat  6 x 6 inches

Rocky  12 x 12 inches

 Last 4 oils from Maine.  Home now...sigh...love Maine...miss it

Cliffside   12 x 12 inches

In Harbor  9 x 12 inches

www.alineormand.com

My new website isn't totally finished but up and running!

Check it out...not finished but up and running...www.alineordman.com

In Maine

Low Tide 9 x 12 oil

Maine Morning  9 x 12 oil

Quarry Depth   9 x 12 oil

Having a great time in one of my favorite places, Swan's Island, Maine.  Painting away and working on my new website!  It will be up and running soon.

Pastel Society of America

Happy to announce that "Winterscape" was accepted to the Pastel Society of America's National juried show in NYC

Artist Magazine Competition

Happy to announce that "Heading Down the Road" is a finalist in the Artist Magazine's 30th Annual Art Competition