“Art Expedition to Umbria”

May 9-20, 2010

Torgiano, Umbria, Italy

Join James Moore, Al Currier and Anthony Turpin on the Pacific NorthWest Art Expedition to Torgiano, Umbria, Italy.  Paint daily in and around the enchanting town of Torgiano
( www.bellaumbria.com ), situated two hours north of Rome and two hours south of Florence.  Here, amid the sweeping views of the vineyard-filled valleys and sparkling rivers, you will spend ten days becoming an Umbrian artist. Painting sessions include demonstrations, group painting, lectures and one-on-one mentoring. Fees include 11 nights lodging, all breakfasts, 7 dinners with wine, transfers to/from Rome, trips to Assisi and three Umbrian villages, Wine and Olive Oil Museum tour and tasting. 

Tuition: $3,750 Student; $3,950 Single Occupancy; $2,550 Companion 

To register: www.pacificnorthwestartschool.org  or 360.678.3396

“Educating Your Eye....The Key To Better Painting”

Pacific NorthWest Art School

Coupeville, WA

June 19-21, 2010

Pacific NorthWest Art School

Coupeville, WA

In this exciting workshop, award-winning Impressionist painter James Moore teaches you how to SEE better, so you can create better paintings that are really yours.  You will learn:

How to see “color notes” and abstract shapes instead of “a nose”

How to see mass and form rather than detail and line

How to see the difference between the shadow family and the light family

How to see and mix any color of any subject

How to take fear out of the painting experience

How to put your emotion and power into your painting by expressing yourself in every brushstroke

You will learn how to bring forth a painting by making meaningful, expressive, direct brushstrokes, one at a time.  Before you know it, you will have created a piece of art in your own voice, because you now know how to see in a new way.  In addition to giving you individual attention as you create your own paintings, James will also do demonstration paintings because we are visual artists and learn best by seeing.

 To register: www.pacificnorthwestartschool.org  or 360.678.3396