Nationally Known Artist Workshops
Nationally Known Artist Workshops
Twice a year, Latrobe Art Center invites a Nationally Known Artist to travel to Latrobe for a three to five day workshop to teach a variety of techniques to local artists and art enthusiasts. Anywhere from 10 to 20 students fill the gallery for these workshops. Artists attending the workshops have traveled from Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia. In addition, four students from Greater Latrobe Senior High School are chosen to attend the workshop under a generous scholarship.
Each year Latrobe Art Center strives to provide exciting and stimulating workshops taught by nationally known artists from across the United States. In the past we have hosted Frank Francese of Colorado; Janet Rogers of Florida; Margaret M. Martin of New York; Fred Graff of Ohio; Don Andrews, Jean Uhl Spicer, and Joyce Werwie Perry all of Pittsburgh, and many more! Latrobe Art Center is honored to have such prestigious artists share their wealth of information and experience with our local artists.
Please consider broadening your creative talents by attending one of our future workshops.
The Art of Seeing as a Painter:
An Oil Painting Workshop with Ron Donoughe
Nationally Known Artist:
Ron Donoughe
Dates: Monday, September 21 - Wednesday, September 23
Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Cost: Members: $425 (Become a Member)
Non-members: $475
Medium: OIL PAINTING
Level: Intermediate - Advanced
About the Workshop
This workshop teaches students how to translate the world into compelling outdoor paintings through observation, design, and technique. Participants will learn about essential materials, the principles of light, color, and value, and how premixed “parent” colors create harmony and efficiency. Core instruction emphasizes composition as a foundation and brushwork as a tool for adding energy and visual interest, giving students both structure and freedom to develop their own plein air style.
Workshop Objectives:
• Show and tell of the materials
• Help students to see, organize and translate the world into paintings
• Principles of light, color and value will be addressed
• Demonstrate how premixed colors can help the outdoor painter achieve harmony and speed the process of outdoor painting
• Composition will be addressed as a building block foundation
• How brushwork makes a painting more interesting to the viewer
Materials:
Outdoor easel or palette holder
Medium of choice (I use Galkyd or Galkyd Light)
Brushes hog bristle filbert or flat,
#2, 4, 6, and 10 is optional
Toned canvas or panels– (6 x 8, 8 x 10, 9 x 12 max. size. 6 min)
Paint Thinner, odorless mineral spirit is best and also a small re-closeable container (I use Gamsol)
Palette Knife or two, Metal is recommended
Paper towels, Viva is recommended
Sketch pad and pencils
Hat and water
Suggested Paint Colors:
Titanium White, large tube
Cadmium Yellow Lemon or Cad Yellow light
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Yellow Ochre (optional)
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red Light
Alizarin Crimson Permanent – be sure it’s permanent
Ultramarine Blue
Cobalt Blue or Cerulean Blue
Phthalo Green
Raw Umber, (optional)
To Register
Limited spots available. Contact us by Monday, September 14th to reserve your spot! Call Latrobe Art Center at 724-537-7011 or click “Register Today!” below to register.
Cancellation Policy
At least 3 weeks prior to the start date of the workshop a full refund will be made less a $50.00 processing fee OR a full refund amount credit can be applied to another workshop/art class. All requests for refunds must be made in writing to info@latrobeartcenter.org Credit is nontransferable and may only be applied toward workshops/art classes.
Cancellations made less than 3 weeks prior the start date of the workshop are not eligible for a refund. However, a full credit may be applied toward a future workshop/art class. Credit is nontransferable and may only be applied toward workshops/art classes.
Artist Statement
As an artist/painter, I have lifelong commitment to capturing the spirit of Western Pennsylvania. Since 1985, I have documented the region’s varied landscapes—from farmlands to factories—through a process rooted in direct experience. Much of the work is painted en plein air, with others refined in the studio. The paintings reflect both immediacy and contemplation, aiming not just to interpret the present but also to preserve a visual record of a region in constant change, particularly its urban spaces.
About the Artist
Ron Donoughe, a native of Loretto, PA, now living in Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh has been painting the Western Pennsylvania landscape for nearly 35 years. His work features the many textures of the region. Ron is a fulltime, professional artist. He has taught outdoor painting workshops throughout the United States and France. Ron is a Distinguished Alumni of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with additional studies at the California College of the Arts in the bay area.
Ron was awarded best of show at Three Rivers Arts Festival, 2003, and his work was selected for Salon International, Masters of Contemporary Fine Art, 2004. Ron’s was also featured in a one-person exhibition at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts in November 2006 with the release of his first book, Essence of Pittsburgh.
His work was featured at the Pennsylvania Governor’s residence in 2011, in an exhibition titled Across the Alleghenies. His collection of 90 Pittsburgh Neighborhoods has been acquired by the Heinz History Center as a permanent exhibition, and can be found next to the Mr. Rogers exhibition on the 4th floor.
Ron is a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and his paintings can be found in many corporate and private collections as well as The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, The Duquesne Club and The University Museum at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
He recently completed an Artist-in-Residence at Fallingwater, where he stayed and has offered plein air workshops. Last year The American Embassy in Ottawa, Canada featured his work and invited him to give a lecture and workshop.
His work can be viewed at his website www.donoughe.com