Anthony Davis Workshop
Pastel and Oil
Landscapes and Coastal Scenes
May 16-20, 2011
$350
9:30-4:00 p.m.

Anthony Davis will teach a pastel and oil landscape workshop at Artists' Showplace Gallery, which will focus on composing visually appealing paintings from photographs (provided by instructor and those brought in by participants.)

There will be an emphasis on aerial perspective, atmosphere, light, shadow and color harmony. The steps of creating a painting will be explored, as artistic vision is identified and then communicated visually.

Anthony Davis is a self-educated artist, known mostly for his award-winning maritime scenes and seascapes. His coastal themed artwork is quickly gaining national recognition in museum exhibits across the country, including the upcoming Long Island Biennial at the Heckscher Museum of Art.

Davis is a regular exhibiting artist at the Marine Art Gallery of Mystic Seaport, where his seascapes have been on display at their prestigious Annual International and Modern Marine Masters Exhibitions, which attract the world's most renowned marine artists.

As a plein air painter, he is a founding member of the Long Island Plein Air Painter's Society, and is also responsible for the creation of Northport's Annual Plein Air Painting Event, where in 2009, his painting won the “Best in Show”.

He is an elected Artist member of the American Society of Marine Artists and an elected Artist member of the Salmagundi Club. One of his most recent paintings, "November Wind", was chosen to be in the Society's 14th National Exhibition, which recently traveled to five museums over a period of 16 months.

Anthony's seascapes were part of a feature on Waves and Water, in the August 2010 edition of The Pastel Journal, and his painting was chosen for the cover. Today, in addition to painting local scenery as an oil painter, he continues with his first love, representing the ocean and maritime scenery in both pastels and oil.

This is a terrific opportunity for all landscape painters to study with a master in this workshop.

To register by mail, please send a $75 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit to
Artists’ Showplace Gallery
15615 Coit Rd. #230,
Dallas, TX 75248,
or you may call the Gallery at 972-233-1223 to register with a credit card.

Spaces for the Workshop are reserved in the order your deposit is received. Workshops fill up quickly! Your deposit will be refunded if the workshop is canceled.

The balance is due 30 days before the start of the workshop.

There will be demos each day by Anthony Davis, in pastel and/or oil, with plenty of time designated to the creating of paintings. Student artists can expect individualized attention and critiques.

Anthony Davis Suggested Oil or Pastel Workshop Supply List:

  • Sketchpad
  • Pencils
  • Eraser

For Pastel Painters:

  • Full set of pastels (Anthony uses Rembrandt). others possibilities are Schmincke, Sennelier, Unison, Great American, Terry Ludwig, etc.

    NO oil pastels or Alpha or Loew Cornell pastels.

  • Extra blues; Dark Prussian, Ultramarine, and especially light blues, greens and grays.
  • Pastel painting surfaces; pastel board (Ampersand) is preferred.
  • Other options: pastel paper such as Canson, Wallis or Spectrum Colourfix Board. If paper is your desired surface, then it should be mounted on foam core, or some other hard surface. Surface sizes should not be larger than 14x18".
  • Old/cheap brushes of small diameter and larger to scrape away pastel from painting surface (maybe an old fan brush and smaller rounds).
  • Rubber blending stumps (small and large)
  • Rubber/latex exam/surgical gloves, if desired to keep hands clean while working with pastels.

For Oil Painters:

  • Full set of oil paints, landscape colors.

Recommended, but not mandatory colors:

  • Gamblin
  • Titanium
  • White
  • Cerulean Blue Hue
  • Portland Grey Medium
  • Sap Green
  • Paynes Grey
  • Yellow Ochre
  • Raw Umber
  • Cadmium Yellow Light
  • Ultamarine Blue
  • Napthol Red
  • Ultramarine Violet

  • Oil painting medium, (Liquin)
  • Odorless Mineral Spirits
  • Cups for medium and mineral spirits

  • Painting surfaces; Portrait grade #13 Claessens Linen mounted on birch board…not required, but recommended. Canvas sizes not to exceed 14x18”.

    Fredrix canvas panels are not recommended.

  • Set of brushes, large and small (Flats, brights, filberts, rounds)
  • Table Easel (gallery has stand up easels)
  • Palette and Paper Towels



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