Award Winning Artist, Paul Bachem to Teach The Theory of Oil Painting Studio

The Art Guild of Port Washington is delighted to announce that award-winning artist Paul Bachem will be teaching The Theory of Oil Painting at The Art Guild. The eight-week class will take place on Wednesdays from 7-10 pm beginning February 24. The fee is $320 for members and $350 for non-members.

Learn the importance of being able to judge value, hue, and chroma. The accurate assessment and placement of these three elements in your work is key to the realistic rendering of three-dimensional objects in the two-dimensional world of painting. Elements of drawing, perspective and edges are also considered. Paul believes strongly that learning to understand what you are portraying is of paramount importance and key to understanding how to solve problems at your own easel. Possibly the best advice you can receive is to “paint what you see.” Being able to discern why your subject matter looks the way it does, be it a landscape, a still life or a figure is essential to portraying that subject in your chosen medium.

Paul Bachem studied with Harold R. Stevenson and Alma Gallanos Stevenson and enjoyed a thirty-year illustration career. He worked for clients from New York to Sydney, Australia. Paul’s paintings are in numerous private collections and the permanent collection of the Forbes Gallery in New York City. He now concentrates on plein air painting and has shown at a number of galleries in the Northeast. He has won awards in a number of plein air events including the 2011-2014 Wayne Art Center Plein Air Event in Wayne, PA, Paint The Town 2011 in Cranford, NJ, and the prestigious Plein Air Easton in Easton, MD from 2010-2015. Paul was recently juried in as a member of The Salmagundi Club in NYC. Visit his website at www.paulbachem.com.

The Guild holds classes for children and adults. There is still room in the upcoming workshop, Fast, Loose and Bold with Patti Mollica on February 13-14.

Please check The Art Guild website and Facebook page throughout the year for information about our exciting programs and events. The Art Guild is located at Elderfields Preserve, 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset New York. To register or for more information please call 516.304.5797, visit our website www.TheArtGuild.org or email info@theartguild.org. The Art Guild is a not-for-profit 501c3 organization.

Images:

Paul Bachem, The Strand, oil

Paul Bachem, Peter’s Vase, oil