"The Artists of Studio Incamminati" continues through July 31
Studio Incamminati, first-ever annual catalog exhibition at the Bucks Gallery of Fine Art in historic Newtown, PA, is on display through July 31.  The exhibition features dozens of artworks from the studio’s award-winning artists – students and instructors.

Artist, author Sherrie McGraw
presents drawing demonstration
     Sherrie McGraw, renowned chiaroscuro artist and author of “The Language of Drawing: From an Artist’s Viewpoint” will demonstrate drawing the figure and talk about the common qualities of all good draughtsmen. She also discusses how drawing transforms a layman’s way of seeing into the “eye” of an artist.

     McGraw was a student and instructor at the Art Students League of New York. She has taught seminars and workshops at other top art institutions including The Academy of Art University in San Francisco; Brigham Young University; The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; The Portrait Society of America and The Palette and Chisel Art Club in Chicago.

     McGraw’s work has been exhibited in such venues as The Gilcrease Museum, The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, The Tucson Museum, The Salmagundi Art Club and The National Arts Club, to name a few. Her work is in the collections of Sen. John Warner, the Mellon family and John Cougar Mellencamp. She lives in Taos, NM.

Sherrie McGraw Drawing Demonstration
Thursday
June 25
6 - 8 p.m.
Fifth-floor Studios
340 North 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA
$25      

To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit-card payment due at time of reservation.

Noted artist/educator Dan Thompson
demonstrates painting strategy
     Noted artist/educator Dan Thompson demonstrates his strategy for painting from life. He shows how to begin a painting by establishing the design using an array of shape and abbreviated tonal statements.  He then reveals a structural phase and moves on to establish a key of light upon the model.  Finally, he works into the more subtle, rhythmic forms.

     The demonstration visually addresses concepts of stacking or combining principles such as open and closed grisaille, light, color, structure, and shape. The audience gains a clear road to the primary objective:  crafting a consistent, effective, fluid and individual strategy toward visual expression.  Thompson answers questions during the breaks.

Dan Thompson Painting Demonstration
Tuesday, July 14
Wednesday, July 15
6 - 9:30 p.m.
Fifth-floor Studios
340 North 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA
$25      

To reserve your seat, call 215-592-7910.
Limited seating requires credit-card payment due at time of reservation.

Nelson Shanks
painting demonstrations
scheduled for July, August
    Nelson Shanks, founder and artistic director of Studio Incamminati, and recent winner of the Portrait Society of America's Gold Medal Award for lifetime achievement, conducts two live painting demonstrations.
    World renowned for capturing the complex nature of realist art, his notable commissions include Diana, Princess of Wales, presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton and His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Other significant commissions include Luciano Pavarotti for the Metropolitan Opera, Mstislav Rostropovich for the Kennedy Center, and Denyce Graves for the National Portrait Gallery.
       His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Kensington Palace in London, and Fortezza Firmafede in Sarzana, Italy.

Nelson Shanks Painting Demonstrations
Wednesday, July 26
Wednesday, August 26
6 p.m.
Studio Incamminati
Fifth Floor Studio
340 North 12th St.
$50