Painting Under the Tuscan

The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas is once again pleased to return to Italy with a trip to Tuscany between the dates of May 19 through May 27. Based in Lucignano, a small Medieval hill town located south of Florence, our guests will comfortably lodge just outside the town walls in old world Villas with kitchens, modern rooms with baths, and a swimming pool.

Lucignano is centrally located in the heart of the Chianti region for day excursions to surrounding Tuscan destinations. Our guests simply have to open their door and step out each morning to draw or paint the Tuscan landscape surrounded by Olive Groves and overlooking Cortona.

If a day trip is what you want, no worries, a member of The Fine Arts League staff will lead a visit to one of the surrounding towns to draw, paint or sightsee. Morning drawing and painting instruction is available and will be led by Fine Arts League instructors John Dempsey and Christopher Holt. Afternoon drawing or painting sessions are accompanied by founder Ben Long. Participants will be instructed in the rendering of the Italian landscape and architecture.

For more information, please contact the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas at (828) 252-5050.

SPRING CLASSES begin JANUARY 23rd 2012

Welcoming back - BEN LONG! Ben will be here for the 12 week Spring Semester at the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas, the school which he founded to teach Portrait Painting. We welcome the advanced Artist to join Ben along with other Master's Apprentice students from the Fine Arts League to share in the wisdom of a living Master. For more information on the Spring courses being offered at the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas, please visit our website at: www.FineArtsLeague.org or telephone: (828) 252-5050.

The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas is a small and very unique school dedicated to teaching in the style of the 'old masters'. We draw and paint from life. If you choose to become a full time Student, enrolling in our Master's Apprentice course - you will learn everything from mixing your own pigments, stretching your canvas, fundamental drawing, painting people and landscapes to staging and having your own gallery show.

One of our students, Renee Whisnant will have her Opening this coming Thursday, January 19th from 5 pm until 8 pm at the Fine Arts League Gallery in the Historic Grove Arcade in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. We welcome you to attend.

Fine Art Classes including Portraiture, Pen & Ink, Drawing & FRESCO!

It's time to register for Spring Classes at the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas. Early registration is: November 15th. Classes begin on January 23rd! For more information, contact the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas at (828) 252-5050 or on the web at: www.FineArtsLeague.Org for a complete SPRING SCHEDULE.

Some of the classes include: Drawing, Cast Drawing, Sculpture, Fresco, Portratiture, Etching and Watercolor!

Our Teachers are professional working Artists who offer their time and talent to give personalized attention to each student.

Ben Long, our founder will be teaching Figure and Portrait Painting this Spring! You won't want to miss this opportunity!

We also offer After School Youth Classes on Tuesdays & Thursdays throughout the winter.

This weekend we will be participating in the River Arts District Stroll...stop by and have a look at our classes and the painting and drawings for sale at 362 Depot Street, Asheville, North Carolina. We look forward to meeting you!

Fine Arts League presents John Dempsey and Anis Crofts

"The Journeymen" An evening of fine art featuring artwork by Anis Crofts & John Dempsey THURSDAY - NOVEMBER 17th 5 PM - 8 PM The Fine Arts League is a non-profit art school committed to teaching the realist traditions of the Old Masters. Their objective is to foster artistic talent and expand appreciation of the arts and cultural creativity through disciplined instruction in the fine arts, community outreach and cultural enrichment. The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Gallery located in The Historic Grove Aracade, downtown Asheville, 115 O'Henry Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801 INFO: (828) 252-5050 or at www.FineArtsLeague.Org Artwork: Anis Crofts 'Africa', the second piece: John Dempsey 'Marilia'

OPEN DRAWING MONDAY & THURSDAY EVENINGS 7 PM - 9 PM Live Model for Figure Drawing The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas a non-profit Art School 362 Depot Street, Asheville, NC COSTS: $7.00 (Adults) $5.00 (Students) www.FineArtsLeague.Org

 

Fine Arts League Gallery presents Paul Blankinship Oct. 14th @ 6 PM :: Fine Arts League of the Carolinas | MyNewsletterBuilder

The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas 

presents Paul Blankinship

THE STRONG IMAGE

Painting and Drawings

Friday, October 14th at its gallery

The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas Gallery 

in the Historic Grove Arcade, 1 Page Avenue, Ste. 115

in downtown Asheville, North Carolina.

Time: 6 pm - 8 pm

Opening Reception: 6 pm

            Born in Richmond, Va., Paul Blankinship grew up in Virginia and North Carolina, shunning the company of grown-ups for that of forest, swamp and open water.

The great gift of his childhood was access to the landscape, at first through hunting and fishing with his maternal grandfather, and later, exploration for its own sake.  In time, he gained an acquaintance with wilderness, farmland, abandoned areas, and places in between.  

 Blankinship studied drawing while a teenager under Phyllis Biddle in Richmond before attending the College of William and Mary and Duke University, where he earned degrees in English and theology, respectively.  He currently studies painting at The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas.  His work is collected in the United States and the United Kingdom.

 “Persuasion in a realist landscape is in the handling of the air.  Time and atmosphere do not merely surround and wash over a landscape; they are the landscape just as much as the place is, as things are.  I paint them because they deserve regard.” 

            Paul Blankinship’s landscapes in oil arrest the viewer by telling the truth and giving thanks at the same time.  He paints places by placing moments.  Words cannot do this. 

            Paul Blankinship paints the North Carolina landscape with accuracy and evocation.  He fixes vision and atmosphere in dust, oil and sinew, making the foreign accessible and the common arresting. 

Fine Arts League Gallery presents Paul Blankinship Oct. 14th @ 6 PM :: Fine Arts League of the Carolinas | MyNewsletterBuilder

FALL 2011-2012 ADULT FINE ARTS WORKSHOPS

Fall & Spring Adult WorkshopSchedule
2011-2012

$325.00 per 3-day class + $45.00 Non-Refundable
Registration Fee. 10am—4pm, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday.

October 2011—14,15,16.
Fall Landscape Painting.
Fall Landscape Pastel.
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November 2011—18,19,20.
Draw/Paint your Self-Portrait.
Traditional Lettering.
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December 2011, NO WORKSHOPS.
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January 2012, NO WORKSHOPS.
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February 2012—10,11,12.
Draw or Paint Your Valentine.
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April 2012—20,21,22.
Spring into Pastels.
Fun with Watercolor.
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 Come join the excellent Instructors of the Fine Arts League of the Carolinas for an intensive weekend workshop in Oil Painting, Drawing, Watercolor, Pastel and Traditional Lettering! Classes begin October 14th! For more information, go to the website at: www.FineArtsLeague.Org and click on the tab which reads Adult Workshops or call (828) 252-5050!

ADULT ART WORKSHOPS at the FINE ARTS LEAGUE of the CAROLINAS

Fall & Spring Adult Workshop Schedule
2011-2012

$325.00 per 3-day class + $45.00 Non-Refundable
Registration Fee. 10am—4pm, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday.

October 2011—14,15,16.
Fall Landscape Painting.
Fall Landscape Pastel.
.............................................................................

November 2011—18,19,20.
Draw/Paint your Self-Portrait.
Traditional Lettering.
.............................................................................

December 2011, NO WORKSHOPS.
.............................................................................

January 2012, NO WORKSHOPS.
.............................................................................

February 2012—10,11,12.
Draw or Paint Your Valentine.
.............................................................................

April 2012—20,21,22.
Spring into Pastels.
Fun with Watercolor.
.............................................................................

The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas is located in the Historic River Arts District in Asheville, North Carolina. In addition to our regular Fall & Spring Curriculum, we also offer Adult Workshops in Oil Painting, Pastels and Watercolor. Sign up for your favorite medium today! These Workshops are 3 day intensives with one of our experienced Art Instructors. You may call our office today for more information at: (828) 252-5050 or online at www.FineArtsLeague.org.

Youth After-School Classes for 2011-2012 at Fine Arts League of the Carolinas

After-School Youth Program Calendar 2011-2012
5-weeks, 4:30-6:30 PM, $150.00 + 45.00 Reg. Fee ..............................................................................

2011 Session One— September – October:

Tuesdays: 9/27, 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25. For Starters: Fundamental Drawing.
Fall into Color: Beginning Watercolor.

Thursdays: 9/29, 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27.
Fun with Color: Beginning Oil Painting.
Halloween Mask Making.

2011 Session Two— November- December:

Tuesdays: 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6. Santa is that you? Create your Holiday Present.
Look at me, Self Portrait.

Thursdays: 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 12/1, 12/8. Sculpture Basics. Make Your Story: Comic Book Drawing.
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2012 Session One— January – March:

Tuesdays: 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, 2/28. Fun with Fresco. Learn to draw Anatomy like Da Vinci.

Thursdays: 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/1. Oils and Color: Intermediate Oil Painting.
Sculpture: Intermediate.

2012 Session Two— March – April:

Tuesdays: 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/10, 4/17. Spring into Beginning Pastels. Imagine with Mosaics.

Thursdays: 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/12, 4/19. More Fresco Fun. Drawing for Illustrations.

For more information, go to www.FineArtsLeague.org or call: (828) 252-5050. Pre-registration is August 15th!