WILLIAM PATTERSON-ART WORKSHOPS IN ITALY 2016 Painting in Rome Daily Itinerary - June 18-26, 2016

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1 WILLIAM PATTERSON-ART WORKSHOPS IN ITALY 2016 Painting in Rome Daily Itinerary - June 18-26, 2016 JUNE 18, SATURDAY INTRO TO OUR PAINTING LESSONS-PENCIL PAINTING WALKING TOUR #1 OF OLD ROME An Incredible painted ceiling by Pozzo (Yes, we will discuss perspective on this workshop) Bill will talk and demonstrate what he means by Pencil Painting as he leads a walking tour of Historical Rome with our sketchbooks and A Silverpoint stylus. We will visit Sant Ignazio to see the incredible painted Ceiling by Padre Pozzo. Next we go to the only Gothic church in Rome with a chapel painted by the Florentine painter, Fillipino Lippi. Next a short walk to see Caravaggio s and other seventeenth century Roman paintings in church settings where they were commissioned. During the Roman Baroque, altarpieces were painted on large canvases that were designed into the architecture of A particular chapel. Caravaggio painted perhaps his greatest masterpiece in the famous Saint Matthew Chapel, the highlight of this afternoons walk. There are Roman Baroque frescoes also, by Domenichino. We will see painted domes and unbelievable ceiling paintings. Bill calls the Piazza Navona the most beautiful outdoor space in the world. We walk through it to see the fountains by Bernini. We will walk to another piazza where the smallest and one of the most beautiful fountains of Rome is located. Nearby we will enjoy a wonderful dinner. At dinner, Bill will discuss his painting demos and talk about your work. After dinner we will enjoy our desert at a very famous gelateria. Piazza Navona at Dusk JUNE 19, SUNDAY PAINTING DEMONSTRATIONS THE PAINTED SKETCH, OIL AND WATERCOLOR-INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION AS WE PAINT IN ROME AT A COROT OPENAIR PAINTING SITE Right: Corot, oil sketch, Rome

2 Bill s demonstration Color Temperature and Light in Open Air Painting will take place at another Corot painting site in Rome. It is amazing that we can paint from identical views where many of the Open Air Painters of Rome, John Singer Sargent and others painted. Bill will make and oil sketch and discuss many aspects of working on location with oil. He will do the same with a watercolor demonstration. We will meet later at another Corot site where you can set up and paint. Bill will offer individual instruction throughout the afternoon. We will enjoy another wonderful dinner. In Rome, dinner or Cena as it is called normally begins at or after eight o clock. JUNE 20, MONDAY ROME WALK #2, THE VATICAN MUSEUM-SISTINE CHAPEL-SAINT PETERS AM: After breakfast at the hotel, we will head over to the Vatican. In the Vatican Museum we will visit the Pinocoteca (Picture Gallery). We begin with the egg tempera paintings from the Early Renaissance to Renaissance, High Renaissance, and Roman Baroque painting. Highlights are the Raphael room, Da Vinci. The Venetian room and the Roman Baroque collection including the Deposition by Caravaggio. Bill will talk about painting methods (ie.underpainting, Glazing etc) in front of specific paintings. Next, we walk to see the Raphael Stanzas, the apartments painted for Pope Julius II. Raphael painted here at the same time Michelangelo was painting the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, our last stop and the climax of the Vatican Museum tour. We will visit St. Peters and Bill will conclude the Vatican tour with some comments in front of the Obelisk in the center of Saint Peter s Piazza. PM: Free painting time at a location in Rome. Bill will take you to a couple of different locations where you may want to paint or draw in all three. Later, we enjoy dinner with wonderful wines of Italy. PM: ROME WALK # 3, THE BORGHESE PICTURE GALLERY PAINTING IN ROME Caravaggio, Young David, 1606 We meet at Borghese Gallery ( museum) for Rome walk #3 to tour its incredible collection of paintings and Sculpture, including works by Caravaggio, Raphael, Bernini and more. The Borghese has been restored beautifully in recent years and the Baroque fresco and architectural decorations in many of the galleries are spectacular. Later this afternoon we set up in a location in Rome where we can paint our own oil sketch. Bills suggested theme is: Composing Your Picture Space from Observation in the Open Air. Dinner will offer an opportunity to discuss what we have done and all we have seen today. JUNE 21, TUESDAY AM: FREE: PM: ROME WALK #4, ANCIENT ROME, COROT PAINTING SITES

3 Those who wish to visit sites on your own will be given specific details about additional museums, churches and other historic sites. Those who want to continue painting in Rome can select their own site or go with Bill to see more Corot sites with paints and/or sketchbooks in hand. Our Ancient Rome Walk# 4 begins right in front of the Pantheon. We will walk to the Campidoglio through the Roman Forum to the Colosseum to the Arch of Constantine and we will paint in the Farnese Gardens where Corot painted several different views from different locations. Bill, holding up a reproduction of a Corot oil sketch in front of Corot s view of the Roman Forum There is a secluded Corot site with a panorama of Rome that is our suggested set up spot for drawing or painting Keep in mind, when working this way on site one needs to be as portable and as light as possible. Bills theme is: Linear and Aerial Perspective. Corot, oil sketch, Rome1826, JUNE 22, WEDNESDAY: PAINTING IN ROME Our view of the Roman Forum We paint at another Corot site in Rome. Rome walk # 5 In this area of Rome you can use a fountain, street scene or vista for your subject matter. Bill will work with everyone individually. Another great restaurant tonight! Perhaps very near where this view was painted by Corot. Art Lovers will have to name these two bridges in Corot s painting. The Ponts-? Todays theme is: Late Afternoon Light. Corot, oil sketch, View of the Island Tiberina, Rome

4 JUNE 23, THURSDAY: MORE DOMES, FOUNTAINS, CHURCHES AND MUSEUMS OF ROME WALK #6, MORE PAINTING IN ROME This morning on Rome Walk # 6, we head toward Piazza del Popolo then double back to the Piazza d Spagna with our sketchbooks and or paints as we can work with a variety of possible subject matter throughout the day. This Piazza is a spacious architectural masterpiece redesigned in as a grand entrance to the city. The Architect, Giuseppe Valadier had to work around monuments like the twin Churches as well as Santa Maria del Popolo and the great Egyptian Obelisk. On this tour we will visit the church which houses among other masterpieces that include names like Bernini, Raphael, Pinturicchio, Carracci two phenomenal Caravaggio Paintings. If this is all we see today, the paintings inside this church are an artist and art lover s feast. Every place one goes to in Rome is filled with layers of history, culture, art and architecture. One merely needs to uncover it all. This is what we do on our Rome Workshop. And, one can learn drawing and painting along the way! We will be taken up to the Pincio Gardens that offers a view looking down at the piazza and is a magical place to paint or draw. Our Open Air theme is: Relative Scale We will also schedule a visit to the Barbarini Museum which houses a wonderful painting collection including paintings by Fra Filippo Lippi, Raphael, Holbein, Caravaggio, Titian, Bronzino, del Sarto, Reni and others. The Salon ceiling was painted by Pietro da Cortona and is a masterpiece of Baroque fresco, Allegory of Divine Providence, It is about the title with allegorical and descriptive details which express the power of the Barberini. It became a model for other ceiling paintings that we have seen in Rome especially Pozzo s great masterpiece of perspective in Sant Ignazio. (Walk#1) We will enjoy another festive and tasty dinner at yet another wonderful place tonight. Caravaggio, The Crucifixion of Saint Peter JUNE 24, FRIDAY: THE PALAZZO DORIA PAMPHILJ GALLERY AND THE CAPITOLINE PICTURE GALLERY MORE PAINTING IN ROME On Rome Walk # 7 we take a short walk from our hotel to the Pamphillj Picture gallery where we Bill will talk about several of the masterpieces in this small museum. The landscapes are of particular interest. Next we make a short walk to Piazza de Campidoglio and the wonderful Picture Gallery of the Capitoline Museums. It is another small but wonderful collection. After a short lunch break we will go to another area of Rome to paint and or draw at a terrific location. Dinner tonight will be on our own Piazza del Campidoglio

5 JUNE 25, SATURDAY WE VISIT ANOTHER PAINING COLLECTION CAMPO DE FIORE, TRASTEVERE, GIANICOLO, GALA FINALE DINNER Campo de Fiore We leave later in the morning for a Rome Walk # 8 we walk through the Campo De Fiore, another of Rome s picturesque Piazzas with a fantastic market. We will visit the famous Borromini Corridor and stop by the Palazzo Spada and Palazzo Corsini both with galleries of paintings (You of course, with all of Bill Rome Walks always have an option to explore on your own and meet up later if you wish). On Rome Walk # 8, we head across the Tiber River into to the Palazzo Farnesina. The Palazzo is decorated with frescoes by Raphael. Next we visit Santa Maria and Santa Cecilia both in Trastevere where we can discuss some of the earliest narrative works in both Fresco and Mosaic by Pieto Cavallini. Then on to the Gianicolo Hill to the wonderful Fountain called the Acqua Paulo and to one of the smallest churches in Rome. We will walk to a place where we can draw or paint in front of one of the greatest panoramas of Rome. Bill will reintroduce the themes of Aerial Perspective, Value and Color in the Landscape Later we walk by the American Academy to a favorite restaurant in Rome for our festive finale dinner, which will include, a wonderful Antipasto buffet, great pastas and a wonderful meat or fish course. We will toast you all for joining us on the 2016 Painting Workshop with bottles of the best wine Italy makes. Ask your last minute questions about Open Air Landscape, the Painted Sketch in Oil and Watercolor, the Pencil Painting, Silverpoint and Composition, Under Painting and Glazing with Oil, Alla Prima Painting in Oil etc. We enjoy our final evening by the fountain in the Piazza Pantheon and/or with a beverage at the hotel s roof top terrace. JUNE 26, SUNDAY BILL S DRAWING PAINTING HANDBOOK We will provide you with Bill s Drawing- Painting Handbook (on a disc) which has over 80 pages of detailed written material, which you can use later when you reference lectures, demonstrations and personal instruction from the 2016 workshop. Antipasto Buffet at Our Finale Dinner ( just the first course! )