Light As Subject: Color and Material Reality in Painting - A 3-day Intensive Workshop with Emil Robinson March 7-9, 2025 (Friday- Sunday). Recognize ways that light changes the world around you and learn how to translate this experience into an abstract language for building powerful representational paintings. This 3-day oil painting workshop led by Cincinnati-based artist Emil Robinson is designed to help you gain a greater appreciation for the ways that light and color can transform your paintings. The workshop will include a combination of art historical precedent, non-objective color exercises, and observational painting. Participants will be introduced to a curated group of artists from throughout history who will guide our weekend. These artists will be studied in a number of ways through lecture and painting. Color will be analyzed on its own terms through small painted exercises. These discoveries will culminate in a series of observational paintings from the live model, allowing you to attempt to integrate the insights gained throughout the workshop. Whether you’re an experienced artist or just beginning your journey in observational painting, this workshop will introduce you to a new perspective on painting and how and why Emil has constructed this philosophy for his own work.
