Mattelson workshop

[Janel Maples]

Ha! Julie, you brought back a memory from my 2005 Las Vegas two week workshop with Marvin. At the end of the day, we were sitting around the studio talking and I was
looking at the photos I took during the day. Like this photo, you saw the model and the painting of the model. Like this photo, when photographed, it is my opinion that the painting looks more like real skin than the model does.

Great job on Patty by the way.

[Patricia Joyce]

Julie's painting is awesome, this photo does not do it justice because it does not show how accomplished her colors were . But, that is my mug for sure!!

Although it was quite frustrating to be a model rather than to paint I gained so much from another two weeks with Marvin. I have now attended three workshops and each time I have gained invaluable information/insight, heard and saw that which did not sink in previously. And as Janel and Enzie can attest to, we had loads of fun.
Wish the two of you were there!! I thought of my friends from the Vegas workshop often and told some of our own funny Marvin stories!!

John, it was nice meeting you as well and hope you can attend his workshop in January (the first week). I will be organizing the it as I have been hired as the Director of Binder's Learning Center!! So, anyone interested in taking one of Marvin's workshops in the future (8 days beginning of January 2007 and two weeks next summer) email me privately and I will get you on the waiting list right away. The January workshop is already filling up.

[Enzie Shahmiri]

Julie, the painting has nice solidity and I can relate to how things fall into place by Marvin merely walking by and forcing you to recall something he had said earlier. That's another thing I loved about his workshop. I can't stand it when instructors take your brush and start
working away at your painting, as if that's going to teach you what you need to see for yourself. Marvin makes you look and discover the errors on your own, then he prompts you to recall what solution befits what problem. I learned volumes this way, as I am sure you did as well.

Pat, congratulations to the new job offer! Pretty cool.... Definitely keep me posted on his upcoming workshops.

[Julie Deane]

Thanks, Pat. You were awesome to paint - that red hair is gorgeous. And you held still so well.

Thanks, Enzie. There are so many things I would have continued to work on had it not been a painting from life. And I still haven't figured out how to successfully photograph and post photos that reflect the art's colors well, so the truth is somewhere in the midst of all those variations.

Seeing what a photo did to Patty's beautiful hair color was an education (it really dulled it down)- it is necessary to do a color study for commissions, not just rely on a photo.

Marvin is also holding workshops in New York City in July/August. Here's the link: http://www.fineartportrait.com/teaching.html.

And, yes, I'm shamelessly promoting his workshop. It's well worth the price.