TEENS ATELIER ART EXPERIENCE

4 day programme

Tuesday 8th - Friday 11th July 2025
10am - 3pm

€240

This workshop is taking place in tHE sCHOOLHOUSE for ART IN RUSSBOROUGH.

Tailored specifically for teens aged 13-18 who are serious about their artist development

This ATELIER EXPERIENCE is a very special opportunity for teens serious about progressing their art practise. This course will focus on drawing skills, working from life and an introduction to painting.

During this 4 day program students will experience cast drawing and painting the portrait from life.

This course is based on the 19th century French Ateliers methods that many of the great masters of the past 200 years were trained and where they gained their experience in the craft of drawing & painting.

Academy trained Painter and Artist WILL NATHANS will be guiding students through this Atelier Experience.

While this course will have a focus on skills and technique it will be done in an enjoyable and comprehensive way under the guidance of a spectacular tutor and artist.

COURSE STRUCTURE:

Tuesday - Thursday:

Students will focus on cast drawings which will teach the students to see ‘form’ in three dimensions and transfer it with meticulous detail in pencil/charcoal to a two dimensional surface - the drawing paper. This practise teaches the mastery of rendering which is “the artist's approach to depicting an item in conventional art forms. It comprises shading as well as the use of lighting effects to simulate shadow, reflection, and refraction.”

Friday:

Figure Painting - Working with a life model, give students an opportunity to work sight-size. This dedicated day will give students an understanding of the human portrait and the flesh palette in oils.

material list

• Vine Charcoal

• Sandpaper

• Putty Eraser

• Graphite Pencils (2B)

• Sharpener / Paring Blade

• A3 Sketch Pad

• Oil paints (Student grade necessary - eg. Brands Winton or Georgian Rowney)
  Titanium White
  Ivory Black
  Cadmium Red
  Yellow Ochre

• Set of bristle brushes

• Liquin (sans odor)

• Palette (paper or wooden)

• Canvas or Board (16 x 20” at least)

• Rags

• Packed refreshments; while there is a cafe in Russborough House you might prefer to pack your own lunch, snacks & drinks
  There will be 1 15 min break in the early morning and a 45 min break for lunch

Course director - will nathans

Will Nathans has established his artistic career through the genres of portraiture and landscape painting within the tradition of representational oil painting. His main aspiration is to produce beautiful works of art and to establish himself as a premier portrait painter. Will believes it is his lifelong goal and responsibility to pass on the knowledge that he has gained within this great tradition to other generations as well as instill a solid work ethic and true devotion to the craft of painting and drawing.

He was educated at the Academy of Realist Art, Toronto, Ontario, and then at the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY .

Will has been a guest art instructor at a number of Irish and US schools. His work comprises many private collections in the USA and Ireland. He has illustrated for 20th Century Fox, ABC Family and his Freelance Portrait and Landscape Portfolio is immense.

To find out more about Will please visit his website willnathanspaintings.com