The Idealized Portrait: A Sacred Art Workshop
May 4, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - May 9, 2025 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Students will learn how to draw idealized portraits by combining elements observed from live models with their imaginations This type of portrait is well suited to sacred and mythological subjects Beginners will use graphite while more experienced students have the option to work in oil.
This week-long workshop begins with check-in at 4:30 PM on Sunday night. Dinner is served at 5:30 PM for students and instructors. Dinner is followed by a workshop introduction and conference which ends at 9:00 PM.聽Students are welcome to attend daily Mass at 9 AM.聽Hands-on instruction begins Monday morning after Mass.聽 The entire workshop ends Friday at 1 PM.
About the instructor:
Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs is a contemporary sacred artist in the perennial Western tradition. She is dedicated in particular to reviving techniques from the Renaissance and Baroque eras to reveal the glory of God in the midst of today鈥檚 crises. Her art decorates churches, schools, and private homes throughout the Americas and Europe.
During high school, Gwyneth studied under Tony Ortega at the Art Students League of Denver. She went on to earn a BFA at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Gwyneth also holds advanced degrees in Physics and Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. She taught college-level math for eight years, including two at the Colorado School of Mines, while continuing to study drawing and painting independently.
In 2014 Gwyneth moved to New England to study the Boston School technique under Paul Ingbretson, and began to dedicate herself full-time to art and design. She was Visiting Fellow and Artist-in-Residence at The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, NH, where she and her husband developed a year-long core course in the perception, practice, and theory of sacred art. In 2017 she was asked to create a painting for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Gwyneth and her husband, Andrew, launched Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs Sacred Art as their full-time family business in 2019. They live in St. Louis with their four children.
For more information about the sacred art workshop:
Website to the institute: https://endersisland.org/sacred-art
Email: info@endersisland.org
Phone: 860-536-0565
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