South Wellfleet Project Space

Students in basic drawing exercise at Cape Cod Community College. A small portfolio of student work from 4c's is here . This accredited course will be offered in the summer of 2011. To register, please visit the college website.

Welcome to the South Wellfleet Project Space- offering instruction in painting and drawing through a year-round series of workshops designed to accommodate learning at all levels. We welcome participants to experience the traditions of Cape Cod's cultural and artistic heritage in a remarkable and accommodating studio environment, and offer considerate and effective teaching processes that facilitate learning, growth, and enjoyment.

There is an emphasis on process and form comprehension that facilitates a communication of seeing. By acquiring an understanding of the visual field and its expression within a 2-dimensional surface, participants will be enriched with abilities that will inform them well beyond the workshops. Perhaps what distinguishes this instruction is the lack of schematic or crafty approaches to painting and drawing that concern "picture making". Instead, the emphasis is on the fact that within our perceptive capacities as well as within the tools and processes of traditional media, a certain logic and quality is inherent and generally accessible. The workshops are open to various drawing and painting media, and deliver a process-based and friendly instruction that allows the participant a pathway to accomplishment.

The workshops are offered on a year-round basis, meeting in the South Wellfleet studio during inclimate weather. Throughout the warmer months, weekend and midweek instruction will be offered en plenair- taking advantage of the numerous sites and spaces that are offered in the local environment. Beginning to advanced students of all ages are welcome.

visit the workshop page here


		artmatenwa.org is the website for an established cultural parrnership between two small communities - Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and Matènwa, Haiti. Visit this site to learn about this remarkable effort that is centered on the arts and economic development within a remote and impoverished Haitian Community. This excellent program is committed offering relief to the Matènwa community- to keeping their community intact so that people can continue their education and to make a modest living. By donating through their site, you can be sure that the money will be going to where it is most needed. While the focus is on Matènwa, a portion of all donations specifically to earthquake relief and rehabilitation. Help us to rebuild the lives of our friends on Lagonav and ensure Matènwa's future survival. For updated information straight from Matènwa visit the blog of the Matenwa Community Learning Center.

Join Us in Wellfleet for a Special Opportunity in Arts Instruction in July 4-8, 2011

The NY Times best selling book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" - by Betty Edwards was first published in 1979, with more than 2.5 million copies sold. Brian Bomeisler, Betty's son, has been teaching workshops for 20 years and has successfully taught thousands to master the art of drawing using Betty's approach.

While the focus of the workshops is on drawing, absolutely no previous art training or special talent for drawing is necessary.

Learning to draw means learning to see things differently - to see in ways not frequently used in ordinary life. Once learned, drawing can be used to record what you see either in reality or in your mind's eye, in a manner not totally unlike the way we can record our thoughts and ideas in words. Many 20th century abstract painters who appear to draw and paint in a completely random fashion, had to learn to draw realistically before they were able to make the shift into abstract painting. Picasso, Willem de Kooning, Matisse, Mondrian and Jackson Pollock are a few examples of great abstract painters who first learnt to draw realistically.

Whether you feel you have little talent and doubt you could ever learn; or you enjoy drawing but have not been able to progress beyond a child-like level, these workshops will show you how to gain and master drawing skills. If you are already drawing as a professional artist they give you greater confidence in your ability and deepen your artistic perception. Instruction is specific in teaching the 5 skills needed to draw any perceived object, place or person.

Register at www.drawright.com

July4-8, 2011
Pond Hill School,
Wellfleet, Massachusetts

drawing portfolio

Pat de Groot Drawings

Pat de Groot creates observational drawings and paintings made from the artists studio on Provincetown Harbor. These remarkable works transcend recorded observation- the subject becomes the animation of nature through a faithfullness to subject that renders the artist transparent- A conduction of life force that records more than physical facts- The subject of these drawings becomes as much the behavior of these animals as their appearance. The drawings of cormorants pictured above is part of a larger installation- drawn with sharpie markers from a sea kayak!


coming soon: painting scrap- bin -paintings and various studio works by Doug Ritter. Continuous construction.