South Wellfleet Project Space

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 these workshops 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 stress 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.

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Join Us in Wellfleet for a Special Opportunity in Arts Instruction in July of 2009!

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

Drawing on the Right Side
of the Brain

July 13- 17, 2009
Pond Hill School,
Wellfleet, Massachusetts

drawing portfolio

Must See! Pat de Groot Survey Exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum

Pat de Groot's exhibition is up @ PAAM through August 2, 2009. The exhibition consists of 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- Audubons birds seem like taxidermy in comparison. The drawings of cormorants pictured above is part of a larger installation- drawn with sharpie markers from a sea kayak!

hawthorne school

Save the Hawthorne School of Art

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and serving the development of 20th century modernism, this historic structure has been maintained in a remarkably undeveloped state. The hope for the School and the local arts community is that an existing 501c3 or educational institution will find that the heritage- both in the buildings and in the teaching of the Hawthorne School- to be of importance enough to bring the property under it's wing. Hawthorne's teaching continues to serve contemporary pluralism, and is basic to all formal instruction in painting. The roster of artists who have taught and studied in this school is beyond comparison. This is truly a national treasure.


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


Spring 2009 accredited courses			The Museum School at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum began a partnership with Cape Cod Community College, to provide off-season, accredited courses to college students, adults, and working professionals. The program offers a variety of courses, taught by a faculty of practicing artists from the Outer Cape. Courses concentrate on intensive, individual portfolio development, and the exploration of media and creative processes. Classes maintain the intimacy of workshops and offer valuable one-on-one contact with instructors. Accredited courses can be applied towards an Associates or Bachelor of Arts degree.