6ART SPIRIT Newsletter
February 6th, 2022
Angelique Camden 2013
"The Angelique, Camden Harbor" an oil 18 x 24 inches by Michael E.
Vermette, Painted for the Camden Plein Air auction of 2013.
Camden on Canvas
Recently I have been juried in as one of the artists who will
participate in the Camden On Canvas Plain-air Weekend this summer. It
is set to return on the weekend of July 29th t0 July 31st, 2022,
culminating in an auction of one painting from each of the 20 artists
chosen on the evening of Sunday, July 31st. Each of us artists will
receive 50% of the sale price and 50% will go to the Camden Public
Library for operating expenses. The judges were: Kirsten Surbey,
Gallery manager at the Page Gallery; Ken Dewaard nationally known
landscape painter; and Nikki Maounis, exectutive director of the Camden
Public Library. For more information, Click or go to librarycamden.org.
More information will be available
later on, as the event draws near. Looking forward to painting another
large impasto plein air painting of Camben Harbor on Canvas!
It's not to late to sign up for my Painting Classes
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"Black Head, Monhegan Island" an oil 11 x 14 inches on wood panel by
Michael E. Vermette.
Impasto Oil Landscape
with Michael Vermette
February 3rd to April 14th, 2022
$89 More Info& Suggested Supply List
United Technologies Center
200 Hogan Road
BANGOR, ME 04401 Get directions
Due to the cancellation of last weeks classes due to the impending snow
storm the Impasto Oil Painting class will begin this week, February
10th.
If you ever wanted to paint a thick oil painting that reveals textural
expressive strokes that laid down like frosting on a cake? This is your
opportunity! This fun-filled oil painting class takes you beyond the
guilty pleasure of painting thick to a place where you will get quality
results technically and compositionally. Using the oil painting methods
of the Venetian and Italian master painters, Michael will show you
various ways to make the paint thick and how to also use these mediums
to make the paint brighter, adding a luster in appearance; and improve
the viscosity of the paint, that spreads on the substrate like peanut
butter.
For the beginner or experienced artist, alike, participants will learn
how to use different size and types of palette knives and brushes and
how to load them with paint for application on the painting surface.
Michael will demonstrate and put you at ease with his approachable
teaching style as he reveals the painters in history who painted using
the impasto oil painting method.
This course inspires students to participate through in-class painting
assignments that are meant to innovate, demystify and clarify the
impasto oil processes. Artists will also be encouraged to participate
in out-of-class assignments that give opportunities to reinterpret what
was learned in class and apply those skills to personal painting ideas
at home. Supportive group critiques will be featured each week to offer
constructive suggestions and provide the artist with an opportunity to
develop the powers to represent your work verbally. Participants may
choose instructor resources or their own subjects from drawings,
experiences from memory, photographs or from direct observation to
develop their own painting themes.
The course gives technical insight through visual aid presentations of
oil painting movements and artist trends that define modern impasto oil
painting today. This course will give the artist a solid base from
which to build oil painting experiences upon and will include at least
one plein air (paint-out) field trip near the end of the course. Come
and experience a new course that develops in you the confidence to
paint in this exciting and versatile medium.
Young Fisherman Salting Fish (1)
"Young Fisherman Salting Fish, Harpswell, Maine" a watercolor 19 x 25
inches on handmade Twinrocker watercolor paper by Michael E. Vermette.
Watercolor Figures
with Michael Vermette
FEB 2nd
February 2nd to April 13th, 2022
$89 More Info & Suggested Supply List
United Technologies Center
200 Hogan Road
BANGOR, ME 04401 Get directions
Join Michael E. Vermette for a painting journey that explores the human
figure using new skills and techniques in watercolor that depict boldly
the figure in the landscape. Michael will demonstrate his method of
painting in sheer enjoyment, the figure in the landscape and through
portraiture; a place, he describes, where you can let yourself go, have
fun, yet still be in control of the medium. From painting lost and
found edges, to floating washes wildly to create interesting treatment,
watercolor is perfectly approachable especially for the beginner. No
previous experience is needed for this class and experienced artists
will benefit as well with Michael's friendly and open style of
teaching. You will love how much this inspiring course will teach you
about painting the active figure in watercolor.
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"WINTER HAULING, Monhegan Island" a watercolor 18 x 24 inches on
Recently at the New England Watercolor Society, my new watercolor,
"Winter Hauling, Monhegan Island" has won the Joseph Santoro Memorial
Award. The Signature Members Exhibition Reception/Awards Ceremony
on Feb. 5th has been canceled due to Covid. A virtual reception will be
available via the NEWS Youtube channel when available. For more
information that will follow click on or go to:
https://newenglandwatercolorsociety.org
Have a great week everyone, Hope to see those who can in class. And be
positive but test negative!
Michael E. Vermette
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