We have just added another workshop to the 2023 schedule.  Leonid Gervits will be teaching Painting Flowers in the Still Life May 13 – 15 and for those of you not familiar with this great artist here is some information about him:

Leonid Gervits graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts, Repin Institute, in St. Petersburg, Russia, where his mastery of art was honed by deep-rooted European traditions of figurative art. After postgraduate studies, he became a professor at the Repin Institute of the National Academy of Fine Arts. In 1991, Mr. Gervits moved to the United States.

He has exhibited widely around the world, from Japan to Spain, and has had one-man exhibitions at Princeton University; the Dow Jones Gallery; Medici House Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland; 1100 Madison Gallery, New York City; the Pushkin Museum, Odessa, Ukraine; the Pushkin Preserve–Museum in Pskov region, Russia; the Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; and the Tiroche Auction House, Herzliya, Israel.

Mr. Gervits’s work is in numerous private and international collections in France, Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Japan, and the United States. His work is also in many public collections, including the National Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg; the State Art Museum and the Pushkin Museum, both in Odessa, Ukraine; the Pushkin Preserve–Museum in Pskov region, Russia; the Yevgenii Yevtushenko Art Museum in Moscow, Russia; and other museums (total of twelve) in Russia and Ukraine.

Mr. Gervits also holds the rank of Honorable Academic from the Russian Academy of Arts. He is represented by Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, Chelsea, New York.

To view his workshop please follow this link: www.whidbeyislandfas.com/leonid-gervits.

Our upcoming workshops are Sarah Sedwick in April followed by Aleah Chapin in early May; in June we have Henry Yan and Teresa Oaxaca. The Jennifer Gennari workshop in April is full and has a long waitlist.

Due to popular demand we have added several watercolor workshops to the schedule.  The first one is with Judi Betts, a much admired watercolor artist who does not need any introduction here and the second is Lori Hess, a local artist specializing in watercolor portraits.  Here are the links to these workshops and all their information: www.whidbeyislandfas.com/judi-betts and www.whidbeyislandfas.com/lori-hess

Henry Yan, Contemporary fine artist and art instructor, is an established contemporary  artist and was a  full-time art instructor at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He has been teaching drawing and oil painting for many, many  years and was  giving workshops in North America and Europe. Henry is also an author of the "Henry Yan's Figure Drawing – Techniques and Tips" book that was published in 2006. His artworks are sought after and collected around the world.

Come and join us to sharpen you drawing skills. Henry does not teach that much any more, so we are so lucky to have him!! http://www.henryyanart.com/portfolio.php

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR AMAZING AND TALENTED  INSTRUCTORS GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT www.whidbeyislandfas.com

We have a new volunteer for our Open Studio Model drawing on Saturday at the Fairgrounds. It will now be in the afternoon 2-4pm. Thank you Dave McKeague!!

Go to Meeup and join the Langley Figure Drawing Group. Answer the questions and we will approve you!!

Cary and Sibrand Jurriaans