| The next seminars for small groups are planned in the artist’s studio in the D.U.M.B.O area of Brooklyn, (Saturdays - Sundays, 10.30 a.m.– 6pm.): Next course: This may take place May 28th-29th The fee per participant is $ 450.- Those of you familiar with the catalogue of Kremer Pigments will know the range of mineral pigments includes Azurite “Michael Price”. The New York based British artist will make his vast knowledge and results of his on-going pigment and binding medium research available to Kremer's customers. Besides learning how to employ many of the Kremer products, the main topics on Renaissance painting techniques include: 1. Turning crystals and rocks into pigment. 2. Purifying pigments by perfecting levigation techniques of the mineral pigments offered by Kremer Pigments. 3. The painting support and ground, both traditional and modern. 4. Binding mediums: distemper, egg tempera, casein, the correct use of resins such as Venetian and Strasbourg turpentine, Canada Balsam, oils including raw, sun-thickened, stand oil and co-polymerised walnut and linseed oils. 5. Making oil paint and how to make modern synthetic pigments luminous, including earth pigments. 6. The question of varnish: traditional oil-resin varnishes versus resin-solvent and modern synthetic varnishes. All participants are encouraged to bring along examples of their work in order to discuss any questions about their techniques or technical issues. For many participants, this workshop is their first experience with mineral pigments, so do not feel intimidated by the gravity of history!!!! For further details contact Michael Price directly at: artmprice@gmail.com or 1-212-694-8884. (Note on payment: when two or three participants have committed themselves to a workshop, they will be asked to send a check of a $150 deposit. Sometimes participants travel from abroad or within the US and it is not possible for me to cancel a workshop, when one or two participants cancel with a few day's notice. These are exclusive and unique workshops with two to five participants). |
| Updates to workshops can be viewed at: http://pigmentworkshops.blogspot.com For more information about "The Contemporary Relevance of the Renaissance Palette" chaired by Michael Price at the 2007 College Art Association Conference held in New York go to: CAA_Conference.html |
| Equipment including pestels and mortars as well as a selection of rocks and crystals |
| Rocks and crystals including: azurite, malachite, lapis lazuli, cinnabar, orpiment, realgar, vivianite, pyrolusite |
| Lapis lazuli crystals from Afghanistan |
Azurite pigment particles under the microscope
| The preparation of cinnabar |
| A group of participants at a weekend workshop |
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