Fine Art Portraiture Workshop and Retreat

Fine Art Portraiture Workshop and Retreat
October 10-12, 2010

The Historic Union Hotel, Benicia, CA

Hudson ImagesJoin Jenn Hudson for an intimate, engaging, intense artistic journey in beautiful Benicia California for a workshop that is hand crafted to challenge your mindset, enhance your craftsmanship and skill level, and to motivate, inspire, and refresh your creative spirit. Enjoy elaborately themed photographic sessions with beautifully costumed models and exquisite locations, hands on photography and demonstrations of avant garde lighting, posing, and costuming techniques, as well as discussions of thought process and exciting methods of arriving at interesting expressions, body language, posing, illustrations, and compositions.

Sunday begins with a discussion of muses and inspirations, followed by an exquisite session of a model in a shallow water tank, dressed in sheer antique gowns and adorned in tree limbs, flowers, and feathers. The afternoon brings the Marie Antoinette inspired Couture Session, where two models will be adorned in modern gothic French fashion and draped in fabric, photographed on location using exciting, unusual posing methods to create a high fashion, circus-couture look.

Evenings are a treat, as we all gather at a local restaurant for a family style dinner and round table discussion, and later in the hospitality room for beverages, art films and portfolio review.
Monday morning is art class for everyone, and always a favorite part of the week. Each student makes their own photographic mixed media collage using paints, glues, wire, found objects, printed photographs, clippings, the desires of the heart. Then, enjoy a one of a kind experience making hand printed Van Dyke sepia prints via a gorgeous Victorian process using silver coating, handmade paper, UV light, and water. Achieve the original vintage process look, no photoshop required.

Late Monday morning is a breathy, ethereal studio session where students make their own lens filters and photograph through many interesting foregrounds to create beguiling, romantic images. Monday Evening we will photograph the three sirens; three beautiful women draped in white gauzy gowns in gorgeous natural landscape.
Tuesday morning, Jenn will share her Photoshop tips to digital antique process and digital collage, and many other tips and tricks she has learned and loves to share. The workshop will end with new thoughts and inspirations to send everyone on a new path of discovery and invention. Come relax with us in this magical little town, make new friends, new discoveries, and find new heartlights.
Cost is $925 per student and includes boxed lunch and dinner. Please email or call the studio for information on holding your reservation in the workshop. Space is limited to 12 students.
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