Visions in the Mischtechnik Seminar 2008

2011 VISIONS IN THE MISCHTECHNIK
SUMMER PAINTING SEMINAR

PHOTO ALBUM
Courtesy of Kathi Stutler Schmieder, Daniel Mirante & Emma Watkinson
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THE 2011 SEMINAR GROUP

2011 was the Year of the Goddesses...
From the twenty students and four teachers
we had twenty women and four men..!

MAKING THE MEDIUM

Melissa Shemanna & Allison Baumsteiger
weighing up the ingredients for L. Caruana's
Quint-Essential Medium


PRE-RAPHAELITE POISE Thanks to her experience in restoration Timea Tallian became our resident expert on artist's materials	EGG TEMPERA Grinding Titanium White pigment into the egg tempera emulsion	WHO NEEDS AN EASEL? Michelle Boshart applying the white egg tempera over a red imprimatura


OUR ALTAR The heart-stone at the bottom was carried back from the swimming grotto and miraculously cracked open on the day of our Water Ritual	SECOND GLAZE Re-applying egg tempera whites over a magenta glaze	ADDING COLOUR Jon Dooey amazed us all with his ~ first-ever ~ painting


LAURENCE CARUANA Overseeing the 4th Seminar held at Torri Superiore	AMANDA SAGE (standing) Returning artist Emma Watkinson (between Maura Holden & Amanda Sage) brought along her amazing work-in-progress	GODDESS GLANCE Painter, performer, model & muse... Shakti kept us all amazed & amused

MEAL TIME - yum!

One of the great delights at Torri Superiore
(aside from the tasty, organic locally-grown foods...)
is the endless conversation at meal time

AFTER 900 YEARS, ENGLAND & FRANCE FINALLY MAKE PEACE

A spontaneous evening of music
complements of English artist Emma on the flute
and French musician Cedric on guitar.


SHAHRYAR & SCHEHERAZADE ~ Daniel Mirante & Maura Holden ~ Maura is wearing a t-shirt which she airbrushed after a quick lesson from Andrew Gonzalez	MAURA HOLDEN DRAWING INTENSIVE A fascinating presentation on multiple curved perspectives and creating compositions through Sacred Geometry	EMMA WATKINSON & MAURA HOLDEN Maura Drawing - intensively!

ANDREW GONZALEZ AIRBRUSH INTENSIVE

Andrew is teaching the mother & daughter pair
of Lorinda & Shakti

ANDREW GONZALEZ AIRBRUSH INTENSIVE

Works in progress by
Daniel Mirante ~ Basia Wiazek ~ Andrew Gonzalez

A VISIT FROM PROFESSOR ERNST FUCHS

The re-discoverer of the MischTechnik (right)
visited us a total of 3 times,
getting deeper into the spirit of things with each visit

ERNST FUCHS IN THE STUDIO

Laurence Caruana presenting a painting
by Daniel Mirante to Ernst Fuchs

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