GUEST INSTRUCTOR WORKSHOP SERIES @ MCCAMPBELL ART STUDIOS

 

I'm so excited to announce that Yelena is returning to Centerville, TN to teach another 3-Day workshop on Floral Painting!

March 7-9, 2025

Yelena is not only a master painter, she's a great teacher. She breaks down how to paint beautiful florals in to simple, easy to follow terms. She will demonstrate how to begin a painting, work out the composition, how to prep the panel, mix the colors and how she expertly applies the paint to create luminous floral paintings that literally glow and jump off the canvas. She works in a quick, alla prima fashion for immediate results. You will learn so much! (Please scroll down to the read about her last workshop to get even more information)

As a long time artist myself, I learned a great deal from Yelena. She taught me ways to keep my work clean and not muddy things up. I realized I had developed some bad painting habits. Her approach to painting has changed the way I work and how I evaluate what I'm about to paint.

Yelena is from Pittsburgh, PA via Russia where she studied classical painting and restoration. She's been an accomplished illustrator and designer too. Her wealth of information on all things art is fabulous!  She can confidently answer all of your questions and give you great critiques and feedback all in a supportive manner. Yelena is fun, generous and there to help you grow your art skills and move to the next level.

We will meet every day from 9-4 pm at McCampbell Art Studio and Workshop Center in Centerville, TN on the town square. Artists can either bring their own lunch or purchase lunch nearby. There are many eateries and choices for delicious food. There will be snacks, coffee and tea provided. Every artist will have their own table, chair and easel (either floor standing or table easel--your choice). Yelena will do one or more demonstrations each day. We will paint from live flowers that will be shared with everyone to create your own arrangement on the table. If you have any questions, please contact Rachael McCampbell: Email: [email protected]

COST: $495 -- Payment info below. (You must bring your own art supplies and lunch)

ART SUPPLY LIST AND YELENA'S BIO:   Yelena Lamm Workshop Supply List and BIO

 

PAYMENT:

You will pay me for Yelena's class.

You can send $100 non-refundable amount to hold your spot and full payment is due by Feb. 5th

Or, you can pay with Venmo, Check or Credit Card (note: there is a 3% fee added to credit card sales)

CREDIT CARD DEPOSIT: $103 https://2ed295d5-4d7c-4cd2-ab36-b09c33b138e2.paylinks.godaddy.com/e4e43fd5-f9f0-468b-af1f-2f6

CREDIT CARD REMAINDER DUE AFTER YOU'VE PAID THE DEPOSIT--(PLEASE PAY BY FEB. 5, 2025): $406.85     https://2ed295d5-4d7c-4cd2-ab36-b09c33b138e2.paylinks.godaddy.com/0e5bcef7-ae3a-4877-9fdc-4d7

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TO PAY VENMO, PLEASE SCAN THIS CODE OR SEARCH FOR @Rachael-McCampbell  on the app.

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"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."     ~ Claude Monet

I'm excited to have award-winning artist Yelena Lamm as a guest instructor at my new studio space for a 3-Day Workshop, October 18-20, 2024. She is going to demonstrate and teach how to master Floral Painting. This is a rare opportunity that you won't want to miss! Class size is limited, so contact as soon as you can to get on the list and pay your deposit to hold your spot. (See flyer)

Yelena is an amazingly accomplished artist. She has gained a tremendous following and has been included in many important exhibits over the year and won awards. Her loose, brilliant approach to painting, gives movement and life to whatever her subject may be--from florals to animals to figures. She will be painting from a flower still life - teaching composition, design, color mixing and other painting techniques.

Yelena's Full Bio and CV:  YL_bio-CV_2024

 

Artist Bio:

Yelena Lamm was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and received formal art training from the N. K. Roerich Fine Arts School. Since 1995, she has lived in Pittsburgh, PA.

Yelena paints primarily in oil. She loves to reflect on her subjects’ characters and personalities in her lively and colorful portraits of pets and animals. Yelena recently joined the Society of Animal Artists and was immediately accepted as a signature member.

Yelena’s works were selected for and won awards in juried group exhibitions, including Oil Painters of America (OPA), Society of Animal Artists (SAA), and National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) national shows. She was a finalist in the 15th ARC Salon and a semi-finalist in the 16th ARC Salon. Her list of awards includes the recent Most Original Award of Excellence in OPA 2023 Eastern Regional Exhibition and Outstanding Achievement Animals in AWA 2023 Annual Online Juried Show.

Britain’s most popular magazine for practicing artists, Artists and Illustrators, featured Yelena’s animal portraits in a 6-page article and on the cover of their June 2023 issue. Yelena’s works are represented by galleries and acquired by collectors in the U.S. and abroad.

This Workshop at McCampbell Art Studios, in Centerville TN: 

Flowers, as artistic subjects, offer an infinite variety in form and color, carrying deep symbolic meanings, evoking a wide range of emotions, fostering a connection to nature, and allowing for artistic freedom in terms of interpretation and style.  

Join Yelena for an immersive and vibrant 3-day workshop focused on painting flowers from life. This dynamic course will guide you through the essential techniques of alla-prima oil painting, helping you to master your approach to composition, color harmonies and values. You will work with a limited primary palette and have an option of expanding this palette to boost your skills creating rich, cohesive artworks.  Explore your creativity and enhance your artistic abilities in this 3-day intensive.

Some experience is recommended, but beginners and first-time oil painters are welcome and encouraged to join.

Materials:

•Surfaces:

Minimum 3 stretched canvases, canvas boards or panels, recommended size between 8˝x10˝ and 12˝x16˝. I use Centurion Deluxe Professional Oil Primed Linen Canvas Panels. Small (5”x7” or so) surfaces for color thumbnails; can be scrap canvas pieces, oil paper, primed watercolor paper or board.

•Brushes:

I use Rosemary and Co. brushes. My favorite are Evergreen Short Flat sizes 4-10; Eclipse Fan (1.5-2”, optional).

•Palette

•Medium: linseed oil and container for oil

•Small sketch book, graphite or charcoal pencil

•Oil paints:

Flowers are colorful subjects indeed. I realized that if I start naming all the pigments that could be used for the workshop, the list would go on and on. I came up with a limited palette which is fun to work with and allows for a full range of bright chromatic colors. It includes:

•Quinacridone Rose

•Phthalo Turquoise

•Cadmium Yellow Lemon

•Transparent Oxide Red

•Cobalt Blue

•Titanium White

Additional colors I like, all of these are optional:

 

•Cadmium red light

•Chinese Orange (Sennelier)

•Viridian

•Sap Green

•Green Gold (MH)

•Radiant Turquoise (Gamblin)

•Radiant Green (Gamblin)

•Amethyst (MH) – or any nice purple or violet

 Bring your favorite bright pinks, oranges, yellows, purples — or stay within a limited palette.

PAYMENT:

You can make the full payment of $490 or pay a $100 deposit to Rachael McCampbell and her Art Studio through Venmo. The remaining $390 is due by September 20, 2024. Here's the QR code: