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Young artists go to camp in Ridgewood
AUGUST 29, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY EILEEN LA FORGIA
STAFF WRITER
“It is exciting to see the progress the young students make within one week at art camp,” said instructor Laura Paray.
The oil painting summer session was held at the Ridgewood Art Institute’s East Studio the week of Aug. 18 to 22. This is the third summer that Paray has taught an oil painting summer session at Ridgewood Art Institute. The students paint from still life and from landscapes previously created en plein air.
“There is no better way to learn than from real life set ups, the three dimensional objects are there and the goal is to convey that on a two dimensional surface,” said Paray.
“The landscape sketches help them to see the colors used to create atmosphere in an outdoor scene, and eventually they can attempt to paint outdoors themselves using the information that is given – helping them to translate the complicated outdoors into an understanding of color and value and the reasoning behind the prismatic palette of the Ridgewood Art Institute.”
Paray teaches oil painting for young people on Sundays 12 to 2 p.m. during the year.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/art/young-artists-explore-different-mediums-at-camp-1.1077871#sthash.Kk6kJLH4.dpuf