Albert Handell lives and paints in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and teaches nationally and internationally.
Since 1961, he has had over thirty one-man shows and has received over seventy prizes and awards.
In 1987, The Pastel Society of America elected him into the Pastel Hall of Fame, making him one of three living artists so honored.
In 2000, the Pastel Society of the West Coast honored him by electing to give him their first, ever, Life Time Achievement Award for Pastel.
He is well known for his Painting Workshops, which he conducts nationwide and abroad. He is now represented by the Ventana Fine Art Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Howard Portnoy Gallery in Carmel, California and the Third Canyon Gallery in Denver.
Three Day, Four day, Five Day Teaching Programs
There are three different course types for Albert Handell’s painting workshops: three day, four day and a five day depending on location and available dates.
All workshops will be an intensively rewarding and meaningful experience of study and painting with Master Artist Albert Handell. These workshops are geared toward all levels of student/artist of the landscape, who work in pastels, oils, or water media. In the mornings, for your convenience, the studio will open at 9:00 AM. You are urged to come early. The morning demonstrations by Albert will begin promptly at 9:30 AM.
In every workshop, Mr. Handell will demonstrate three of his favorite and well known painting techniques:
PURE PASTEL – From beginning to finish
MIXED MEDIA PASTEL- starting with watercolor for his under-painting and finishing with pastel
OIL PAINTING – Albert starts by establishing transparent oil color washes, through-out the entire canvas. He then selects and paints a specific area in detail, followed by working from this center of interest out… finishing his painting with vibrant palette knife and brush work. TRULY AN EYE-OPENING DEMONSTRATION-!!
In the afternoons, Albert will give individual, in depth help to each artist at their easel. Each workshop will end with an extensive critique of the student/artist work, including paintings created during the workshop, and if possible, examples of previous work painted before the workshop (bring 6 or 8 photos, slides, digitals, or originals). You will receive specific recommendations based on that overview, so that you can continue sensibly on your own after the workshop.
Subjects demonstrated in each workshop:
THE PAINTING OF TREES and their rhythmical inner workings
THE PAINTING OF A MOUNTAIN STREAM, WATER FALLS AND MOVING WATER etc.
THE SUBJECT FOR THE THIRD DEMONSTRATIONS is open and varies from workshop to workshop
You can view Albert's almost two-hour instructional video right here!
