Spotlight on Danny Grant

Artist: Danny Grant

City: Austin

Website:www.dannygrantfineart.com

Danny Grant (b. 1979) was born and raised in Garland, TX. He received his BFA in illustration from the Academy of Art University in 2003. At the Academy, he was most influenced by instructors Lee Ballard and Kazuhiko Sano for their superb draftsmanship and fine art approach to illustration. Upon graduating, he relentlessly sought to improve his skills in drawing and painting. In 2006, Danny moved to New York City to study with Jacob Collins at his Water Street Atelier. In 2008 his studies continued with Mr. Collins at the Grand Central Academy. There, he enjoyed a rigorous curriculum of cast drawing and painting, figure drawing and painting, and still life painting in the tradition of the European ateliers of the mid to late 19th century. Danny currently lives in Austin, TX where he paints and teaches drawing and painting. He is represented by Quent Cordair Fine Art in Napa, CA. 

Figure Drawing in the Renaissance Tradition

The Society of Figurative Arts Presents
Figure Drawing in the Renaissance Tradition
Instructed by Master Draughtsman Michael Mentler 

Live Models all equipment (including easels) and drawing materials provided.

Where: 3306 Wiley Post, Dallas, Texas
When: January, 8th-12th Mon.-Fri. 10am-4pm
There will now be 4 back to back workshops. Of course, we would love for everyone to take the full 5_days but for those who can't or are looking for more specific areas to focus on it breaks down like this.

Day 1 - L.I.F.E. - The Art of the Start (gesture and beyond)
Day 2 - P.L.A.N. - Proportion, Landmarks, Alignments, and Negative Spaces
Days 3 & 4 - G.R.A.V.I.T.Y. - Figure Drawing Procedure
Day 5- Faces and Features

All workshops must be taken in sequence because the information in each one is essential to understanding the next.

Faces & Features can be taken as a separate workshop. 

Tuition -
1 Day 200 - Mon. L.I.F.E.
2 Days 375 - Mon. Tues. L.I.F.E. & P.L.A.N
4 Days 600 L.I.F.E., P.L.A.N., & G.R.A.V.I.T.Y. - Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs.
5 Days 650 - All 5 Days 

Evening drawing and painting session on Thursday evening to review and practice what you have learned $60 plus $15 Dollar model fee.

Space is limited and those taking the full 5 days will be given priority.
Reserve your easel now at http://tsofa.com/index.php?page=inventory

For More Information Contact: Michael Mentler at mentler@mac.com

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John De Leon: CRITICAL MASS Opening Reception

John M. De Leon extends an invitation to the Opening Reception Thursday, November 30, 6pm-8pm.
Follow John on Instagram: johnd894 and Facebook: @RedLion Art Studio
RSVP http://millworks.gallery

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Don't miss this Unique PORTRAIT Workshop with Master Artist, Albert Handell!

Unique 5-Day Indoor Portrait Painting Workshop with Albert Handell (Pastels and Oils)

DATE: February 9 - 13,  2018

10am-5pm, All 5 days

COST: 

NBAL Members  $1035

Non-Members     $1065 

plus model fee

LOCATION: New Braunfels Art League

239 W San Antonio St., New Braunfels, Texas

Join Albert Handell in this unique exciting 5-day portrait painting workshop. 

In the morning demonstrations, which will include both pastels and oils, you 

will see and learn what to emphasize and what to play down and what is secondary 

to a dynamic portrait, in order to establish a strong portrait statement, and work 

sensibly towards finish. It will be an opportunity to see how a Master Artist 

works uniquely on the portrait.

 The PORTRAIT PAINTING  DEMONSTRATIONS from life  will clearly show 

ALBERT’s unique approach to portraiture with pastel and oils. In both mediums, 

correct measuring is needed for the lightness and correct values for light and shade, 

for form (will be clearly demonstrated and explained). 

There are daily morning PORTRAIT DEMONSTRATIONS, from 10 AM to 12:30 PM. 

From 1:30PM to 5 PM, artists will paint from the portrait model with help at the easel from Albert.

For further local information about Albert Handell’s workshop, please contact: 

Artist Gaye Sekula at sekulastudio@gmail.com or call 210-259-3233

Make checks payable to NBAL. (Albert's Workshop will be listed soon!)

Be sure to indicate on your check, the workshop you will be taking along with a phone number 

and email address.

Mail checks to:

Sandy Oberg

1400 Greystone Drive

New Braunfels, Tx 78132

210-861-0751       

PLEASE NOTE:

Balance of workshop is due 30 days prior to your workshop date. Refund will be issued if you cancel prior to 30 days of the workshop

date.  No refund if you cancel after 30 days prior to workshop date.

Fredericksburg Face-Off

Thank you to the 

RS Hanna Gallery 

for hosting the 

Texas Chapter of the Portrait Society of America's final Face-Off for 2017! 

Thank you, Travis, for being a wonderful model and hanging in there for SIX hours! 

And thank you to all of our participating artists!

It couldn't have happened without YOU!

(l-r) Gaye Sekula, Kim Roberti, Nora Demsey, Laura Allee, Teri McReynolds

(l-r) Partha Chinnasamy, Kim Roberti, Nora Dempsey

(l-r) Gaye Sekula, John De Leon, Nora Dempsey, Kim Roberti , Partha Chinnasamy

 RS Hanna Gallery
Fredericksburg, Texas

The Final Face-Off of 2017!

Come and enjoy Fredericksburg's Food and Wine Fest
 the
RS Hanna Gallery
and the
TX Chapter of the Portrait Society of America's
Final Face-Off for 2017!

Women Painting Women

Wed, Oct 18th -12-3pm: Painting Demo, Wright Gallery with Jennifer Balkan, Karen Woolley Offutt, Rachel Constantine and Alexandra Tyng
Thurs, Oct 19th - 10-11am: Panel discussion, Wright Gallery, with curator Alia El-Bermani and artists Nancy Hollinghurst, Jennifer Balkan, Haley Hasler, Alexandra Tyng and Rachel Constantine. 
Thurs, Oct 19th - 5:30- 7:30: Opening Reception, Stark Gallery, Texas A&M University. Eight participating artists in attendance.

Face-Off in Carollton, October 21

Announcing THREE Texas Open Figure painting/Drawing Sessions

OPEN FIGURE PAINTING/DRAWING SESSIONS

WHERE: The Society of Figurative Arts

3306 Wiley Post

(close to Addison Airport)

Dallas, Texas

WHEN: Thursdays 10:00 am to 1:30 pm with 30 minute break for lunch
COST: $20 per session

Easels, drawing horses, and drawing boards will be furnished by The Society of Figurative Arts

For more information, please contact Michael Mentler at mjmentler@gmail.com

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OPEN PORTRAIT PAINTING/DRAWING SESSIONS

WHERE: The Coppini Academy of Fine Arts

115 Melrose Pl

San Antonio TX

WHEN: Tuesdays 9:30-12:30

COST: $5 for Coppini members, $10 for nonmembers per session

Easels, and drawing horses are provided by the Coppini. 

Get there early for a good spot. 

For more information contact Teri Jo McReynolds at terijomcreynolds@gmail.com

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MODEL STUDIO FIGURE PAINTING/DRAWING SESSIONS WITH LIVE ART MODELS 

WHERE: Hull Art Academy
1404 West Hebron Parkway 
Carrollton, Texas
WHEN: Ongoing Twice a Week Saturday 10:00 AM- 12:30 PM Monday 6:30 -9:00PM
$25 dollars drop in rate or save by paying for the semester prorated each week.
Fully equipped academy... bring your choice of mediums

Call for price of semester Mary Hull 972-394-6111 
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Congratulations to Shelly Hubel!!!

I just received this email from fellow member, Shelly Hubel. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!


I wanted to share some exciting news.  After entering Strokes of Genius 9 last fall, I found out that two of my works were going to be in this falls book release.

This week I found out that my work is actually being featured on the cover!  The book is now preselling on Amazon!  Crazy!!!

Face-Off in Fredericksburg, Texas, October 28, 2017

You are invited to the RS Hanna Gallery in Historic Fredericksburg, Texas!
Please join us as eight Texas Members of the Portrait Society of America 
"Face-Off" in Fredericksburg, Texas. 
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Face-Off in Alpine, Another Successful Event!

The first annual West Texas Face-Off is now in the record books! 

Many thanks to Carol Fairlie for the stellar job she did in getting us a great location, providing all artists with easel and taborets and having it all set up before any of us got there!

A big thank you to Mary Bones and The Museum of the Big Bend for your most enthusiastic support.  

Thanks to all participating artists for sharing your talent and the great brainstorming session that followed and to our beautiful model, Renee Shelton. 

It was a wonderful event because of all of you!

Carol Fairlie

Deborah Allison

Edna Krueger

Kim Roberti

Molly Secrest

Gaye Sekula

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Help for Art Victims of the Hurricane. Thank you, Eric Rhoads!!!

On behalf of the Texas members of the Portrait Society of America... Thank you, Eric Rhoads!!! Gaye Sekula, Texas Ambassador, PSoA

Help for Art Victims of the Hurricane

Dear Friends, As publisher of various art magazines and newsletters, I feel that we have a responsibility to help artists, galleries, and museums impacted by Hurricane Harvey. When Katrina hit New Orleans, many galleries there were in trouble. Tourism fell way off, and locals were consumed with things other than buying art. At that time we stepped in and offered free advertising to help some of those galleries survive, and we later learned that it helped a lot. Thankfully, collectors with good hearts looked at the websites, found art they liked, and did some purchasing.  We feel an obligation to give back during this storm as well. We know of one gallery whose building collapsed. We also know that there are galleries that will be impacted by a lack of traffic and tourism, and galleries affected by flooding in their space or simply the distraction of storm-related issues in their communities, keeping people from visiting and buying. We have set up a quick temporary website for people affected by the storm to register and tell us their stories. We will reach out to these galleries, artists, and museums, and offer them a chance to participate in an ad spread to try to get people to visit and buy from them, to help sustain them during this difficult time. We are not charging them for this special ad space, which will be in the next issues of PleinAir and Fine Art Connoisseur magazines, and promoted on the magazines' websites as well. Please do us a favor and FORWARD this to anyone you think is impacted in Texas so that we can help them. Please visit or forward this link: https://fineartconnoisseur.com/hurricane We know the storm continues to create flooding in Houston and other areas, so please keep these people in your thoughts and prayers.  This is a time when we, as a community of artists, galleries, collectors, museums, and auction houses, can come to their rescue. I encourage you, particularly if you were planning to buy art anyway, to consider visiting these people online and making purchases. Yours truly,

Eric Rhoads, Publisher PS: This is not a time for competitive differences. Therefore I encourage all of my sisters and brothers in the arts community to come together, and for local galleries and artists not affected to help those who are. I also call on all other art magazines and websites to step up and offer a similar program of free advertising for people impacted by the storm.

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Michael Mentler's SOFA Classes Begin September 10, 2017

The first classes at The Society of Figurative Arts begin on Sunday, September 10th.

Figure Drawing
Sundays 1 pm to 4 pm
6 3-hour sessions

$175.00 + $50.00 model fee = $225.00
enroll online http://www.tsofa.com/index.php?page=enrollment

Develop your drawing ability to a higher level by working from a live model.
The first 30 minutes will be devoted to shorter poses with concentration on gesture and rhythm. Then a short demo presentation will be given detailing the evening's focus.

Poses will get progressively longer with the final pose being 30 minutes or longer. The emphasis will be on working from the general to the specific using comparative measurements

Individual instruction during class will be geared to improving drawing skill sets and the understanding of mass conception. To draw what we are looking at we need to understand what we are looking at in the visual language of points, lines, planes, and forms. You will learn a more accurate system of proportion based on the CSI (Cranial Sternal Index) structured around geometric solids instead of head lengths. The elements of; gesture, rhythm alignments, volumes, interlocks, tilt, twist, turn, and they yin yang approach to harmony. 

We will be working with dry media on toned paper. All materials and equipment will be supplied for this class....

West Texas Face-Off, September 2

Free and Open to the Public

Houston Face-Off a Great Success!

Many thanks to Rhonda Lanclos for hosting our Houston Face-Off and securing such a  great venue. Thank you to all the participating artists, models, our awesome supportive members and all who spent the afternoon with us. You made this a very day!

Vicky Gooch

Robin Williamson

Rhonda Lanclos

Mohammad Ali Bhatti

Lenore Prud'Homme

Eddie Filer

Daniela Werneck

Carolyn Hancock

Brenda Hash

Alix Dunn

Ann Stoudenmire