Ted Seth Jacobs Workshop In France Update

For the past two weeks I have been staying a beautiful farmhouse called Les Moulin in Les Cerquex Sous Passavat, France. Here sun rises at 6am and doesn't set until 10-11pm, so that makes for very long days. I have one hour walks to and from class that I enjoy very much. It lets me take in the air and the beautiful countryside. I like taking photos of the scenery and cows I see along the way. The town I am staying in is beautiful and has a characteristic feel that you just cant find in the states. The only downside to that is that roads are a bit on the small side so you have to be careful when walking around. None the less my time here has been great.

 For those new to my blog, I am currently doing a 5 week workshop with Ted Seth Jacobs  that focuses on drawing and painting. The workshop is being hosted through http://www.bacaa.org/ ,an amazing school located in the Bay Area near San Francisco, California,who's teaching principles are founded on the same principles that Ted Seth Jacobs uses. This year's workshop is running from 6/1 thru 7/3 in Les Cerquex Sous Passavat, France. 

The next workshop hosted

by http://www.bacaa.org/ been already been scheduled for next summer running from 5/30/2016 to 7/3/2016. If you are interested in attending the next workshop, I highly recommend signing up immediately since available is limited.

Click here for details:
 http://www.bacaa.org/workshops-descriptions/ted-seth-jacobs-summer-program-study-the-figure-with-a-maste.html 

  For the next 4 weeks I will be discussing Mr. Jacobs's workshop and sharing information from his lectures. I will also share photos and talking about the quaint town in which I am staying in. For the next couple of days instead of doing my typical daily blog posts I will be separating the of blog posts into small sections. Each section of my blog post will focus on a specific principle that ted discusses during the workshop I will also be providing visual examples to help further explain any of these principles.

For me, taking this workshop has truly been a once in a lifetime experience. Mr Jacobs has been a great inspiration having trained a generation of painters including Jacob Collins, Patricia Watwood and Anthony Ryder. I would like to thank http://www.bacaa.org/ for their acceptance into this great workshop and giving me the chance to further my artistic education.

third day of ted seth jacobs workshop in France

Today ted was a little harsher on the class, he noted that most of the students in class today (5 total students) had incorrect measurements regarding the models head. He said hes never been fully able to understand why but he believes it to be a pshycologocal thing. All the measurements were incorrect regarding the models forehead. It was to compact and needed to be elongated. He also noted that understanding anatomy is not very helpful and can in fact be harmful as people who know anatomy make everything emphasized. On this point I disagree but I knew coming In I was not going to mimic all of teds theorys. This is good as I believe we need to combine our education, and with the knowledge we have gained, skills we obtained and information we know in combination is what makes us unique artists.

I have read that Anthony Ryder when studying with Ted did only the block in for 1 year. since I only have 5 weeks with Ted and I do not know If he will do another workshop next year I will practice doing the block in with my anatomy studies. I am also considering doing some time with Anthony Ryder at his school. I REALLY need to nail down that block in method before I refine drawing further. I have taken extensive notes and I think I will tweak my current book with the new information I have learned from Ted.

 I have also some plein aire paintings that are in the works. I need to practice everyday while I am here.

All plein aire paintings I complete will be going on my etsy account and any funds will help pay for my France Fund. 

I am looking into taking a workshop with Michael Grimaldi and another with Dan Thompson following this workshop at  http://www.bacaa.org/ I want to do this so I can really refine my understanding of the block in method and use of anatomy in the figure.

I still have my stay at Studio Escalier this August and I will post more regarding there workshops.

bonjour!

My current stay in France with Ted Seth Jacobs

The stay here in France is wonderful, the scenery is beautiful and Ted is a very funny art teacher. I always had the impression he would be more serious. His way of drawing Is very interesting he does not actually use any form of measurements he just draws based on what he says and uses his eyes to confirm measurements.  I am staying at a small town right past Les Cerquex Sous Passavant, It is a beautiful small farm town with many cows and haystacks. I will post some photos of teds school at Ecole Albert Defois and some pictures of the town.

Everyone here is really nice and if you cant speak French you can ask Parlay voo anglias (do you speak English?) my host is really nice and his house is stunning. It would appear that the room I am staying in is an old part of the house and there is a new part of the house attached to it.

There are many houses for cheap here but it would be difficult to raise the money to pay for it. I would love to move here in the peace and quiet and work all day. coincidentally it is not very hard to meet my quota of 12 hours a day. I might even be able to extend that.

I have to work as much as possible while I am here!

The workshop is through Bacaa and Linda the owner of the school could not be more nice!
http://www.bacaa.org/  She feeds us students every day and drives us to the store if we need more groceries for good. She does have some workshops with Micheal Grimaldi and Dan Thompson that I plan on attending!

I still have my gofundme account open if anyone is interested in getting an understanding of what my goals are while im here in France. http://www.gofundme.com/uqdnp4

I will also be painting while I am here so I can work as much as possible
here is my etsy account
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySandoval?ref=hdr_shop_menu

the home where I am staying at

Teds school

the church in the town

 teds home

beautiful view along the way to school