Sun City Hilton Head Island, SC – Get Out of The Box with Painting Knives

by admin | Mar 24, 2012 | Education

What a fun group of painters I found in Sun City Hilton Head, Bluffton SC. Or they found me. We had a very energetic time trying to get out of the box, using painting knives, many for the first time. One man changed so dramatically; on arrival his paint style was...

Woman in the Desert

by admin | Mar 14, 2012 | Education, Oil Paintings for Sale

What an awesome time with wonderful people in Palm Desert CA, with wonderful people, in an area that has so much to offer. The workshop helped painters to develop a process from taking pictures of a figure in a landscape setting, selecting a photo for painting, not...

Forrest’s Landed Shrimper Boat

by admin | Mar 11, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education, Oil Paintings for Sale

I photographed this boat at the same location as the Bubba Shrimp Co. was in the Forrest Gump movie, in South Carolina on my trip to the Carolinas last year. I am returning this month, in March 2012 to present workshops down the coast on my National Tour. This...

A Short Demo for Urig’s Self-Portraiture Workshop – YouTube Video

by admin | Feb 20, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education

I enjoy immensely the workshops I teach, the enthusiasm of the artists, the new excitement they gain from the new things they have learned and of course meeting the artists. It hard to put into words or picture what the Self-Portrait and Understanding the Human face...

Open Media Self-Portraiture and Understanding the Human Face – Cincinnati Art Club

by admin | Feb 13, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education

This past week Urig taught a Self-portrait Workshop, The kick off Workshop for his National Tour beginning this year, at the Pendleton Location for the Cincinnati Art Club. One of the oldest Art Clubs in the Nation established 1890. The workshop met with great...