Posted student work.
We believe that the best way to judge the quality of ones education is to compare a students current work to his or her work at the time of enrollment. Above (in the menu bar) are some samples of such comparisons by students in their first or second years of study.
All work done at the Hein Academy of Art is executed without the use of any measuring techniques or devises, such as the sight-size method or triangulation. Each student is taught to draw by simple observation. This is of course a very difficult way to draw but important in order to preserve the natural aesthetic tendencies of each student, and to free the student from the technical and creative limitations associated with rigid drawing techniques and vises. All of the (“after”) samples are exceptionally accurate likenesses of the subject and were executed at the Academy.
Cityscape Painting
A few weeks ago I and a few student went out cityscape painting. It was a good time. None of us finished so we plan to go back give it another go.
photo-Barbara Pence working on still life
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
11 am: I stroll into the Hein Academy ready to start the day. Morgan is standing at her easel with paintbrush in hand, staring at her painting. She’s working on a black and white study of Abe Lincoln’s death mask on fabric.
“Today I am going to finish this entire painting!!” she crows triumphantly. One, two, three aaand.. “well, probably not..” she counters apologetically. “I’m just saying that.”
“MORGAN!! I yelp, “you can’t just say that and then cancel it out!”
She laughs, pauses, re-evaluates. “OK. Today, I am going to finish painting this fabric.”
Realism and Optimism.
I get to work on my value study, and a few other students trickle in. Everyone arrives at different times, as their individual schedules permit. I glance around me. There are students of vastly different ages with Ipods in, focusing at their easels. Hands moving. Minds working. Individuals. Thats what I like about this place. It’s all about the individual. Your individual needs and path as an artist and craftsman. On that path I feel like I have such a great support in Jeff Hein as a mentor. I am always hearing optimism and encouragement, along with the reality of what I need to work on. One step at a time. What we are trying to do here is hard. It’s really hard. Time consuming. Yet, it is possible. It is beautiful.
It is worth it.
Isn’t that the way it usually goes? The things that are the most beautiful, the most pure and real are the things we have to earn, wait for, work for.
Another student, Marco, gets a pizza and asks if everyone will help him eat it. YES! Nooo problem there!! I take a lunch break and we all talk and joke around. The people at the studio have become some of my best friends. Coming from NY to study here, that means a lot to me.
ok, oook back to work. I hear Jeff”s voice behind me as he comes through the doors of his studio space in the next room. The incredibly familiar phrase “Does anybody need anything?” One student needs help with contrast. Another thinks she needs help with color, but Jeff tells her what she really needs is to focus on texture and consistency right now. After he makes sure everyone’s needs have been met, he gets back to his own painting.
2:00: I get up from the easel and create a new dance move the world has never seen.
2:05: I sit back down and re focus. focus, Jenna. Focus!
3:00: The Model arrives and the session begins. I love this. I really do.
Jeff comes around to help the students part way through the session, and when he gets to me, he ends up giving me a demo for at least a half hour. I love it when that happens. :) It was so helpful. But also it showed me how very far I still have to go. As always. Keep on Keepin on!
6:00: the modeling session and the day ends. Some students stay, but it’s time for me to call it a day. 
Special Art Event
I am excited to announce a very special art event at my studio in Salt Lake City.
This event will take place on Friday March 12th beginning at 6pm and is open to the public at no charge.
I will be doing a charcoal drawing demonstration from 6-7 pm followed by an unveiling of my most ambitious painting to date, “Consumed” (above), which I have been working on for the past 6 months. It is part of the traveling art exhibition, “Hard Times”.
At 7:45 and 8:30 there will be a screening of my first short film “Apathy”.
I will also be showing drawings and sketches that I have done over the past year.
Last but certainly not least I will be showing the student work of the Hein Academy of Art.
They have worked very hard to prepare and have done some impressive work. We will all be there to answer questions about the Academy as well.
If you are interested in art, film or the Hein Academy please come to this event. We will have a great time!
The Band “St. Bohe’me” will also be playing live throughout the night.
Art show and Event
Hein Studio and Hein Academy of Art
Friday, March 12 from 6-9:30
16w 700s
Salt Lake City
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Spring Drawing Workshop
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Drawing Workshop with Jeff Hein
In this two day workshop we will have a two full day poses with different models and different mediums. Jeff will begin each day with a demonstration then lunch will be provided. After lunch the students will work on their own drawings. Jeff will be discussing technical issues such as light and shade, edges, describing form, achieving a likeness and aesthetic issues such as posing the model, designing the page, line quality, mediums and etc.
WhenMay 06, 2010 at 09:00 AM Cost is $250
Click here to register. Space is limited to ten students.
Materials include:
Conte crayon sticks (variety of colors) Vine/willow charcoal paper stumps Gum erasers a variety of smooth to rough cotton rag papers (at least 18×24) |
Charcoal Demonstration
A recent charcoal demonstration for the students.
Preparing for Student Show
In the studio today there were a few students working on their pieces for the student show in January 2010. Each student was asked to do a piece of their choice but which related to their current level in the curriculum. Mark is in the value stage and is working on this piece in graphite.
Morgans Cast Drawing
Morgan was a student for about one year when she completed this cast painting. She did a beautiful job. She achieved an amazing level of accuracy by simply observing the cast and making only visual shape comparisons.
