Nationally Known Artist Workshops

Nationally Known Artist Workshops

Twice a year, Latrobe Art Center invites a Nationally Known Artist to travel to Latrobe for a three to five day workshop to teach a variety of techniques to local artists and art enthusiasts. Anywhere from 10 to 20 students fill the gallery for these workshops. Artists attending the workshops have traveled from Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia. In addition, four students from Greater Latrobe Senior High School are chosen to attend the workshop under a generous scholarship.

Each year Latrobe Art Center strives to provide exciting and stimulating workshops taught by nationally known artists from across the United States. In the past we have hosted Frank Francese of Colorado; Janet Rogers of Florida; Margaret M. Martin of New York; Fred Graff of Ohio; Don Andrews, Jean Uhl Spicer, and Joyce Werwie Perry all of Pittsburgh, and many more! Latrobe Art Center is honored to have such prestigious artists share their wealth of information and experience with our local artists.

Please consider broadening your creative talents by attending one of our future workshops.

Painting Florals with Yelena Lamm: An Oil Painting Workshop


Nationally Known Artist:
Yelena Lamm

From: Saint Petersburg, Russia & Pittsburgh, PA
Dates: Thursday, October 24 - Saturday, October 26
Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Cost:  Members: $400 (Become a Member)
Non-members: $450

Medium: OIL PAINTING
Level: Intermediate - Advanced

About the Workshop

Flowers as an artistic subject offer infinite variety in form and color, carry deep symbolic meanings, evoke wide range of emotions, foster a connection to nature, and allow for artistic freedom in terms of interpretation and style.  

Join Yelena Lamm for an immersive and vibrant 3-day workshop focused on painting flowers from life. This dynamic course will guide you through the essential techniques of alla-prima oil painting, help master your approach to composition, color harmonies and values. You will work with limited primary palette and have an option of expanding this palette to boost your skills crafting rich, cohesive artworks, explore your creativity and enhance your artistic abilities.

Some experience is recommended, but beginners and first-time oil painters are welcome and encouraged to join.

Materials:

  • Surfaces:
    3 stretched canvases, canvas boards or panels, recommended size between 8˝x10˝ and 12˝x16˝. I use Centurion Deluxe Professional Oil Primed Linen Canvas Panels. Small (5”x7” or so) surfaces for color thumbnails; can be scrap canvas pieces, oil paper, primed watercolor paper or board.

  • Brushes:
    I use Rosemary and Co. brushes. My favorite are Evergreen Short Flat sizes 4-10; Eclipse Fan (1.5-2”, optional).

  • Palette

  • Medium: linseed oil and container for oil

  • Small sketch book, pencil, eraser

  • Oil paints:


LIMITED PALETTE

  • Quinacridone Rose

  • Phthalo Turquoise

  • Cadmium Yellow Lemon

  • Transparent Oxide Red

  • Cobalt Blue

  • Titanium White

Additional colors I like, all of these are optional:

  • Cadmium red light

  • Vermilion

  • Chinese Orange (Sennelier)

  • Viridian

  • Sap Green

  • Green Gold (MH)

  • Radiant Turquoise (Gamblin)

  • Radiant Green (Gamblin)

  • Amethyst (MH) – or any nice purple or violet


Bring your favorite bright pinks, oranges, yellows, purples — or stay within a limited palette.

To Register

Limited spots available. Contact us by Monday, October 14th to reserve your spot! Call Latrobe Art Center at 724-537-7011 or click “Register Today!” below to register.

Cancellation Policy

At least 3 weeks prior to the start date of the workshop a full refund will be made less a $50.00 processing fee OR a full refund amount credit can be applied to another workshop/art class.  All requests for refunds must be made in writing to info@latrobeartcenter.org  Credit is nontransferable and may only be applied toward workshops/art classes.

Cancellations made less than 3 weeks prior the start date of the workshop are not eligible for a refund. However, a full credit may be applied toward a future workshop/art class.  Credit is nontransferable and may only be applied toward workshops/art classes.


Artist Biography

Yelena Lamm was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where she received her formal art training from the N. K. Roerich Fine Arts School. Since 1995, she lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Yelena is painting primarily in oil. She is known for her portraits of pets and animals, in which she reflects on her subjects’ characters and personalities, as well as for her lively and colorful floral compositions. Yelena is a Signature member of Society of Animal Artists (SAA) and National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS). Yelena’s works were selected for and won awards in juried regional and national shows. She was a finalist in the 15th ARC Salon and semi-finalist in the 16th ARC Salon. Her list of awards includes recent Most Original Award of Excellence in OPA 2023 Eastern Regional Exhibition, Outstanding Achievement Animals in AWA 2023 Annual Online Juried Show, and SAA 63rd Art & the Animal Exhibition Purchase Award. Britain’s most popular magazine for practicing artists, Artists and Illustrators, featured Yelena’s animal portraits in a 6-page article and on the cover of their June 2023 issue. Yelena’s works are represented by Reinert Fine Art in Charleston, SC, and Main Exhibit Gallery in Ligonier, PA.

 

Recent Juried Exhibitions and Awards

2024

25th Annual AIS National Exhibition

OPA Eastern Regional Exhibition

Society of Animal Artists 64th Art & the Animal Exhibition

Westmoreland Art Nationals, Committee’s Choice Award

NOAPS Best of America Small Works

AIS 8th Annual Impressions: Small Works Showcase

OPA 33rd Annual National Juried Exhibition

Society of Animal Artists Wildlife Wonders Exhibition, The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE)

 

2023

AWA Annual Online Juried Show, Outstanding Achievement Animals

OPA Eastern Regional Exhibition, Most Original Award of Excellence

Society of Animal Artists 63rd Art & the Animal Exhibition, Driftless Glen Purchase Award; SAA Newcomer Award

NOAPS Best of America

NOAPS Best of America Plein Air Competition, Fourth Place

24th Annual AIS National Exhibition

AIS 2023 Paintout, Honorable Mention

Westmoreland Art Nationals, Curator’s Choice Award

NOAPS Best of America Small Works

16th ARC Salon, Semi-Finalist

 

2022

OPA Eastern Regional Exhibition

NOAPS Best of America

Westmoreland Art Nationals, Best in Show

NOAPS Best of America Small Works

NOAPS Best of America Small Works Plein Air Competition, First Place

 

2021

OPA Eastern Regional Exhibition

NOAPS Best of America, Merit Award

OPA 30th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils

OPA Wet Paint Plein Air Competition, Award of Excellence

Westmoreland Art Nationals, Painting Award in two exhibitions

15th ARC Salon, Finalist

 

Publications

Artists and Illustrators Magazine, 6-page feature article & front cover, June 2023

Southwest Art, Women In Art feature article, October/November 2022