Art Works
New Class: Oil Painting for Beginners
Oil Painting for Beginners Class will meet for six sessions of 3 hours each. Open studio will be available once a week for additional work time. Learn to paint like the masters using the centuries-old techniques of oil painting. My approach emphasizes expressive brushwork and color mixing classic pigments. We’ll work on subjects like still life and landscape, and even ‘copy’ from the masters. When I have 5 students registered we’ll schedule Please comment or Email now for more details
Class begins 3/29: Art from Nature – plein aire season is upon us!
Drawing & Painting from Nature Traditional and Expressive techniques NEW this session: getting outdoors, introducing opaque acrylic to your watercolor paintings Here’s a fun class to gain experience and develop technique in drawing and painting tools using nature as our subject matter. Working in a variety of drawing media and watercolours we will explore technique, composition and colour working from, and with, Nature. The natural form has a an inherent rhythm whether it’s sky, sand, leaves, fur, flames. You can capture that rhythm in your drawing and painting, by tuning in to what we and all creation have in common. Your charcoal is burnt wood, your brush is animal hair, your paper is cotton fibre, your paint is ground earth. The art is in letting the natural ways of our materials interact with your natural curiousity about the world. Suitable for beginners as well as practicing artists, this course will help you enjoy and experiment with new and familiar media as you develop your own unique style. You’ll Learn: fun exercises that really improve your drawing how to make watercolours behave (or more likely, love them when they don’t!) to mix and use colour to it’s greatest effect cool tricks for rendering natural textures like sky, fur, feathers etc. and more! You will: gain experience with graphite pencil, charcoal & colored pencils work in transparent watercolors explore the qualities of different papers & boards complete a finished work of art SPECIAL this session: getting outdoors! ALSO:introducing opaque acrylic on paper Where: Clearwell Studio and outdoor locations Accokeek Maryland When: Every Thursday from March 29 to May 3, 2012 (with a bonus cherry blossom field trip Saturday March 29 weather-permitting) 9:30am to 12:30pm Cost: $75 MATERIALS INCLUDED!* To register, call 240-776-2285, email patrise or leave a comment. Please include your contact information and level of experience. * Basic materials included for class lessons. The experienced student will want to invest in their own materials as they develop.
Botanical Art Class
Botanical Art: Traditional and Expressive techniques A fast, fun class to gain experience and develop technique with drawing and painting tools and botanical subject matter. Learn to paint flowers, keep a gardener’s journal, use plant forms in expressive art, Come and learn some fun and easy ways to draw and paint from the bounty of your garden, or even just the grocery store! You’ll Learn: fun exersizes to improve your drawing easy watercolour basics cool tricks for foliage and flowers You will: gain experience with graphite, paint & colour pencils explore the qualities of papers & boards complete 2 finished pieces Where: Moyaone’s Wagner Community Center 2311 Bryan Point Rd. Accokeek MD When: Every Thursday from Oct 27 to Nov 17 6:30 to 9:00pm Cost: $60 (sliding scale available) to register, leave a comment with your contact information
