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Discover the artist
within
Sketching, watercolor & acrylic classes--beginning through advanced
students
Taught by
Russell Black ,
professional artist.
This year is a wonderful opportunity to discover your potential and
artistic ability. Each class
(sketching, watercolor, and acrylics), will explore (from month to month),
the ways in which we can all develop our own personal style of art.
Through the use of classical techniques, experimental techniques, working
on location, in the studio, with photos, by using abstraction, naturalism,
and a variety of other approaches, we will spend a year working to
develop our own unique ways of creating art.
Tuesday
& Thursday, $80 per monthly (4 week) module, not including materials
Mar Working with
Collage
Work primarily in
flat areas and patterns.
Work toward the
most severe and decisive simplifications of nature.
Analyze the
subject matter from three principle viewpoints: shape, value, and color.
Clarify thinking
in regard to how natural forms can be translated into pictorial symbols.
Acrylic
Tue 03/03 03/31 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Sketching
Thur 03/05 to 04/02 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Watercolor
Thur 03/05 to 04/02 (4 weeks) 1:00 am to 3:00
am $80
(Note: no classes
on 03/19 as I will be out of town)
Apr Working with
Mixed Media
Create a picture
using a mixture of materials.
Combine collage
treatment with other materials to stress texture as a major element.
Permit the
materials themselves to influence the composition.
Provide
opportunities for further exploration and discovery.
Acrylic
Tue 04/07 to 04/28 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Sketching
Thur 04/09 to 04/30 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Watercolor
Thur 04/09 to 04/30 (4 weeks) 1:00 am to 3:00
am $80
May Working on
Location
Build a repertory
of subjects for use later on in the studio.
Search for design
and structure in nature and the awareness of forms and patterns.
Develop facility
in a variety of working methods.
Acrylic
Tue 05/05 to 05/26 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Sketching
Thur 05/07 to 05/28 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Watercolor
Thur 05/07 to 05/28 (4 weeks) 1:00 am to 3:00
am $80
Jun Working in the
Studio
Stimulate new
ideas as to compositional possibilities.
Become better
acquainted with the subject through analysis of shapes and patterns.
Push earlier
sketches toward a more clearly organized pictorial structure.
Explore other,
related ways of approaching the subject.
Acrylic
Tue 06/02 to 06/23 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Sketching
Thur 06/04 to 06/25 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Watercolor
Thur 06/04 to 05/25 (4 weeks) 1:00 am to 3:00
am $80
Jul Working
Creatively from Photos
Record what has
been observed, using the camera as a supplement to sketching.
Study photographs
with the aim of understanding the essence of form, pattern, light &
shadow.
Build a reference
file of subject matter and of forms in nature as a source of abstract
imagery.
Alter
photographic material freely and imaginatively as a basis for future work.
Acrylic
Tue 07/07 to 04/28 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Sketching
Thur 07/09 to 07/30 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Watercolor
Thur 07/09 to 05/30 (4 weeks) 1:00 am to 3:00
am $80
Aug Working from Other
Sources for Pictorial Images
Broaden the range
of pictorial ideas by several means other than direct observation and
study.
Discover ways of
coordinating the internal world of memory and intuition with external
forms.
Use chance and
accident as a procedure in developing unanticipated formal relationships.
Sharpen responses
to experiences that may serve as potential sources for paintings.
Acrylic
Tue 08/04 to 08/25 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Sketching
Thur 08/06 to 08/27 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30 am
$80
Watercolor
Thur 08/06 to 08/27 (4 weeks) 1:00 am to 3:00
am $80
Sep Working from
Nature Towards Abstraction
Produce a series
of four pieces: realistic, simplified pattern analysis, semiabstract,
nonobjective.
Become acquainted
with the subject through the variations-on-a-theme approach.
Gain an
understanding of abstraction from progressive design analysis.
Acrylic Tue 09/01 to 09/22 (4 weeks)
9:30 am to 11:30 am $80
Sketching
Thur 09/03 to 09/24 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Watercolor
Thur 09/03 to 09/24 (4 weeks) 1:00 am to 3:00
am $80
Oct Working from
Abstraction Towards Nature
Create a picture
without using subject matter as a starting point.
Discover subject
matter through the act of creating itself.
Create order out
of the initial disorder of areas.
Experiment with a
fresh approach to the creative process.
Acrylic Tue 10/06 to 10/27 (4 weeks)
9:30 am to 11:30 am $80
Sketching
Thur 10/08 to 10/29 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Watercolor
Thur 10/08 to 10/29 (4 weeks) 1:00 am to 3:00
am $80
Nov Working from
Personal Discovery
Create a piece
using personal experience as the subject.
Acrylic
Tue 11/06 to 12/01 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Sketching
Thur 11/05 to 12/03 (4 weeks) 9:30 am to 11:30
am $80
Watercolor
Thur 11/05 to 12/03 (4 weeks) 1:00 am to 3:00
am $80
(Note: no classes
on 11/24 and 11/26 for the Thanksgiving holiday)
Dec Christmas Break
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