Beginners will draw part of the two week pose to have the opportunity to learn the basics of drawing and the fundamentals of painting. Special emphasis will be placed on color, structure, value, and composition. Figurative painting will be approached in a broad, abstract way. Students will be encouraged to deal with the entire canvas, not just parts of it, developing each painting as a whole. Students will be taught to think in terms of color, form, and relationship, relying less on drawing, particularly in the early stages.
Individual attention is given to students at all levels, from beginners to advanced.
They will explore various modes of representation, alternatives in structuring by means of value, line and color temperature. Students will strengthen their capacity for expressive representation. The class will explore the varied possibilities of painting the still life with emphasis on developing each individual s particular response to color and form. References will be made to historic as well as contemporary examples of still life painting. The medium chosen will be oil or acrylic and the class is open to beginners and more experienced painters.